Aston University Rankings 2026

US World and News rankings are based on a range of relevant parameters such as Graduation and retention rates, Social mobility, Graduation rate performance, Undergraduate academic reputation, Faculty resources for the current academic year, etc.

US World and News ranked Aston University at rank #659, which is an improvement from the last year 2023, as this ranking was #717 in the Global Universities category. From the ranking data in hand, it can be inferred that the rankings for this university are improving since the year 2022.

For global university category rankings, the U.S. News & World Report ranks the universities according to their performance, which is set across a variety of indicators. These indicators are:

For the UK-based universities only, The Guardian University Guide rankings are realized. Some of the few indicators that are used to compute the rankings of these universities are entry standards, student-staff ratio, teaching quality, feedback, career prospects, etc.

Aston University ranks at #21, which is an increase of 4 spots as the university ranked lower in the year 2024 which was rank #25. The rankings given by The Guardian are fluctuating as since the year 2023. The Business and Management programs at this university are ranking at #32 for the year 2025. For most of the programs, these rankings are improving year on year.

According to the table given below for difference among the similarly ranked UK universities, the University of Glasgow ranks the best, despite moving to #14 from #13 in the year 2024. Aston University is not that far though. 

A comparison of Aston University with the University of Glasgow is given below:

The Complete University Guide rankings assess the Universities in the UK on a variety of parameters that can be considered crucial when selecting a university. According to the ranking data published by this ranking body, Aston University ranks at #43 among the best universities in the world which is a decline in the rankings from the previous year 2024, as it was #41.

The Complete University Guide Rankings for this university are fluctuating since 2023, where the rank was 48. The next year it got better by 7 places, however declined by 2 places in 2025.

Given below are the parameters on which the Swansea University is ranked:

QS World University Rankings are one of the most comprehensive rankings that have offered World University Rankings since 2004. For the year 2025, the Aston University QS ranking is #423 in the 'World University' category which is an improvement from the last year as the ranking for that year was #446. The rankings for this university are constantly improving since 2023. It is the same case in the 'Europe category' holding the ranking of #161 improving from its last year's rankings which was #167.

According to the QS rankings published for the year 2025, Aston University ransk better than the University of Essex. Additionally, the rankings for Aston Univeristy are improving constantly since the year 2023. 

A detailed QS Rankings comparison between the University of Essex and Aston University: 

The rankings have been provided by THE (Times Higher Education) since the year 2004. The creation of these rankings is done to know and evaluate the university's performance on the global stage and provide a comprehensive ranking report for the students to make an informed higher education decision.

For the year 2025, Aston University is ranked at #351 which is an improvement from the last year ranking of #401. For the year 2023, it stayed the same.

According to the table given below, Swansea University ranks better than Aston University. However, Aston University is the only university showing an improvement in THE rankings over the years.

The table below shows the comparison of the universities of various similarly ranked universities in the UK:

ARWU, short for Academic Ranking of the World Universities also known as Shanghai Ranking is known as one of the best ranking bodies in the world. It is one of the three most influential rankings of the world alongside Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings.

Over 2,500 Universities are ranked by ARWU every year. In the ARWU ranking, Aston University ranks at #301 in 2024 for their Political Science programs, which is a constant since 2022.

The ranking parameters of ARWU are quality of education, quality of faculty, research output and per capita performance. The weightage that each parameter carries is given below: