University Subject Tables 2009

Geography

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	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
2009	2008	University Name			Research Assessment
1	2	Cambridge	4.3	511	5	79.0	100.0
3	6	Oxford	4.0	492	4	78.0	97.1
15	31	Strathclyde		467	3a	63.0	90.9
6	4	Bristol	3.7	459	5*	71.0	96.1
3	3	Durham	3.7	453	5*	77.0	97.1
8	16	St Andrews		444	4	67.0	94.0
7	7	Edinburgh	3.5	442	5*	72.0	95.1
5	5	University College London	4.0	436	5*	74.0	97.0
2	1	London School of Economics	3.7	435	5	91.0	98.2
10	21	Dundee	3.8	429	4	69.0	92.6
14	9	Nottingham	3.5	426	5	66.0	91.2
21	34	Glasgow	4.2	402	4	60.0	89.6
29	25	Manchester	3.9	401	4	55.0	88.2
11	10	Sheffield	3.8	398	5	66.0	92.4
12	8	Southampton	3.7	393	5	68.0	92.3
23	20	East Anglia	3.9	385	4	59.0	89.3
35	26	Sussex	3.5	382	4	56.0	86.3
18	22	Birmingham	3.9	379	4	65.0	90.1
24	29	Exeter	4.0	370	4	61.0	89.2
13	12	Newcastle	3.7	369	5	71.0	92.0
19	13	Leeds	3.7	369	5	65.0	90.0
26	33	Lancaster	3.9	369	4	58.0	88.9
16	18	Loughborough	3.9	364	5	65.0	90.7
26	11	Aberdeen	3.7	363	4	66.0	88.9
8	14	Royal Holloway	4.1	359	5*	67.0	94.0
19	19	Reading	3.9	356	4	65.0	90.0
28	16	King's College London	3.5	356	4	65.0	88.4
33	32	Liverpool	3.8	346	4	54.0	86.9
30	35	Leicester	4.1	329	4	59.0	88.0
17	15	Cardiff	3.9	321	5*	59.0	90.2
32	29	Queen's, Belfast	3.9	313	4	57.0	87.0
22	23	Aberystwyth	4.2	308	4	64.0	89.5
45	44	Stirling		307		70.0	82.1
36	36	Swansea	3.8	305	4	52.0	85.3
25	24	Queen Mary	3.8	298	5	64.0	89.0
33	41	Keele	3.9	292	3a	68.0	86.9
31	28	Hull	3.9	291	5	61.0	87.6
39	47	Portsmouth	4.0	286	3a	54.0	84.0
60	72	Oxford Brookes	3.5	284		51.0	77.1
37	37	Plymouth	4.0	281	4	54.0	85.0
46	53	Northumbria	4.1	281	3b	53.0	81.3
41	45	Bath Spa		272	2	65.0	82.7
59	64	Chester		272		58.0	77.3
64	77	Sheffield Hallam	4.1	271		32.0	74.8
46	52	Brighton	4.0	267	3b	49.0	81.3
40	48	Hertfordshire	4.0	265	2	64.0	83.3
48	57	Gloucestershire	3.8	263	3a	50.0	80.9
44	43	Manchester Metropolitan	3.9	262	4	50.0	82.2
52	71	West of England, Bristol	4.1	260	2	50.0	79.6
54	76	Canterbury Christ Church	4.2	260		52.0	79.1
58	63	Staffordshire		259	3b	49.0	77.8
38	41	Nottingham Trent	3.9	257	3a	62.0	84.6
42	46	Bangor	3.8	256		75.0	82.4
49	26	Salford		256	3a	47.0	80.4
50	55	Cumbria	3.6	251		69.0	80.2
66	75	Bournemouth		251	2	42.0	73.5
55	54	Ulster		244	3b	55.0	79.0
56	-	St Mary's		238		68.0	78.9
68	77	Derby		235		42.0	71.3
53	59	Northampton	3.9	228	2	52.0	79.5
42	49	Kingston	3.9	225	3b	61.0	82.4
69	73	Glamorgan		223		30.0	67.4
62	69	Worcester		220	2	51.0	75.7
60	62	Edge Hill		219		64.0	77.1
51	57	Bradford		218	3b	65.0	79.8
67	65	Leeds Metropolitan		216		46.0	71.8
65	69	Liverpool John Moores		207	3b	44.0	74.4
63	50	Greenwich		187	3b	58.0	75.5
57	61	Wolverhampton	3.5			62.0	78.5

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