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	4.4	577	2.95	80.0	100.0
2	3	Durham	4.4	561	2.70	80.0	98.5
3	2	London School of Economics	4.2	526	2.90	86.0	98.1
4	4	Oxford	4.3	566	3.00	74.0	98.1
5	5	St Andrews	4.4	526	2.75	76.0	96.3
6	7	Warwick	4.2	499	3.00	72.0	95.2
7	6	University College London	4.1	499	2.95	76.0	95.1
8	11	Exeter	4.3	505	2.75	69.0	93.8
9	9	Bristol	4.2	488	2.60	75.0	92.8
10	15	Leeds	4.2	474	2.75	73.0	92.7
11	10	King's College London	4.2	494	2.75	68.0	92.5
12	14	Sheffield	4.2	479	2.90	65.0	92.2
13	8	York	4.1	509	2.75	64.0	91.8
14	13	Nottingham	4.2	465	2.60	70.0	91.1
15	19	Lancaster	4.1	458	2.65	71.0	90.8
16	16	Royal Holloway	4.3	422	2.70	68.0	90.5
17	18	Glasgow	4.3	458	2.75	59.0	90.1
18	12	Southampton	4.2	442	2.95	59.0	89.9
19	20	Kent	4.2	406	3.00	62.0	89.9
20	25	SOAS	4.1	406	2.80	71.0	89.6
21	27	Manchester	4.0	461	2.81	62.0	89.5
22	23	Birmingham	4.0	436	2.70	69.0	89.5
23	17	Sussex	4.2	424	2.80	60.0	89.0
24	28	East Anglia	4.4	437	2.70	57.0	88.9
25	22	Liverpool	4.2	413	3.00	58.0	88.9
26	26	Edinburgh	3.9	491	2.65	62.0	88.7
27	24	Newcastle	4.1	436	2.40	71.0	88.7
28	21	Queen Mary	4.1	429	2.80	60.0	88.2
29	29	Aberdeen	4.0	431	2.85	58.0	88.0
30	30	Cardiff	4.3	431	2.40	58.0	86.6
31	33	Hull	4.2	365	2.70	60.0	86.3
32	37	Essex	4.3	378	3.00	46.0	85.9
33	31	Leicester	4.2	414	2.60	52.0	85.6
34	41	Queen's, Belfast	4.2	374	2.70	52.0	85.0
35	32	Huddersfield	4.4	340	2.40	61.0	84.8
36	34	Dundee	4.2	380	2.70	48.0	84.2
37	47	Stirling	4.2	401	2.50	48.0	83.7
38	48	Leeds Trinity	4.4	253	2.00	80.0	83.6
39	36	Reading	4.1	397	2.50	51.0	83.5
40	38	Strathclyde	4.1	432	2.30	48.0	83.3
41	40	Oxford Brookes	4.2	366	2.80	44.0	83.3
42	35	Keele	4.1	346	2.60	54.0	83.3
43	39	Hertfordshire	4.2	322	2.95	44.0	82.9
44	45	Brunel	4.7	348	2.05	51.0	82.8
45	52	Roehampton	4.1	311	2.30	66.0	82.7
46	-	Birkbeck	4.1	267	2.95		82.6
47	44	Lincoln	4.2	334	2.25	60.0	82.5
48	49	Swansea	4.1	368	2.55	48.0	82.1
49	42	Chester	4.1	318	2.35	60.0	82.0
50	43	Aberystwyth	4.2	343	2.35	49.0	80.8
51	50	Winchester	4.3	324	2.55	41.0	80.6
52	46	Portsmouth	4.1	307	2.40	51.0	80.1
53	53	West of England, Bristol	4.1	326	2.35	49.0	79.9
54	73	Greenwich	4.3	285	2.25	50.0	79.1
55	51	Teesside	4.4	326	2.40	36.0	79.0
56	78	Glamorgan	4.4	294	2.55	36.0	78.9
57	-	Loughborough	4.3	422			78.7
58	66	Bath Spa	4.1	317	2.30	46.0	78.6
59	65	Goldsmiths, University of London	4.0	353	2.05	48.0	78.5
60	76	Northampton	4.4	275	2.30	44.0	78.4
61	58	De Montfort	4.1	292	2.30	48.0	78.4
62	56	Bangor	4.1	299	2.45	43.0	78.1
63	63	Nottingham Trent	4.0	335	2.10	48.0	78.0
64	69	Edge Hill	4.3	300	1.85	53.0	78.0
65	62	Sunderland	4.5	258	2.35	40.0	77.8
66	72	Westminster	4.2	297	2.00	49.0	77.7
67	57	Northumbria	4.2	358	1.85	45.0	77.6
68	54	Brighton	4.2	286	2.85	28.0	77.5
69	64	Plymouth	4.1	316	2.10	44.0	77.4
70	55	Central Lancashire	3.9	305	2.20	49.0	77.3
71	68	Chichester	4.4	303	2.00	40.0	77.0
72	74	Ulster	4.3	273	2.55	33.0	76.9
73	67	Anglia Ruskin	4.4	262	2.65	29.0	76.9
74	75	Canterbury Christ Church	4.2	287	2.00	47.0	76.7
75	70	Newman	4.4	316	1.75	41.0	76.1
76	77	Salford	3.9	306	2.00	47.0	75.8
77	71	Sheffield Hallam	4.0	307	2.05	42.0	75.5
78	61	Coventry	4.0	290		61.0	75.3
79	83	Liverpool John Moores	4.3	322	1.90	34.0	75.1
80	89	University Campus Suffolk	4.6	288		42.0	74.9
81	80	Kingston	3.9	279	2.10	43.0	74.4
82	84	St Mary's	4.2	318		46.0	74.2
83	86	Manchester Metropolitan	4.0	322	1.80	35.0	73.4
84	79	Staffordshire	4.5	270		40.0	72.8
85	-	Bishop Grosseteste		215		66.0	72.2
86	81	Gloucestershire	3.9	298	1.90	29.0	71.2
87	85	Derby	4.7	266		26.0	70.9
88	88	Worcester	3.9	287	1.40	43.0	70.8
89	90	York St John	4.0	312		34.0	70.5
90	91	Leeds Metropolitan	4.1	236		40.0	69.4
91	-	Glyndwr		278		27.0	64.1

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