Sociology and Criminology at York rank highly in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024

The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.

Professor Nik Brown, Head of Department, said “We’re incredibly proud of the prestigious programmes we have developed in the areas of sociology, criminology, social psychology, and digital media. We deliver high quality teaching that is designed to engage, enliven, and encourage all our students. Working collaboratively with its partners across the University of York, the Department of Sociology is dedicated to inspirational research-led teaching programmes with real-world impact and social benefit.”

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.