Since its inception in 1892 and attainment of the university status in 1926, the University of Reading has been continuously striving to equip its students with the latest facilities, build up international reputation for promoting best quality teaching, research development and global partnerships. In the pursuit of excellence, the University of Reading has emerged as one of the leading universities in the UK and attained global recognition.

The University of Reading has created a niche for itself in the top 1% universities in the world. Let’s learn where the university exactly stands when it comes to world rankings, rankings in the UK and subject-wise rankings.

University of Reading World Rankings

In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020, the University of Reading maintained its place in the top 250 higher education institutions in the world out of a total of 1,396 institutions from 92 countries. This certainly gave a reason to a student community of 20,000 students to feel proud about its institution.

However, in the Best Global Universities Rankings list by US News & World Report, Reading acquired #311 position with a global score of 56.2, calculated based upon various ranking indicators. The indicators and the respective ranks obtained by the University of Reading in comparison to other universities are detailed in the following table:

Reading’s performance has been quite good in the QS World University Ranking 2020 as it grabbed #205 position with an overall score of 42.3, outweighing many renowned universities in the world. The overall score can be attributed to the scores obtained by the University in different categories. The details have been summed up in the table given below:

Let’s look at the ranking trend of the University of Reading over a span of 8 years:

From the above-given graph it can be inferred that in the year 2016, the University of Reading flared quite well with a world rank of #156, however, since then a constant dip in the rankings has been witnessed. The good thing is that the university has been able to hold 205th position in the ranking table of QS World University Rankings 2020. This clearly indicates that the university is constantly making efforts to maintain its position and give a tough competition to its other counterparts.

University of Reading Country Rankings

The University of Reading has climbed up consecutively for the 3rd year in the Times HIgher Education’s Best University in the UK Rankings list of 2020 by reaching 29th position from 30. Whereas, as per US News & World Report, Reading ended up at #32 position in the ‘Best Global Universities in the UK’ list of 2020 and #132 among best global universities in Europe.

University of Reading Subject-Wise Ranking

The University of Reading has flared well in the subject-wise rankings. Be it US News & World Report or QS Rankings, Reading seems to flare well in both the ranking lists. Let’s learn where the University of Reading stands in terms of different subject areas.

US News & World Report Rankings 2020

QS WUR By Subject Ranking

Hope the ranks presented here will help you in judging the position of the University in the world, in Europe and the UK and draw a comparative analysis.