The results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework placed Queen’s University eighth in the UK for research intensity.
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions and is conducted jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland (DEL).
2014 intensity weighted GPA rank order |
Institution |
Number of UoAs entered |
Percentage of eligible staff submitted |
Intensity-weighted GPA |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Institute of Cancer Research | 2 | 95 | 3.25 |
2 | University of Cambridge | 32 | 95 | 3.17 |
3 | Imperial College London | 14 | 92 | 3.09 |
4 | University College London | 36 | 91 | 2.94 |
=5 | University of Bristol | 31 | 91 | 2.90 |
=5 | University of Oxford | 31 | 87 | 2.90 |
7 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 14 | 85 | 2.84 |
=8 | Queen’s University Belfast | 28 | 95 | 2.83 |
=8 | University of Southampton | 26 | 90 | 2.83 |
10 | University of the Highlands and Islands | 6 | 100 | 2.76 |
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