Kent ranked as one of best law schools in the world

Kent Law School continues to be ranked as one of the best law schools in the world in the QS World University Rankings for law. In the QS World University Rankings by subject table, published in March, Kent is ranked 19th out of a total of 30 UK law schools that made the global list of top 200 institutions. Rankings are based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact with QS conducting surveys of more than 75,000 academics and 44,000 employers and undertaking an analysis of 28.5 million research papers to determine this year’s results. The news comes a year which has seen the School enjoy a strong performance in the subject tables for law. Already ranked 13th in the Times Good University Guide 2016, the School is also ranked 17th in the Guardian University Guide 2016 and 19th in the Complete Univerity Guide 2017. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, Kent Law School is ranked eighth in the UK for research intensity.