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Our achievements and awards

Inspirational teaching. Award-winning student support. Global frontrunners in sustainability, and double recipients of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for research excellence. It’s no wonder we’ve earned five ‘University of the Year’ titles in six years.

It takes a lot to create an award-winning university. A global reputation for innovation; internationally-recognised academics; a peerless standard of student care and support; thousands of graduates progressing annually into impactful, high-skilled roles; constant investment into new and better facilities; and game-changing research that answers society’s most pressing questions.

At NTU, we’re delivering all those things — and they all reflect our belief in being bold, being distinctive, and making the right choices. That’s what makes NTU an award-winning university like no other.

Take a look at some of our latest and greatest accolades below.

Uni Compare 2024/2025

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is 1st in the UK for Employability in this year’s Uni Compare rankings.

NTU has also been voted by students as the best university in the UK, 1st for Course Quality, 2nd for Student Life and top ten for accommodation.

Uni Compare is a university comparison website which provides students with information on universities in the UK. For 2024/25, they received over 131,500 ratings and reviews from students about their university lived experiences, so we are delighted with the result.

1st in the UK for Employability

As voted for by students (Uni Compare 2025)

Best university in the UK

As voted for by students (Uni Compare 2025)

1st in the UK for course quality

As voted for by students (Uni Compare 2025)

2nd in the UK for student life

As voted for by students (Uni Compare 2025)

Some of our recent awards

Awarded Gold for teaching

NTU has been awarded Gold for teaching in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessment.

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World-leading research institution - REF 2021

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 showed that 83% of our research activity was classed as either world-leading or internationally excellent.

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2nd most sustainable university in the world

NTU was named the 2nd most sustainable university in the world in the 2024 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings

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Awarded 5/5 QS stars rating

A sign of quality teaching, facilities, and employability prospects.

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