Posted on 16 May 2024
This week, we maintained our place among the UK’s most highly regarded departments for the subject of Psychology. The Department of Psychology ranked 9th in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2025.
Head of Department, Professor Lisa Henderson said, "We are delighted to maintain our position in the top ten CUG 2025 rankings. This result reflects the Department’s strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research, and is testament to our excellent staff and students."
The University of York ranked joint 17th overall in the Complete University Guide 2025. The guide ranks 130 institutions across the UK.
In total, 14 subjects at York were ranked in the UK top 10:
A further 10 subjects appeared in the UK top 20.
Published annually, The Complete University Guide league tables rank the best universities in the UK. It covers 74 separate subject areas, as well as an overall institutional ranking. 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.