The School of Engineering has been ranked 3rd amongst similar integrated Engineering departments in the UK and top in the Midlands in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) results.

Results from the REF 2014 have confirmed our research as being one of the most powerful in General Engineering in the UK, with a 7th place ranking base on ‘research power’.

Research from 92% of staff was submitted to REF, testament to the quality of researchers within the School, with 90% of the research being judged as being world-leading or internationally excellent.

Warwick’s engineering facilities and working environment were ranked 6th in the UK for General Engineering, judged to be world-leading or internationally excellent.

About REF

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is run by the UK’s higher education funding bodies, to assess the quality of UK research and to inform the distribution of public funds for research until the next ranking exercise in 2020.

The 2014 REF results were compiled using a quality profile which identifies the proportion of activity reaching each of four defined 'starred' quality levels – from 4* to unclassified:

• 4* Quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
• 3* Quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour but which falls short of the highest standards of excellence.
• 2* Quality that is recognised internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
• 1* Quality that is recognised nationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
• Unclassified Quality that falls below the standard of nationally recognised work. Or work which does not meet the published definition of research for the purposes of this assessment.

Warwick is one of the UK’s leading research universities and the quality and impact of our research is demonstrated by our excellent research rankings.

The latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) ranks Warwick 7th overall in the UK (based on multi-faculty institutions).