THE UNIVERSITY OF READING has been named in the top 200 leading universities in the world.
A jump in research reputation saw Reading place 198th in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023, out of 1,799 participating institutions.
The university’s UK ranking rose three places to joint 26th in the rankings which came out on Wednesday, October 12.
Prof Robert Van de Noort, vice-chancellor of the university, said: “The University of Reading has been improving in many of the measures used by the THE World University Rankings for the last few years, and it is great to once again be ranked among the top 200 universities in the world.
“We’ve seen notable rises this year in the measures of research and industry income, with a particular lead in our research reputation.
“This reflects the hard work of colleagues across the University who conduct and communicate our world-class research, and demonstrates that our research is seen as being among the very best, among academia and industry alike.”
The university made improvements in nine of the 13 measures, which evaluate universities on their teaching and research reputation, research income and international outlook, among other metrics.
Reading’s biggest improvement this year was in the research reputation metric, which contributed to a rise in the overall research ranking to 245, up 21 places from last year.
Research reputation is measured through a global survey of thousands of leading academics, who are asked to name the world’s leading institution in their field.
Industry income also saw a rise, up 27 places to 734.
Other notable improvements were achieved in the teaching reputation category, as well as all individual metrics for international outlook.
