University Subject Tables 2012
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Business Studies
| CUG Rank | University Name | Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. |
Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. |
Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. |
Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. |
Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. |
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| 2012 | 2011 | ||||||||||
| 1 | - | Oxford | 560 |
|
2.95 |
|
89.0 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Cambridge | 3.05 |
|
81.0 |
|
95.2 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | Imperial College London | 479 |
|
3.20 |
|
66.0 |
|
93.2 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Warwick | 4.0 |
|
490 |
|
2.95 |
|
83.0 |
|
92.3 |
| 5 | 3 | Bath | 4.0 |
|
471 |
|
2.95 |
|
86.0 |
|
92.2 |
| 6 | 4 | London School of Economics | 3.8 |
|
487 |
|
2.95 |
|
85.0 |
|
91.5 |
| 7 | 8 | Lancaster | 4.0 |
|
418 |
|
2.95 |
|
83.0 |
|
90.2 |
| 8 | 7 | St Andrews | 4.1 |
|
522 |
|
2.65 |
|
71.0 |
|
89.8 |
| 9 | 11 | King's College London | 3.9 |
|
465 |
|
2.95 |
|
74.0 |
|
89.4 |
| 10 | 6 | Loughborough | 4.2 |
|
428 |
|
2.70 |
|
75.0 |
|
88.9 |
| 11 | 9 | Nottingham | 3.9 |
|
410 |
|
2.85 |
|
81.0 |
|
88.8 |
| 12 | 31 | York | 394 |
|
2.45 |
|
79.0 |
|
87.8 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Exeter | 4.1 |
|
455 |
|
2.65 |
|
70.0 |
|
87.8 |
| 14 | 13 | Durham | 3.9 |
|
431 |
|
2.65 |
|
72.0 |
|
86.7 |
| 15 | 12 | Leeds | 3.7 |
|
420 |
|
2.85 |
|
74.0 |
|
86.6 |
| 16 | 16 | Strathclyde | 4.0 |
|
419 |
|
2.85 |
|
67.0 |
|
86.6 |
| 17 | 15 | Aston | 3.9 |
|
388 |
|
2.70 |
|
75.0 |
|
85.9 |
| 18 | 22 | Cardiff | 3.8 |
|
377 |
|
3.00 |
|
68.0 |
|
85.8 |
| 19 | 9 | City | 3.9 |
|
402 |
|
2.60 |
|
73.0 |
|
85.6 |
| 20 | 18 | Manchester | 3.7 |
|
408 |
|
2.85 |
|
67.0 |
|
85.0 |
| 21 | 20 | Birmingham | 3.6 |
|
407 |
|
2.65 |
|
71.0 |
|
84.2 |
| 22 | 29 | Glasgow | 4.0 |
|
394 |
|
2.50 |
|
66.0 |
|
84.1 |
| 23 | 36 | SOAS | 382 |
|
2.35 |
|
83.9 | ||||
| 24 | 17 | Southampton | 3.9 |
|
415 |
|
2.60 |
|
61.0 |
|
83.5 |
| 25 | 19 | Sheffield | 3.8 |
|
382 |
|
2.70 |
|
65.0 |
|
83.5 |
| 26 | 27 | Reading | 3.8 |
|
383 |
|
2.50 |
|
71.0 |
|
83.5 |
| 27 | 20 | Newcastle | 3.6 |
|
384 |
|
2.50 |
|
75.0 |
|
83.4 |
| 28 | 24 | Leicester | 3.7 |
|
368 |
|
2.55 |
|
73.0 |
|
83.3 |
| 29 | 25 | Surrey | 3.7 |
|
374 |
|
2.50 |
|
74.0 |
|
83.2 |
| 30 | 23 | Sussex | 3.7 |
|
356 |
|
2.45 |
|
77.0 |
|
83.2 |
| 31 | 30 | Edinburgh | 3.7 |
|
423 |
|
2.45 |
|
66.0 |
|
83.0 |
| 32 | 26 | Royal Holloway | 3.8 |
|
387 |
|
2.65 |
|
62.0 |
|
82.9 |
| 33 | 38 | University College London | 4.0 |
|
451 |
|
82.8 | ||||
| 34 | 32 | Liverpool | 3.9 |
|
375 |
|
2.45 |
|
66.0 |
|
82.5 |
| 35 | 37 | Heriot-Watt | 4.0 |
