How Durham ranks in the UK and globally
The QS World University Rankings are widely acknowledged as the most influential university rankings globally.We enhanced our position in seven of the nine established categories of assessment.
As well as strengthening our academic reputation, we rank 64 globally for employability and 22 for sustainability.
Our World Top 100 ranking adds to our recent fifth position in the UK’s Complete University Guide 2026 and fifth in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.
We are World Top 40 (34 th) in the global Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, yet again improving our position. These rankings measure universities’ success in delivering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Our position in the QS World University Rankings 2026 is joint 94 . We have been in the world top 100 every year since 2010.
In the Complete University Guide 2026, in which we rank 5 overall, 19 of our subjects are in the UK top five.
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