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University Subject Tables 2009

Subject

Overall Score Biological Sciences Law Business Studies Economics Medicine Mathematics Computer Science Politics Electrical & Electronic Engineering Psychology English History Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Physics & Astronomy show more

Region

Show All East Midlands East of England London North East North West Northern Ireland Scotland South East South West Wales West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber

Group

Show All GuildHE 1994 Group Million+ Group Russell Group University Alliance Unaffiliated

Year

2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

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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.

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 Entry Standards
Entry Standards
The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University.

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 Research Assessment
 Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University.

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 Overall Score
Overall Score
The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology.

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2009 2008
1 1 Cambridge 4.2 552 5* 85.0 100.0
2 2 Oxford 4.0 504 5 80.0 95.6
3 3 Imperial College 3.7 440 5* 83.0 93.4
4 9 Ulster 282 5* 83.0 93.2
5 4 Bristol 3.8 431 5* 76.0 93.1
6 5 Surrey 3.8 318 5* 84.0 92.2
7 6 Sheffield 3.9 422 5* 69.0 91.9
8 7 Bath 3.7 432 5 78.0 91.1
8 13 University College London 3.8 441 5 75.0 91.1
10 18 Leicester 4.1 372 5* 69.0 90.6
11 14 St Andrews 4.0 437 5 68.0 90.3
12 11 Durham 3.7 471 5 68.0 89.9
13 10 Manchester 3.8 421 5* 66.0 89.8
14 8 York 4.1 396 5 66.0 89.3
15 12 Dundee 4.0 474 5* 52.0 89.2
16 16 Edinburgh 3.6 449 5 62.0 88.6
16 19 Nottingham 3.7 367 5 71.0 88.6
18 15 Warwick 3.8 411 5 66.0 88.5
19 21 Newcastle 3.8 357 5* 67.0 88.2
20 19 Sussex 3.9 357 5 69.0 88.0
21 23 Kent 4.0 271 4 78.0 87.8
22 17 Birmingham 3.8 379 5 65.0 87.5
23 22 Cardiff 3.8 378 5 61.0 87.4
24 25 Liverpool 3.8 352 5 66.0 87.0
25 27 Glasgow 4.0 401 5 53.0 86.5
26 30 Southampton 3.8 397 5 58.0 86.3
27 27 Royal Holloway 3.7 321 5 74.0 86.2
28 26 East Anglia 4.0 345 5 59.0 86.0
29 31 Lancaster 3.8 348 4 65.0 85.7
30 24 Leeds 3.7 351 5 61.0 85.6
31 34 Exeter 3.8 335 4 67.0 85.5
32 44 Portsmouth 4.1 247 5 61.0 85.4
33 37 Keele 3.9 291 4 73.0 84.9
34 39 Aberdeen 3.9 339 5 62.0 84.7
35 33 Queen Mary 3.8 337 4 63.0 84.6
36 32 King's College London 3.7 362 3a 69.0 84.3
37 45 Heriot-Watt 3.8 343 4 57.0 84.2
38 29 Queen's, Belfast 3.7 334 4 63.0 84.0
39 42 Aston 3.8 291 3a 73.0 83.8
40 58 Nottingham Trent 4.0 199 5 79.0 83.7
41 35 Reading 3.8 327 4 59.0 83.6
42 38 Essex 4.0 265 4 62.0 83.5
43 40 Brunel 3.6 305 4 69.0 83.2
44 41 Stirling 310 4 53.0 82.3
45 45 Swansea 3.5 297 3a 61.0 81.3
46 47 Bangor 3.5 302 4 52.0 80.9
47 50 Brighton 3.6 232 5 61.0 80.7
47 42 Hull 4.0 249 4 62.0 80.7
49 48 Oxford Brookes 3.6 244 3a 60.0 80.3
50 62 Hertfordshire 3.7 248 3a 64.0 80.2
51 60 Aberystwyth 3.8 277 3a 50.0 80.1
52 65 West of Scotland 275 3b 66.0 80.0
53 57 Greenwich 3.9 178 3a 59.0 79.9
54 69 Leeds Metropolitan 3.6 253 78.0 79.6
55 72 West of England, Bristol 4.0 231 72.0 79.4
56 53 Glasgow Caledonian 3.8 284 70.0 79.3
57 74 Strathclyde 3.6 459 52.0 79.1
58 52 Wolverhampton 3.6 193 3a 66.0 79.0
59 - Abertay Dundee 363 60.0 77.8
59 59 Napier 258 4 58.0 77.8
59 54 Salford 210 3a 55.0 77.8
59 71 Sheffield Hallam 3.7 243 70.0 77.8
59 48 UWIC, Cardiff 253 73.0 77.8
64 74 Northumbria 3.7 259 2 64.0 77.5
65 62 Chester 265 69.0 77.1
65 54 Kingston 3.6 205 3a 56.0 77.1
65 79 Manchester Metropolitan 3.8 234 2 59.0 77.1
68 61 Robert Gordon 245 71.0 77.0
68 65 Sunderland 3.9 210 3a 44.0 77.0
70 - Queen Margaret 343 59.0 76.9
71 70 Bradford 3.8 265 60.0 76.7
71 76 Roehampton 3.8 208 66.0 76.7
73 78 Plymouth 3.7 292 3a 50.0 76.5
74 67 Bolton 4.0 175 64.0 76.3
75 77 Westminster 3.6 209 3b 53.0 75.5
76 64 Huddersfield 238 65.0 75.0
77 68 Staffordshire 4.1 220 48.0 74.3
78 85 Anglia Ruskin 4.0 244 43.0 73.5
78 54 East London 3.5 163 2 57.0 73.5
80 - Bournemouth 211 59.0 72.4
81 84 Bath Spa 251 3b 49.0 72.3
82 81 Liverpool John Moores 3.8 224 42.0 72.0
83 82 Derby 289 48.0 71.9
84 - Glamorgan 225 55.0 71.7
85 - Teesside 247 49.0 70.8
86 86 Bedfordshire 2 47.0 68.8
87 87 Worcester 2 33.0 62.8

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

 

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