University Subject Tables 2011

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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
2011	2010	University Name
1	3	Oxford		521	3.00	69.0	100.0
4	1	Cambridge	4.2	513	2.95	69.0	97.1
3	5	Durham	4.2	509	2.80	73.0	97.3
2	1	University College London	4.3	486	2.85	82.0	99.0
6	4	York	4.0	472	3.15	72.0	96.7
5	7	Warwick	4.1	471	2.95	76.0	97.0
8	8	St Andrews	4.3	469	2.95	64.0	95.4
7	6	Bristol	3.8	463	2.85	76.0	95.5
10	18	King's College London	3.8	448	2.80	72.0	94.2
11	12	Nottingham	3.9	446	3.00	65.0	93.9
13	13	Edinburgh	3.9	446	3.05	64.0	93.6
17	14	Newcastle	3.9	444	2.90	62.0	92.8
11	10	Leeds	4.1	442	2.95	64.0	93.9
13	14	Sheffield	4.0	438	2.80	68.0	93.6
19	22	Liverpool	4.0	433	2.90	61.0	92.5
9	9	Exeter	4.2	429	3.00	66.0	94.7
25	32	Manchester	3.7	428	3.05	60.0	91.7
25	20	Cardiff	3.9	423	2.85	60.0	91.7
28	26	Birmingham	3.7	421	2.80	63.0	91.3
20	22	Southampton	4.1	418	2.80	61.0	92.4
22	17	Royal Holloway	3.9	417	2.85	64.0	92.2
24	20	East Anglia	4.1	406	2.80	61.0	92.0
21	33	Lancaster	4.1	405	2.70	65.0	92.3
18	26	Sussex	3.9	403	2.70	70.0	92.7
22	14	Glasgow	4.1	400	2.95	61.0	92.2
16	18	Leicester	4.3	381	2.70	68.0	93.0
15	11	Queen Mary	4.2	374	3.05	66.0	93.4
35	35	Queen's, Belfast	3.8	371	2.90	56.0	89.4
67	-	Surrey	3.8	371			83.9
25	24	Loughborough	4.3	370	2.50	66.0	91.7
33	39	Strathclyde	3.9	369	2.50	62.0	89.5
33	41	Reading	4.1	365	2.80	54.0	89.5
36	34	Goldsmiths College	4.0	360	2.65	58.0	89.1
45	36	Dundee	4.2	352	2.45	49.0	87.2
30	30	Aberdeen	4.1	346	2.90	58.0	90.4
70	-	Aston	4.0	341			83.5
28	24	Kent	4.1	337	2.85	65.0	91.3
41	37	Oxford Brookes	4.0	333	2.40	59.0	87.8
31	30	Hull	4.0	332	2.55	68.0	90.3
39	40	Essex	4.0	320	2.60	61.0	88.8
37	28	Stirling	4.2	319	2.55	60.0	89.0
51	58	Northumbria	4.0	319	2.10	57.0	86.2
40	29	Keele	4.0	316	2.55	62.0	88.6
46	50	Aberystwyth	4.0	312	2.45	54.0	86.7
61	72	Sheffield Hallam	3.9	311	2.20	50.0	84.6
57	60	Swansea	3.9	310	2.60	46.0	85.3
55	68	Huddersfield	4.1	307	1.95	56.0	85.4
48	50	Bath Spa	3.9	305	2.15	60.0	86.3
43	43	Brunel	3.9	303	2.50	62.0	87.6
72	64	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	303	2.35	42.0	83.0
57	56	Bangor	4.1	301	2.55	46.0	85.3
75	78	Plymouth	3.9	300	2.05	46.0	82.9
72	56	Brighton	3.7	299	2.20	47.0	83.0
48	61	Chester	4.4	298	1.90	57.0	86.3
80	90	Falmouth	4.2	298		50.0	82.5
97	94	Chichester	4.3	298	1.95	26.0	80.2
63	58	Portsmouth	4.1	295	2.40	44.0	84.5
48	47	Roehampton	4.1	291	2.30	57.0	86.3
63	88	Lincoln	4.1	290		62.0	84.5
67	50	West of England, Bristol	4.1	290	2.20	46.0	83.9
72	75	Lampeter	4.0	284	1.60	55.0	83.0
77	62	Edinburgh Napier		283	1.95		82.8
69	65	Salford	3.9	282	2.35	46.0	83.7
90	81	York St John	4.0	281	1.30	54.0	81.5
42	44	Nottingham Trent	4.1	280	2.50	61.0	87.7
91	67	Coventry	3.7	280	1.70		81.2
53	85	Winchester	4.2	277	2.25	54.0	85.7
47	46	Cumbria	4.1	276	1.45	75.0	86.6
80	66	Worcester	3.9	276	1.85	50.0	82.5
65	54	Central Lancashire	3.9	275	1.90	58.0	84.2
44	-	Anglia Ruskin	4.0	273	2.70	60.0	87.5
100	-	UWIC, Cardiff	3.5	273			78.9
52	55	Hertfordshire	4.0	271	2.40	57.0	85.9
79	94	Leeds Metropolitan	3.7	268		63.0	82.6
95	91	Canterbury Christ Church	4.0	268	1.60	45.0	80.7
71	70	Westminster	4.0	265	1.80	56.0	83.3
37	41	De Montfort	4.0	262	2.95	63.0	89.0
60	48	Kingston	3.9	261	2.40	56.0	85.1
61	50	Birmingham City	3.6	261	2.05	66.0	84.6
92	89	Northampton	4.1	258	1.85	43.0	81.1
83	73	Ulster	4.1	257	2.25	41.0	82.4
85	73	Gloucestershire	4.0	257	2.15	44.0	82.3
96	86	Liverpool John Moores	4.1	256	2.10	34.0	80.4
92	84	Glamorgan	4.1	255	2.40	33.0	81.1
80	80	Edge Hill	4.0	254	1.65	56.0	82.5
59	63	Newman	3.8	251		78.0	85.2
83	82	Greenwich	4.0	249	1.70	55.0	82.4
54	-	Leeds Trinity	3.9	246	1.90	68.0	85.5
98	-	Bradford	3.9	246			80.1
78	75	Staffordshire	3.6	243	1.85	61.0	82.7
32	37	Bishop Grosseteste		241	1.60	91.0	89.6
87	93	Teesside	4.3	241		52.0	81.8
99	78	Plymouth St Mark and St John	4.0	241	1.00	52.0	79.3
55	48	Sunderland	4.3	237	2.40	53.0	85.4
86	79	St Mary's	4.2	236	1.70	51.0	82.0
88	70	Bolton	4.0	236	1.40	58.0	81.7
103	-	London Metropolitan	3.6	228		46.0	77.7
92	91	University of Wales, Newport	4.2	214		54.0	81.1
102	96	Derby	3.8	214		44.0	78.0
66	44	Middlesex	3.9	196	2.25	62.0	84.1
75	68	Bedfordshire	4.2	187	2.10	54.0	82.9
101	-	East London	4.0	182			78.3
89	-	Glyndwr	4.3			47.0	81.6

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