School succeeds in the Times University Guide 2025

• 1^st for Communication and Media Studies
• 1^st for Criminology
• 6^th for Sociology
• 8^th for Geography and Environmental Science
• 12^th for History
• Top 20 for Politics

The league table is based on nine measures: Teaching quality, student experience, research quality, entry standards, graduate prospects, firsts/2:1s, continuation rate, student/staff ratio, people and planet.

Professor Elizabeth Peel, Acting Dean for the School commented: “We are very proud to have achieved these results across our departments. As a school we are committed to offering the highest quality of teaching and support to our students, which is underpinned by world-class research.”

The Times University Guide rankings can be found here. Further information about Loughborough’s success in the rankings can be found here.

Discover some of the opportunities offered within the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough here.