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| CUG Rank | University Name | Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. |
Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 |
Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Maximum score: 4.00 |
Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Maximum score: 100 |
Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 |
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| 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 501 |
|
4.21 |
|
3.20 |
|
84 |
|
100.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Oxford | 501 |
|
3.92 |
|
3.10 |
|
77 |
|
97.5 |
| 4 | 7 | Bath | 493 |
|
3.78 |
|
3.10 |
|
67 |
|
95.0 |
| 3 | 5 | University College London | 471 |
|
3.98 |
|
3.00 |
|
77 |
|
96.6 |
| 6 | 3 | St Andrews | 470 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.85 |
|
60 |
|
93.6 |
| 5 | 4 | York | 461 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.80 |
|
68 |
|
93.9 |
| 7 | 6 | Bristol | 453 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.60 |
|
70 |
|
93.3 |
| 14 | 9 | Cardiff | 433 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.90 |
|
57 |
|
90.9 |
| 22 | 17 | Nottingham | 433 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.65 |
|
56 |
|
89.8 |
| 16 | 27 | Leeds | 430 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.55 |
|
60 |
|
90.5 |
| 12 | 22 | Durham | 428 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.70 |
|
59 |
|
91.4 |
| 29 | 30 | Edinburgh | 424 |
|
3.51 |
|
2.70 |
|
52 |
|
88.4 |
| 10 | 10 | Exeter | 421 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.60 |
|
65 |
|
92.1 |
| 21 | 30 | Newcastle | 421 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.35 |
|
62 |
|
89.9 |
| 12 | 12 | Warwick | 418 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.65 |
|
66 |
|
91.4 |
| 23 | 18 | Southampton | 417 |
|
3.66 |
|
2.70 |
|
57 |
|
89.6 |
| 35 | 38 | Manchester | 417 |
|
3.46 |
|
2.45 |
|
53 |
|
87.5 |
| 9 | 15 | Sheffield | 415 |
|
3.82 |
|
2.70 |
|
69 |
|
92.3 |
| 11 | 21 | Birmingham | 411 |
|
3.93 |
|
3.05 |
|
60 |
|
91.9 |
| 26 | 22 | Loughborough | 400 |
|
4.03 |
|
1.75 |
|
65 |
|
89.0 |
| 27 | 11 | Lancaster | 395 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.35 |
|
58 |
|
88.8 |
| 37 | 13 | Surrey | 394 |
|
3.37 |
|
2.35 |
|
59 |
|
87.4 |
| 8 | 8 | Glasgow | 393 |
|
4.01 |
|
2.80 |
|
72 |
|
93.2 |
| 15 | 34 | Royal Holloway | 390 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.85 |
|
56 |
|
90.7 |
| 17 | 14 | Sussex | 388 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.70 |
|
63 |
|
90.4 |
| 33 | 27 | Reading | 388 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.65 |
|
50 |
|
87.8 |
| 40 | 42 | Liverpool | 387 |
|
3.79 |
|
2.15 |
|
53 |
|
86.8 |
