- Student-faculty ratios: 21.1
- Male to female ratio: 48 : 52
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.aston.ac.uk/
- Address: Aston Triangle,Birmingham, B4 7ET,United Kingdom
- Phone: -
Aston University is a public research university located in Birmingham’s city centre, England’s second largest city in terms of population. Its origins date back to the 19th century when a School of Metallurgy was founded in the Birmingham and Midland Institute. By 1895 it had become the Birmingham Municipal Technical School. Several other name changes ensued until Aston gained university status in 1966. The university is made up of five schools: Engineering and Applied Science, Life and Health Sciences, Languages and Social Sciences, the Aston Medical School and the Aston Business School. It has a total student body of over 11,000 students, comprising around 9,000 undergraduates and more than 2,000 postgraduates. Aston’s Business School was founded in 1947 and is one of the oldest and largest in the UK. It holds triple accreditation, which is a classification given to only 73 business schools worldwide by the three leading business school accreditation associations. The university campus is spread across 60 acres of land in the Gosta Green area of Birmingham and comes complete with a swimming pool, sports centres, a library, cafés, restaurants, pubs, and shops, hairdressers, health centres and lots of green space. The library is spread over four floors and holds more than 250,000 books and 800 periodicals with room for around 700 reading spaces. It also has access to nearly 3,500 electronic journals and 40 electronic databases. Aston boasts strong links to industry and business and in 2012 The Telegraph newspaper ranked Aston among the top 10 UK universities for producing millionaires. It also has partnerships in place with more than 140 universities in 40 different countries, including China, Hong Kong and India. Among Aston’s alumni are stand-up comedian Frankie Boyle, BBC journalist Ivan Noble, and senior international correspondent at CNN, Nic Robertson.
- Total number of students 10,990
- Number of international students 2,850
- Total number of academic staff 455
- Number of international staff 145
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 1,980
- Number of master's degrees awarded 945
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 80
- Number of research only staff 140
- Number of new undergraduate students 3,255
- Number of new master's students 815
- Number of new doctoral students 35
- Global score 41
- Global research reputation #499
- Regional research reputation #373
- Publications #971
- Books #314
- Conferences #730
- Normalized citation impact #486
- Total citations #838
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #777
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #383
- International collaboration #408
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #226
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #816
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #615
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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21.1
No. of students per staff
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48 : 52
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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11,113
Number of FTE Students
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26%
Percentage of International Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2012
350-400
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2015
351-400
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2016
401-500
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2017
351—400
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2018
351–400
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2019
351–400
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2020
501–600
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Young University Rankings
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2012
83
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2013
96
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2014
81
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2015
70
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2016
=77
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
301–400
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2019
301–400
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Engineering & technology
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2018
251–300
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2019
401–500
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-
Social sciences
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2018
201–250
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2019
201–250
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-
Business & Economics
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2017
=94
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2018
=85
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2019
101–125
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Computer Science
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2019
301–400
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Psychology
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2019
201–250
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European Teaching
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2018
76-100
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2019
76-100
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#117 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 37.8
- Economics and Business global research reputation #172
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #84
- Economics and Business publications #205
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #31
- Economics and Business total citations #109
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #106
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #35
- Economics and Business international collaboration #92
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #65
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #86
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #43
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#598 Physics
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- Physics overall score 32.1
- Physics global research reputation #376
- Physics regional research reputation #225
- Physics publications #673
- Physics normalized citation impact #506
- Physics total citations #629
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #543
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #365
- Physics international collaboration #442
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #268
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #654
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #633