Research Assessment Exercise
Kent is ranked 24th for its world-leading research. Our best ever RAE performance saw five of our subject areas given the highest rating and six placed in the top ten nationwide.
Research excellence at Kent
With 24 departments and 40 specialist research centres spanning the sciences, technology, medical studies, the social sciences, arts and humanities, the University’s research has led to significant breakthroughs, including the identification of the link between BSE and certain forms of animal feed, and discovering of an antibiotic that combats MRSA.
