Kent Law School’s strong international character and world-leading reputation for research has been recognised in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2019 for law, published today.
Out of 187 law schools across the globe (expanded from the 100 that were ranked in 2018), Kent is ranked 58th overall. Within the ranking, Kent is 12th for international outlook and is listed among the 50 best law schools in the world for research. Only 34 UK universities made it into this year’s rankings.
The THE World University Rankings are the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators, grouped into five key areas: teaching (the learning environment); research (volume, income and reputation); citations (research influence); international outlook (staff, students and research); and industry income (knowledge transfer).
In addition to the THE World University Rankings, Kent Law School performs strongly in two other leading global league tables; Kent is ranked among the top 100 law schools in the world in the 2018 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subject and among the top 150 law schools in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2018.
Kent also features in the top 20 of all three major UK league tables; the Law School is 11th for law in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019; 13th in The Guardian University Guide 2019 for law; and 18th in The Complete University Guide 2019.
This strong and consistent performance in national and international league tables means Kent Law School is one of only seven UK law schools to be among the first 20 UK institutions listed in all six league tables for law.