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Carnegie School of Sport ranked among best in world in international rankings
The Carnegie School of Sport is ranked in the top 75 in the world for Sport Science Schools and Departments and 6th in the UK.
Peter Mackreth, Dean of the Carnegie School of Sport said: “We’re pleased to be recognised in these global rankings which recognise the great research emerging from our School.
“It provides further evidence of excellence which is often sought by international students."
The 2021 GRAS contains rankings of universities in 54 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences.
More than 1,800 out of 4,000 universities across 93 countries and regions are listed in the rankings.
The GRAS rankings use a range of objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of world universities in respective subjects, including research output, research influence, international collaboration, research quality, and international academic awards.
The index of international academic awards is based on Academic Excellence Survey (AES) conducted by ShanghaiRanking since 2017.
The School has a reputation for delivering world leading research that contributes to wider social change, which in turn attracts undergraduate and postgraduate students from across the globe. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework, Carnegie School of Sport came second in the country for research power.
The Carnegie School of Sport building boasts a wealth of outstanding facilities including dedicated research laboratories, a hypoxic laboratory, a health and wellbeing studio, a covered rooftop 60m sprint track, enhanced strength and conditioning spaces, and changing and recovery facilities.
The facility at Leeds Beckett University’s Headingley Campus is a base for the Carnegie School of Sport’s undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes and provides a hub for the elite athletes who use the university’s sports performance expertise.
The 2021 Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments is available on their website: https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/grsssd/2021