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	Cambridge	4.2	554	5*	84.0	100.0
2	2	Oxford	4.1	531	5*	84.0	99.2
3	3	Durham	3.9	488	5*	84.0	97.5
4	4	Imperial College	3.9	467	5*	86.0	96.4
5	18	Strathclyde	4.0	509	4	88.0	96.1
6	5	Southampton	4.2	415	5	84.0	95.3
7	12	Sussex	3.9	392	5	86.0	94.2
8	9	York	4.3	411	5	78.0	94.1
9	17	Sheffield	4.1	393	5	86.0	93.8
10	14	Warwick	3.8	433	5	80.0	93.6
11	23	St Andrews	4.0	490	5	82.0	93.1
12	6	Bath	3.8	377	4	88.0	92.5
13	10	University College London	3.7	405	5*	76.0	92.1
14	15	Bristol	3.8	392	5*	76.0	92.0
14	30	Loughborough	4.4	303	4	88.0	92.0
16	15	Liverpool	4.0	334	5	80.0	91.8
17	12	Surrey	3.7	306	3a	100.0	91.6
18	28	Birmingham	3.5	372	5	84.0	91.2
19	21	Aberdeen	4.0	390	3a	92.0	91.1
20	8	Edinburgh	3.8	457	5	66.0	90.9
21	11	Nottingham	3.6	361	5	78.0	90.8
22	22	Leeds	3.7	361	5	80.0	90.6
23	20	Reading	4.0	325	4	82.0	90.5
24	6	Queen's, Belfast	3.8	339	4	82.0	90.3
25	34	Glasgow	3.8	415	4	82.0	90.0
25	25	Manchester	3.7	410	5	72.0	90.0
27	26	Cardiff	3.7	324	4	80.0	89.2
27	29	Leicester	4.0	339	4	74.0	89.2
29	32	Newcastle	4.1	335	4	82.0	89.0
30	27	Heriot-Watt	3.8	345	4	74.0	88.6
31	31	East Anglia	4.0	346	5	66.0	87.9
32	18	Hull	4.1	287	4	82.0	87.8
33	35	Keele	3.9	283	3a	78.0	86.9
34	24	Bangor	4.0	268	3a	78.0	86.7
35	-	Queen Mary	4.1	283	3a	76.0	86.3
36	-	Bradford	3.7	264	4		85.7
37	33	Aston		294	5		85.6
38	38	Brighton	3.4	246	5	74.0	84.1
38	-	Greenwich		216	4		84.1
40	36	Nottingham Trent	3.6	216	3a	88.0	83.6
41	39	Huddersfield	3.9	222	4	72.0	83.5
42	43	Plymouth	3.8	303	4	62.0	82.7
43	42	Northumbria	3.6	277	3b	74.0	82.1
44	37	Kingston	3.4	219	3a		79.8
45	41	Manchester Metropolitan		221	4	56.0	79.4
46	46	West of Scotland		256	2	70.0	77.3
47	-	De Montfort			3a	64.0	77.1
48	43	Liverpool John Moores	3.7	206		62.0	75.0
49	-	Abertay Dundee		346		58.0	73.8

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