University Subject Tables 2012
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Business Studies
| CUG Rank | University Name | Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. |
Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 |
Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Maximum score: 4.00 |
Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Maximum score: 100 |
Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 |
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| 2012 | 2011 | ||||||||||
| 1 | - | Oxford | 560 |
|
2.95 |
|
89 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Cambridge | 3.05 |
|
81 |
|
95.2 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | Imperial College London | 479 |
|
3.20 |
|
66 |
|
93.2 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Warwick | 490 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.95 |
|
83 |
|
92.3 |
| 5 | 3 | Bath | 471 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.95 |
|
86 |
|
92.2 |
| 6 | 4 | London School of Economics | 487 |
|
3.79 |
|
2.95 |
|
85 |
|
91.5 |
| 7 | 8 | Lancaster | 418 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.95 |
|
83 |
|
90.2 |
| 8 | 7 | St Andrews | 522 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.65 |
|
71 |
|
89.8 |
| 9 | 11 | King's College London | 465 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.95 |
|
74 |
|
89.4 |
| 10 | 6 | Loughborough | 428 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.70 |
|
75 |
|
88.9 |
| 11 | 9 | Nottingham | 410 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.85 |
|
81 |
|
88.8 |
| 12 | 31 | York | 394 |
|
2.45 |
|
79 |
|
87.8 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Exeter | 455 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.65 |
|
70 |
|
87.8 |
| 14 | 13 | Durham | 431 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.65 |
|
72 |
|
86.7 |
| 15 | 12 | Leeds | 420 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.85 |
|
74 |
|
86.6 |
| 16 | 16 | Strathclyde | 419 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.85 |
|
67 |
|
86.6 |
| 17 | 15 | Aston | 388 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.70 |
|
75 |
|
85.9 |
| 18 | 22 | Cardiff | 377 |
|
3.82 |
|
3.00 |
|
68 |
|
85.8 |
| 19 | 9 | City | 402 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.60 |
|
73 |
|
85.6 |
| 20 | 18 | Manchester | 408 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.85 |
|
67 |
|
85.0 |
| 21 | 20 | Birmingham | 407 |
|
3.63 |
|
2.65 |
|
71 |
|
84.2 |
| 22 | 29 | Glasgow | 394 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.50 |
|
66 |
|
84.1 |
| 23 | 36 | SOAS | 382 |
|
2.35 |
|
83.9 | ||||
| 24 | 17 | Southampton | 415 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.60 |
|
61 |
|
83.5 |
| 25 | 19 | Sheffield | 382 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.70 |
|
65 |
|
83.5 |
| 26 | 27 | Reading | 383 |
|
3.77 |
|
2.50 |
|
71 |
|
83.5 |
| 27 | 20 | Newcastle | 384 |
|
3.61 |
|
2.50 |
|
75 |
|
83.4 |
| 28 | 24 | Leicester | 368 |
|
3.69 |
|
2.55 |
|
73 |
|
83.3 |
| 29 | 25 | Surrey | 374 |
|
3.66 |
|
2.50 |
|
74 |
|
83.2 |
| 30 | 23 | Sussex | 356 |
|
3.70 |
|
2.45 |
|
77 |
|
83.2 |
| 31 | 30 | Edinburgh | 423 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.45 |
|
66 |
|
83.0 |
| 32 | 26 | Royal Holloway | 387 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.65 |
|
62 |
|
82.9 |
| 33 | 38 | University College London | 451 |
|
4.03 |
|
82.8 | ||||
