Aston University

Popular public research university Aston University is located in Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Aston University Rank has consistently been in the top 500 universities in the world since 2017, according to the international ranking services QS and THE. Both rating providers have decreased the university's ranking over time. Aston University's QS Rank (Top Universities) was 358th in 2017 but was ranked between 561 and 570 in 2023. The Times Higher Education's (THE) ranking similarly declined, going from 351-400 in 2017 to 401-500 in 2023.

Aston has been ranked among the top 100 institutions in the UK, according to statistics from well-known book publishers in the country. From 2017 through 2023, The Complete University Guide put it among the top 50 universities in the UK. Aston University was ranked among the top 50 universities in 2017 by The Guardian, a well-known name in the UK education sector. It has only ever been positioned more than 50 educational institutions once in 2018. Since 2018, Aston has also been ranked among the top 1000 universities by US News & World Report. From 648 in 2018 to 717 in 2023, its rating has been steadily declining.

The business programmes provided by Aston University are highly well-liked and have been consistently recognised among the top 200 worldwide programmes by reputable organisations. From 2017 through 2023, QS ranked it in the range of 151-200 in its Accounting & Finance rating. In addition, from 2018 to 2022, it ranked Aston below the top 200 programmes in the world for MBA programmes. However, in its Master in Finance ranking for 2016 and 2022, the Financial Times ranked it among the top 100 programmes.

Since 2017, it has been placed by The Complete University Guide in the UK's top 50 for both accounting and finance and business and management studies. The Guardian has also dropped Aston out of its rankings for the top 100 UK programmes in accounting and finance as well as business, management, and marketing since 2017. In the UK, Aston's engineering programmes are well-liked. It was listed among the top 50 programmes in the UK for a variety of engineering course rankings by The Guardian and The Complete University Guide.