UWS in Summary
High ranking
- Higher Educational Institution of the Year (The Herald Higher Education Awards 2022)
- In the top 600 universities in Times Higher Education 2022 World University Rankings (source: The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022)
- In the top 150 in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022 (source: The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2022)
- One of Scotland's largest modern universities and one of its most socially inclusive (source: The Times / The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022)
- First in Scotland and 14th in UK for the measure in Times Higher Education's Global Impact rankings, which rates universities according to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (source: The Times / The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022)
- Childhood and Youth Studies is ranked 4th in the UK overall and in the top 10 for Student Satisfaction, Research Intensity and Graduate Prospects (source: Complete University Guide 2021-22)
- Education (Initial Teacher Training) at UWS was ranked 8th in the UK overall & 1st in UK for Graduate Prospects (source: Complete University Guide 2021-22)*
- Education (Initial Teacher Training) at UWS was ranked 12th in the UK overall (source: The Times / The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022)*
- Top 100 in the UK for Teaching Quality and Graduate Prospects (source: The Times / The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022)
* this ranking was achieved for our undergraduate course in initial teacher training (BA (Hons) Education)
UWS Performance & Ambitions
You can find out more about UWS's performance and ambitions by visiting our Corporate Strategy and Plans webpage and our Financial Statements and Regulations webpage .
Last updated: 16/02/2022