Plymouth Marjon ranked among world’s top 600 institutions for quality education

Released: 12.06.24

Plymouth Marjon University has been ranked among the world’s top 600 institutions in the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings (THEIR).

The THEIR ranks Higher Education institutions against the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Institutions voluntarily submit data and information against up to four SDGs to be ranked.

Plymouth Marjon submitted information against SDG 4: Quality Education, which focuses on the University’s educational provision, the level of students graduating with a teaching qualification or related degree, and the quality of training delivered. In this SDG pillar Marjon scored 58.1%, above the global average of 48.8% from 1,681 institutions.

THEIR noted Marjon’s strengths in ‘quality education research’, the University’s ‘percentage of first-generation students’, and ‘graduates with teaching qualifications’. Plymouth Marjon also provided information for SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals, where the University showed promise in ‘relationships to support the goals’ and ‘education for the SDGs’.

Professor Claire Taylor, Vice-Chancellor at Plymouth Marjon University, said:

“We are proud to score so highly in this worldwide ranking for the first time. Our institution has been a leader in education for more than 180 years, affecting change through learning and empowering graduates to be change-makers.”

Rosa Ellis, Rankings Reporter at Times Higher Education, commented:

“It is the sixth year of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, and they show clearly that the university sector is having an outsized impact on the world’s progress towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

"That said, some institutions and regions are making more progress than others, and some countries are showing greater leadership when it comes to particular SDGs.”

Plymouth Marjon University has been rated highly at home too, rated no. 3 in England for Student Satisfaction in the Complete University Guide 2025 and ranked top 5 in the UK by its students for Career Prospects, as well as Lecturers and Teaching Quality in the WhatUni Student Choice Awards 2024.

Marjon delivers high-quality education programmes, rated ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, where students graduate with a variety of degrees and teaching qualifications. You can train to teach at Marjon on full-time or part-time routes, find out more here.