Bangor University

Founded in 1884, Bangor University is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the UK. The latest National Student Survey (NSS) results reflects the University’s focus on overall student experience. The results – released August 2018 – place Bangor amongst the UK’s top 10 universities for student satisfaction (excluding specialist institutions). Bangor University is in the top 40 in the UK for research (excluding specialist institutions and single-submission universities). Our research has a major impact around the world according to the latest assessment of research quality, the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. The REF recognised that more than three-quarters of Bangor’s research is either world-leading or internationally excellent, ahead of the average for UK universities. Over half of Bangor’s academic Schools have been ranked in the UK top 20 for quality of research. Bangor University has been awarded the Gold standard in the UK Government’s new Teaching Excellence Framework. We were amongst the first set of universities, and the only one in Wales, to be awarded Gold in 2017. This means our teaching is of the highest quality in the UK.