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 league tables
Accounting & Finance
5th Overall |
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8th Overall |
Complete University Guide League Tables 2024 | |
15th Overall |
The Guardian University Guide 2024 |
Business & Management
8th Joint overall |
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 | |
7th Overall |
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20th Overall |
The Guardian University Guide 2024 |
Economics
11th Joint overall |
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 | |
9th Overall |
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28th Overall |
The Guardian University Guide 2024 |
Marketing
8th Joint overall |
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 | |
6th Overall |
Complete University Guide League Tables 2024 | |
23rd Overall |
The Guardian University Guide 2024 |
University of Exeter
15th Overall |
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18th Overall |
Complete University Guide League Tables 2024 | |
18th Overall |
The Guardian University Guide 2024 |
European and Global rankings
The Economist - Which MBA?
5th in the UK and 73rd Overall 2022 |
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8th for student quality |
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46th for new career opportunities |
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47th for personal development and educational experience |
Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject
Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject |
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Top 150 2022 |
Corporate Knights’ Better World MBA Ranking
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1st in the UK and 9th globally |
QS World University Rankings
Top 250 | 2024 | QS Global MBA Rankings: World |
Top 100 | 2024 | QS Global MBA Rankings: Europe |
Top 100 | 2024 |
QS Business Masters Rankings: Finance |
Top 150 | 2024 |
QS Business Masters Rankings: Management |
Top 50 | 2024 |
QS Business Masters Rankings: Marketing MSc Marketing (49) |
Top 100 | 2024 |
QS Business Masters Rankings: Business Analytics |
Financial Times (FT) rankings
12th in the UK and 50th Overall 2023 |
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4th in the UK (13th Internationally) for overall student satisfaction |
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3rd for graduate career progression |
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8th in the UK and 99th Overall 2022 |
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7th for student satisfaction |
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30th for career service |
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| 93rd European Business School Rankings 2022 |
CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings
| Tier One | 2024 |
CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings (MBA) |
34th | 2024 |
CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings (Online MBA) |
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 Academic Ranking of World Universities, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022
9 | Geography |
9 | Ecology |
19 | Public Administration |
34 | Atmospheric Science |
51-75 | Earth Sciences |
51-75 | Environmental Science & Engineering |
51-75 | Political Sciences |
51-75 | Sociology |
REF 2021
Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
Our research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
92% of Business and Management and 89% of Economics research is world leading or internationally excellent.
Business and Management Studies
- 92% of our Business and Management research is world leading or internationally excellent
- 100% of our Business and Management research has internationally excellent impact
- We are 9th in the UK for our Business and Management research in the REF 2021**
Economics and Econometrics
- More than 91% of our Economics and Econometrics outputs are internationally excellent
- We are 17th in the UK for our world-leading Economics and Econometrics research
*Results based on research rated 4* and 3*
**Based on GPA score
Recent University accolades
The University of Exeter Business School’s commitment to improving gender equality has been recognised with an Athena SWAN Bronze Award. | |
Exeter is ranked 14th in the UK of universities targeted by the largest number of top employers in 2021-2022, according to the Graduate Market in 2022 Research Report. | |
Exeter is ranked in the top 101-150 in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), released by Shanghai Ranking. | |
The Times and the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 ranks Exeter in 13th position in the UK. The University of Exeter has also been named as runner-up in the Guide’s ‘University of the Year’ award. | |
The Complete University Guide 2023 published in the Independent lists Exeter in 19th position in the UK. | |
The Guardian University Guide 2023 lists Exeter in 15th position out of 121 higher education institutions. | |
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, 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. |