In addition to the overall ranking three of Durham's academic departments are ranked first for their subject. Durham's English department, top ranked in the Complete University Guide for the past five years, has been joined in first place by the Music and Education departments. As well as the three top ranked subjects, Durham makes the top ten for 32 of the 33 subjects offered.
Professor Stuart Corbridge, Vice-Chancellor, Durham University said: "Durham has been ranked in the Complete University Guide's top ten UK universities for the past ten consecutive years and we are pleased to have maintained our overall position of 6th this year.
The main league table is compiled using ten measures: Student Satisfaction, Research Quality, Research Intensity, Entry Standards, Student: Staff Ratio; Spending on Academic Services; Spending on Student Facilities; Good Honours Degrees; Graduate Prospects and Completion.