Cardiff University Rankings 2025-26

US News & World Report 2024:

Cardiff University achieved a notable position on the global stage, securing #152 position.

 

QS World University Ranking 2024:

Cardiff University has shown excellence by securing 190 spot on the global scale.

 

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:

 

• #154 - QS - World University Ranking 2024 
• #21 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - University Ranking UK
• #29 - The Guardian 2024 - University Rankings

 

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:

• #18 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - Business and Management Studies UK

• #21 - The Guardian 2024 - Business and Management
• #50 - The Guardian 2024 - Guardian Economics Rankings

 

Engineering Course Rankings:

• #18 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - Civil Engineering Ranking
• #18 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• #24 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - Mechanical Engineering Ranking
• #38 - The Guardian 2024 - Civil Engineering

 

Medicine & Health Sciences Courses

• #11 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - Medicine Rankings
• #14 - The Guardian 2024 - Guardian Medicine Rankings

 

Science Courses:

• #16 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - Law Rankings
• #31 - The Guardian 2024 - Guardian Law Rankings

 

Mass Communication & Media Courses: 

• #10 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - Communication and Media Studies Ranking
• #14 - The Guardian 2024 - Guardian Journalism Rankings
• #13 - The Guardian 2024 - Guardian Media and Film Studies Rankings

 

Medicine Courses:

• #9 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - Psychology Rankings
• #20 - The Complete University Guide 2024 - Sociology Rankings
• #43 - The Guardian 2024 - Guardian Politics Rankings
• #31 - The Guardian 2024 - Guardian Sociology and Social Policy Rankings