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
1	1	Oxford	4.0	523	5*	80.0	100.0
2	11	St Andrews	4.1	516	5	72.0	97.9
5	3	Cambridge	3.9	505	4	82.0	96.6
16	30	Strathclyde	3.9	477	5	52.0	89.7
3	2	London School of Economics	3.8	473	5	84.0	97.8
11	12	Durham	3.9	469	4	82.0	92.0
8	9	Warwick	3.8	459	5	74.0	93.3
12	6	York	3.5	459	5	66.0	91.8
24	14	Edinburgh	3.6	449	4	70.0	87.1
27	36	Dundee	4.1	445	4	50.0	86.9
4	4	King's College London	4.0	443	5*	70.0	96.7
6	10	Sheffield	3.9	442	5*	64.0	94.8
15	29	Glasgow	3.9	441	5	60.0	89.9
7	5	Bristol	3.7	437	5	76.0	94.4
9	7	Bath	3.7	432	5	72.0	92.9
30	25	Manchester	3.6	423	5	52.0	86.4
20	19	Nottingham	3.6	411	4	70.0	88.9
18	13	Exeter	3.9	402	5	62.0	89.3
19	17	Newcastle	3.5	397	5	70.0	89.1
28	22	SOAS	3.9	396	4	62.0	86.7
33	38	University College London		392	3a		85.2
24	23	Leeds	3.7	390	4	68.0	87.1
22	17	Sussex	3.7	388	4	66.0	87.8
17	16	Birmingham	4.1	385	5	62.0	89.4
23	21	Cardiff	3.8	384	5	54.0	87.6
38	33	Southampton	3.6	370	4	58.0	83.9
32	24	Aberdeen	3.9	368	4	54.0	85.6
36	41	Lancaster	3.9	363	4	56.0	84.5
40	30	Liverpool	3.5	362	4	54.0	83.6
26	27	Queen Mary	3.6	361	4	68.0	87.0
36	28	Queen's, Belfast	3.5	352	5	50.0	84.5
33	37	Reading	3.7	344	5	56.0	85.2
41	43	East Anglia	4.0	344	4	50.0	83.0
10	15	Essex	4.2	338	5*	64.0	92.8
35	34	Royal Holloway	3.7	336	4	66.0	84.8
14	19	Aberystwyth	4.0	334	5*	56.0	90.0
56	60	Aston	4.0	332		54.0	73.2
13	8	Hull	4.1	323	5	74.0	91.6
42	46	Leicester	4.2	317	3a	58.0	82.7
44	47	Stirling		313	3a	66.0	82.3
29	39	Brunel	3.8	311	4	74.0	86.6
45	32	Oxford Brookes	3.9	303	3a	58.0	81.8
39	42	Loughborough	3.9	302	5	52.0	83.8
21	25	Keele	3.9	301	5	64.0	87.9
46	49	Swansea	3.8	297	3a	66.0	81.7
43	44	Kent	4.0	281	3a	66.0	82.5
31	35	Bradford	3.7	279	5	70.0	86.0
60	60	Northumbria	3.6	270	3a	46.0	72.0
54	50	Ulster	3.8	267	3a	46.0	76.5
59	62	Goldsmiths College	4.0	267		60.0	72.4
47	51	Portsmouth	4.3	263	5	48.0	80.9
63	58	Manchester Metropolitan		257	3a	34.0	67.9
53	55	West of England, Bristol	4.1	256	4	46.0	77.2
51	40	Salford	3.6	250	5	38.0	78.5
55	65	Huddersfield	4.4	247	3a	36.0	74.9
58	59	Plymouth	3.9	243	3a	40.0	73.1
62	64	Westminster		242	4	32.0	68.9
65	63	Liverpool John Moores	3.8	239	3a	28.0	67.8
56	56	Birmingham City	3.8	237	3a	44.0	73.2
66	68	Lincoln	3.7	231		42.0	65.5
61	52	Leeds Metropolitan		229	3a	32.0	69.7
52	53	Coventry	4.0	227	4		77.3
48	48	De Montfort	4.1	217	5	48.0	80.7
50	54	Nottingham Trent	4.0	217	3a	68.0	78.9
49	45	Kingston	3.8	208	4	56.0	80.0
67	67	Greenwich		205		52.0	62.4
63	66	Wolverhampton			3a	48.0	67.9

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