Newcastle University ranked within top 100 in the world
Newcastle
University, UK, has been ranked one of the
top universities in the world for Life Sciences and Computer Science according to Times Higher Education World
University Rankings 2018
Newcastle is ranked
92nd in the world for Life Sciences and 98th for Computer
Science. The university is also within the top 125 globally for clinical,
pre-clinical and health subjects.
The prestigious Times Higher Education World University
Rankings 2018 league table includes 400 institutions across the globe and
covers a variety of subjects from arts and humanities to agriculture and
biology.
Professor David
Burn,
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University
said: “I am delighted that the internationally excellent work of people in the
Faculty of Medical Sciences has led to us being ranked 92nd in the 2018 Times
Higher Education Life Sciences subject area.
“This top 100 positions
not only acknowledge our considerable strengths in many important areas, but
also sends a powerful message out to prospective students globally, who will
increasingly be attracted to our University by our reputation in Life
Sciences.”
The Times Higher
Education World University Rankings 2018 is the biggest international league
table to date and is recognised as being one of the most prestigious. Other
subjects included within the Life Sciences sector are fisheries, forestry and
biochemistry.
Professor Robert Edwards,
Head of the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
said: “As Head of the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, with its
specialist degree programmes in agriculture, marine and terrestrial biology, I
am delighted that Newcastle University’s strengths in the life sciences have
been recognized in this way.”
The
rankings is the only global university performance table to judge
research-intensive universities across all of their core issues: teaching,
research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. Newcastle University’s School
of Computing recently
relocated to Science Central – a £58m commitment to lead international research
into urban innovation.
Professor John Fitzgerald,
Head of the School of Computing, Newcastle University said: “The School of
Computing at Newcastle University is one of the longest established in the UK. “Over
60 years its staff and students have made major contributions to the digital
world that we all inhabit today.
“We have helped to create
the trustworthy and resilient digital networks, data and systems on which we
all rely, and deliver cutting-edge advances in fields like games engineering,
synthetic biology, neuroscience and human-computer interaction.
“Our placing in the world’s top 100 reflects the
importance we place on developing people’s skills and undertaking research that
has a positive impact on the quality of our lives, businesses and society.”
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