Awards and recognition

We're proud to have received a Gold award for the quality of our education in the Teaching Excellence Framework, a UK-wide review of university teaching standards.

We were also named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023, and University of the Year at the Social Mobility Awards in October 2023.

International Student Barometer (ISB) 2024

ARU are delighted to be able to report some outstanding results from the ISB 2024, the most reliable measure of our international students’ experience studying at ARU.

We’re proud to say that 92% of respondents are satisfied with their overall experience at ARU. (ISB 2024, Wave 2, Overall Satisfaction). Read the full International Student Barometer 2024 results.

Anglia Ruskin University logo surrounded by gold confetti

University of the Year and gold-standard teaching

We're proud to be the Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023, and to have received a Gold award for the quality of our education.

THE University of the Year 2023 Teaching excellence at ARU

Recent successes

Some of our other recent successes include:

Student successes

ARU students Martha Wallam, Kai Wissler and Chloe Kelly receiving a Royal Television Society East Award

Scooping the top prizes

Our students continue to have success in their fields. These are just some of the many prizes they've won this year...

V&A Student Illustrator of the Year - 6 years in a row! Prestigious awards for film students Lucy - our High Performance Sport student and Britain’s number one judoka
Solomon holding his Student Social Worker of the Year award