| 27 | 16 | Strathclyde | 385 |
|
3.82 |
|
2.05 |
|
65 |
|
88.8 |
| 20 | 38 | Aston | 376 |
|
4.01 |
|
2.50 |
|
62 |
|
90.0 |
| 44 | 32 | Dundee | 374 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.25 |
|
48 |
|
85.8 |
| 32 | 20 | City | 368 |
|
3.46 |
|
2.45 |
|
62 |
|
87.9 |
| 17 | 26 | Kent | 362 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.30 |
|
73 |
|
90.4 |
| 41 | 40 | Swansea | 361 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.20 |
|
54 |
|
86.7 |
| 30 | 32 | Leicester | 360 |
|
3.93 |
|
1.85 |
|
67 |
|
88.3 |
| 50 | 46 | Queen's, Belfast | 352 |
|
3.64 |
|
2.15 |
|
45 |
|
84.0 |
| 42 | 52 | East Anglia | 349 |
|
4.17 |
|
1.75 |
|
55 |
|
86.2 |
| 24 | 22 | Aberdeen | 344 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.45 |
|
63 |
|
89.3 |
| 95 | 99 | Queen Margaret | 334 |
|
39 |
|
78.0 | ||||
| 48 | 47 | Oxford Brookes | 333 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.00 |
|
48 |
|
84.3 |
| 62 | - | Heriot-Watt | 332 |
|
4.00 |
|
1.40 |
|
42 |
|
81.8 |
| 85 | 79 | Brighton | 328 |
|
3.69 |
|
38 |
|
78.9 | ||
| 62 | 78 | Glasgow Caledonian | 327 |
|
3.86 |
|
1.60 |
|
42 |
|
81.8 |
| 25 | 18 | Essex | 326 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.60 |
|
64 |
|
89.2 |
| 33 | 37 | Brunel | 323 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.25 |
|
60 |
|
87.8 |
| 47 | 35 | Stirling | 320 |
|
3.83 |
|
1.90 |
|
53 |
|
84.5 |
| 39 | 40 | Goldsmiths College | 319 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.50 |
|
58 |
|
86.9 |
| 43 | 35 | Keele | 316 |
|
3.78 |
|
1.90 |
|
63 |
|
86.1 |
| 31 | 49 | Northumbria | 315 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.15 |
|
63 |
|
88.0 |
| 19 | 27 | Hull | 313 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.20 |
|
75 |
|
90.1 |
| 38 | 43 | Portsmouth | 313 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.05 |
|
65 |
|
87.3 |
| 35 | 25 | Bangor | 310 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.75 |
|
59 |
|
87.5 |
| 56 | 63 | Edinburgh Napier | 309 |
|
1.30 |
|
58 |
|
82.9 | ||
| 66 | 83 | Manchester Metropolitan | 309 |
|
3.64 |
|
2.01 |
|
39 |
|
81.3 |
| 67 | 68 | Sheffield Hallam | 308 |
|
3.76 |
|
1.55 |
|
44 |
|
81.2 |
| 77 | 80 | Leeds Metropolitan | 308 |
|
3.47 |
|
52 |
|
80.4 | ||
| 57 | 55 | Plymouth | 301 |
|
3.83 |
|
2.20 |
|
41 |
|
82.7 |
| 59 | 56 | Westminster | 297 |
|
3.80 |
|
1.75 |
|
47 |
|
82.3 |
| 100 | - | Cumbria | 296 |
|
3.07 |
|
77.4 | ||||
| 59 | 58 | Coventry | 295 |
|
3.82 |
|
1.32 |
|
54 |
|
82.3 |
| 55 | 81 | West of England, Bristol | 293 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.25 |
|
39 |
|
83.0 |
| 48 | 43 | Nottingham Trent | 292 |
|
3.89 |
|
1.65 |
|
59 |
|
84.3 |
| 50 | 74 | Lincoln | 292 |
|
4.24 |
|
2.00 |
|
46 |
|
84.0 |
| 97 | 92 | Salford | 292 |
