University Subject Tables 2012

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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
2012	2011	University Name
1	3	Bath	4.2	450	2.95	84.0	100.0
2	1	Warwick	4.1	489	2.95	78.0	99.7
3	2	London School of Economics	3.8	488	2.95	82.0	98.6
4	6	Lancaster	4.0	401	2.95	90.0	98.2
5	4	Strathclyde	4.2		2.85	82.0	96.5
6	7	Loughborough	4.2	414	2.70	84.0	96.4
7	8	Exeter	4.2	446	2.60	80.0	95.8
8	5	Leeds	3.9	430	2.85	80.0	95.7
9	15	Nottingham	3.9	410	2.85	76.0	94.0
10	9	Bristol	4.0	434	2.55	80.0	93.8
11	11	City	4.2	415	2.60	76.0	93.7
12	16	Newcastle	4.1	426	2.50	78.0	92.8
13	11	Glasgow	4.0	450	2.35	78.0	92.1
14	18	Cardiff	3.8	404	3.00	66.0	92.1
15	49	Reading	3.8	407	2.50	84.0	91.9
16	17	Durham	3.9	399	2.65	78.0	91.7
17	9	Southampton	3.8	442	2.60	72.0	91.5
18	13	Edinburgh	3.9	418	2.45	78.0	90.7
19	19	Kent	4.0	343	2.57	82.0	90.4
20	14	Manchester	3.7	422	2.85	64.0	90.1
21	21	Robert Gordon	4.2	338	1.90	94.0	87.9
22	20	Liverpool	3.9	414	2.45	66.0	87.8
23	22	Sheffield	3.8	376	2.70	60.0	86.8
24	23	Stirling	4.1	316	2.35	72.0	85.5
25	24	Surrey	3.8	354	2.50		84.8
26	25	Dundee	4.0	338	2.25	66.0	83.8
27	31	Brunel	3.6	329	2.65		83.5
28	29	Essex	3.7	313	2.60	64.0	83.4
29	28	Heriot-Watt	3.7	333	2.40	68.0	83.4
30	27	Aberdeen	3.9	321	2.25	70.0	83.3
31	32	Northumbria	4.1	328	1.80	80.0	82.7
32	30	Ulster	4.1	304	2.25	66.0	82.4
33	26	Bangor	3.9	274	2.75	50.0	80.8
34	33	De Montfort	4.1	264	2.25	64.0	80.5
35	37	Keele	3.9	292	2.30	62.0	80.0
36	46	Huddersfield	4.0	266	2.05	70.0	79.3
37	35	West of England, Bristol	3.9	261	2.25	64.0	79.2
38	35	Portsmouth	4.2	277	2.10	58.0	79.0
39	44	Aberystwyth	4.2	272	1.95	62.0	78.2
40	40	Sheffield Hallam	4.0	282	1.90	68.0	78.0
41	45	Westminster	3.6	358	2.00		78.0
42	34	Oxford Brookes	4.0	306	1.95	60.0	77.9
43	43	Brighton	3.9	271	2.30	56.0	77.9
44	38	Bournemouth	4.0	300	1.95	58.0	77.1
45	42	Salford	4.2	273	2.25	44.0	77.0
46	41	Manchester Metropolitan	3.7	262	2.20	60.0	76.3
47	39	Glasgow Caledonian	3.9	305	1.80	54.0	74.4
48	47	Plymouth	3.9	294	2.05	46.0	74.2
49	65	Leeds Metropolitan	4.1	259	1.80	56.0	74.0
50	48	Hertfordshire	3.9	234	2.15	48.0	73.0
51	50	Birmingham City	3.5	242	1.65	70.0	71.4
52	52	Greenwich	4.0	228	1.75	48.0	69.7
53	51	Queen's, Belfast	3.9	395		78.0	68.1
54	54	East Anglia	4.1	388		68.0	66.4
55	53	Birmingham	4.0	403		62.0	65.5
56	55	Liverpool John Moores	3.8	254	1.45	38.0	64.9
57	56	Bolton	4.0	206	1.35		64.3
58	57	Lincoln	4.5	291		56.0	61.9
59	61	Queen Mary	3.8	390		54.0	61.9
60	57	Hull	4.1	294		62.0	60.9
61	63	Edinburgh Napier	3.9	258		72.0	60.6
62	-	West of Scotland		243	1.95	20.0	60.1
63	59	Nottingham Trent	3.8	270		70.0	60.1
64	64	Bradford	4.0	293		58.0	59.6
65	62	Glamorgan	4.2	239		60.0	58.7
66	60	Gloucestershire	3.9	306		54.0	58.4
67	66	Coventry	3.8	300		56.0	58.2
68	69	Staffordshire	3.8	215		70.0	57.9
69	67	Northampton	4.2	213		56.0	56.8
70	70	Central Lancashire	3.7	291		50.0	55.8
71	76	Southampton Solent	4.1	227		48.0	55.0
72	67	Kingston	3.9	256		46.0	54.5
73	77	Middlesex	4.2	192		48.0	54.2
74	74	Swansea	3.9	319			53.8
75	73	Anglia Ruskin	3.4	213		62.0	52.9
76	72	UWIC, Cardiff	3.7	254		44.0	52.8
77	-	University of Wales, Newport	4.1			50.0	51.8
78	71	Derby	4.0	208		38.0	50.9
79	79	London Metropolitan	3.7	209		40.0	49.5
80	75	West London	3.8	191		38.0	49.3
81	81	Edge Hill	4.0	225			49.2
82	82	Canterbury Christ Church	3.9	221			48.1
83	-	Chester	3.7	242			47.8
84	79	East London	3.9	172		32.0	47.5
85	84	London South Bank	4.0	180		26.0	46.9
86	83	Bedfordshire	3.7	155		32.0	45.7
87	-	Buckinghamshire New	3.6	211			45.3

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