| 34 | 32 | Liverpool | 375 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.45 |
|
66 |
|
82.5 |
| 35 | 37 | Heriot-Watt | 344 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.40 |
|
69 |
|
82.5 |
| 36 | 28 | Kent | 293 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.50 |
|
70 |
|
82.4 |
| 37 | 49 | Harper Adams | 3.87 |
|
82 |
|
81.9 | ||||
| 38 | - | Buckingham | 257 |
|
4.22 |
|
82 |
|
81.4 | ||
| 39 | 34 | Queen's, Belfast | 357 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.65 |
|
54 |
|
81.3 |
| 40 | 33 | Aberdeen | 326 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.25 |
|
66 |
|
81.1 |
| 41 | 35 | East Anglia | 339 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.45 |
|
60 |
|
80.7 |
| 42 | 40 | Queen Mary | 364 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.60 |
|
52 |
|
79.8 |
| 43 | 39 | Robert Gordon | 273 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.10 |
|
75 |
|
79.7 |
| 44 | 42 | Nottingham Trent | 280 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.15 |
|
75 |
|
79.3 |
| 45 | 45 | Bangor | 252 |
|
3.70 |
|
2.75 |
|
62 |
|
79.2 |
| 46 | 42 | Hull | 278 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.35 |
|
64 |
|
79.1 |
| 47 | 42 | Keele | 273 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.30 |
|
66 |
|
78.7 |
| 48 | 45 | Stirling | 306 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.30 |
|
57 |
|
78.4 |
| 49 | 40 | Bournemouth | 316 |
|
3.85 |
|
1.95 |
|
67 |
|
78.3 |
| 50 | 49 | Brunel | 341 |
|
3.58 |
|
2.35 |
|
59 |
|
78.3 |
| 51 | 52 | Essex | 280 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.60 |
|
54 |
|
78.0 |
| 52 | 47 | Oxford Brookes | 321 |
|
3.87 |
|
1.95 |
|
63 |
|
77.8 |
| 53 | 48 | Dundee | 316 |
|
3.69 |
|
2.25 |
|
77.7 | ||
| 54 | 54 | Northumbria | 315 |
|
3.84 |
|
1.80 |
|
68 |
|
77.5 |
| 55 | 55 | De Montfort | 236 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.25 |
|
59 |
|
77.5 |
| 56 | 73 | Aberystwyth | 275 |
|
3.89 |
|
1.95 |
|
64 |
|
76.9 |
| 57 | 68 | Edinburgh Napier | 267 |
|
3.82 |
|
1.70 |
|
74 |
|
76.7 |
| 58 | 82 | Trinity Saint David | 272 |
|
3.90 |
|
63 |
|
76.6 | ||
| 59 | 76 | Huddersfield | 252 |
|
3.79 |
|
69 |
|
76.6 | ||
| 60 | 53 | Brighton | 275 |
|
3.83 |
|
2.30 |
|
54 |
|
76.6 |
| 61 | 59 | Bradford | 236 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.50 |
|
52 |
|
76.6 |
| 62 | 49 | Swansea | 312 |
|
3.68 |
|
2.35 |
|
51 |
|
76.5 |
| 63 | 66 | Royal Agricultural College | 270 |
|
3.96 |
|
61 |
|
76.5 | ||
| 64 | 60 | Sheffield Hallam | 285 |
|
3.85 |
|
1.90 |
|
63 |
|
76.4 |
| 65 | 62 | Plymouth | 276 |
|
3.75 |
|
2.05 |
|
62 |
|
76.3 |
| 66 | 63 | Lincoln | 273 |
|
4.11 |
|
1.70 |
|
62 |
|
76.2 |
| 67 | 56 | Central Lancashire | 253 |
|
3.90 |
|
1.95 |
|
63 |
|
76.1 |
| 68 | 67 | Manchester Metropolitan | 254 |
|
3.69 |
|
2.20 |
|
61 |
|
76.0 |
| 69 | 63 | Portsmouth | 272 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.10 |
|
55 |
|
76.0 |
| 70 | 57 | West of England, Bristol | 267 |
|
3.69 |
|
2.15 |
|
60 |
|
75.9 |
| 71 | 85 | Glamorgan | 290 |
|
3.93 |
|
1.85 |
|
55 |
|
75.2 |
| 72 | 71 | Salford | 268 |
|
3.68 |
|
2.25 |
|
53 |
|
75.2 |
| 73 | 69 | Chester | 259 |
|
3.73 |
|
60 |
|
74.8 | ||
| 74 | 69 | Ulster | 250 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.25 |
|
47 |
|
74.4 |
| 75 | 60 | York St John | 255 |
|
3.87 |
|
54 |
|
74.3 | ||
| 76 | 81 | Southampton Solent | 261 |
|
3.81 |
|
54 |
|
74.1 | ||
| 77 | 73 | Winchester | 263 |
