The University of Southampton is ranked joint 126 in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2018. Amongst UK universities in the rankings, Southampton is placed 15 and within Europe, the University is joint 50.
Southampton’s ranking reflects its performance in the ‘pillars’ used by the THE to generate its list. Once again this year, the University’s strongest pillar is for International Outlook with a score of 92 – more than double the sector median score of 43.7. Southampton also scored well for citations at 86, some 39 points above the sector median with scores for Teaching and Research also above the median.
This year, 1,000 universities are ranked by the THE – from more than 20,000 higher education institutions around the world – following assessment across a range of performance metrics including teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. Evaluation has come through the THE’s annual Academic Reputation Survey drawing on responses from more than 20,000 scholars in more than 140 countries.
Earlier this summer, the 2017 QS World University Rankings placed Southampton 102 out of 1,000 universities which made the rankings. Thousands more were assessed. Compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds, the ranking also placed Southampton 18 amongst UK universities to make the table.
