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Education

CUG Rank University Name Entry Standards
Entry Standards
The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University.

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 Research Assessment
Research Assessment
The average quality of the research undertaken in the University.

Maximum score: 4.00

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 Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University.

Maximum score: 100

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 Ofsted
Ofsted
A guide to the quality of teaching you can expect from the University, based on inspections by the Office for Standards in Education.

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 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 1 Cambridge 488 2.85 86 3.8 100.0
7 6 Durham 402 2.60 91 3.0 91.2
2 4 Edinburgh 367 2.30 94 93.4
11 12 York 364 2.65 60 3.7 88.8
6 8 Warwick 359 2.65 66 4.0 91.6
28 25 Cardiff 355 2.70 48 85.0
24 31 Birmingham 353 2.35 61 3.3 85.2
10 11 Strathclyde 352 2.00 85 89.0
8 6 Glasgow 334 2.00 98 90.8
13 16 Reading 332 2.00 81 3.7 88.2
3 3 Stirling 330 2.60 93 92.8
29 17 Leeds 325 2.75 68 3.0 84.9
9 10 Canterbury Christ Church 324 2.10 89 3.7 89.6
21 20 Northumbria 321 91 3.5 86.1
12 13 Brighton 319 2.05 85 3.7 88.5
23 15 Brunel 318 1.60 91 3.3 85.6
4 2 East Anglia 312 2.55 3.8 92.5
26 20 Dundee 309 1.70 86 85.1
25 19 Manchester 307 2.55 55 3.7 85.2
51 50 York St John 305 0.85 77 3.3 79.6
42 41 Chichester 304 86 3.0 81.6
17 24 Oxford Brookes 304 2.00 76 3.8 87.3
40 36 Edge Hill 302 1.15 87 3.3 82.4
33 29 Sunderland 296 1.75 85 3.3 84.3
27 66 Plymouth 295 2.05 70 3.7 85.1
20 26 Keele 292 2.75 61 3.7 86.4
31 - West of Scotland 291 1.70 88 84.6
30 28 Huddersfield 291 1.80 100 3.0 84.7
47 46 Leeds Metropolitan 290 1.65 77 3.0 80.4
50 60 Anglia Ruskin 290 78 3.0 79.7
39 49 Sheffield Hallam 289 1.85 85 3.0 82.4
70 67 Bath Spa 289 1.40 68 2.8 76.8
19 23 Birmingham City 288 1.90 84 3.7 86.5
49 53 St Mary's 286 1.10 90 3.0 80.0
41 42 Worcester 284 75 3.5 82.0
34 33 Winchester 283 2.05 77 3.2 82.9
65 70 Nottingham Trent 282 77 2.8 78.2
18 9 Aberdeen 281 1.90 95 86.7
59 62 Chester 281 76 3.0 79.0
54 48 Bangor 280 1.75 65 79.3
15 18 Manchester Metropolitan 278 2.65 82 3.5 87.8
37 32 Northampton 275 1.65 70 3.7 82.6
74 67 Bishop Grosseteste 274 0.95 84 2.7 75.9
46 43 Gloucestershire 273 1.85 80 3.0 81.0
44 38 Leeds Trinity 272 92 3.0 81.2
60 63 Hertfordshire 272 1.65 73 3.0 78.9
53 54 UWIC, Cardiff 270 1.10 85 79.5
52 50 University of Wales, Newport 269 1.05 87 79.6
36 34 Roehampton 269 2.15 78 3.2 82.7
38 35 Hull 267 1.95 82 3.2 82.4
75 54 De Montfort 266 52 74.0
61 58 Liverpool John Moores 265 1.75 64 3.2 78.8
62 60 Kingston 264 1.60 75 3.0 78.7
64 66 Plymouth St Mark and St John 261 0.95 85 3.2 78.5
48 40 Cumbria 261 1.00 81 3.5 80.1
45 36 West of England, Bristol 260 1.85 71 3.3 81.0
78 73 Glyndwr 255 0.90 64 73.0
67 54 Aberystwyth 253 72 77.7
72 67 Derby 253 69 3.0 76.7
73 65 Trinity Saint David 249 67 76.3
56 47 Newman 249 1.75 72 3.2 79.2
43 38 Portsmouth 243 3.7 81.3
80 - Teesside 239 45 71.0
68 44 Ulster 239 2.10 55 76.8
69 75 Glamorgan 232 1.65 76.8
76 - Bolton 219 1.45 74.0
71 59 Greenwich 215 1.65 74 3.0 76.7
55 54 Bedfordshire 211 83 3.3 79.2
66 74 University College Birmingham 210 51 4.0 78.0
57 52 Goldsmiths College 210 1.95 82 3.0 79.1
77 71 Central Lancashire 200 1.15 74 73.5
63 45 Middlesex 199 82 3.3 78.6
58 64 London Metropolitan 185 2.45 75 3.0 79.0
79 72 East London 180 1.70 46 3.2 72.0
5 4 Nottingham 2.40 3.7 92.1
14 - Sheffield 2.40 3.3 88.1
16 14 King's College London 2.85 3.0 87.7
22 20 Sussex 2.60 3.0 85.7
32 26 Staffordshire 1.95 3.3 84.3
35 - Southampton 2.25 3.0 82.8

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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