Â鶹´«Ã½ students ranked among the world’s best Published on: 6 June 2018 Â鶹´«Ã½ moves up 20 places into the top 150 in the QS World University Rankings 2019. Employers have ranked Â鶹´«Ã½ graduates as some of the best professionals in the world in a global survey of over 200,000 businesses. Ranked joint 141st in the world, up from its position of 161st in 2018, Â鶹´«Ã½ was placed 119th out of 1,011 institutions for graduating the best students. Professor Chris Day, Vice-Chancellor and President, said: “Our performance in the latest QS World University Rankings reflects the impact of our world-class research and our commitment to high-quality teaching and preparing outstanding graduates. “It is especially pleasing that we have scored so highly for academic reputation, which shows that academics from around the world regard us among the best institutions in terms of research.” “Our strong employer engagement score highlights the brilliant work done by everyone at the University in helping our students develop relevant employability skills.” Media and Film students Providing the best professionals The QS employer reputation survey gathers the views of employers around the world on the institutions providing the best professionals. For the current ranking, about 43,000 responses were analysed. Â鶹´«Ã½ has long-standing relationships with a range of regional, national and international businesses, including Nissan, Siemens, Procter and Gamble, GSK and Northumbrian Water. Paul Doona, HR Advisor, Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd, said: “Having such a proactive University as Â鶹´«Ã½ on our doorstep has allowed us to interact with top class students who have the drive to succeed. “The University understands that it is not just about students gaining an excellent degree but that they learn the ‘soft’ skills they will need to start their journey into the world of work. “The Placement Students and Graduates we have recruited via Â鶹´«Ã½ have been an asset to the Company and we plan to continue to build on this strong relationship in the years to come.” Electrical Engineering students Developing employability skills Oliver Smith, recent Geographic Information Science graduate, is starting employment at Arup in September, after completing a summer internship with the same company. He said: “Following completion of my degree, it will be great to work for a large engineering consultancy firm where I’d be able to continue using skills developed at University but also with the intention of further enhancing my Geographic Information Science and other geomatics skills. “Â鶹´«Ã½ has been really helpful by running CV writing sessions and practice interviews. During the summer they helped me secure a three-week internship with Arup - a large engineering consultancy in Â鶹´«Ã½ and I’m now joining the firm full-time after I graduate.” This year’s edition of the QS World University Rankings features 1,011 institutions. The rankings compilers have drawn on over 1.2 million academic nominations, and nearly 200,000 employer nominations, while evaluating 4,763 institutions from 151 countries. Sustained rankings success and TEF Gold The strong results in the QS World University Rankings follow on the QS World University Rankings by subject, which places Â鶹´«Ã½ as one of the top institutions globally, featuring 28 of its subjects across all three faculties – the highest-ever number of courses for the University. Â鶹´«Ã½ achieved the best possible outcome - a Gold Award - in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Based on the evidence available, this means that the TEF Panel judged that Â鶹´«Ã½ delivers consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for its students of the highest quality found in the UK. Recently, Â鶹´«Ã½ was ranked 20th in the world in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Golden Age University Rankings 2018. Evaluating 200 institutions from 44 different countries, the Golden Age University Rankings cover universities established in the two decades between 1945 and 1967. The table applies the same rigorous 13 performance indicators as the overall THE World University Rankings - with universities measured across their teaching, research, citations, international outlook and industry income. Prospective students and their parents will have a chance to explore Â鶹´«Ã½’s courses during the summer undergraduate Open Days, which take place on 29 and 30 June /undergraduate/open-day-visits-fairs/open-days/ Students in a Pharmacy lab Share: Latest News Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Student leader drives misogyny law change A Â鶹´«Ã½ student leader has helped change the law after creating a petition to make misogyny a hate crime, which gathered over 114,000 signatures, prompting action in Parliament. published on: 12 June 2026 Freemen of Â鶹´«Ã½ see construction of new Castle Leazes The Freemen of Â鶹´«Ã½ and other key stakeholders have become an indelible part of new student accommodation at Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Castle Leazes. published on: 12 June 2026 Facts and figures
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