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	Cambridge		575	3.05	92.0	100.0
2	1	Oxford	4.1	554	3.35	88.0	95.1
3	2	London School of Economics	3.8	558	3.55	86.0	94.3
4	4	Warwick	3.8	519	3.35	88.0	92.6
5	5	University College London	3.8	508	3.50	84.0	91.9
6	8	Nottingham	3.9	489	3.15	84.0	90.1
7	6	Durham	4.0	507	2.65	86.0	89.5
8	7	Bath	3.8	487	2.95	88.0	89.4
9	9	St Andrews	3.9	515	2.70	88.0	89.4
10	10	Bristol	4.0	467	3.15	82.0	89.3
11	15	Glasgow	4.1	425	3.00	80.0	87.4
12	12	Exeter	4.1	459	2.95	74.0	87.1
13	12	Edinburgh	3.9	455	2.95	78.0	86.8
14	11	Southampton	3.8	463	3.00	76.0	85.7
15	14	York	3.9	459	2.87	76.0	85.7
16	20	Lancaster	4.0	418	2.95	76.0	85.4
17	19	Surrey	4.3	387	2.80	74.0	85.3
18	18	Birmingham	4.0	439	2.75	72.0	84.4
19	27	Strathclyde	4.1		2.85	70.0	83.8
20	21	Newcastle	4.1	412	2.50	76.0	83.5
21	15	Leeds	3.7	446	2.85	74.0	83.5
22	22	Essex	4.1	336	3.35	68.0	83.4
23	15	Royal Holloway	3.9	400	3.00	72.0	83.4
24	23	Kent	4.2	339	2.90	74.0	83.1
25	24	Sussex	4.1	384	2.70	72.0	82.6
26	25	Sheffield	4.0	394	2.80	68.0	82.0
27	29	Leicester	4.0	385	2.90	68.0	82.0
28	29	East Anglia	4.1	396	2.75	64.0	81.8
29	26	Manchester	3.7	426	3.05	64.0	81.5
30	-	Bangor	3.8		2.75		81.0
31	28	Loughborough	3.9	412	2.45	70.0	81.0
32	31	Cardiff	3.7	413	3.00	64.0	80.9
33	35	Stirling	3.9	314	2.75	76.0	80.7
34	38	Heriot-Watt	4.1	345	2.40	72.0	80.2
35	36	Queen Mary	4.0	403	3.15	50.0	80.0
36	32	Liverpool	3.8	389	2.45	66.0	78.8
37	33	Aberdeen	3.9	334	2.85	64.0	78.7
38	39	Robert Gordon	4.2		1.90		77.2
39	33	Swansea	4.0	312	2.75	56.0	76.6
40	37	City	3.6	373	2.65	60.0	76.1
41	40	SOAS	3.7	465		70.0	76.0
42	44	Keele	3.8	288	2.30	66.0	74.6
43	45	Oxford Brookes	4.0	292	1.95	68.0	74.3
44	43	Northumbria	4.0		1.80	62.0	74.1
45	62	Salford	4.3		2.00	50.0	73.8
46	51	Hull	3.9	322		74.0	73.7
47	52	Brighton	3.8	268	2.30		72.9
48	56	Queen's, Belfast	3.9	364		64.0	72.8
49	48	Coventry	3.9	323		68.0	72.5
50	41	West of England, Bristol	3.9	280	2.15	58.0	72.4
51	48	Brunel	3.6	326	2.65	50.0	72.2
52	42	Ulster	3.9	259	2.25	58.0	72.0
53	48	Aberystwyth	4.0	292	1.95	56.0	72.0
54	46	Portsmouth	4.0	290	2.10	54.0	72.0
55	53	Dundee	4.0	342	2.45	38.0	71.5
56	54	Reading	3.7	377		60.0	71.2
57	55	Plymouth	3.9	276	2.05	54.0	70.5
58	61	Hertfordshire	4.0	250	2.15	50.0	70.0
59	-	Sheffield Hallam	3.8	316			69.0
60	59	Central Lancashire	3.9	301			68.7
61	57	Nottingham Trent	3.9	278		58.0	68.5
62	63	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	263	1.70	54.0	67.8
63	47	Staffordshire	3.8	187	1.95		67.1
64	60	Greenwich	4.1	227	1.75	48.0	67.1
65	58	Birmingham City	3.7	252	1.65		66.6
66	-	Northampton	3.9	238			66.3
67	65	Kingston	3.7	231	2.00	46.0	65.8
68	66	Bradford	4.0	234		48.0	65.6
69	67	London Metropolitan	3.7	192	2.25	44.0	65.1
70	64	Leeds Metropolitan	3.5	268		54.0	64.6
71	68	Middlesex	3.8	191			63.7
72	-	Anglia Ruskin	3.6	203			62.2
73	69	Liverpool John Moores	3.7	261	1.45	24.0	58.7
74	70	East London	3.7	161		34.0	57.8

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