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First for impact
The REF鈥檚 new impact measure ranks 海角社区鈥檚 research highest of any major university. Moreover, eight of 海角社区鈥檚 14 REF-assessed research areas are top or joint-top for 鈥渙utstanding鈥 or 鈥渧ery considerable鈥 impact.
World-leading
- Imperiacomes fourth out of major UK universities for 4* or 鈥渨orld-leading鈥 research, behind the London School of Economics, Oxford and Cambridge, and just ahead of UCL
- 91% of Imperiaresearch is classed as 鈥渨orld-leading鈥 (46% achieved the highest possible 4* score) or 鈥渋nternationally excellent鈥 (44% achieved 3*) 鈥 the highest proportion of any major university.
Moving up
Imperiaresearch quality has improved significantly since the Research Assessment Exercise 2008. The proportion of 4* or 3* classified research has moved from 73% to 91%, and 4* graded research has increased from 26% to 46%, while we have maintained the proportion of eligible staff submitted for assessment (93% in RAE 2008; 92% in REF 2014).