RAE and peer review assessment
Our research goal is that by 2020 we will be one of the top 5 universities in the UK based on peer review assessments.
Research Assessment Exercise 2008
The University of Sheffield is among the top ten in the Russell Group, the association of leading UK research-intensive universities, according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
Forty-one out of the University's 49 submissions had 50% or more of their work assessed as 4* and 3* in the rigorous 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). These grades are only awarded to departments who are recognised as world leading or internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
Research Assessment Exercise 2008
2006/07 Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) income rating
On the basis of the 2006/07 Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) annual returns, the University was ranked 10th in the UK on total research grant and contract income and 7th for UK Research Council income, and 11th for postgraduate research student numbers.
International rankings
International rankings published for 2006-07 show the University of Sheffield in 9th in the UK, 18th in Europe and 70th worldwide in the publication Newsweek, whilst the widely acclaimed Shanghai Jiao Tong 500 Worldwide, ranks the University of Sheffield as 8th in the UK, 21st in Europe and 72nd in the world.
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