2012 league tables

A digest of university and mathematics-department league tables published in 2011 by The Guardian, The Independent and The Times.

Top 20 UK Mathematics Departments

The following table orders mathematics departments by the sum of their ranks in league tables published in 2011 by The Guardian, The Independent and The Times (subscription required). Only departments which feature in all three tables are included.

		The Guardian	The Independent	The Times	Sum of ranks
1	Cambridge	1	1	2	4
2	Oxford	2	2	1	5
3	Warwick	4	4	4	12
4	Imperial College	8	3	3	14
5	St Andrews	3	8	6	17
6	Bath	14	5	7	26
7	Lancaster	6	12	9	27
8	Durham	19	6	5	30
9	London School of Economics	12	7	14	33
10	Bristol	18	9	11	38
11	Nottingham	25	10	8	43
12	UEA	15	20	10	45
13	UCL	21	11	15	47
14	Sussex	11	17	20	48
15	Loughborough	31	16	12	59
16	Northumbria	7	38	18	63
17=	Birmingham	10	30	26	66
17=	York	26	19	21	66
19=	Edinburgh	42	15	13	70
19=	King's College London	34	18	18	70

Top 20 UK Universities

The next table lists UK universities, ordered by the sum of the ranks they received in 2011 from The Guardian, The Independent and The Times (subscription required).

		The Guardian	The Independent	The Times	Sum of ranks
1	Cambridge	1	1	2	4
2	Oxford	2	2	1	5
3	London School of Economics	4	4	3	11
4	St Andrews	3	6	6	15
5=	Imperial College London	10	3	4	17
5=	UCL	5	7	5	17
7	Durham	8	5	6	19
8	Warwick	6	8	8	22
9	Lancaster	7	9	9	25
10=	Bath	14	10	12	36
10=	Exeter	11	15	10	36
12	York	15	12	11	38
13=	Edinburgh	16	13	15	44
13=	Sussex	11	19	14	44
15	Loughborough	9	19	20	48
16	Bristol	25	11	13	49
17	Nottingham	19	17	16	52
18	SOAS	13	18	23	54
19	Leicester	17	23	17	57
20	Southampton	28	14	19	61

by Alexander Belton — last modified 2011-06-29 11:01

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