Social Policy
=== Rankings ===
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is ranked within the top 350 universities in the world and ranked joint 38th in the UK by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020.
In 2021, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) was in the top 10% of English higher education institutions (HEIs) for skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship and in the top 20% for local growth and regeneration, according to a report by Research England.
In 2023, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) revelead that ARU was in top 15% in the country for graduates in employment and/or further study. ARU was ranked 3rd in the country for graduates who are employed as managers, directors or senior officials.
In 2023, Times Higher Education ranked ARU London as 3rd for overall positivity among higher education institutions in the UK.
In 2024, Anglia Ruskin University was ranked among the top 6.8% of universities worldwide.
ARU was first in the East of England, and seventh in the UK, for student start-ups, with 123 ventures formed in the 2023/24 academic year.
According to the Graduate Outcomes survey conducted by the Higher Education Statistics Agency in 2025, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) ranked first in the East of England for the proportion of UK undergraduates working as managers, directors, or senior officials 15 months after graduation. In addition, ARU shared the top position in the region for the overall proportion of UK undergraduates in employment.
In 2025, ARU was ranked 54th out of 107 universities in the UK by the Times Higher Education UK University Rankings.
=== Awards ===
Anglia Ruskin University was awarded a First in the Green League 2012 by People & Planet. The league is based on ten environmental criteria, both policy and performance related. It incorporates data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, including the percentage of waste recycled and CO2 emissions for each individual institution.
Anglia Ruskin University has been named as one of the most upwardly mobile universities …
