The British government once organized a research and evaluation exercise (RAE) every seven years or so. As the most authoritative university ranking in Britain, RAE not only shows the comprehensive strength of a university to a great extent, but also directly affects the amount of research funds that a British university can obtain. In fact, British universities do not attach great importance to the ranking of various media or newspapers, but they attach great importance to the rating of RAE. RAE score plays an important role in school funds, research level and the number of top scholars. The last RAE ranking was in 2008.

20 14, 12, 18, the UK officially released the results of Research Excellence Framework (REF), which replaced RAE. The Framework for Excellence in British Research (REF) is a new action plan funded by the British government to evaluate the quality of scientific research projects in domestic universities. The evaluation focuses on the output, impact and environment of scientific research projects, and the results will determine how much research funds British universities will receive from institutions funded by the British government in the next six years.

The following is the latest comprehensive ranking of scientific research level in REF 2065 438+04:

Research Excellence Framework 20 14: Comprehensive Ranking of Institutions.

20 14 ranking by GPA 2008 ranking by GPA 2008 ranking by GPA 2008 uoa number entered by institutions FTE total number of staff submitted Qual4 * ity Pro 3 * I 2 * nstituti1* ons% u/CGPA (0-4) research ability ranking 20 1 4 Research Ability Ranking 2008 1 1 Cancer Institute 21038 618910 =113 Queen Mary College, University of London 2/kloc Kloc-0/03. 182,1332221=14 = 65438 507343141103 Cardiff 05 1 1595 = 4239 Queen's University Belfast 288682 5522 1202.992, 5966 7 19295080 = 70 = 68 university of east london13129174532602.713518690 = 72 = 59 University of Hull. 709604943 = 72 = 72 University of the West of England17299154633602.708085454 = 72 = 91Kingston University 9 139 1 64435472 = 75 = 63 Brunel University London 265438 5403337=75=63De montfort University122164237512.675837166 = 75 = 93 Glasgow. 3483502.6 74097983 = 75654333 20178106109 =119 bucks new university 42473/kloc.