English at York in the top ten in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024

Our Head of Department Jennie Batchelor said: “I am delighted that we have continued to rank in the top ten English departments in the UK. The ranking is a welcome reflection of our ambitious degree programmes, our staff expertise and brilliant, curiosity-driven students and our wonderfully supportive academic community”.

The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide uses data on entry standards, student-staff ratios, completion rates, first-class and 2:1 degrees, and graduate prospects. It combines these with measures of research quality, student satisfaction and social inclusion to award each university an overall score, broken down by subject.

York’s overall position

The University as a whole has risen two places to rank 15th overall.

In total, 14 subjects at York ranked in the UK top 10:

• Department of Archaeology
  5th for Archaeology and Forensic Science
• Department of Biology
  6th for Biological Sciences
• Department of Chemistry
  7th for Chemistry
• Department of English
  7th for English
• Department of History
  8th for History
• Department of History of Art
  6th for History of Art, Architecture and Design
• Department of Language and Linguistic Science
• 3rd for French
• Joint 5th for Iberian Languages
• Joint 3rd for Linguistics
• Department of Philosophy
  9th for Philosophy
• Department of Psychology
  7th for Psychology
• School of Arts and Creative Technologies
  Joint 8th for Drama, Dance and Cinematics
• School of Natural Sciences
  5th for Natural Sciences
• Department of Sociology
  10th for Criminology

A further eight subjects ranked in the top 20.