League tables

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 league tables
European and Global rankings

UK University league tables

Accounting & Finance

	Year	Position
Complete University Guide	2021	11^th
Times and The Sunday Times	2020	11^th
Complete University Guide	2020	9^th
Times and The Sunday Times	2019	7^th
Complete University Guide	2019	7^th

Business & Management

	Year	Position
Complete University Guide	2021	6^th
Times and The Sunday Times	2020	12^th
Guardian University Guide	2020	7^th
Complete University Guide	2020	3^rd
Times and The Sunday Times	2019	8^th
Complete University Guide	2019	9^th

Economics

	Year	Position
Complete University Guide	2021	14^th
Times and The Sunday Times	2020	14^th
Complete University Guide	2020	10^th
Times and The Sunday Times	2019	13^th
Complete University Guide	2019	14^th

Marketing

	Year	Position
Complete University Guide	2021	4^th
Complete University Guide	2020	5^th

University of Exeter (overall)

	Year	Position
Complete University Guide	2021	12^th
Times and The Sunday Times	2020	12^th
Guardian University Guide	2020	10^th
Complete University Guide	2020	11^th
Times and The Sunday Times	2019	12^th
Guardian University Guide	2019	14^th
Complete University Guide	2019	12^th

European and Global rankings

Financial Times (FT) rankings

	Year	Position
European Business School	2019	86th
Global Masters in Finance (MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Managment)	2020	51^st
Global Masters in Management (MSc International Management)	2019	83^rd

The Exeter MBA

	Year	Position
Corporate Knights’ Better World MBA Rankings	2018	2
Corporate Knights’ Better World MBA Rankings	2017	1
CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings	2017	Tier One (Executive programme) 3rd in the UK (Full-time programme) 21st globally (Full-time programme)

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 2018

Ecology	6
Oceanography	76-100
Environmental Science & Engineering	49
Water Resources	51-75
Hospitality & Tourism Management	76-100

Recent University of Exeter accolades

9th for 'University of the Year' at the What Uni? Student Choice awards 2018.
7th in the UK for overall student experience and 1st for campus environment, Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018.
Top 50 international university, 48th in the Times Higher Education Most international universities in the world 2018.
International Student Choice Award winners at the What Uni? Student Choice awards 2015 & 2017.
Sports University of the Year 2015/16 by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Sunday Times University of the Year 2013.