Rankings of Cardiff University

REF (Research Excellence Framework formerly known as RAE)

Ranked 5th in the UK in the 2014 REF (Research Excellence Framework formerly known as RAE) by GPA. 87% of scientific research achievements have reached the world's leading standards.

The Times and Sunday Times University Guide

Cardiff University is ranked 25thin The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, making Cardiff the highest ranked university in Wales.  

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

It is ranked 187th in The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023.

QS World University Rankings

Ranked 154th, it is Wales’s highest ranked University and remain among the UK’s best.

In the British government academic research rankings, Cardiff University ranks among the top 10 in the UK in comprehensive scientific research. In the ranking of university disciplines, logistics, journalism, public relations, architecture and other disciplines have been in the top 3 in the UK for a long time, while medicine, chemistry, accounting, finance, law, civil engineering, urban planning, music and other disciplines have also been in the top 10 for a long time.