| Unit of Assessment |
2001 Rating |
Proportion of Staff Selected |
Category A and A* Research Active Staff (FTE) |
Flagged Research Groups |
| 1 | Clinical Laboratory Sciences | | | 0 | |
| 1 | A - Clinical Laboratory Sciences | 5 | A | 44.9 | |
| 1 | B - Dunn School of Pathology | 5* | A | 40 | |
| 2 | Community-based Clinical Subjects | 5* | A | 52.1 | |
| 3 | Hospital-based Clinical Subjects | 5* | A | 197.1 | |
| 6 | Anatomy | 5 | B | 14 | |
| 7 | Physiology | 5 | A | 36.5 | |
| 8 | Pharmacology | 5* | B | 17.3 | |
| 13 | Psychology | 5* | A | 36.6 | |
| 14 | Biological Sciences | | | 0 | |
| 14 | A - Plant Sciences | 4 | B | 33.1 | Molecular and biochemical basis of development |
| 14 | B - Zoology | 5 | A | 75.5 | |
| 14 | C - Biochemistry | 5 | A | 60.8 | |
| 18 | Chemistry | 5* | A | 73.8 | |
| 19 | Physics | 5* | A | 155.6 | |
| 20 | Earth Sciences | 5* | A | 19 | |
| 22 | Pure Mathematics | 5* | B | 43 | |
| 23 | Applied Mathematics | 5 | A | 32.6 | |
| 24 | Statistics and Operational Research | 5* | C | 12 | |
| 25 | Computer Science | 5 | A | 42 | |
| 26 | General Engineering | 5* | A | 77.8 | |
| 32 | Metallurgy and Materials | 5* | A | 32 | |
| 35 | Geography | 4 | A | 36 | |
| 36 | Law | 5* | B | 80 | |
| 37 | Anthropology | 5 | A | 24.2 | |
| 38 | Economics and Econometrics | 5 | B | 62.5 | |
| 39 | Politics and International Studies | 5* | B | 70.5 | |
| 40 | Social Policy and Administration | 4 | B | 16.8 | |
| 42 | Sociology | 5 | B | 13 | |
| 43 | Business and Management Studies | 5 | A | 38 | |
| 46 | Middle Eastern and African Studies | 5 | A | 29.3 | |
| 47 | Asian Studies | 5* | B | 22.8 | |
| 49 | Celtic Studies | 5 | A | 1 | |
| 50 | English Language and Literature | 5* | A | 81 | |
| 51 | French | 5* | A | 37 | |
| 52 | German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages | 5 | A | 23.8 | |
| 53 | Italian | 5* | A | 6 | |
| 54 | Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages | 5* | B | 9 | |
| 55 | Iberian and Latin American Languages | 5 | B | 13.2 | |
| 56 | Linguistics | 5* | A | 7 | |
| 57 | Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies | 5* | A | 59.5 | |
| 58 | Archaeology | 5* | A | 41.6 | |
| 59 | History | 5 | A | 131 | |
| 62 | Philosophy | 5* | B | 49 | |
| 63 | Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies | 5* | B | 27 | |
| 64 | Art and Design | 4 | A | 8.4 | |
| 67 | Music | 5* | A | 18.2 | |
| 68 | Education | 5 | B | 21.4 | |