University Subject Tables 2008

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Chemistry

CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Research Assessment	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
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	Cambridge	566	5*	84.0	100.0
2	-	Oxford	533	5*	84.0	99.1
3	-	Durham	470	5*	82.0	96.8
23	-	St Andrews	468	5	72.0	88.7
8	-	Edinburgh	453	5	76.0	92.7
4	-	Imperial College	448	5*	86.0	96.0
21	-	Aberdeen	431	3a	86.0	89.3
5	-	Southampton	423	5	84.0	94.2
15	-	Bristol	423	5*	70.0	90.5
14	-	Warwick	419	5	72.0	90.6
18	-	Strathclyde	412	4	76.0	89.7
11	-	Nottingham	407	5	76.0	91.4
12	-	Sussex	403	5	76.0	91.3
6	-	Bath	399	4	90.0	93.5
10	-	University College London	380	5*	78.0	91.7
34	-	Glasgow	380	4	72.0	85.0
25	-	Manchester	378	5	72.0	88.3
18	-	Hull	377	4	88.0	89.7
9	-	York	376	5	80.0	91.8
22	-	Leeds	374	5	74.0	88.8
17	-	Sheffield	373	5	78.0	89.9
27	-	Heriot-Watt	356	4	74.0	87.6
6	-	Queen's, Belfast	352	4	94.0	93.5
32	-	Newcastle	347	4	80.0	86.5
20	-	Reading	338	4	82.0	89.5
26	-	Cardiff	328	4	78.0	88.0
31	-	East Anglia	324	5	72.0	86.8
29	-	Leicester	321	4	76.0	87.2
12	-	Surrey	318	3a	96.0	91.3
15	-	Liverpool	306	5	82.0	90.5
24	-	Bangor	305	3a	88.0	88.5
28	-	Birmingham	301	5	76.0	87.3
30	-	Loughborough	288	4	82.0	87.1
35	-	Keele	288	3a		83.6
42	-	Northumbria	278	3b	68.0	78.4
33	-	Aston	265	5	82.0	86.2
38	-	Brighton	248	5	66.0	80.9
36	-	Nottingham Trent	239	3a	86.0	82.5
39	-	Huddersfield	234	4	70.0	80.4
45	-	Sheffield Hallam	229		68.0	73.3
40	-	Coventry	218	4		79.5
43	-	Liverpool John Moores	206		76.0	75.1
43	-	Plymouth	193	4	56.0	75.1
41	-	Manchester Metropolitan	188	4	62.0	79.4
37	-	Kingston	180	3a	84.0	81.8
46	-	Paisley		2	64.0	72.5

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