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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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| 2012 | 2011 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | London School of Economics | 536 |
|
3.10 |
|
87 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Cambridge | 547 |
|
2.80 |
|
87 |
|
98.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Oxford | 528 |
|
4.22 |
|
3.00 |
|
91 |
|
97.0 |
| 4 | 3 | University College London | 522 |
|
4.07 |
|
3.05 |
|
88 |
|
95.8 |
| 5 | 6 | Durham | 512 |
|
4.12 |
|
2.90 |
|
84 |
|
94.3 |
| 6 | 5 | Nottingham | 488 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.90 |
|
84 |
|
94.1 |
| 7 | 7 | Queen Mary | 442 |
|
4.37 |
|
2.70 |
|
82 |
|
92.3 |
| 8 | 26 | Reading | 419 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.70 |
|
87 |
|
91.7 |
| 9 | 10 | Edinburgh | 451 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.75 |
|
86 |
|
91.4 |
| 10 | 8 | Glasgow | 489 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.60 |
|
84 |
|
91.2 |
| 11 | 13 | King's College London | 505 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.55 |
|
81 |
|
91.1 |
| 12 | 8 | Bristol | 494 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.60 |
|
81 |
|
90.8 |
| 13 | 24 | SOAS | 465 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.35 |
|
85 |
|
90.7 |
| 14 | 12 | Strathclyde | 436 |
|
3.66 |
|
2.65 |
|
88 |
|
90.3 |
| 15 | 14 | Newcastle | 436 |
|
4.38 |
|
2.25 |
|
81 |
|
90.1 |
| 16 | 18 | Lancaster | 411 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.40 |
|
88 |
|
89.9 |
| 17 | 22 | Leicester | 440 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.20 |
|
83 |
|
89.8 |
| 18 | 15 | Birmingham | 446 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.65 |
|
79 |
|
89.5 |
| 19 | 19 | Warwick | 484 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.40 |
|
77 |
|
89.4 |
| 20 | 11 | Aberdeen | 369 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.20 |
|
93 |
|
89.2 |
| 21 | 17 | Southampton | 457 |
|
4.01 |
|
2.50 |
|
76 |
|
89.2 |
| 22 | 21 | Sussex | 380 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.60 |
|
80 |
|
88.9 |
| 23 | 20 | Manchester | 447 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.50 |
|
82 |
|
88.8 |
| 24 | 24 | Leeds | 432 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.55 |
|
73 |
|
88.3 |
| 25 | 22 | Exeter | 441 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.30 |
|
79 |
|
88.3 |
| 26 | 28 | Sheffield | 438 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.50 |
|
78 |
|
88.2 |
| 27 | 15 | Dundee | 397 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.55 |
|
71 |
|
87.5 |
| 28 | 29 | Kent | 350 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.85 |
|
74 |
|
87.2 |
| 29 | 34 | Cardiff | 415 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.80 |
|
67 |
|
87.2 |
| 30 | 33 | East Anglia | 407 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.25 |
|
78 |
|
86.9 |
| 31 | 27 | Queen's, Belfast | 397 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.80 |
|
71 |
|
86.8 |
| 32 | 29 | Brunel | 366 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.45 |
|
77 |
|
86.2 |
| 33 | 29 | Hull | 355 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.35 |
|
79 |
|
86.0 |
| 34 | 35 | Surrey | 384 |
|
3.60 |
|
2.10 |
|
82 |
|
85.2 |
| 35 | 32 | Liverpool | 415 |
|
3.44 |
|
2.45 |
|
72 |
|
84.8 |
| 36 | 36 | Oxford Brookes | 329 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.40 |
|
70 |
|
84.3 |
| 37 | 37 | Keele | 320 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.45 |
|
72 |
|
84.0 |
| 38 | 40 | City | 393 |
|
3.44 |
|
2.10 |
|
78 |
|
84.0 |
| 39 | 49 | Stirling | 336 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.15 |
|
70 |
|
83.9 |
| 40 | 45 | Buckingham | 279 |
|
4.34 |
|
89 |
|
83.7 | ||
