High ranking
In the top 600 universities in Times Higher Education 2020 World University Rankings (source: The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020)
In the top 150 in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2020 (source: The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2020)
A top 100 UK university and the highest ranked modern university in Scotland (source: The Times/The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2019)
Education at UWS was ranked 2nd in the UK overall, & 1st in the UK for teaching quality and 1st in Scotland for student experience (source: The Times / The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019)*
Education at UWS was ranked 2nd in the UK overall & 1st in Scotland for student satisfaction (source: The Complete University Guide 2019)*
Education at UWS was ranked 2nd in Scotland for satisfaction (source: The Guardian University Guide 2019)*
UWS was ranked at No. 3 in Scotland for student experience and teaching quality (source: Times/The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2019)
Top in the UK - 100% Overall Student Satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2018 for bachelor degree studies in Aircraft Engineering, Civil Engineering, Midwifery, Applied Bioscience, Childhood Practice
* this ranking was achieved for our undergraduate course in initial teacher training

Success story
95.5% of UWS graduates are in work or further study six months after graduating (source: Higher Education Statistics Agency, 2016/17)
£8.2m awarded to UWS research projects in 2017/18
A diverse demographic
19,000 students in 2018/19
From Ireland to India, from the Seychelles to Singapore – our students are drawn from 141 different nationalities
1760 students engaged in UWS trans-national education initiatives studying UWS degrees in-country
Satisfied students
85% of final year undergraduates were satisfied with their experience (source: National Student Survey, 2018)
89.6% of students were satisfied with their experience (source: iGraduate Student Barometer, 2018)
93.6% of international students were satisfied with UWS’s International Student Support (source: iGraduate Student Barometer, 2018)
92.8% students agreed "I have had the right opportunities to work with other students as part of my course" - highest rating in Scotland (source: National Student Survey, 2018)
86.2% students agreed "my course has challenged me to achieve my best work" - highest rating in Scotland (source: National Student Survey 2018
100% Overall Student Satisfaction for bachelor degree studies in Aircraft Engineering, Civil Engineering, Midwifery, Applied Bioscience, Childhood Practice (source: National Student Survey, 2018)
In addition, the following subjects scored over 90% student satisfaction in Accounting, Community Education, Education, Integrated Health & Social Care, Law & Business, Marketing, Music Technology, Pre-registration Adult Nursing, Science, Psychology, Sport Coaching, Sport & Exercise Science, Web & Mobile Development (source: National Student Survey 2018)
Sector-leading learning environments
£100m+ investment in our award-winning* Lanarkshire Campus, including 250,000 sq ft of carbon-neutral buildings
* UWS Lanarkshire Campus was winner of The Guardian University Awards 2019 in the Sustainable Buildings that Inspire category.

Helping Industry & Commerce
20% of completed Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) projects are graded as Outstanding by Innovate UK (double the UK average)
No. 1 in Scotland for the number and value of KTP bids submitted (39 bids worth £8M since November 2017)
90% KTP bid success rate over 10 year period
Strengthening Scotland
£537.8m – value of UWS to the Scottish economy (Source: Biggar Economics, Socio-economic Impact of UWS 2014)
5,197 Scottish jobs supported by UWS
£443million – estimated value of the new Lanarkshire Campus to the local economy over 25 years
Promoting participation
UWS continues to be the leading institution in Scotland for recruitment from SIMD20 areas: 27.7% of our students come from Scotland's most deprived communities (note: figures for 2017/18 of all Scottish-domiciled undergraduate entrants)
In 2017/18 1,237 students articulated with advanced standing (where a student gets full academic credit for prior learning), which is the highest number in Scotland