Invest in Doncaster - Universities & Research
Doncaster is within a 45 mins' drive of both the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, with the University of Derby reached within an hour by road. The University of Leeds is a member of the Russell group of research-intensive universities and has an international reputation. In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, the University was placed seventh nationally for the number of top-scoring researchers and eighth for 'research power' out of the 173 institutions taking part in the exercise.
The University of Sheffield is also a leading Russell Group university, and was ranked 40th in the world's top 100 universities by the Global University Ranking Study 2009 and is consistently ranked amongst the top 20 universities in the United Kingdom and Europe according to The Good University Guide.
The University of Derby is a modern and well-equipped university that provides nearly 300 programmes of study at undergraduate level. The University also provides a range of short courses, foundation degrees and postgraduate degrees. The University's Joint Honours Scheme allows students to combine over 40 subjects from across all four University faculties. Currenlty the University is home to 21000 students in all areas of study.