| 41 | 41 | Swansea | 329 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.45 |
|
66 |
|
83.4 |
| 42 | 42 | Aberystwyth | 302 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.05 |
|
77 |
|
83.3 |
| 43 | 39 | Essex | 321 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.45 |
|
69 |
|
83.2 |
| 44 | 43 | Nottingham Trent | 318 |
|
1.70 |
|
80 |
|
82.7 | ||
| 45 | 38 | Robert Gordon | 301 |
|
3.96 |
|
1.50 |
|
85 |
|
82.6 |
| 46 | 54 | Salford | 336 |
|
4.15 |
|
1.75 |
|
82.5 | ||
| 47 | 57 | Glamorgan | 289 |
|
4.28 |
|
1.60 |
|
77 |
|
82.3 |
| 48 | 43 | Manchester Metropolitan | 324 |
|
3.63 |
|
2.15 |
|
73 |
|
82.1 |
| 49 | 50 | Westminster | 316 |
|
3.64 |
|
2.20 |
|
70 |
|
81.5 |
| 50 | 62 | Edinburgh Napier | 347 |
|
4.08 |
|
1.10 |
|
79 |
|
81.4 |
| 51 | 59 | Huddersfield | 319 |
|
3.73 |
|
83 |
|
81.1 | ||
| 52 | 46 | Northumbria | 347 |
|
3.89 |
|
76 |
|
81.1 | ||
| 53 | 51 | West of England, Bristol | 309 |
|
4.01 |
|
1.80 |
|
68 |
|
80.8 |
| 54 | 47 | Portsmouth | 318 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.10 |
|
63 |
|
80.6 |
| 55 | 57 | Chester | 306 |
|
3.93 |
|
77 |
|
80.3 | ||
| 56 | 70 | Abertay Dundee | 287 |
|
2.00 |
|
68 |
|
80.1 | ||
| 57 | 72 | Birmingham City | 291 |
|
3.61 |
|
83 |
|
79.9 | ||
| 58 | 51 | De Montfort | 251 |
|
4.05 |
|
1.85 |
|
69 |
|
79.8 |
| 59 | 56 | Hertfordshire | 243 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.15 |
|
61 |
|
79.4 |
| 60 | 48 | Central Lancashire | 243 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.60 |
|
75 |
|
79.3 |
| 61 | 60 | Lincoln | 289 |
|
4.02 |
|
1.60 |
|
66 |
|
79.1 |
| 62 | 55 | Ulster | 304 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.65 |
|
44 |
|
79.0 |
| 63 | 66 | Bournemouth | 324 |
|
3.63 |
|
1.25 |
|
75 |
|
78.8 |
| 64 | 64 | East London | 191 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.20 |
|
65 |
|
78.2 |
| 65 | 74 | Coventry | 321 |
|
4.01 |
|
1.15 |
|
67 |
|
78.2 |
| 66 | 63 | Teesside | 282 |
|
4.13 |
|
65 |
|
78.1 | ||
| 67 | 61 | Glasgow Caledonian | 354 |
|
3.99 |
|
1.50 |
|
55 |
|
78.0 |
| 68 | 66 | Staffordshire | 235 |
|
3.90 |
|
75 |
|
77.9 | ||
| 69 | 77 | Middlesex | 232 |
|
3.76 |
|
1.65 |
|
71 |
|
77.8 |
| 70 | 53 | Greenwich | 248 |
|
4.47 |
|
1.40 |
|
60 |
|
77.7 |
| 71 | 73 | Sheffield Hallam | 299 |
|
3.80 |
|
1.40 |
|
65 |
|
77.4 |
| 72 | 71 | Kingston | 280 |
|
3.70 |
|
1.50 |
|
67 |
|
77.4 |
| 73 | 69 | Buckinghamshire New | 217 |
|
3.90 |
|
73 |
|
77.0 | ||
| 74 | 65 | Gloucestershire | 268 |
|
3.78 |
|
68 |
|
76.9 | ||
| 75 | 74 | Derby | 260 |
|
4.13 |
|
59 |
|
76.3 | ||
| 76 | 77 | Anglia Ruskin | 266 |
|
3.82 |
|
64 |
|
76.2 | ||
| 77 | - | St Mary's | 203 |
|
4.20 |
|
75.9 | ||||
| 78 | 76 | Leeds Metropolitan | 267 |
|
3.61 |
|
66 |
|
75.8 | ||
| 79 | 82 | Brighton | 270 |
|
3.80 |
|
62 |
|
75.8 | ||
| 80 | 66 | Sunderland | 253 |
|
4.25 |
|
1.30 |
|
56 |
|
75.8 |
| 81 | 85 | Bolton | 220 |
|
3.81 |
|
67 |
|
75.6 | ||
| 82 | 81 | Plymouth | 286 |
|
3.92 |
|
55 |
|
75.4 | ||
| 83 | 79 | Bangor | 284 |
|
3.87 |
|
55 |
|
75.1 | ||
| 84 | 80 | Liverpool John Moores | 275 |
|
3.86 |
|
56 |
|
75.0 | ||
| 85 | 87 | London Metropolitan | 242 |
|
3.64 |
|
1.55 |
|
57 |
|
74.3 |
| 86 | 83 | Edge Hill | 241 |
|
4.10 |
|
51 |
|
74.0 | ||
| 87 | 86 | London South Bank | 195 |
|
3.71 |
|
63 |
|
73.7 | ||
| 88 | 92 | Bradford | 249 |
|
3.86 |
|
53 |
|
73.7 | ||
| 89 | 90 | Northampton | 229 |
|
4.06 |
|
49 |
|
73.2 | ||
| 90 | 88 | Bedfordshire | 196 |
|
3.79 |
|
57 |
|
72.8 | ||
| 91 | 89 | West London | 234 |
|
3.97 |
|
48 |
|
72.7 | ||
| 92 | 91 | Canterbury Christ Church | 246 |
|
3.97 |
|
37 |
|
70.8 | ||
| 93 | 83 | Southampton Solent | 242 |
|
3.80 |
|
0.85 |
|
51 |
|
70.8 |
| 94 | - | West of Scotland | 236 |
|
1.05 |
|
40 |
|
65.5 | ||
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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