REF 2014 - Overall Institutional Results
| GPA = Grade Point Average - most commonly used score of research quality (maximum of 4) | Bangor University GPA = 2.99 | ||||||||
| (% of activity at 4* x 4)+(% of activity at 3* x 3)+(% of activity at 2* x 2)+(% of activity at 1* x 1) | |||||||||
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| UoA | Joint Submission | Submitted | % 4* | % 3* | % 2* | % 1* | U/C | 4*/3* | GPA |
| 03: Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy | 12.00 | 35 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 3.29 | |
| 04: Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience | 21.60 | 40 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 3.28 | |
| 06: Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science | (with Aberystwyth) | 18.20 | 32 | 46 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 3.05 |
| 07: Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences | (with Aberystwyth) | 35.35 | 21 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3.10 |
| 08: Chemistry | 9.40 | 3 | 64 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 2.70 | |
| 11: Computer Science and Informatics | 10.00 | 8 | 34 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 42 | 2.30 | |
| 13: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials | 12.60 | 23 | 45 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 2.89 | |
| 19: Business and Management Studies | 28.75 | 16 | 52 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 2.81 | |
| 20: Law | 9.00 | 8 | 44 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 2.34 | |
| 26: Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism | (with Cardiff Met') | 11.00 | 40 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 3.25 |
| 28: Modern Languages and Linguistics | 24.80 | 41 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 3.13 | |
| 29: English Language and Literature | 13.60 | 33 | 40 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 3.05 | |
| 30: History | 13.00 | 11 | 68 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 2.90 | |
| 35: Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts | 13.65 | 30 | 51 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 3.09 | |
The values in the overall tables are driven by underlying tables for Outputs/Publications (65%); Impact (20%) and Environment (15%)
The 2014 Research Excellence Framework recognised that more than three-quarters of Bangor’s research is either world-leading or internationally excellent. Based on the University submission of 14 Units of Assessment, 77% of the research was rated in the top two tiers of research quality, ahead of the average for all UK universities.
Research in the schools of Sports Science; Modern Languages; Welsh; Education; Linguistics; Social Sciences; Ocean Sciences; Biological Sciences; Environment, Natural Resources and Geography; Psychology; Healthcare Sciences and Medical Sciences have all been ranked in the top 20 in the UK.
Bangor University’s reputation as a world leading research university is further emphasised by Bangor being ranked 39th in the UK (excluding specialist institutions and single-submission universities). Eight of our 14 submissions achieved a GPA score (which is a measure of research quality) in excess of 3.0 out of a maximum score of 4.0.