University Subject Tables 2012

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CUG Rank		University Name	Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Click here to read more	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Click here to read more	Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Click here to read more
2012	2011	University Name
1	1	Cambridge	4.1	594	2.65	82.0	100.0
2	2	Oxford	4.2	522	2.82	82.0	99.1
3	3	Imperial College London	3.8	494	2.75	78.0	96.0
4	4	Sheffield	4.2	464	2.85	71.0	95.7
5	6	Durham	3.8	468	2.50	78.0	95.0
6	12	Leicester	4.2	436	2.40	75.0	94.6
7	7	York	4.4	432	2.75	67.0	94.5
8	10	Bath	4.1	464	2.50	72.0	94.5
9	11	Lancaster	4.0	408	2.80	75.0	94.3
10	8	Manchester	4.0	436	2.85	69.0	94.1
11	5	Bristol	4.1	472	2.67	66.0	94.0
12	8	Surrey	3.7	384	2.75	81.0	94.0
13	13	St Andrews	4.0	445	2.55	72.0	93.8
14	14	University College London	3.9	462	2.50	71.0	93.4
15	15	Sussex	4.2	387	2.37	72.0	92.8
16	19	King's College London	3.9	414	2.75	68.0	92.6
17	20	Liverpool	4.1	405	2.35	70.0	92.4
18	17	East Anglia	4.3	379	2.50	66.0	92.2
19	16	Edinburgh	3.9	443	2.65	64.0	92.2
20	35	Southampton	4.0	423	2.45	68.0	92.2
21	20	Nottingham	3.9	410	2.63	66.0	91.9
22	17	Warwick	3.8	435	2.45	67.0	91.7
23	27	Cardiff	4.0	416	2.60	64.0	91.7
24	31	Leeds	3.9	385	2.70	67.0	91.6
25	23	Exeter	4.0	411	2.50	64.0	91.6
26	28	Newcastle	4.0	372	2.60	66.0	91.4
27	39	Queen Mary	3.9	386	2.25	72.0	91.4
28	28	Dundee	4.2	361	2.80	61.0	91.4
29	26	Birmingham	4.1	413	2.45	62.0	91.1
30	34	Royal Holloway	4.1	339	2.80	64.0	91.1
31	24	Glasgow	4.2	393	2.60	59.0	91.0
32	28	Brunel	4.0	328	1.75	77.0	90.3
33	20	Aston	3.9	329	2.50	67.0	90.1
34	42	Reading	3.9	358	2.15	68.0	89.7
35	36	Queen's, Belfast	3.9	352	2.15	68.0	89.5
36	32	Strathclyde	3.9	322	2.55	62.0	89.0
37	43	Kent	4.0	349	2.10	65.0	89.0
38	33	Hertfordshire	4.0	269	2.15	72.0	88.8
39	46	Nottingham Trent	4.1	258	2.55	64.0	88.7
40	38	Canterbury Christ Church	4.0			79.0	88.6
41	24	Ulster	4.0	244	2.80	63.0	88.5
42	46	Heriot-Watt	4.1	309	2.20	63.0	88.5
43	36	Essex	4.1	260	2.25	66.0	88.2
44	40	Aberdeen	4.0	322	2.60	55.0	87.9
45	55	West of England, Bristol	4.0	266	2.61	60.0	87.9
46	45	Keele	4.2	282	1.75	67.0	87.8
47	55	Portsmouth	4.1	293	2.47	57.0	87.6
48	52	Hull	3.9	316	1.90	65.0	87.6
49	63	Plymouth	4.0	334	2.00	60.0	87.4
50	66	Huddersfield	4.3	249	2.00	63.0	87.2
51	68	UWIC, Cardiff	3.9	272		80.0	87.2
52	48	Northumbria	3.6	282	1.95	71.0	87.1
53	44	Salford	3.9	253	2.20	65.0	87.0
54	50	Sheffield Hallam	3.8	290	1.80	68.0	87.0
55	51	Coventry	4.2	307		71.0	86.8
56	55	Swansea	3.9	326	1.90	58.0	86.4
57	60	Aberystwyth	4.0	294	2.50	52.0	86.3
58	69	Bolton	4.0	193	1.30	78.0	86.0
59	67	Staffordshire	4.3	229		73.0	85.9
60	41	Robert Gordon	3.5	294	1.90	67.0	85.8
61	49	Glasgow Caledonian	3.9	286	2.10	57.0	85.8
62	69	Stirling	3.9	321	2.35	49.0	85.6
63	53	Brighton	3.7	273	2.08	60.0	85.2
64	59	Greenwich	3.9	227	1.75	63.0	84.7
65	81	Bradford	3.9	267		70.0	84.7
66	60	Bedfordshire	3.5		1.90		84.6
67	53	Edinburgh Napier	4.0	285	1.68	55.0	84.3
68	64	Gloucestershire	4.4	287		55.0	84.1
69	62	Manchester Metropolitan	3.7	261	2.05	55.0	84.0
70	73	Westminster	3.8	244	2.20	52.0	83.7
71	76	Kingston	3.9	243	1.85	55.0	83.6
72	71	Liverpool John Moores	3.8	275	1.70	54.0	83.5
73	58	Bangor	3.8	298	2.10	47.0	83.5
74	65	Oxford Brookes	3.9	301	1.85	48.0	83.4
75	81	Derby	4.1	243	1.65	53.0	83.4
76	83	Leeds Metropolitan	3.8	245		65.0	83.1
77	73	Bath Spa	4.0	262	1.10		83.0
78	86	Sunderland	4.1	164		69.0	83.0
79	85	Roehampton	3.7	207	1.40	65.0	83.0
80	72	Central Lancashire	3.7	263		62.0	82.4
81	75	Chester	3.8	279			81.9
82	77	East London	3.7	224	2.05	49.0	81.8
83	83	Bournemouth	3.8	233		60.0	81.8
84	79	Teesside	3.9			56.0	81.5
85	79	Worcester	3.6	268		57.0	81.2
86	-	West of Scotland		183		67.0	80.9
87	-	London Metropolitan	3.8	199		60.0	80.9
88	88	Middlesex	4.1	164			80.3
89	87	Edge Hill	3.8	195			79.9
90	78	Glamorgan	4.0	302	1.45	33.0	79.5
91	90	London South Bank	3.7	196		48.0	78.1
92	89	Anglia Ruskin	3.8	258		38.0	77.8

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