|
344 |
|
2.40 |
|
69.0 |
|
82.5 |
| 36 | 28 | Kent | 4.1 |
|
293 |
|
2.50 |
|
70.0 |
|
82.4 |
| 37 | 49 | Harper Adams | 3.9 |
|
82.0 |
|
81.9 | ||||
| 38 | - | Buckingham | 4.2 |
|
257 |
|
82.0 |
|
81.4 | ||
| 39 | 34 | Queen's, Belfast | 3.9 |
|
357 |
|
2.65 |
|
54.0 |
|
81.3 |
| 40 | 33 | Aberdeen | 4.1 |
|
326 |
|
2.25 |
|
66.0 |
|
81.1 |
| 41 | 35 | East Anglia | 3.9 |
|
339 |
|
2.45 |
|
60.0 |
|
80.7 |
| 42 | 40 | Queen Mary | 3.7 |
|
364 |
|
2.60 |
|
52.0 |
|
79.8 |
| 43 | 39 | Robert Gordon | 3.9 |
|
273 |
|
2.10 |
|
75.0 |
|
79.7 |
| 44 | 42 | Nottingham Trent | 3.7 |
|
280 |
|
2.15 |
|
75.0 |
|
79.3 |
| 45 | 45 | Bangor | 3.7 |
|
252 |
|
2.75 |
|
62.0 |
|
79.2 |
| 46 | 42 | Hull | 3.9 |
|
278 |
|
2.35 |
|
64.0 |
|
79.1 |
| 47 | 42 | Keele | 3.8 |
|
273 |
|
2.30 |
|
66.0 |
|
78.7 |
| 48 | 45 | Stirling | 3.9 |
|
306 |
|
2.30 |
|
57.0 |
|
78.4 |
| 49 | 40 | Bournemouth | 3.8 |
|
316 |
|
1.95 |
|
67.0 |
|
78.3 |
| 50 | 49 | Brunel | 3.6 |
|
341 |
|
2.35 |
|
59.0 |
|
78.3 |
| 51 | 52 | Essex | 3.8 |
|
280 |
|
2.60 |
|
54.0 |
|
78.0 |
| 52 | 47 | Oxford Brookes | 3.9 |
|
321 |
|
1.95 |
|
63.0 |
|
77.8 |
| 53 | 48 | Dundee | 3.7 |
|
316 |
|
2.25 |
|
77.7 | ||
| 54 | 54 | Northumbria | 3.8 |
|
315 |
|
1.80 |
|
68.0 |
|
77.5 |
| 55 | 55 | De Montfort | 4.1 |
|
236 |
|
2.25 |
|
59.0 |
|
77.5 |
| 56 | 73 | Aberystwyth | 3.9 |
|
275 |
|
1.95 |
|
64.0 |
|
76.9 |
| 57 | 68 | Edinburgh Napier | 3.8 |
|
267 |
|
1.70 |
|
74.0 |
|
76.7 |
| 58 | 82 | Trinity Saint David | 3.9 |
|
272 |
|
63.0 |
|
76.6 | ||
| 59 | 76 | Huddersfield | 3.8 |
|
252 |
|
69.0 |
|
76.6 | ||
| 60 | 53 | Brighton | 3.8 |
|
275 |
|
2.30 |
|
54.0 |
|
76.6 |
| 61 | 59 | Bradford | 3.9 |
|
236 |
|
2.50 |
|
52.0 |
|
76.6 |
| 62 | 49 | Swansea | 3.7 |
|
312 |
|
2.35 |
|
51.0 |
|
76.5 |
| 63 | 66 | Royal Agricultural College | 4.0 |
|
270 |
|
61.0 |
|
76.5 | ||
| 64 | 60 | Sheffield Hallam | 3.9 |
|
285 |
|
1.90 |
|
63.0 |
|
76.4 |
| 65 | 62 | Plymouth | 3.7 |
|
276 |
|
2.05 |
|
62.0 |
|
76.3 |
| 66 | 63 | Lincoln | 4.1 |
|
273 |
|
1.70 |
|
62.0 |
|
76.2 |
| 67 | 56 | Central Lancashire | 3.9 |
|
253 |
|
1.95 |
|
63.0 |
|
76.1 |
| 68 | 67 | Manchester Metropolitan | 3.7 |
|
254 |
|
2.20 |
|
61.0 |
|
76.0 |
| 69 | 63 | Portsmouth | 3.9 |
|
272 |
|
2.10 |
|
55.0 |
|
76.0 |
| 70 | 57 | West of England, Bristol | 3.7 |
|
267 |
|
2.15 |
|
60.0 |
|
75.9 |
| 71 | 85 | Glamorgan | 3.9 |
|
290 |
|
1.85 |
|
55.0 |
|
75.2 |
| 72 | 71 | Salford | 3.7 |
|
268 |
|
2.25 |
|
53.0 |
|
75.2 |
| 73 | 69 | Chester | 3.7 |
|
259 |
|
60.0 |
|
74.8 | ||
| 74 | 69 | Ulster | 3.8 |
|
250 |
|
2.25 |
|
47.0 |
|
74.4 |
| 75 | 60 | York St John | 3.9 |
|
255 |
|
54.0 |
|
74.3 | ||
| 76 | 81 | Southampton Solent | 3.8 |
|
261 |
|
54.0 |
|
74.1 | ||
| 77 | 73 | Winchester | 3.9 |
|
263 |
|
50.0 |
|
74.1 | ||
| 78 | 86 | St Mary's | 4.0 |
