Cardiff University is the top-placed institution in Wales, coming in at number 34 in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. The Times and Sunday Times University Guide assesses dropout rates, student-staff ratios, services and facility expenditure, research quality, graduate prospects, entrance requirements, degree results attained, and student happiness. The University is placed first in Wales and 26th overall in The Complete University Guide 2023.

Since 2007, The Complete University Guide has published university and associated league tables online. Student satisfaction, entry standards, research quality, and graduate prospects are the four metrics used in the topic league tables. In the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021, a significant league table of international institutions, Cardiff University is listed between 150 and 200. This rating, which includes the top 500 universities in the world, is regarded as a standard of excellence for global university performance. Let us see some of the most recent Cardiff University rankings below:

• THE (Times Higher Education) - University Ranking 2022: 189
• The Complete University Guide - University Ranking (UK) 2022: 25
• The Guardian - University Rankings 2022: 38

 

Course Rankings

Cardiff has received top 50 rankings from QS (Top Universities) in the categories of communication and media, psychology, and architecture. Additionally, Cardiff's programmes for pharmacy, English literature, geography, accounting & finance, and sports-related topics have been listed among the top 100 programmes by QS. Cardiff University's engineering programmes are well-liked in the UK. For five years starting in 2017, The Complete University Guide has ranked its civil engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and mechanical engineering degrees among the top 50 programmes in the UK. The Civil and Mechanical Engineering and Electronic & Electrical Engineering degrees at Cardiff are among the top 50 in the UK, according to The Guardian. Let's see some of the most recent course rankings below:

Business Course Rankings:

• THE (Times Higher Education) PG Business and Economics 2022: #126 - 150

• The Complete University Guide Accounting & Finance Ranking 2022: #23
• The Complete University Guide Business & Management Studies 2022: #30 
• The Guardian Accounting & Finance Rankings 2022: #29
• The Guardian Business, Management & Marketing 2022: #26 
• The Guardian - Economics 2022: #61

Engineering Course Rankings:

• THE (Times Higher Education) - Engineering 2022: #151 - 175
• The Complete University Guide Architecture 2022: #5
• The Complete University Guide Civil Engineering 2022: #17
• The Complete University Guide Electronic & Electrical Engineering 2022: #19
• The Complete University Guide Mechanical Engineering Ranking 2022: #20
• The Guardian Civil Engineering 2022: #47
• The Guardian - Electronic & Electrical Engineering 2022 - #18
• The Guardian - Architecture 2022: #3
• The Guardian - Mechanical Engineering 2022: #40

Computers Courses:

• THE (Times Higher Education) PG Computer Science 2022: #251 - 300
• The Complete University Guide Computer Science 2022: #29

Science Courses:

• THE (Times Higher Education) - Life Sciences 2022: #201 - 250
• THE (Times Higher Education) - Psychology 2022: #67
• The Complete University Guide Biological Sciences 2022: #36
• The Complete University Guide Physics & Astronomy 2022: #26
• The Complete University Guide Psychology Rankings 2022: #7
• The Guardian Physics Rankings 2022: #15

Humanities Courses:

• THE (Times Higher Education) Arts & Humanities 2022: #151 - 175
• The Complete University Guide Communications & Media Studies 2022: #11
• The Complete University Guide Sociology 2022: #24
• The Guardian Journalism 2022: #16
• The Guardian Media & Film Studies 2022: #7
• The Guardian Politics Rankings 2022: #36
• The Guardian Sociology & Social Politics 2022: #21

Medicine Courses:

• THE (Times Higher Education) Clinical & Health 2022: #176 - 200
• The Complete University Guide Medicine 2022: #15
• The Complete University Guide Nursing 2022: #6
• The Guardian Medicine Rankings 2022: #20

Law Courses:

• THE (Times Higher Education) Law Rankings 2022: #101 - 125
• The Complete University Guide Law Rankings 2022: #25
• The Guardian Law Rankings 2022: #45