University Subject Tables 2011
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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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| 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 578 |
|
4.12 |
|
2.65 |
|
82 |
|
100.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Oxford | 516 |
|
4.01 |
|
2.82 |
|
80 |
|
98.3 |
| 3 | 3 | Imperial College London | 469 |
|
3.77 |
|
2.75 |
|
78 |
|
95.8 |
| 4 | 9 | Sheffield | 434 |
|
4.25 |
|
2.85 |
|
71 |
|
95.4 |
| 5 | 4 | Bristol | 444 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.67 |
|
72 |
|
94.9 |
| 6 | 5 | Durham | 468 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.50 |
|
77 |
|
94.8 |
| 7 | 6 | York | 436 |
|
4.17 |
|
2.75 |
|
70 |
|
94.7 |
| 8 | 11 | Manchester | 435 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.85 |
|
70 |
|
94.5 |
| 8 | 6 | Surrey | 360 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.75 |
|
84 |
|
94.5 |
| 10 | 8 | Bath | 450 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.50 |
|
74 |
|
94.1 |
| 11 | 22 | Lancaster | 380 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.80 |
|
73 |
|
93.8 |
| 12 | 14 | Leicester | 388 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.40 |
|
76 |
|
93.6 |
| 13 | 12 | St Andrews | 428 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.55 |
|
70 |
|
93.4 |
| 14 | 10 | University College London | 424 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.50 |
|
72 |
|
93.1 |
| 15 | 22 | Sussex | 370 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.37 |
|
76 |
|
92.7 |
| 16 | 20 | Edinburgh | 432 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.65 |
|
67 |
|
92.4 |
| 17 | 22 | East Anglia | 349 |
|
4.29 |
|
2.50 |
|
70 |
|
92.3 |
| 17 | 15 | Warwick | 422 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.45 |
|
68 |
|
92.3 |
| 19 | 18 | King's College London | 384 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.75 |
|
68 |
|
92.2 |
| 20 | 22 | Aston | 316 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.50 |
|
73 |
|
91.7 |
| 20 | 33 | Liverpool | 401 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.35 |
|
69 |
|
91.7 |
| 20 | 17 | Nottingham | 377 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.63 |
|
67 |
|
91.7 |
| 23 | 19 | Exeter | 377 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.50 |
|
69 |
|
91.6 |
| 24 | 27 | Glasgow | 373 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.60 |
|
62 |
|
91.3 |
| 24 | 13 | Ulster | 248 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.80 |
|
79 |
|
91.3 |
| 26 | 21 | Birmingham | 387 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.45 |
|
66 |
|
91.2 |
| 27 | 29 | Cardiff | 385 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.60 |
|
65 |
|
91.1 |
| 28 | 41 | Brunel | 308 |
|
4.12 |
|
1.75 |
|
82 |
|
91.0 |
| 28 | 32 | Dundee | 351 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.80 |
|
61 |
|
91.0 |
| 28 | 22 | Newcastle | 362 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.60 |
|
65 |
|
91.0 |
| 31 | 34 | Leeds | 358 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.70 |
|
65 |
|
90.9 |
| 32 | 39 | Strathclyde | 344 |
|
3.68 |
|
2.55 |
|
72 |
|
90.8 |
| 33 | 47 | Hertfordshire | 255 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.15 |
|
86 |
|
90.7 |
| 34 | 16 | Royal Holloway | 312 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.80 |
|
67 |
|
90.6 |
| 35 | 31 | Southampton | 384 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.45 |
|
63 |
|
90.1 |
| 36 | 40 | Essex | 270 |
|
4.01 |
|
2.25 |
|
76 |
|
90.0 |
| 36 | 38 | Queen's, Belfast | 324 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.15 |
|
72 |
|
90.0 |
| 38 | 79 | Canterbury Christ Church | 4.21 |
|
83 |
|
89.8 | ||||
| 39 | 46 | Queen Mary | 349 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.25 |
|
67 |
|
89.5 |
