University Subject Tables 2009

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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	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
2	2	Oxford	4.0	555	5*	82.0	98.9
1	1	Cambridge	4.2	554	5*	84.0	100.0
5	5	St Andrews	3.8	525	5	80.0	94.6
4	4	Durham	4.0	511	5	76.0	95.0
3	3	Imperial College	3.8	509	5*	80.0	96.8
12	26	Strathclyde	4.0	493	4	72.0	92.4
22	13	Edinburgh	3.7	492	5	68.0	90.7
7	8	Warwick	4.1	491	5	72.0	93.9
17	19	Manchester	3.8	449	5	68.0	91.2
6	13	Glasgow	4.1	439	5	80.0	94.0
14	6	Bristol	3.7	435	5	74.0	92.0
18	26	Birmingham	4.1	431	5	68.0	91.1
15	10	Nottingham	3.6	429	5	74.0	91.7
27	24	Southampton	3.9	428	5*	62.0	90.1
29	31	Bath	3.9	428	4	66.0	89.3
18	16	University College London	3.8	427	5	74.0	91.1
9	9	Leeds	3.8	404	5	80.0	93.2
36	32	York	3.9	395	4	64.0	87.2
11	22	Lancaster	4.1	390	5*	68.0	92.6
8	11	Heriot-Watt	3.7	388	4	90.0	93.6
20	18	Sheffield	4.1	388	5	72.0	91.0
25	33	Sussex	3.9	385	5	68.0	90.3
31	20	Queen's, Belfast	3.7	375	5	66.0	89.0
9	21	King's College London		373	4	88.0	93.2
16	16	Exeter	4.2	365	5	70.0	91.4
43	-	Aberdeen	4.0	359			80.4
24	12	Surrey	3.8	355	5	72.0	90.4
38	28	Cardiff	3.8	353	5	58.0	86.8
12	23	Liverpool	4.0	352	5	78.0	92.4
23	15	Leicester	3.8	350	5	74.0	90.6
25	7	Royal Holloway	4.0	340	5	74.0	90.3
38	39	Loughborough	4.1	335	4	70.0	86.8
35	34	Kent	3.7	303	3a	86.0	87.6
28	36	Keele	4.0	302	3a	86.0	89.7
32	25	Queen Mary	4.1	300	5	70.0	88.8
20	35	Swansea	4.0	298	5	76.0	91.0
32	29	Hull	4.1	266	4	84.0	88.8
37	37	Aberystwyth		266	4	74.0	87.0
40	30	Hertfordshire	4.0	232	4	70.0	85.9
41	37	Salford		228	4	68.0	84.1
45	-	Glamorgan	3.8	225			75.8
42	40	Nottingham Trent	3.6	219	3a	76.0	82.0
30	-	Liverpool John Moores	3.7		4		89.1
34	-	Central Lancashire	3.9		4		88.7
44	-	Northumbria	3.6		3a		79.4

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