University remains top 20 in the Complete University Guide

The University of Southampton has consolidated its position among the UK’s top 20 universities by placing 17 in the latest Complete University Guide, published online today.

Southampton is placed 11 among Russell Group universities in the Guide’s institutional rankings for 2017.

In addition, the Guide places the University in the top 10 in the following subject areas:

Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering (5^th of 40 listed)

Anthropology (5^th of 28)

Architecture (7^th of 53)

Aural & Oral Sciences (2^nd of 20)

Civil Engineering (6^th of 55)

Classics and Ancient History (9^th of 25)

Computer Science (6^th of 105)

Education (9^th of 77)

Electrical and Electronic Engineering (3^rd of 77)

French (5^th of 13)

German (4^th of 42)

Iberian Languages (4^th of 50)

Linguistics (9^th of 35)

Mechanical Engineering (5^th of 68)

Music (10^th of 77)

Nursing (9th of 71)

Physiotherapy (10^th of 35)

Social Policy (6^th of 97)

Once again, Southampton continues a run of featuring in the top 10 for Aeronautical and Manufacturing, Civil, Electrical and Electronic and Mechanical Engineering every year since the Complete University Guide was first published in 2008.

The Southampton subjects showing the greatest improvement this year are:

Anatomy and Physiology (up 16 to 13^th)

Medicine (up 12 to 19^th)

Business and Management Studies (up 10 to 20^th)

French (up 8 to 5^th)

Art and Design (up 7 to 13^th)

The Complete University Guide – one of three principal UK-based rankings for UK universities – is based on a wide range of criteria including UCAS entry tariffs, student satisfaction, research excellence and intensity, graduate prospects, student-staff ratio, university spending on academic services and facilities, the percentage of first degree graduates achieving a first or upper second class honours degree, and degree completion.