Results

The results for each submission will be presented as a 'quality profile'. These quality profiles will present the proportions, rounded to 5 per cent, of research activity in each submission judged to have met each of the following definitions of quality levels:

Unit of assessment Full-time equivalent research staff submitted for assessment Overall quality profile (percentage of research activity at each quality level)
4* 3* 2* 1* Unclassified
Allied Health Professions and Studies 23.50 20 30 35 15 0
Anthropology 24.33 20 30 40 10 0
Applied Mathematics 28.80 25 35 40 0 0
Archaeology 13.00 15 45 30 10 0
Asian Studies 7.00 10 25 45 20 0
Biological Sciences 107.20 25 40 30 5 0
Business and Management Studies 182.22 25 40 30 5 0
Cancer Studies 38.70 30 60 10 0 0
Cardiovascular Medicine 24.20 15 60 25 0 0
Chemical Engineering 32.73 25 60 15 0 0
Chemistry 58.30 20 45 35 0 0
Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 16.80 25 30 35 10 0
Computer Science and Informatics 72.05 30 55 15 0 0
Dentistry 20.30 30 45 25 0 0
Development Studies 37.45 25 40 25 10 0
Drama, Dance and Performing Arts 10.02 45 40 15 0 0
Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences 37.10 20 50 25 5 0
Economics and Econometrics 34.80 25 55 20 0 0
Education 40.60 20 35 30 10 5
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46.00 25 45 30 0 0
English Language and Literature 33.45 30 45 25 0 0
Epidemiology and Public Health 20.70 15 45 40 0 0
French 15.00 15 35 35 15 0
General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering 52.16 20 50 30 0 0
Geography and Environmental Studies 22.00 15 50 30 5 0
German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages 11.00 20 35 30 15 0
History 34.20 20 40 30 10 0
History of Art, Architecture and Design 17.00 40 40 15 5 0
Iberian and Latin American Languages 14.00 30 45 20 5 0
Italian 7.00 20 35 40 0 5
Law 61.80 10 40 40 10 0
Linguistics 15.00 10 45 35 10 0
Metallurgy and Materials 49.33 20 60 15 5 0
Middle Eastern and African Studies 12.00 15 45 20 15 5
Music 14.00 50 35 10 5 0
Nursing and Midwifery 57.92 50 35 10 5 0
Other Hospital-Based Clinical Subjects 39.13 10 60 30 0 0
Other Laboratory-Based Clinical Subjects 14.80 5 45 40 10 0
Pharmacy 31.60 30 40 25 5 0
Philosophy 13.50 10 35 50 5 0
Physics 82.80 20 35 30 15 0
Politics and International Studies 46.40 20 30 30 20 0
Pre-clinical and Human Biological Sciences 72.70 20 45 35 0 0
Primary Care and Other Community Based Clinical Subjects 12.90 40 40 15 5 0
Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology 39.50 5 45 40 10 0
Psychology 31.20 10 35 45 10 0
Pure Mathematics 27.00 20 40 35 5 0
Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages 6.30 35 35 25 5 0
Social Work and Social Policy & Administration 13.00 15 30 50 5 0
Sociology 49.20 40 20 25 15 0
Statistics and Operational Research 10.90 20 35 30 15
Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies 23.85 25 40 30 5 0
Town and Country Planning 17.90 20 40 30 10 0

Can the 2008 RAE results be compared with the 2001 RAE results?

It will not be possible to directly compare the 2008 RAE results with the results of the 2001 RAE. In part this is because the list of units of assessment has changed between the exercises. It is also because the 2001 RAE reported its results in a different format - each submission was awarded a score between 1 and 5*. The 2008 RAE results will instead take the form of the quality profile - as shown above.