University Subject Tables 2011

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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 Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Click here to read more	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
2011	2010	University Name
1	1	Cambridge	4.1	575	3.35	96.0	100.0
2	2	Oxford	4.2	526	3.15	97.0	98.1
3	3	Imperial College London	4.1	507	3.20	94.0	96.7
4	12	Bristol	4.1	455	2.95	92.0	93.8
5	9	Southampton	4.1	411	3.20	87.0	92.4
6	6	Edinburgh	3.9	440	3.20	86.0	92.1
7	8	York	4.0	425	2.95	86.0	91.4
8	5	University College London	3.9	409	3.15	85.0	91.1
9	11	Warwick	4.0	467	2.75	82.0	91.0
10	13	Bath	3.8	435	2.95	86.0	90.6
11	14	Durham	3.9	400	2.80	85.0	89.4
11	6	Sheffield	4.1	389	2.75	82.0	89.4
13	10	Glasgow	4.2	358	3.10	79.0	89.3
14	17	Leeds	4.0	369	3.05	82.0	89.1
15	4	St Andrews	4.1	392	2.70	79.0	88.9
16	28	Dundee	4.1	378	2.75	79.0	88.5
17	21	Manchester	3.8	390	3.15	77.0	88.4
18	21	Newcastle	4.0	315	2.90	86.0	88.0
18	27	Nottingham	3.7	372	3.10	82.0	88.0
20	20	Loughborough	4.2	318	2.60	85.0	87.9
20	17	Royal Holloway	4.1	275	2.80	90.0	87.9
22	15	Aberdeen	3.8	366	2.90	82.0	87.8
22	31	Lancaster	3.8	369	3.05	81.0	87.8
24	21	Birmingham	4.1	374	3.00	70.0	87.5
25	19	Surrey	3.9	352	2.35	89.0	87.3
26	26	King's College London	3.7	369	2.70	81.0	86.5
26	33	Sussex	4.1	321	2.85	77.0	86.5
28	28	Kent	3.9	310	2.75	84.0	86.2
29	15	Cardiff	3.9	343	2.85	74.0	85.9
30	24	Strathclyde	3.7	365	2.55	80.0	85.6
31	40	Liverpool	3.8	363	3.05	68.0	85.1
32	35	East Anglia	3.9	293	2.75	78.0	84.6
33	32	Queen's, Belfast	3.8	328	2.65	77.0	84.5
34	28	Exeter	3.8	356	2.65	72.0	84.3
35	25	Leicester	4.2	265	2.80	72.0	84.2
36	41	Reading	3.8	329	2.15	82.0	84.1
37	37	Essex	4.0	288	2.75	72.0	84.0
38	38	Heriot-Watt	4.0	291	2.65	72.0	83.6
39	34	Swansea	3.7	299	2.90	73.0	83.5
40	44	Aberystwyth	3.8	264	2.95	73.0	83.1
40	43	City	3.7	285	2.60	80.0	83.1
42	47	Bournemouth	3.8	248	2.25	85.0	82.6
43	39	Stirling		269	2.75	69.0	82.3
44	47	Queen Mary	3.7	277	3.00	67.0	82.0
45	36	Robert Gordon	3.8	278	2.35	77.0	81.9
46	51	Plymouth	3.9	251	3.00	65.0	81.7
47	44	Aston	3.8	305	2.30	67.0	80.8
47	53	Northumbria	3.7	240	2.40	78.0	80.8
49	50	Brunel	3.8	298	2.55	63.0	80.6
50	42	Brighton	3.6	270	2.60	70.0	80.5
50	-	Glyndwr	3.7	220	2.35	79.0	80.5
50	54	Nottingham Trent	3.6	234	2.15	83.0	80.5
53	49	West of England, Bristol	3.8	232	2.40	73.0	79.9
54	68	Lincoln	3.7	266	2.50	66.0	79.7
55	68	Huddersfield	3.9	259	2.05	69.0	79.5
56	52	Oxford Brookes	3.7	212	2.50	73.0	79.3
57	46	Bangor	3.9	241	2.50	64.0	79.2
57	65	Staffordshire	3.7	258	2.05	72.0	79.2
59	57	De Montfort	4.0	188	2.40	67.0	78.7
60	60	Edinburgh Napier		242	2.09	68.0	77.9
60	58	Ulster	3.8	234	2.55	58.0	77.9
62	55	Hull	4.1	229		78.0	77.5
62	56	Liverpool John Moores	3.8	193	2.50	65.0	77.5
64	63	Goldsmiths College	3.8	187	2.70	60.0	77.2
64	66	Hertfordshire	3.8	185	2.60	63.0	77.2
66	90	Salford	3.6	240	2.40	61.0	76.9
67	77	Sheffield Hallam	3.7	229	1.90	67.0	76.8
67	61	Teesside	3.8	260	2.50	51.0	76.8
69	62	Glamorgan	3.8	248	2.25	56.0	76.7
69	76	Newman	4.0	202		80.0	76.7
71	58	Portsmouth	3.9	229	1.90	61.0	76.5
72	73	Chester	3.8	239		74.0	75.9
72	71	Manchester Metropolitan	3.7	241	2.15	58.0	75.9
74	70	Coventry	3.6	235	2.05	61.0	75.4
74	82	Gloucestershire	4.0	229		69.0	75.4
74	87	Sunderland	3.9	207	1.90	59.0	75.4
77	72	Greenwich	4.1	203	1.90	55.0	75.3
78	77	Bradford	3.6	217	2.35	56.0	75.2
78	81	Middlesex	3.8	152	2.25	62.0	75.2
80	74	Glasgow Caledonian		300	1.80	53.0	74.9
81	74	Kingston	3.7	192	2.20	58.0	74.8
82	67	Central Lancashire	3.7	225		71.0	74.3
83	63	Keele	3.9	235		64.0	74.0
84	83	Northampton	3.8	223		66.0	73.5
85	84	Edge Hill	3.7	227		67.0	73.4
86	-	Chichester	4.1			57.0	73.3
87	86	Worcester	3.9	215		60.0	72.8
88	79	Derby		233		68.0	72.6
89	98	London South Bank	3.9		2.15	40.0	72.4
90	91	Southampton Solent	3.8	196		61.0	71.9
91	80	Bedfordshire	3.9	143	2.10	48.0	71.8
92	88	University of Wales, Newport	4.0	262		46.0	71.6
93	-	Anglia Ruskin	3.7	220		59.0	71.5
93	85	Abertay Dundee		281		57.0	71.5
95	92	Westminster	3.4	198	2.05	50.0	71.0
96	-	Bolton	3.9			52.0	70.3
97	93	Leeds Metropolitan	3.5	204		57.0	69.7
98	100	Thames Valley	3.7	165	1.65	47.0	69.6
99	99	Birmingham City	3.6	178		56.0	69.5
99	96	UWIC, Cardiff	3.7	201		52.0	69.5
101	94	Canterbury Christ Church	3.9	162		52.0	69.3
102	95	Roehampton	3.8	182		50.0	69.0
103	97	East London	3.8	143		50.0	67.8
104	-	London Metropolitan	3.5	166	1.50	38.0	66.4

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