|
3.92 |
|
50 |
|
74.1 | ||
| 78 | 86 | St Mary's | 220 |
|
4.04 |
|
52 |
|
73.9 | ||
| 79 | 57 | Bath Spa | 274 |
|
3.88 |
|
47 |
|
73.6 | ||
| 80 | 75 | Staffordshire | 222 |
|
3.77 |
|
1.95 |
|
57 |
|
73.5 |
| 81 | 72 | Hertfordshire | 228 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.15 |
|
50 |
|
73.5 |
| 82 | 76 | Kingston | 222 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.45 |
|
44 |
|
73.5 |
| 83 | 101 | Edge Hill | 206 |
|
3.89 |
|
54 |
|
73.1 | ||
| 84 | 80 | University College Birmingham | 224 |
|
3.90 |
|
51 |
|
73.1 | ||
| 85 | 65 | Worcester | 255 |
|
3.79 |
|
49 |
|
73.0 | ||
| 86 | 89 | Westminster | 269 |
|
3.60 |
|
2.00 |
|
51 |
|
73.0 |
| 87 | 99 | Leeds Trinity | 251 |
|
3.85 |
|
46 |
|
72.6 | ||
| 88 | 83 | Sunderland | 241 |
|
3.86 |
|
47 |
|
72.6 | ||
| 89 | 79 | Glasgow Caledonian | 295 |
|
3.78 |
|
1.95 |
|
41 |
|
72.5 |
| 90 | 90 | Leeds Metropolitan | 262 |
|
3.46 |
|
1.80 |
|
59 |
|
72.4 |
| 91 | 78 | University of Wales, Newport | 252 |
|
4.17 |
|
35 |
|
72.4 | ||
| 92 | 96 | Coventry | 292 |
|
3.85 |
|
1.70 |
|
46 |
|
72.4 |
| 93 | 92 | Gloucestershire | 255 |
|
3.75 |
|
1.40 |
|
63 |
|
72.4 |
| 94 | 84 | Canterbury Christ Church | 214 |
|
3.75 |
|
52 |
|
72.2 | ||
| 95 | 94 | Glyndwr | 230 |
|
3.76 |
|
49 |
|
72.1 | ||
| 96 | 93 | Greenwich | 194 |
|
4.14 |
|
1.75 |
|
49 |
|
72.1 |
| 97 | 95 | Birmingham City | 231 |
|
3.65 |
|
1.65 |
|
58 |
|
71.6 |
| 98 | 97 | Roehampton | 208 |
|
3.92 |
|
44 |
|
71.4 | ||
| 99 | 103 | Chichester | 233 |
|
4.00 |
|
37 |
|
71.3 | ||
| 100 | 90 | Anglia Ruskin | 225 |
|
3.59 |
|
50 |
|
71.3 | ||
| 101 | 88 | Cumbria | 230 |
|
3.75 |
|
43 |
|
71.0 | ||
| 102 | 86 | Teesside | 243 |
|
3.63 |
|
1.90 |
|
45 |
|
70.8 |
| 103 | 107 | Middlesex | 171 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.15 |
|
39 |
|
70.0 |
| 104 | - | West of Scotland | 242 |
|
1.85 |
|
47 |
|
70.0 | ||
| 105 | 108 | East London | 211 |
|
3.76 |
|
40 |
|
70.0 | ||
| 106 | 102 | UWIC, Cardiff | 230 |
|
3.68 |
|
1.35 |
|
57 |
|
69.9 |
| 107 | 97 | Derby | 212 |
|
3.68 |
|
41 |
|
69.7 | ||
| 108 | 100 | Northampton | 223 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.55 |
|
44 |
|
69.6 |
| 109 | 106 | West London | 208 |
|
3.76 |
|
37 |
|
69.3 | ||
| 110 | 104 | Liverpool John Moores | 254 |
|
3.71 |
|
1.45 |
|
44 |
|
68.9 |
| 111 | 112 | Bolton | 172 |
|
3.89 |
|
1.35 |
|
51 |
|
68.3 |
| 112 | 104 | Arts University College at Bournemouth | 3.96 |
|
1.20 |
|
68.3 | ||||
| 113 | 111 | London South Bank | 176 |
|
3.91 |
|
1.65 |
|
40 |
|
68.2 |
| 114 | 113 | Abertay Dundee | 197 |
|
1.55 |
|
54 |
|
67.9 | ||
| 115 | 110 | Buckinghamshire New | 181 |
|
3.66 |
|
1.70 |
|
43 |
|
67.8 |
| 116 | 109 | Bedfordshire | 141 |
|
3.79 |
|
1.70 |
|
45 |
|
67.7 |
| 117 | 114 | London Metropolitan | 217 |
|
3.39 |
|
1.55 |
|
38 |
|
65.6 |
| 118 | 115 | Queen Margaret | 241 |
|
1.25 |
|
40 |
|
63.8 | ||
Please note that some Universities have missing data. Where the table is ranked by a single measure, the institutions with no data for that measure appear at the bottom.
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| Maximum scores: | |||
| Student Satisfaction | 5.00 | Facilities spend | N/A |
| Research Assessment | 4.00 | Good Honours | 100.0 |
| Entry Standards | N/A | Graduate Prospects | 100.0 |
| Student Staff Ratio | N/A | Completion | 100.0 |
| Academic Services Spend | N/A | Overall Score | 1000.0 |

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