League tables
Why choose us?
University league tables rank institutions and subject areas using a variety of criteria including entry standards, research assessment, student/staff ratio, drop-out rate, student satisfaction, degree classifications and graduate destinations.
UK university league tables
Accounting & Finance
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1st Graduate Outcomes 8th Overall |
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11th Overall |
Complete University Guide League Tables 2021 |
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10th Overall |
The Guardian University Guide 2021 |
Business & Management
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12th Overall |
The Times and The Sunday Times University Guide 2021 |
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6th Overall |
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15th Overall |
The Guardian University Guide 2021 |
Economics
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13th Overall |
The Times and The Sunday Times University Guide 2021 |
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14th Overall |
Marketing
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4th Overall |
Complete University Guide League Tables 2021 |
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15th Overall |
The Guardian University Guide 2021 |
University of Exeter
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12th Overall |
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12th Overall |
Complete University Guide League Tables 2021 |
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16th Overall |
The Guardian University Guide 2021 |
European and Global rankings
Corporate Knights’ Better World MBA Rankings
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Corporate Knights’ Better World MBA Rankings 4th in Europe and 11th Overall 2020 |
QS World University Rankings
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Top 100 | 2021 | Masters in Finance (MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Management) |
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Top 150 | 2021 | Masters in Management (MSc International Management) |
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Top 200 | 2021 | MBA (Exeter MBA) |
Financial Times (FT) rankings
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51st | 2020 | Global Masters in Finance (MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Management) |
83rd | 2019 | Global Masters in Management (MSc International Management) |
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86th | 2019 | European Business School |
CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings - The Exeter MBA
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2020 |
CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings |
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2020 | CEO Magazine Global Executive MBA Rankings | |
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2020 | CEO Magazine Global Online MBA Rankings |
Interdisciplinary rankings
Our academics are involved in a wide range of interdisciplinary research, particularly in the area of sustainability, contributing to the following ranking success:
Shanghai Rankings, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020
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Ecology |
51-75 | Environmental Science & Engineering | |
51-75 | Water Resources | |
101-150 | Hospitality & Tourism Management | |
151-200 | Oceanography |
Recent University of Exeter accolades
Exeter is amongst the top 200 universities worldwide according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 and QS World University Rankings 2021, two of the most influential global league tables. |
6th in the UK, 9th in Europe and 24th in the world in the CWTS Leiden Ranking, when the quality of publications is taken into account. |
The Guardian University Guide 2021 lists Exeter in 16th position out of 121 higher education institutions. |
The Times and the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021 ranks Exeter in 12th position in the UK. |
The Complete University Guide 2021 published in the Independent lists Exeter in 12th place and we are ranked 8th in the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities. |
Exeter was named The Times and The Sunday Times Sports University of the Year 2015-16 acknowledging the University as the best in the country in academic and athletic achievement across a wide range of sports. |
The University has four times been awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize. The most recent award in 2020 was made to a team of scientists for the pivotal role they have played to expose the devastating effect that plastics pollution has on the health of humans and wildlife. |
For the 2018-2019 season University of Exeter finished 5th in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) table. This ranks us as the top sporting institution in the South of England and Wales. |