9th in the UK: Complete University Guide 2024

This week, we confirmed our place among the UK’s most highly regarded departments for the subject of History. The Department of History ranked 9th in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2024.

Published annually, The Complete University Guide league tables rank the best universities in the UK, overall and within 74 subject areas. Overall, universities and subjects are ranked on entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, graduate prospects, completion rates, student-staff ratio and spend on academic services and facilities.

The rankings are based on public domain data collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the National Student Survey and the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

Head of Department, Professor Laura Stewart said, "I'm delighted that History has retained a Top 10 position in this year's Complete University Guide. This is testament to the hard work, commitment, and enthusiasm of all teaching staff in the Department. Our world-leading research informs everything we do in the classroom and we offer many opportunities for students to apply historical knowledge in wider contexts.

Studying at York gives you the chance to explore an outstanding range of courses, from the early medieval period right up to the present day, and covering all populated continents. As one of Europe's most beautiful historic cities, York is a very special place to study our discipline! We look forward to welcoming students who share our passion for History - you will be joining a friendly and supportive community."

York’s overall position

Out of 130 UK universities, the University of York ranked joint 17th overall in The Complete University Guide 2024.

In total, thirteen subjects at the University of York were ranked in the UK top 10; Archaeology (8th), Biological Sciences (8th), Chemistry (7th), Drama, Dance and Cinematics (joint 1st) English (7th), French (4th), History (9th), History of Art, Architecture and Design (6th), Iberian Languages - Spanish (4th), Linguistics (8th), Nursing (8th), Social Policy (9th) and Social Work (3rd).