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	Oxford		542	3.35	88.0	100.0
2	3	London School of Economics	3.7	556	3.55	90.0	96.6
3	2	Cambridge	3.9	561	3.05	88.0	95.3
4	4	Warwick	3.9	518	3.35	88.0	94.9
5	4	University College London	3.8	495	3.50	86.0	94.3
6	7	Durham	3.9	505	2.65	90.0	92.6
7	10	Bath	3.9	483	2.95	88.0	92.5
8	8	Nottingham	3.8	478	3.15	84.0	92.1
9	6	St Andrews	4.0	462	2.70	88.0	91.6
10	9	Bristol	3.7	451	3.15	82.0	90.4
11	12	Southampton	3.8	425	3.00	80.0	89.2
12	11	Edinburgh	3.7	446	2.95	80.0	88.8
12	13	Exeter	4.0	426	2.95	74.0	88.8
14	15	York	4.1	440	2.87	70.0	88.1
15	18	Glasgow	3.9	418	3.00	74.0	88.0
15	38	Leeds	3.8	427	2.85	78.0	88.0
15	17	Royal Holloway	3.8	386	3.00	80.0	88.0
18	13	Birmingham	4.1	412	2.75	74.0	87.8
19	16	Surrey	4.3	363	2.80	74.0	87.6
20	19	Lancaster	3.8	417	2.95	74.0	87.5
21	20	Newcastle	3.9	410	2.50	80.0	87.2
22	20	Essex	3.9	319	3.35	74.0	86.8
23	27	Kent	4.3	318	2.90	74.0	86.7
24	28	Sussex	3.9	359	2.70	78.0	86.4
25	22	Sheffield	4.0	379	2.80	72.0	86.3
26	32	Manchester	3.6	419	3.05	70.0	86.2
27	24	Strathclyde	4.0	407	2.85	66.0	86.1
28	24	Loughborough	3.9	395	2.45	74.0	85.6
29	30	East Anglia	4.2	368	2.75	66.0	85.4
29	24	Leicester	4.0	347	2.90	70.0	85.4
31	31	Cardiff	3.8	401	3.00	64.0	85.1
32	28	Liverpool	3.9	389	2.45	72.0	84.8
33	34	Aberdeen	4.0	338	2.85	66.0	84.3
33	36	Swansea	4.1	271	2.75	74.0	84.3
35	43	Stirling	4.0	312	2.75	72.0	84.2
36	22	Queen Mary	3.7	364	3.15	60.0	83.2
37	37	City	3.6	355	2.65	70.0	82.8
38	33	Heriot-Watt	3.7	307	2.40	78.0	82.6
39	-	Robert Gordon	4.1		1.90		82.0
40	40	SOAS	3.8	421		76.0	81.9
41	44	West of England, Bristol	4.4	265	2.15	68.0	81.7
42	48	Ulster	3.9	254	2.25	76.0	81.3
43	44	Northumbria	3.8		1.80	74.0	80.9
44	35	Keele	3.7	287	2.30	72.0	80.5
45	48	Oxford Brookes	4.0	300	1.95	68.0	80.4
46	50	Portsmouth	3.9	265	2.10	68.0	79.2
47	55	Staffordshire	3.7		1.95		78.9
48	52	Aberystwyth	4.1	270	1.95	64.0	78.8
48	38	Brunel	3.5	308	2.65	58.0	78.8
48	51	Coventry	4.2	262		72.0	78.8
51	41	Hull	3.8	266		78.0	78.5
52	46	Brighton	3.7	259	2.30		78.4
53	42	Dundee	3.8	317	2.45	52.0	78.1
54	53	Reading	3.8	358		64.0	77.7
55	60	Plymouth	3.8	275	2.05	60.0	77.3
56	53	Queen's, Belfast	3.7	354		62.0	77.0
57	47	Nottingham Trent	4.0	251		66.0	76.5
58	61	Birmingham City	3.7		1.65		76.2
59	-	Central Lancashire	3.9	291			76.1
60	67	Greenwich	4.3	295	1.75	42.0	75.1
61	58	Hertfordshire	3.9	203	2.15	54.0	74.8
62	64	Salford	3.6	263	2.00	52.0	74.2
63	57	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	256	1.70	54.0	74.0
64	59	Leeds Metropolitan	3.7	270		58.0	73.6
65	63	Kingston	3.8	195	2.00	52.0	73.2
66	64	Bradford	3.9	231		54.0	72.9
67	-	London Metropolitan	3.7	207	2.25	42.0	72.1
68	55	Middlesex	3.5	201		56.0	70.8
69	62	Liverpool John Moores	3.9	243	1.45	42.0	70.7
70	66	East London	4.0	180		40.0	68.9

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