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Today’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) results highlight the University of Oxford’s world-leading position in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience.

We ranked first place in the overall quality of our submission, and had the highest proportion of world-leading research. We scored 100 per cent for the quality of our research and training environment. Ninety-five per cent of our submission was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.  This is an outstanding performance.

Our results are complemented by outstanding results from the other areas of Medical Sciences, and the University overall has the largest volume of world-leading research.  

Find out more about the impact of our research.