University Subject Tables 2014

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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
2014	2013	University Name
1	4	Warwick	4.1	573	3.35	90.0	100.0
2	1	London School of Economics	3.8	586	3.55	90.0	100.0
3	2	Oxford	4.2	606	3.35	83.0	99.8
4	3	Cambridge	3.8	635	3.05	90.0	99.4
5	5	University College London	3.9	553	3.50	86.0	98.2
6	6	Bristol	4.1	502	3.15	87.0	97.1
7	10	Exeter	4.1	497	2.95	84.0	95.3
8	8	St Andrews	4.0	509	2.70	88.0	95.3
9	7	Durham	4.0	553	2.65	82.0	94.8
10	9	Nottingham	3.9	487	3.15	82.0	94.7
11	12	Bath	4.0	511	2.95	80.0	94.6
12	16	Surrey	4.5	455	2.80	70.0	93.0
13	11	Edinburgh	3.7	479	2.95	83.0	92.8
14	14	York	4.0	468	2.87	78.0	92.7
15	15	Kent	4.3	411	2.90	76.0	92.6
16	24	Queen Mary	4.1	440	3.15	69.0	91.7
17	19	Lancaster	4.1	455	2.95	72.0	91.7
18	27	Birmingham	4.1	464	2.75	74.0	91.6
19	23	Leeds	3.9	449	2.85	77.0	91.3
20	13	Glasgow	3.8	483	3.00	72.0	91.0
21	18	Southampton	3.7	443	3.00	77.0	90.8
22	29	East Anglia	4.3	423	2.75	70.0	90.7
23	22	Cardiff	3.9	438	3.00	71.0	90.4
24	17	Strathclyde	4.3	459	2.85	62.0	90.3
25	26	Manchester	3.7	448	3.05	72.0	90.3
26	41	Swansea	4.3	347	2.75	75.0	89.7
27	36	Aberdeen	4.0	450	2.85	66.0	89.7
28	-	Birkbeck	3.9		2.85		89.7
29	25	Sheffield	4.1	434	2.80	67.0	89.6
30	20	Newcastle	4.1	441	2.50	71.0	89.5
31	28	Sussex	4.0	393	2.70	74.0	89.1
32	44	SOAS	3.8	472	2.30	74.0	88.9
33	21	Royal Holloway	3.9	395	3.00	70.0	88.8
34	32	Leicester	4.0	402	2.90	67.0	88.7
35	31	Loughborough	3.9	426	2.45	74.0	88.7
36	30	Essex	4.0	381	3.35	59.0	88.0
37	45	City	3.7	433	2.65	64.0	86.5
38	33	Heriot-Watt	4.0	364	2.40	68.0	86.0
39	34	Robert Gordon	4.2		1.90		85.7
40	43	Bournemouth	4.1		1.95		85.4
41	57	Portsmouth	4.1	316	2.10	69.0	84.6
42	42	Keele	4.1	313	2.30		84.4
43	47	Oxford Brookes	4.1		1.95	65.0	84.2
44	40	Liverpool	3.8	391	2.45	58.0	84.1
45	39	Bangor	3.8	279	2.75		83.9
46	51	Brunel	4.0	344	2.65	54.0	83.6
47	35	Stirling	3.8	400	2.75	48.0	83.2
48	37	Dundee	4.0	335	2.45	56.0	83.0
49	59	Aberystwyth	4.0	330	1.95	66.0	82.9
50	50	Northumbria	4.0		1.80		82.8
51	58	West of England, Bristol	4.0	329	2.15	61.0	82.8
52	49	Brighton	3.9	301	2.30		82.7
53	46	Reading	3.8	370		73.0	82.5
54	55	Ulster	3.9	269	2.25	66.0	82.4
55	38	Salford	3.8		2.00	63.0	82.1
56	56	Greenwich	4.5	279	1.75	59.0	81.8
57	53	Plymouth	4.0	289	2.05	63.0	81.8
58	54	Hull	4.0	332		66.0	81.3
59	48	Queen's, Belfast	3.9	380		62.0	81.1
60	52	Buckingham	4.1	327			80.7
61	60	Coventry	4.2	305		62.0	80.6
62	74	Leeds Metropolitan	4.1	277		67.0	80.3
63	64	De Montfort	4.2	287			80.2
64	70	Manchester Metropolitan	4.0	323	1.70	58.0	80.0
65	67	Birmingham City	3.9	298	1.65		79.8
66	62	Nottingham Trent	3.8	335		60.0	79.2
67	69	Northampton	4.0	289			78.7
68	63	Central Lancashire	3.9	297			78.6
69	76	East London	3.8	229		69.0	78.4
70	71	Cardiff Metropolitan	3.9	295			78.3
71	-	Edinburgh Napier	3.8	304			78.3
72	78	Middlesex	4.1	251			78.1
73	65	London Metropolitan	3.9	207	2.25	55.0	78.1
74	61	Hertfordshire	3.7	294	2.15	44.0	76.9
75	72	Kingston	3.7	291	2.00	48.0	76.7
76	68	Sheffield Hallam	3.9	332		44.0	75.9
77	73	Anglia Ruskin	3.9	223			75.7
78	75	Bradford	4.0	274		40.0	74.3

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