Top 5 in UK for Teaching Quality and Student Experience (GUG2021)

Top Ten in UK for Research Quality

We are delighted and proud to announce that the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University is Best in Wales and in the Top 5 in the UK for Teaching Quality and Student Experience for the subject of Politics in the latest The Times / Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. The Department achieved 90% and second place for its teaching quality and came third in Student Experience with 86%. The ratings for our teaching quality and student experience are a fantastic achievement and a massive credit to all our staff, academic and administrative, in providing an excellent learning environment for our students.

It is equally satisfying to see that the Department is also in the Top Ten in the UK for Research Quality. This makes us the only Politics and IR department in the UK that is in the Top Ten for research and teaching quality and Research Quality and Student Experience. We are very pleased that our determination to combine an excellent student learning environment and student experience with high quality research is being recognized in the Good University Guide. Overall, our department was the highest ranked Politics and IR department in Wales and 14th out of 80 Politics and IR departments in the UK.

This is part of a truly excellent outcome for Aberystwyth University as a whole. The same The Times / Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021 ranked Aberystwyth University as the best University in the UK for Teaching Quality and Student Experience.

Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 21:31:00 BST