University Subject Tables 2008

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Sociology

CUG Rank		University Name	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
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	Cambridge	507	5	86.0	100.0
9	-	Edinburgh	452	5	50.0	89.0
3	-	Aberdeen	435	5	60.0	90.9
7	-	London School of Economics	414	5	58.0	89.7
21	-	Glasgow	406	4	46.0	84.9
2	-	Warwick	400	5	66.0	91.2
31	-	Strathclyde	400	3a	48.0	83.0
14	-	Manchester	397	5*	44.0	87.1
4	-	Bristol	396	5	66.0	90.1
15	-	Sussex	385	4	56.0	86.6
12	-	Durham	383	4	60.0	87.6
12	-	York	382	5	54.0	87.6
17	-	Nottingham	377	4	52.0	85.4
28	-	Exeter	374	5	44.0	83.8
8	-	Leeds	370	5	62.0	89.1
39	-	Birmingham	361	3a	52.0	81.5
19	-	Sheffield	355	5	52.0	85.1
35	-	Reading	355	3a	52.0	82.4
24	-	Newcastle	350	4	56.0	84.6
5	-	Loughborough	349	5*	62.0	89.9
36	-	Hull	348	3a	52.0	82.1
6	-	Bath	345	5	72.0	89.8
23	-	Cardiff	343	5	48.0	84.7
10	-	Essex	333	5*	60.0	88.8
22	-	Leicester	328	4	60.0	84.8
24	-	Keele	327	5	54.0	84.6
19	-	Southampton	326	5	52.0	85.1
37	-	Stirling	321	5	44.0	81.9
38	-	Oxford Brookes	318	4	46.0	81.8
29	-	Lancaster	316	5*	46.0	83.6
62	-	East Anglia	315		42.0	73.1
26	-	Aston	314	5	54.0	84.2
47	-	Glasgow Caledonian	313	3a	40.0	76.8
34	-	Queen's, Belfast	311	5	44.0	82.6
11	-	Surrey	307	5*	60.0	87.9
33	-	Liverpool	302	4	56.0	82.9
18	-	Brunel	287	5	58.0	85.2
64	-	Napier	283		46.0	73.0
30	-	Portsmouth	281	3a	66.0	83.3
31	-	City	281	4	56.0	83.0
77	-	Chester	280		36.0	70.4
51	-	Paisley	278	3a	40.0	75.5
16	-	Kent	276	5*	56.0	85.8
40	-	Nottingham Trent	271	3a	56.0	80.4
41	-	Northumbria	271	3a	52.0	79.4
48	-	Robert Gordon	271		60.0	76.1
45	-	Sheffield Hallam	270		64.0	77.1
52	-	Brighton	263	3b	46.0	75.4
49	-	West of England, Bristol	261	3a	40.0	76.0
57	-	Manchester Metropolitan	260	3a	36.0	73.9
80	-	Gloucestershire	258		36.0	69.6
69	-	Staffordshire	257	3a	34.0	72.0
70	-	Ulster	257	3b	36.0	71.8
54	-	Salford	256	4	28.0	75.1
42	-	Bangor	254	3a	46.0	78.0
59	-	Anglia Ruskin	254	3a		73.3
52	-	Central Lancashire	249	3b	48.0	75.4
27	-	Goldsmiths College	248	5*	52.0	83.9
71	-	Leeds Metropolitan	243		46.0	71.6
75	-	Bath Spa	242		42.0	70.6
79	-	Liverpool John Moores	240		40.0	70.0
86	-	Glamorgan	235		30.0	67.3
75	-	Central England	230		44.0	70.6
65	-	Worcester	222	2	46.0	72.9
82	-	Canterbury Christ Church	222		38.0	68.8
55	-	Bradford	217	4	48.0	74.9
56	-	Derby	216	2	52.0	74.7
84	-	Coventry	216		36.0	68.1
84	-	UWIC, Cardiff	215		36.0	68.1
78	-	Wolverhampton	214		44.0	70.1
46	-	Kingston	213	4	42.0	77.0
74	-	Southampton Solent	213	2	42.0	70.9
87	-	Winchester	213		32.0	67.0
66	-	Plymouth	208	4	34.0	72.7
67	-	Bedfordshire	208		54.0	72.4
72	-	Roehampton	207	3a	34.0	71.5
68	-	Liverpool Hope	206	2	48.0	72.2
49	-	Teesside	205	3a	52.0	76.0
58	-	Sunderland	203	3a	38.0	73.5
73	-	Northampton	203	3b	42.0	71.3
61	-	Greenwich	195	3a	38.0	73.2
62	-	Westminster	191	3a	38.0	73.1
44	-	Middlesex	189	4	56.0	77.5
59	-	London South Bank	188	4	34.0	73.3
43	-	East London	173	4	54.0	77.8
81	-	Buckinghamshire Chilterns	172		46.0	69.1
83	-	Huddersfield		2	38.0	68.6

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