Find out about the University's performance across different key areas. University world league table position27th Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)29th Times Higher Education (THE)The University continues to place in the top 30 of the two most influential world league tables.Student numbers (including Online Distance Learning)2024: 49,4852023: 49,7402022: 49,065Student numbers reduced by 0.5% in total, although new student intakes grew. Driving the fall was a 4% fall in postgraduate taught. Students from Scotland increased in number but there were fewer students from both rest of UK and from outside the UK.Total income2024: £1,434 million2023: £1,385 million2022: £1,298 millionTotal income grew by £49 million. Investment income grew significantly by close to 50% with research and other income growth more modest at 7%. Tuition fees growth slowed further to under 3%.Earnings Before Interest, Taxation, Depreciation & Amortisation (EBITDA)12024: £84 million2023: £148 million 2022: £168 millionEBITDA achieved in the year was 5.8% of income, below our target 7-9%. The Financial Review provides further commentary on income and expenditure in the year.Capital expenditure2024: £186 million2023: £165 million2022: £158 millionCapital expenditure (including spend on intangibles) grew in the year. Spend on land and buildings exceeded £120 million in the year, a rise of £20 million from prior year. Spend on fixtures, fittings and equipment was £63 million in the year.1 In calculating EBITDA, adjustments are made for interest costs, capital grants and non-cash items such as depreciation and pension provision movements. This article was published on 2025-01-23
