internationally excellent research. A third of the university's units of assessment rated 100% for their outstanding and very considerable impact. Selected research centres and institutes Centre for Nanohealth Research Institute for Arts and Humanities – which includes the Global Drug Policy Observatory Institute of Life Sciences Research Institute for Applied Social Sciences Welsh Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience SPECIFIC CSAR Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) Academic profile Rankings and reputation The university is listed as one of the top 500 universities in the World University Rankings. Swansea is ranked 24th in the Guardian 2022 University guide. Swansea University's best ranked departments include Medicine and Mathematics, ranked 4th and 16th respectively in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. The Law Department also ranks highly, coming in at 22nd in the Times Good University Guide 2019 in the UK, as well as in the 151–200 category in QS World Rankings. Overall, Swansea University is ranked 48th in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. National Student Survey results (for 2021) rank Swansea 12th in the UK for "overall satisfaction", with 82% saying they are satisfied with their course overall. The survey ranked Swansea number one for Archaeology; Biology (non-specific); English Language; and Others in Business and Management. Swansea University is top in Wales in the 2023 Guardian University Guide and in the 2022 Student Crowd university rankings, which places it 15th in the UK. International partnerships In recent years, Swansea University has established many partnerships with leading universities in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. Swansea University has a strategic partnership with Wuhan Union Hospital in Wuhan, China. The hospital was founded by Swansea missionary Reverend Doctor Griffith John. As a result of this partnership, in 2015, the College of Medicine hosted the 2nd UK-China Medical Forum at Singleton Hospital. Swansea University has also established a joint medical centre at the Wuhan Union Hospital to engage in clinical collaboration. In 2020, the partnership enabled health experts from across Wales to learn from some of the first medics to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. in 2013, Swansea University established a partnership with Rice University and Texas A&M University. The universities collaborate on research as well as exchange visits by academics and students. Since then, the partnership has expanded to include six more partner institutions in Texas: University of Houston, University of Texas at Austin, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center