|
3.41 |
|
41 |
|
77.7 | ||
| 91 | 97 | Edge Hill | 285 |
|
3.76 |
|
40 |
|
78.4 | ||
| 58 | 60 | Bath Spa | 284 |
|
4.06 |
|
1.65 |
|
47 |
|
82.4 |
| 64 | 63 | York St John | 284 |
|
3.90 |
|
1.05 |
|
54 |
|
81.4 |
| 70 | 81 | Chester | 283 |
|
3.82 |
|
53 |
|
81.0 | ||
| 74 | 70 | Winchester | 277 |
|
3.97 |
|
49 |
|
80.5 | ||
| 98 | 96 | Huddersfield | 274 |
|
3.91 |
|
34 |
|
77.5 | ||
| 70 | 86 | Liverpool John Moores | 273 |
|
3.65 |
|
2.00 |
|
42 |
|
81.0 |
| 69 | 62 | Teesside | 271 |
|
3.89 |
|
54 |
|
81.1 | ||
| 45 | 48 | Central Lancashire | 268 |
|
3.83 |
|
1.95 |
|
62 |
|
85.0 |
| 91 | 93 | UWIC, Cardiff | 268 |
|
3.73 |
|
43 |
|
78.4 | ||
| 46 | 100 | Bournemouth | 266 |
|
3.99 |
|
2.25 |
|
54 |
|
84.8 |
| 77 | 59 | Abertay Dundee | 263 |
|
1.70 |
|
48 |
|
80.4 | ||
| 74 | 85 | Kingston | 262 |
|
3.75 |
|
1.65 |
|
45 |
|
80.5 |
| 81 | 53 | Derby | 258 |
|
3.59 |
|
1.65 |
|
44 |
|
79.7 |
| 83 | 88 | Ulster | 258 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.00 |
|
30 |
|
79.1 |
| 54 | 45 | Hertfordshire | 257 |
|
3.72 |
|
2.20 |
|
54 |
|
83.6 |
| 88 | 77 | Gloucestershire | 257 |
|
3.57 |
|
1.35 |
|
43 |
|
78.6 |
| 80 | 89 | Glamorgan | 255 |
|
3.78 |
|
1.35 |
|
47 |
|
79.9 |
| 50 | 71 | Staffordshire | 253 |
|
3.90 |
|
1.88 |
|
59 |
|
84.0 |
| 85 | 84 | Southampton Solent | 253 |
|
3.62 |
|
49 |
|
78.9 | ||
| 67 | 74 | Worcester | 251 |
|
3.76 |
|
1.40 |
|
54 |
|
81.2 |
| 102 | - | Newman | 247 |
|
3.83 |
|
37 |
|
77.1 | ||
| 73 | 69 | Canterbury Christ Church | 246 |
|
4.01 |
|
53 |
|
80.6 | ||
| 74 | 73 | Wolverhampton | 243 |
|
3.41 |
|
1.60 |
|
54 |
|
80.5 |
| 88 | 86 | Northampton | 243 |
|
3.98 |
|
43 |
|
78.6 | ||
| 94 | 95 | Bolton | 241 |
|
3.67 |
|
1.30 |
|
42 |
|
78.1 |
| 79 | 94 | St Mary's | 240 |
|
4.16 |
|
48 |
|
80.0 | ||
| 82 | 67 | Sunderland | 240 |
|
4.09 |
|
1.40 |
|
41 |
|
79.5 |
| 85 | 63 | De Montfort | 236 |
|
4.08 |
|
44 |
|
78.9 | ||
| 61 | 63 | Greenwich | 234 |
|
3.72 |
|
1.70 |
|
56 |
|
81.9 |
| 96 | - | University of Wales, Newport | 233 |
|
3.71 |
|
77.9 | ||||
| 72 | 89 | Roehampton | 229 |
|
3.49 |
|
1.90 |
|
51 |
|
80.7 |
| 98 | 74 | Bradford | 228 |
|
3.77 |
|
43 |
|
77.5 | ||
| 93 | 97 | Buckinghamshire New | 208 |
|
3.76 |
|
50 |
|
78.3 | ||
| 90 | 54 | London South Bank | 207 |
|
3.39 |
|
1.80 |
|
45 |
|
78.5 |
| 84 | 51 | Thames Valley | 197 |
|
3.83 |
|
1.10 |
|
53 |
|
79.0 |
| 64 | 50 | Middlesex | 193 |
|
3.49 |
|
1.50 |
|
66 |
|
81.4 |
| 53 | 56 | East London | 191 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.05 |
|
67 |
|
83.8 |
| 100 | 71 | Bedfordshire | 182 |
|
3.57 |
|
52 |
|
77.4 | ||
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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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