University Subject Tables 2014

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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
2014	2013	University Name
1	1	Cambridge	4.1	630	3.35	92.0	100.0
2	2	Imperial College London	4.1	577	3.05	88.0	96.7
3	3	Bristol	4.0	533	2.95	92.0	95.7
4	7	Bath	4.4	507	2.60	88.0	94.0
5	5	Southampton	4.0	499	2.70	92.0	93.9
6	8	Surrey	4.5	403	2.90	90.0	93.5
7	4	Sheffield	4.1	472	3.00	84.0	93.0
8	6	Loughborough	4.2	444	2.85	88.0	92.9
9	12	Strathclyde	4.0	520	2.52	86.0	92.4
10	9	Newcastle	4.0	444	2.75	90.0	92.2
11	-	Oxford	3.9		3.10		92.2
12	14	Cardiff	4.1	437	2.80	86.0	91.8
13	10	Leeds	4.3	416	2.90	84.0	91.8
14	15	Heriot-Watt	4.5	424	2.60	84.0	91.5
15	16	Queen's, Belfast	4.3	399	2.75	86.0	91.2
16	13	Edinburgh	3.6	499	2.70	84.0	90.9
17	19	Manchester	3.8	442	2.90	84.0	90.9
18	22	Aberdeen	3.9	417	2.60	90.0	90.5
19	11	Nottingham	4.1	431	2.95	78.0	90.5
20	18	Birmingham	3.9	464	2.80	78.0	90.2
21	20	Lancaster	4.0	413	2.55	86.0	89.8
22	24	Glasgow	4.1	451	2.40	82.0	89.6
23	21	Swansea	3.7	359	2.50	92.0	88.3
24	23	University College London	3.6	477	2.65	74.0	88.0
25	33	Dundee	4.0	358	2.30	88.0	87.7
26	30	Greenwich	4.2	279	2.95		87.6
27	28	Sussex	3.9	353	2.65	80.0	87.3
28	41	Ulster	4.2	269	2.50	88.0	87.0
29	17	Liverpool	3.8	415	2.70	72.0	86.8
30	26	Robert Gordon	3.8	370	2.10	88.0	86.6
31	31	West of England, Bristol	3.6	318	2.55	88.0	86.4
32	37	Huddersfield	4.1	296	2.30	86.0	86.1
33	29	Plymouth	4.1	319	2.05	84.0	85.5
34	42	Glamorgan	4.0	297	2.60		85.4
35	25	Brunel	4.0	381	2.50	68.0	85.2
36	39	Portsmouth	4.1	299	2.35	78.0	85.0
37	44	Oxford Brookes	4.0	360	2.20	74.0	84.5
38	38	Coventry	4.2	299	1.90	82.0	84.5
39	40	Liverpool John Moores	4.0	296	2.70	70.0	84.4
40	50	Hull	3.9	324		92.0	84.2
41	35	Salford	3.7	324	2.45		84.0
42	27	Brighton	3.8	288	2.70	72.0	83.9
43	32	Aston	3.6	359	2.30	74.0	83.7
44	34	Queen Mary	4.0	371	2.30	66.0	83.6
45	51	De Montfort	3.8	293	2.45	74.0	83.2
46	54	Teesside	4.2	362			82.4
47	60	London South Bank	3.6	258	2.60		82.4
48	47	Hertfordshire	3.9	298	2.40	68.0	82.3
49	53	City	3.9	352	2.45	58.0	82.0
50	43	Harper Adams	4.0	306		80.0	81.6
51	45	Northumbria	3.8	311	2.40	62.0	81.2
52	46	Bradford	4.0	299	2.40	56.0	80.2
53	49	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	305	2.15	62.0	80.0
54	52	Sheffield Hallam	3.6	264	2.15	70.0	80.0
55	57	West of Scotland	3.9	309			79.1
56	59	Kingston	3.7	276	1.95	66.0	78.8
57	48	Sunderland	3.8	265	1.45	74.0	78.7
58	64	Derby	4.1	251		70.0	78.5
59	56	Staffordshire	3.6	246	2.45	58.0	78.4
60	61	Birmingham City	3.8	308		64.0	77.8
61	58	Southampton Solent	3.9	254			77.4
62	65	Anglia Ruskin	4.0	218			77.0
63	55	Central Lancashire	3.7	266		66.0	76.7
64	63	Bolton	4.0	237	2.10	46.0	75.7

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