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Bangor University

Bangor University was founded in 1884 and is dedicated to academic excellence. Bangor has over 10,000 students, 26 academic schools and over 600 teaching staff. Over half of the departments assessed to date in the teaching quality assessments have received the top rating of 'excellent'. Bangor's mission is to be a world-class research-led university, to provide teaching and learning of the highest quality, and to contribute to the development of the economy, health and culture of a sustainable Wales and a sustainable world.

Bangor has a strong research base across a spectrum of academic disciplines engaging in research at national and international levels. The University provides strong support for research activities including encouraging links with commercial and industrial bodies in the UK and overseas. The University also aims to be responsive to local and regional needs and is particularly conscious of its North Wales location and role as a research resource and a training base for Wales.

Research is carried out either directly in the Schools or in Research Centres and Institutes associated with one or more School. Analysis of the Research Assessment Exercise, which measures the quality of University research has identified world leading research in all 19 assessed subject areas with nearly 50% given the top grading of 3* and 4*.

Areas of particular excellence include Accounting & Finance within the Business School which is rated first in the UK and Electronic Engineering which is rated second in the UK. In addition, Sports Science and Welsh are placed in the top 10 in the UK in their respective units of assessment and Psychology 11th in the UK. In the Arts & Humanities, the School of Music had 90% of its research staff rated as world leading or of international quality. In the Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences field (which includes Ocean Sciences) 90% of research staff were rated as world leading or of international quality.

Coverage

The University submitted information from ten of its nineteen Units of Assessment (UoAs). These included all of the large research departments of the university. In total 4,900 records were submitted.