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Bournemouth University Rankings 2025
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Recognized globally as a leading global enterprise, Bournemouth University is dedicated to delivering academic excellence. The Bournemouth University has recieved an B+ rating by Shiksha Grading.
Even though there are multiple global ranking metrics available for students to check university rankings, what makes Shiksha Grading different is that Shiksha uses the aggregate of all the publicly available university and course rankings from top-ranking publishers and maps it into nine buckets, namely A++, A+, A, B++, B+, B, C++, C+, C. With this method, courses are graded on the basis of their availability at the college in a particular country and universities are graded by the countries.
Moving forward, according to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, Bournemouth University ranks #771, showing a downgrade from its previous ranking of #701 in 2024. Bournemouth University also ranks #401 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to the last year, Bournemouth University witnessed a declining trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #251 in 2023. Furthermore, Bournemouth University ranks #56 in The Complete University Guide 'University Ranking' category in 2025.
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Shiksha has graded Bournemouth University streams, such as Mass Communication & Media, Nursing, and Humanities & Social Sciences with A, B++, and B+ grades, respectively. The availability of multiple rankings on the web can prove to be overwhelming to students looking to study abroad. Hence, Shiksha Study Abroad has launched Shiksha Grading. With it, students will no longer be required to check multiple ranking organisations to know about the performance of a particular university. Just checking Shiksha rating will suffice.
When it comes to global level course rankings of Bournemouth University, the Communication & Media Studies, Medicine, Arts & Humanities, and PG Business & Economics courses of the university rank well in the rankings by QS and THE. Its Communication & Media Studies program has been ranked at #201 by QS 2024. Additionally, Bournemouth University ranks well for Medicine course as well. According to QS 2022, the Medicine course ranks at #601 in the 2022.
In the rankings by THE Arts & Humanities 2024, Bournemouth University ranks at #251. Know more about Bournemouth University courses and subject rankings in the below article.
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BUUS News & World Report Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Universities | 916 | 884 | 675 |
BUThe Guardian Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University | 108 | 99 | 105 |
| Accounting and Finance | 78 | 71 | 97 |
| Business and Management | 93 | 75 | 104 |
| Economics | 70 | 65 | 71 |
| Journalism | 12 | 28 | 24 |
| Law | 87 | 36 | 41 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 50 | 50 | 51 |
| Media and Film Studies | 46 | 46 | 53 |
| Politics | 52 | – / – | – / – |
| Sociology and Social Policy | 26 | 55 | 53 |
BUThe Complete University Guide Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK University | 72 | 55 | 56 |
| Accounting and Finance | 74 | 55 | 59 |
| Art and Design | 29 | 26 | 22 |
| Biological Sciences | 85 | 81 | 74 |
| Business and Management Studies UK | 61 | 63 | 66 |
| Communication and Media Studies | 31 | 26 | 23 |
| Computer Science | 80 | 69 | 58 |
| Law | 77 | 40 | 42 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 69 | 44 | 50 |
| Nursing | 50 | 39 | 34 |
| Psychology | 67 | 63 | 63 |
| Sociology | 61 | 53 | 53 |
BUQS Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | – / – | 288 | 300 |
| World University | 801 | 701 | 771 |
| Communication and Media Studies | 151 | 201 | 151 |
BUTHE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University | 251 | 401 | 401 |
| Arts and Humanities | 251 | 251 | 251 |
| Clinical and Health | 251 | 301 | 301 |
| Life Sciences | 401 | 501 | 601 |
| PG Business and Economics | 301 | 251 | 201 |
| PG Computer Science | 601 | 801 | 601 |
| Psychology | 401 | 401 | 401 |
BUARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 801 | 801 | – / – |
| Nursing | 201 | 151 | 101 |
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