RAE 2001

Durham is one of the UK's leading research institutions. Every five years the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) assesses the quality of research in all UK universities. It publishes its results in tables which compare subject groupings across universities on a scale of 1-5 star, where 1 is a concentration of research below national standards and 5 star a concentration of research of international quality. In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (2001) Durham scored six 5 star, thirteen 5, twelve 4, and one 3a.

5**

International excellence in more than 50% of submitted research areas and national excellence in all remaining areas:

Applied Mathematics
Chemistry
English
Geography
History
Law

5

International excellence in up to 50% of research and national excellence in virtually all remaining areas:

Accounting and Finance
Anthropology
Archaeology
Biological Sciences
Classics
Education
Engineering
French
Linguistics
Philosophy
Physics
Psychology
Pure Mathematics
Theology

4

National excellence in virtually all research submitted, plus some evidence of International excellence:

Computer Science
East Asian Studies
Economics and Econometrics
Geological Sciences
German
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Music
Politics
Statistics
Sociology
Social Work
Spanish

3a

International excellence in some areas and national excellence in others together in the substantial majority:

Business and Management

No Durham University subject area scored below 3a in 2001.