RAE Ranking by Research Power
Following is the RAE 2008 ranking by research power. Oxford is ranked First nationally (scored 1), every other institution's market share is divided by this figure. The Top 6 institutions remained in the same ranking positions as in 2001 RAE Ranking.
The ranking placed University of Nottingham 7th in the UK (out of 159) in terms of Research Power - a rise of seven places from the previous RAE in 2001 where they were ranked 14th nationally.
Sheffield successfully moved into the Top 10 position (9th place) in 2008 - a rise of 3 places from the 2001 results where they were ranked 12th in the UK.
Top 50 Institutions in the RAE 2008 (out of a total of 159):
Rank, Name, Power
1 University of Oxford 1
2 University of Cambridge 0.92
3 University College London 0.74
4 University of Manchester 0.74
5 University of Edinburgh 0.64
6 Imperial College London 0.53
7 University of Nottingham 0.51
8 University of Leeds 0.48
9 University of Sheffield 0.45
10 University of Bristol 0.45
11 Kings College London 0.44
12 U of Birmingham 0.42
13 U of Southampton 0.41
14 U of Glasgow 0.41
15 U of Warwick 0.38
16 Cardiff Univ 0.38
17 U of Newcastle 0.33
18 U of Liverpool 0.32
19 U of Durham 0.29
20 Queen Mary, U of London 0.26
21 Queen's Univ of Belfast 0.26
22 U of York 0.26
23 Loughborough Uni 0.24
24 Lancaster Uni 0.23
25 U of Exeter 0.23
26 U of Leicester 0.22
27 London School of Economics 0.22
28 U of Reading 0.21
29 U of Aberdeen 0.2
30 U of Sussex 0.19
31 U of Strathclyde 0.19
32 U of St Andrews 0.19
33 U of Bath 0.18
34 U of East Anglia 0.18
35 U of Dundee 0.17
36 Royal Holloway, London 0.16
37 Swansea Uni 0.16
38 U of Ulster 0.16
39 Brunel Uni 0.16
40 U of Kent 0.15
41 U of Surrey 0.15
42 Open Univ 0.15
43 U of Essex 0.13
44 U of Hull 0.12
45 City Uni 0.12
46 Birkbeck College 0.12
47 Heriot-Watt Uni 0.11
48 U of Salford 0.11
49 Goldsmiths College 0.10
50 U of Plymouth 0.10
Source: Research Fortnight
* Next: Top American Research Universities
The ranking placed University of Nottingham 7th in the UK (out of 159) in terms of Research Power - a rise of seven places from the previous RAE in 2001 where they were ranked 14th nationally.
Sheffield successfully moved into the Top 10 position (9th place) in 2008 - a rise of 3 places from the 2001 results where they were ranked 12th in the UK.
Top 50 Institutions in the RAE 2008 (out of a total of 159):
Rank, Name, Power
1 University of Oxford 1
2 University of Cambridge 0.92
3 University College London 0.74
4 University of Manchester 0.74
5 University of Edinburgh 0.64
6 Imperial College London 0.53
7 University of Nottingham 0.51
8 University of Leeds 0.48
9 University of Sheffield 0.45
10 University of Bristol 0.45
11 Kings College London 0.44
12 U of Birmingham 0.42
13 U of Southampton 0.41
14 U of Glasgow 0.41
15 U of Warwick 0.38
16 Cardiff Univ 0.38
17 U of Newcastle 0.33
18 U of Liverpool 0.32
19 U of Durham 0.29
20 Queen Mary, U of London 0.26
21 Queen's Univ of Belfast 0.26
22 U of York 0.26
23 Loughborough Uni 0.24
24 Lancaster Uni 0.23
25 U of Exeter 0.23
26 U of Leicester 0.22
27 London School of Economics 0.22
28 U of Reading 0.21
29 U of Aberdeen 0.2
30 U of Sussex 0.19
31 U of Strathclyde 0.19
32 U of St Andrews 0.19
33 U of Bath 0.18
34 U of East Anglia 0.18
35 U of Dundee 0.17
36 Royal Holloway, London 0.16
37 Swansea Uni 0.16
38 U of Ulster 0.16
39 Brunel Uni 0.16
40 U of Kent 0.15
41 U of Surrey 0.15
42 Open Univ 0.15
43 U of Essex 0.13
44 U of Hull 0.12
45 City Uni 0.12
46 Birkbeck College 0.12
47 Heriot-Watt Uni 0.11
48 U of Salford 0.11
49 Goldsmiths College 0.10
50 U of Plymouth 0.10
Source: Research Fortnight
* Next: Top American Research Universities
