Rankings and league tables

We’re committed to the continued improvement of our excellent research, teaching, employability and student experience. Rankings provide independent recognition of areas we’re proud of as a university, and the progress we’re constantly striving to deliver.

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Good University Guide

We are proud to have been shortlisted for The Times / The Sunday Times University of the Year by the Good University Guide 2023.

Employability rankings

Highly skilled graduates

Top 10 in the UK for highly skilled employment for UK domiciled, undergraduate, full time graduating students in the Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022.

Best careers service

Best University Careers Service at the National University Employability Awards 2022.

UK rankings at a glance

9th

National Student Survey 2022. With an overall satisfaction score of 84.25 out of 100.

18th

Complete University Guide 2023

22nd

The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023

24th

The Guardian University Guide 2023

Key subject rankings by UK league table 

The Complete University Guide 2023

PositionSubject
1stInformation Technology Systems
1stTourism, Transport, Travel and Heritage Studies
2ndFood Science
2ndParamedic Science
3rdNursing
3rdVeterinary Medicine
4thGerman
5thIberian Languages
6thDrama, Dance and Cinematic
7thEnglish
8thAeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
8thManufacturing and Production Engineering
9thSports Science
10thMedical Techology and Biomedical Engineering

The Guardian University Guide 2023

PositionSubject
4thLanguages and linguistics
4thParamedic science
5thHospitality, event management and tourism
5thMusic
7thDrama and dance
9thEnglish
8thVeterinary science
10thElectrical and electronic engineering
10thNutrition and food science

The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023

PositionSubject
2ndFood science
4thAnimal science
4thHospitality, leisure, recreation and tourism
5thDrama, dance and cinematics
6thNursing
6thVeterinary medicine
7thFrench
7thSociology
8thAeronautical and manufacturing engineering
8thIberian languages
9thPolitics

    International rankings at a glance

    55th

    Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings 2022

    239th

    Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023

    305th

    QS World University Rankings 2023

    349th

    Surrey ranked 349th globally, and 30th in the UK by the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022 (Shanghai Ranking)

    Key subject rankings by international league table

    QS World University Subject Rankings 2023

    International positionUK positionSubject
    15th1stHospitality and leisure management
    16th4thPetroleum engineering
    51-100th7thNursing

    Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (Shanghai Ranking)

    We are 2nd for hospitality and tourism management in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022. We also ranked in the top 100 for the following subjects:

    • Computer Science
    • Electrical engineering
    • Management
    • Nursing
    • Sociology
    • Telecommunication engineering.

    Times Higher Education World Subject Rankings 2023

    64th

    We are ranked 64th in the world for law

    67th

    We are ranked 67th in the world for business and economics

    World-class for sustainability

    We are 55th out of 1,406 universities in the THE global sustainability rankings.