Rating the United Kingdom's Architecture Schools as Researchers: 2007
The Good Oil
Results for our 2007 survey of the research performance of the British architecture schools are shown here. For information on what these numbers mean, read this page. Can't find your school? Find out why.
Other assessments
The United Kingdom has conducted research audits of its universities since 1992, through HERO. You should check out their results at the Research Assessment Exercise 2001 (RAE 2001) homepage. We understand the next assessment is not until 2008.
The Guardian University Guide and the Times Good Universities Guide also rank the schools: we have included their 2006 results. The Teaching Quality Information provides further information, albeit in a difficult format. Finally British students should check out Will I See My Tutor, a site so scathing that the UK universities are threatening legal action. Read it before it gets shut down.
2007 rankings
| University | Median Research Score | Guardian Score | Times Score |
| University of Cambridge | 7.2 | 93 | 98 |
| University of Sheffield | 5.7 | 73 | 98 |
| University of Edinburgh | 5.2 | 77 | 94 |
| Newcastle University | 4.4 | – | 95 |
| Oxford Brookes University | 4.2 | – | 88 |
| Edinburgh College of Art | 3.7 | – | – |
| Cardiff University | 3.6 | 85 | 100 |
| University College London | 3.6 | 83 | 95 |
| Architectural Association | 2.6 | – | – |
| Glasgow School of Art | 2.6 | 75 | – |
| University of Liverpool | 2.6 | – | 92 |
| University of Strathclyde | 2.6 | 75 | 88 |
| University of Westminster | 2.6 | 72 | 88 |
| Kingston University | 1.6 | 64 | – |
| London Metropolitan University | 1.6 | – | – |
| Northumbria University | 1.6 | – | 88 |
| Royal College of Art | 1.6 | – | – |
| University College for the Creative Arts | 1.6 | – | – |
| University of the West of England | 1.6 | 73 | – |
| University of Bath | 1.3 | 82 | 97 |
| University of Nottingham | 1.3 | 77 | 97 |
| University of Plymouth | 1.0 | 74 | 83 |
| Leeds Metropolitan University | 0.0 | 69 | – |
| London South Bank University | 0.0 | 57 | – |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | 0.0 | – | 93 |
| Robert Gordon University | 0.0 | 79 | 88 |
| Sheffield Hallam University | 0.0 | 65 | – |
| University of Dundee | 0.0 | – | 90 |
| University of Greenwich | 0.0 | 61 | – |
| University of Kent | 0.0 | – | – |
| University of Lincoln | 0.0 | 64 | – |