Kent rises to a position of 19th in the Complete University Guide subject table for law, putting it amongst the top 20 law schools in three leading UK league tables.
The latest Complete University Guide (2017) rankings, published yesterday, sees the Law School climb three places from last year, ahead of 81 other UK law schools. Kent Law School is also currently ranked 13th in the Times Good University Guide 2016 and 17th in The Guardian University Guide 2016.
Within the Complete University Guide’s most recent rankings, Kent Law School ranks 16th in terms of graduate prospects and 17th in terms of research quality. The rankings are based on a total of 10 measures which also include: student satisfaction, research intensity, entry standards, student-to-staff ratio, spending on academic services, spending on student facilities, good honours degrees achieved, and completion.
Earlier this month Kent was ranked 19th out of 30 UK law schools that made the global list of top 200 institutions in the QS World University Rankings by Subject table.
In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, Kent Law School is ranked eighth in the UK for research intensity. Almost all (99%) of the School’s research was judged to be of international quality with 79% judged as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. The REF, an independent survey of UK universities, also ranks the School seventh for research power with more than a third of the School’s research being given the highest 4* rating.
Kent Law School also achieved excellent results in the most recent National Student Survey (NSS) with 90% of final year undergraduate students reporting that they were satisfied overall and confirming that they continue to be amongst the most satisfied students in the UK.