| 40 | 34 | Aberdeen | 337 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.60 |
|
61 |
|
89.4 |
| 41 | 30 | Robert Gordon | 322 |
|
3.70 |
|
1.90 |
|
76 |
|
89.2 |
| 42 | 41 | Reading | 334 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.15 |
|
66 |
|
89.1 |
| 43 | 43 | Kent | 295 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.10 |
|
68 |
|
88.9 |
| 44 | 72 | Salford | 232 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.20 |
|
76 |
|
88.6 |
| 45 | 36 | Keele | 267 |
|
4.04 |
|
1.75 |
|
74 |
|
88.1 |
| 46 | 45 | Heriot-Watt | 291 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.20 |
|
63 |
|
88.0 |
| 46 | 28 | Nottingham Trent | 193 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.55 |
|
71 |
|
88.0 |
| 48 | 49 | Northumbria | 293 |
|
3.52 |
|
1.95 |
|
74 |
|
87.7 |
| 49 | 50 | Glasgow Caledonian | 318 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.10 |
|
60 |
|
87.5 |
| 50 | 47 | Sheffield Hallam | 261 |
|
3.94 |
|
1.80 |
|
72 |
|
87.4 |
| 51 | - | Coventry | 256 |
|
3.99 |
|
83 |
|
87.3 | ||
| 52 | 58 | Hull | 281 |
|
3.99 |
|
1.90 |
|
65 |
|
87.0 |
| 53 | 51 | Brighton | 278 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.08 |
|
63 |
|
86.6 |
| 53 | 52 | Edinburgh Napier | 244 |
|
3.98 |
|
1.68 |
|
71 |
|
86.6 |
| 55 | 43 | Portsmouth | 267 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.47 |
|
55 |
|
86.5 |
| 55 | 55 | Swansea | 306 |
|
3.91 |
|
1.90 |
|
61 |
|
86.5 |
| 55 | 36 | West of England, Bristol | 235 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.61 |
|
57 |
|
86.5 |
| 58 | 56 | Bangor | 311 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.10 |
|
57 |
|
85.8 |
| 59 | 64 | Greenwich | 221 |
|
4.11 |
|
1.75 |
|
66 |
|
85.7 |
| 60 | 57 | Aberystwyth | 286 |
|
4.01 |
|
2.50 |
|
48 |
|
85.5 |
| 60 | 62 | Bedfordshire | 3.57 |
|
1.90 |
|
85.5 | ||||
| 62 | 52 | Manchester Metropolitan | 259 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.05 |
|
60 |
|
85.4 |
| 63 | 62 | Plymouth | 294 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.00 |
|
55 |
|
85.3 |
| 64 | 85 | Gloucestershire | 269 |
|
4.46 |
|
85.1 | ||||
| 65 | 67 | Oxford Brookes | 300 |
|
3.79 |
|
1.85 |
|
57 |
|
85.0 |
| 66 | 61 | Huddersfield | 230 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.00 |
|
60 |
|
84.9 |
| 67 | 82 | Staffordshire | 211 |
|
4.21 |
|
71 |
|
84.6 | ||
| 68 | 73 | UWIC, Cardiff | 252 |
|
3.93 |
|
69 |
|
84.2 | ||
| 69 | 79 | Bolton | 174 |
|
3.95 |
|
1.30 |
|
72 |
|
84.0 |
| 69 | 60 | Stirling | 329 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.35 |
|
41 |
|
84.0 |
| 71 | 78 | Liverpool John Moores | 250 |
|
3.90 |
|
1.70 |
|
58 |
|
83.9 |
| 72 | 52 | Central Lancashire | 275 |
|
3.42 |
|
72 |
|
83.8 | ||
| 73 | 87 | Bath Spa | 272 |
|
4.00 |
|
1.10 |
|
83.7 | ||
| 73 | 67 | Westminster | 241 |
|
3.69 |
|
2.20 |
|
54 |
|
83.7 |
| 75 | 71 | Chester | 268 |
|
4.05 |
|
83.3 | ||||
| 76 | 75 | Kingston | 197 |
|
3.68 |
|
1.85 |
|
61 |
|
83.1 |
| 77 | 75 | East London | 163 |
|
3.33 |
|
2.05 |
|
65 |
|
82.6 |
| 78 | 64 | Glamorgan | 307 |
|
3.80 |
|
1.45 |
|
49 |
|
82.4 |
| 79 | 58 | Teesside | 272 |
|
3.74 |
|
60 |
|
82.3 | ||
| 79 | 82 | Worcester | 213 |
|
3.68 |
|
68 |
|
82.3 | ||
| 81 | 81 | Bradford | 262 |
|
3.63 |
|
62 |
|
82.1 | ||
| 81 | 88 | Derby | 240 |
|
4.15 |
|
1.65 |
|
47 |
|
82.1 |
| 83 | 77 | Bournemouth | 231 |
|
3.64 |
|
65 |
|
82.0 | ||
| 83 | 69 | Leeds Metropolitan | 264 |
|
3.58 |
|
62 |
|
82.0 | ||
| 85 | 70 | Roehampton | 182 |
|
3.64 |
|
1.40 |
|
63 |
|
81.7 |
| 86 | 86 | Sunderland | 258 |
|
3.95 |
|
52 |
|
81.0 | ||
| 87 | 74 | Edge Hill | 223 |
|
3.79 |
|
80.9 | ||||
| 88 | - | Middlesex | 146 |
|
4.22 |
|
80.2 | ||||
| 89 | - | Anglia Ruskin | 252 |
|
3.88 |
|
39 |
|
78.0 | ||
| 90 | 84 | London South Bank | 3.76 |
|
39 |
|
76.1 | ||||
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 |

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