|
220 |
|
52.0 |
|
73.9 | ||
| 79 | 57 | Bath Spa | 3.9 |
|
274 |
|
47.0 |
|
73.6 | ||
| 80 | 75 | Staffordshire | 3.8 |
|
222 |
|
1.95 |
|
57.0 |
|
73.5 |
| 81 | 72 | Hertfordshire | 3.8 |
|
228 |
|
2.15 |
|
50.0 |
|
73.5 |
| 82 | 76 | Kingston | 3.7 |
|
222 |
|
2.45 |
|
44.0 |
|
73.5 |
| 83 | 101 | Edge Hill | 3.9 |
|
206 |
|
54.0 |
|
73.1 | ||
| 84 | 80 | University College Birmingham | 3.9 |
|
224 |
|
51.0 |
|
73.1 | ||
| 85 | 65 | Worcester | 3.8 |
|
255 |
|
49.0 |
|
73.0 | ||
| 86 | 89 | Westminster | 3.6 |
|
269 |
|
2.00 |
|
51.0 |
|
73.0 |
| 87 | 99 | Leeds Trinity | 3.9 |
|
251 |
|
46.0 |
|
72.6 | ||
| 88 | 83 | Sunderland | 3.9 |
|
241 |
|
47.0 |
|
72.6 | ||
| 89 | 79 | Glasgow Caledonian | 3.8 |
|
295 |
|
1.95 |
|
41.0 |
|
72.5 |
| 90 | 90 | Leeds Metropolitan | 3.5 |
|
262 |
|
1.80 |
|
59.0 |
|
72.4 |
| 91 | 78 | University of Wales, Newport | 4.2 |
|
252 |
|
35.0 |
|
72.4 | ||
| 92 | 96 | Coventry | 3.8 |
|
292 |
|
1.70 |
|
46.0 |
|
72.4 |
| 93 | 92 | Gloucestershire | 3.8 |
|
255 |
|
1.40 |
|
63.0 |
|
72.4 |
| 94 | 84 | Canterbury Christ Church | 3.8 |
|
214 |
|
52.0 |
|
72.2 | ||
| 95 | 94 | Glyndwr | 3.8 |
|
230 |
|
49.0 |
|
72.1 | ||
| 96 | 93 | Greenwich | 4.1 |
|
194 |
|
1.75 |
|
49.0 |
|
72.1 |
| 97 | 95 | Birmingham City | 3.7 |
|
231 |
|
1.65 |
|
58.0 |
|
71.6 |
| 98 | 97 | Roehampton | 3.9 |
|
208 |
|
44.0 |
|
71.4 | ||
| 99 | 103 | Chichester | 4.0 |
|
233 |
|
37.0 |
|
71.3 | ||
| 100 | 90 | Anglia Ruskin | 3.6 |
|
225 |
|
50.0 |
|
71.3 | ||
| 101 | 88 | Cumbria | 3.7 |
|
230 |
|
43.0 |
|
71.0 | ||
| 102 | 86 | Teesside | 3.6 |
|
243 |
|
1.90 |
|
45.0 |
|
70.8 |
| 103 | 107 | Middlesex | 3.8 |
|
171 |
|
2.15 |
|
39.0 |
|
70.0 |
| 104 | - | West of Scotland | 242 |
|
1.85 |
|
47.0 |
|
70.0 | ||
| 105 | 108 | East London | 3.8 |
|
211 |
|
40.0 |
|
70.0 | ||
| 106 | 102 | UWIC, Cardiff | 3.7 |
|
230 |
|
1.35 |
|
57.0 |
|
69.9 |
| 107 | 97 | Derby | 3.7 |
|
212 |
|
41.0 |
|
69.7 | ||
| 108 | 100 | Northampton | 3.9 |
|
223 |
|
1.55 |
|
44.0 |
|
69.6 |
| 109 | 106 | West London | 3.8 |
|
208 |
|
37.0 |
|
69.3 | ||
| 110 | 104 | Liverpool John Moores | 3.7 |
|
254 |
|
1.45 |
|
44.0 |
|
68.9 |
| 111 | 112 | Bolton | 3.9 |
|
172 |
|
1.35 |
|
51.0 |
|
68.3 |
| 112 | 104 | Arts University College at Bournemouth | 4.0 |
|
1.20 |
|
68.3 | ||||
| 113 | 111 | London South Bank | 3.9 |
|
176 |
|
1.65 |
|
40.0 |
|
68.2 |
| 114 | 113 | Abertay Dundee | 197 |
|
1.55 |
|
54.0 |
|
67.9 | ||
| 115 | 110 | Buckinghamshire New | 3.7 |
|
181 |
|
1.70 |
|
43.0 |
|
67.8 |
| 116 | 109 | Bedfordshire | 3.8 |
|
141 |
|
1.70 |
|
45.0 |
|
67.7 |
| 117 | 114 | London Metropolitan | 3.4 |
|
217 |
|
1.55 |
|
38.0 |
|
65.6 |
| 118 | 115 | Queen Margaret | 241 |
|
1.25 |
|
40.0 |
|
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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