Top Universities in Wales
According to the Times Good University Guide rankings, the Top 5 universities in Wales are as follows:
Rank, Name, National Rank
1 Cardiff (26th)
2 Aberystwyth (46th)
3 Swansea (50th)
4 Bangor (55th)
5 UWIC Cardiff (76th)
Following are the top leading universities in Wales:
Rank, Name, National Rank
1 Cardiff (26th)
2 Aberystwyth (46th)
3 Swansea (50th)
4 Bangor (55th)
5 UWIC Cardiff (76th)
Following are the top leading universities in Wales:
- Cardiff University - highly regarded as the best university in Wales. It is ranked 26th in The Times 2010 and 33rd in Guardian university league table 2009.
- University of Glamorgan - 12 of the University's teaching areas have been rated as "excellent" in independent assessments.
- Swansea University - it is listed as one of the top 500 universities in the World at 401 to 500 in the 2006 SJTU Academic Ranking of World Universities.
- Bangor University - over half of the academic departments at Bangor received an "Excellent" rating for the quality of teaching.
- Aberystwyth University - ranked 2nd in Wales after Cardiff University. Its Computer science department is ranked 17th in the UK, and 1st in Wales according to the resent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008.
- University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - ranked as a Top 5 University in Wales by The Times. It was rated 7th of all 'new universities' across the UK in the RAE 2001. UWIC has students from more than 125 countries.
- University of Wales, Newport - placed 83rd in The Independent Complete University Guide and 84th in Guardian in 2009.
- University of Wales, Lampeter - the Department of Theology & Religious Studies at the University of Wales Lampeter was ranked 13th in the UK (Complete University Guide). According to the RAE 2008, the Research Institute for Theology & Religious Studies was rated 9th in the UK for its research strength by Research Fortnight magazine.
- Glyndŵr University
- Swansea Metropolitan University
- Trinity University College
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
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