Our Rankings

Our accolades, awards, and league table rankings in university guides

The Herald Higher Education Awards 2023 Winner
The University of Dundee has been named Scotland’s top university at The Herald Higher Education Awards.
QS World University Rankings logo, Dundee placed in the top 50.
The University of Dundee has been recognised as a “global centre of excellence for Life Sciences & Medicine” in the newly released QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The University of Dundee is one of the world’s top 250 universities
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The University of Dundee has been recognised for having two subjects in the word’s top 200 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2023.
Complete University Guide
Dundee is ranked the second safest city in the UK
The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide
The University of Dundee has risen in the 2023 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, being ranked top in the UK for one subject and securing top 10 places in another six disciplines.
StudentCrowd logo for the number one ranking award for Dundee, for the best five Scottish universities.
We ranked number 1 in StudentCrowd's 5 best Scottish universities 2022
QS 5 star ranking badge for Excellent result
University given 5 Star rating by QS
84% of our research was assessed as 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' in the Research Excellence Framework 2021
University Spinout Report 2021
The University of Dundee was 6th in UK and 1st in Scotland for the total value of spinouts over the last two decades.
Complete University Guide
4th in Scotland for Graduate prospects – outcomes
QS Top 200 for graduate employment
We are one of the top 200 universities in the world for graduate employment rate
Guardian University Guide
The University of Dundee is first in the UK for graduate prospects for Medicine.
times higher education logo
The University of Dundee achieved top 100 world rankings for 4 of the 17 UN Sustainability Goals.
Leiden Rankings
The University of Dundee is 34th in the world for the highest proportion of highly cited publications in the 2022 CWTS Leiden Rankings.
The Graduate Outcomes Survey
The University is also top in Scotland and 14th in the UK
NSS
We recorded overall satisfaction of 76.8% for full-time students on undergraduate degrees.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Dundee was ranked 1st in Scotland, 9th in the UK, and 30th in the world in 2019