Swansea breaks into the UK's top 30 research-intensive universities

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) results have seen longstanding Society client Swansea University soar up the table from 52nd to 26th. This is the largest jump up the rankings of any research-intensive University in the UK.

The REF results mean that Swansea University has achieved its ambition to be a top 30 research institution. Its leap comes as the University prepares to open its new £450 million science and innovation Bay Campus, which will allow it to make even greater strides in the future.

Professor Richard Davies, the University's Vice-Chancellor, said:

"Swansea University is on a strong upward trajectory, so we expected to see significant improvements in REF. But even we are surprised by the scale of our success. It is extremely gratifying that we have doubled our world-leading research in the six years since the 2008 results, with a third of our research now classed as world-leading.”