For clinical medicine, the University of Cambridge has secured top position, rising from second in 2014, thanks to a GPA of 3.63. UCL and the University of Leicester finished joint second, although the London university submitted more than seven times as many FTE researchers (344) as its East Midlands counterpart (46).
The University of Oxford is ranked highest on research power after submitting almost 500 FTE researchers to the exercise. However, its GPA of 3.52 saw it slip to joint sixth on our GPA rankings, having claimed the top spot in 2014.
At a national level the Clinical Medicine UoA has a GPA of 3.41, with 50 per cent of its submission rated 4*. 4878.5 FTE staff were submitted to this UoA.
See here for full Clinical medicine results
UK-wide research quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment
Unit of assessment tables: see who’s top in your subject
Who’s up, who’s down? See how your institution performed in REF 2021
Methodology: how THE calculates its REF tables
Register to continue
Why register?
- Registration is free and only takes a moment
- Once registered, you can read 3 articles a month
- Sign up for our newsletter
Subscribe
Or subscribe for unlimited access to:
- Unlimited access to news, views, insights & reviews
- Digital editions
- Digital access to THE’s university and college rankings analysis
Already registered or a current subscriber? Login