University Subject Tables 2008

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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	533	5*	92.0	100.0
2	-	Aberdeen	538	5	95.0	97.9
3	-	University College London	498	5*	88.0	97.1
4	-	Oxford	522	5*	88.0	96.6
5	-	London School of Economics	480	5*	87.0	95.9
6	-	Edinburgh	491	5	89.0	93.8
7	-	Durham	464	5*	79.0	92.5
8	-	Hull	484	5	86.0	92.4
9	-	Nottingham	481	5	81.0	91.9
10	-	King's College London	458	5	83.0	91.5
11	-	Dundee	435	5	88.0	90.9
12	-	Strathclyde	482	5	77.0	90.6
13	-	Bristol	438	5	86.0	90.4
14	-	Queen Mary	387	5*	87.0	90.3
15	-	Leeds	460	5	79.0	90.2
16	-	Manchester	463	5	78.0	90.0
17	-	SOAS	407	5	84.0	89.6
18	-	Glasgow	499	5	74.0	89.0
19	-	Warwick	459	5	79.0	88.9
20	-	Queen's, Belfast	419	5	82.0	88.2
21	-	Southampton	437	5*	73.0	87.7
22	-	City	373	5	86.0	87.5
23	-	Brunel	349	5	84.0	87.0
24	-	Newcastle	448	5	81.0	86.9
25	-	Leicester	410	5	75.0	86.7
26	-	Exeter	440	5	81.0	86.6
27	-	Birmingham	434	5	81.0	86.3
28	-	Reading	397	5	77.0	85.5
29	-	Sheffield	445	5	77.0	85.4
30	-	Keele	337	5*	74.0	85.1
31	-	Surrey	365	5	85.0	84.6
32	-	Liverpool	416	4	77.0	84.5
33	-	Kent	364	5	78.0	84.3
34	-	Robert Gordon	330	3a	100.0	83.7
35	-	East Anglia	425	5	68.0	83.6
36	-	Essex	376	5	73.0	83.1
37	-	Lancaster	411	5	66.0	82.3
38	-	Cardiff	410	5	72.0	82.2
39	-	Aberystwyth	334	4	73.0	79.5
40	-	Sussex	379	4	61.0	77.4
41	-	Northumbria	395		81.0	76.1
42	-	Swansea	301	3a	71.0	75.5
43	-	Nottingham Trent	322	4	84.0	74.7
44	-	Ulster	324	5	61.0	74.6
45	-	Oxford Brookes	357	4	66.0	74.2
46	-	Central Lancashire	255	4	83.0	73.5
47	-	Manchester Metropolitan	344		76.0	72.1
48	-	Hertfordshire	248	3a	71.0	71.7
49	-	Napier	330	3a	65.0	71.6
50	-	Liverpool John Moores	278	3b	70.0	71.3
51	-	Huddersfield	271	3b	77.0	70.9
52	-	Bournemouth	271	3a	74.0	70.5
53	-	Kingston	274		79.0	70.1
54	-	Anglia Ruskin	233	2	72.0	69.2
54	-	Leeds Metropolitan	312	3a	65.0	69.2
56	-	Middlesex	201		85.0	68.9
57	-	De Montfort	256	4	69.0	68.7
57	-	Glasgow Caledonian	414	3b	52.0	68.7
57	-	Westminster	281	5	71.0	68.7
60	-	West of England, Bristol	296	4	69.0	68.4
61	-	Sheffield Hallam	302	3a	67.0	67.8
62	-	Sunderland	233		76.0	67.2
63	-	Portsmouth	292		68.0	67.1
64	-	Staffordshire	244	3a	70.0	66.2
65	-	Brighton	276		67.0	66.0
65	-	Derby	268		68.0	66.0
65	-	Glamorgan	267		68.0	66.0
68	-	Stirling	339		56.0	65.1
69	-	Teesside	242		68.0	64.9
70	-	Lincoln	258		65.0	64.5
71	-	East London	155	3a	71.0	64.2
72	-	Coventry	219		66.0	63.2
73	-	Plymouth	216	3b	61.0	62.9
74	-	Central England	279		56.0	62.4
75	-	Greenwich	238	3b	58.0	61.7
76	-	Southampton Solent	213		61.0	61.2
77	-	London South Bank	216		60.0	60.9
78	-	Bedfordshire	194		62.0	60.7
79	-	Buckinghamshire Chilterns	200		60.0	60.3
80	-	Wolverhampton	188	3a	54.0	59.9
81	-	Bangor	266		50.0	59.8
82	-	Thames Valley	183	2		56.7
83	-	Northampton	211		42.0	54.6
84	-	Bradford	216		39.0	53.8
85	-	Edge Hill	237		17.0	47.1

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