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Research Excellence Framework 2021 results

REF2021 results in detail

REF2021 results in detail

Below are further details of the University's REF2021 results by Unit of Assessment (UoA).

These are the overall quality profiles results: the overall quality profile is calculated from the sub-profile for each of outputs (accounting for 60% of the overall outcome awarded), impact (25%) and environment (15%).

Note that Research England does not use or endorse the use of rankings: where these are provided below they have been taken from the Times Higher Education subject rankings tables.

Main Panel A: Medicine, health and life sciences + UOA 24 Sports Science

Main Panel B: Physical sciences, engineering and mathematics + UoA 14 Geography

Main Panel C: Social sciences

Main Panel D: Arts and Humanities

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