University Subject Tables 2012
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| CUG Rank | University Name | Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. |
Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 |
Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Maximum score: 4.00 |
Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Maximum score: 100 |
Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 |
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| 2012 | 2011 | ||||||||||
| 15 | 25 | City | 367 |
|
3.82 |
|
69 |
|
95.2 | ||
| 3 | 13 | Nottingham Trent | 309 |
|
2.80 |
|
65 |
|
98.4 | ||
| 24 | 20 | Strathclyde | 366 |
|
3.36 |
|
64 |
|
92.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Sheffield | 406 |
|
4.21 |
|
2.20 |
|
63 |
|
97.8 |
| 26 | 37 | Edinburgh Napier | 335 |
|
3.61 |
|
63 |
|
92.6 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Leeds | 393 |
|
3.61 |
|
2.65 |
|
61 |
|
97.0 |
| 36 | 39 | Staffordshire | 258 |
|
3.80 |
|
1.85 |
|
61 |
|
90.4 |
| 5 | 9 | Sussex | 346 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.90 |
|
60 |
|
97.6 |
| 6 | 2 | Leicester | 364 |
|
3.76 |
|
3.04 |
|
59 |
|
97.6 |
| 17 | 10 | Bournemouth | 335 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.50 |
|
59 |
|
94.6 |
| 7 | 5 | Goldsmiths College | 356 |
|
3.60 |
|
3.20 |
|
58 |
|
97.3 |
| 23 | 19 | Central Lancashire | 307 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.20 |
|
57 |
|
93.0 |
| 25 | 29 | Leeds Metropolitan | 273 |
|
3.79 |
|
2.55 |
|
57 |
|
92.7 |
| 27 | 21 | Brunel | 300 |
|
3.58 |
|
2.40 |
|
57 |
|
92.4 |
| 44 | 33 | University of the Arts, London | 290 |
|
3.57 |
|
57 |
|
89.9 | ||
| 18 | 17 | Lincoln | 307 |
|
3.75 |
|
2.75 |
|
56 |
|
94.2 |
| 33 | 29 | Keele | 285 |
|
3.95 |
|
56 |
|
90.7 | ||
| 50 | 50 | Chester | 248 |
|
3.67 |
|
56 |
|
88.8 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Loughborough | 378 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.40 |
|
55 |
|
95.8 |
| 29 | 25 | Surrey | 349 |
|
3.52 |
|
2.10 |
|
54 |
|
92.0 |
| 45 | 53 | Bangor | 278 |
|
3.80 |
|
1.95 |
|
53 |
|
89.9 |
| 20 | 18 | Birmingham City | 295 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.70 |
|
52 |
|
93.4 |
| 42 | 29 | Robert Gordon | 263 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.10 |
|
52 |
|
90.0 |
| 13 | 15 | Lancaster | 361 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.80 |
|
51 |
|
95.6 |
| 49 | 68 | Teesside | 253 |
|
3.97 |
|
51 |
|
88.9 | ||
| 11 | 16 | Royal Holloway | 376 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.90 |
|
50 |
|
96.7 |
| 14 | 14 | Westminster | 303 |
|
3.70 |
|
3.50 |
|
50 |
|
95.6 |
| 21 | 29 | Birmingham | 425 |
|
3.75 |
|
50 |
|
93.4 | ||
| 22 | - | Queen Mary | 370 |
|
4.26 |
|
50 |
|
93.1 | ||
| 43 | 39 | Oxford Brookes | 315 |
|
3.74 |
|
50 |
|
90.0 | ||
| 46 | 44 | Hertfordshire | 263 |
|
3.82 |
|
2.15 |
|
50 |
|
89.7 |
| 8 | 7 | Cardiff | 390 |
|
3.81 |
|
3.15 |
|
49 |
|
97.1 |
| 10 | 6 | Southampton | 392 |
|
4.33 |
|
2.65 |
|
49 |
|
96.9 |
| 16 | 12 | Stirling | 340 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.75 |
|
49 |
|
94.7 |
| 31 | 43 | Sunderland | 248 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.75 |
|
49 |
|
91.7 |
| 35 | 34 | De Montfort | 264 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.42 |
|
49 |
|
90.7 |
| 51 | 45 | Falmouth | 279 |
|
3.64 |
|
49 |
|
88.4 | ||
| 58 | 69 | Leeds Trinity | 238 |
|
3.77 |
|
49 |
|
87.5 | ||
| 60 | 51 | Kingston | 243 |
|
3.88 |
|
1.70 |
|
49 |
|
87.4 |
| 2 | 11 | East Anglia | 373 |
|
4.21 |
|
3.40 |
|
48 |
|
98.6 |
| 62 | 64 | University for the Creative Arts | 253 |
|
48 |
|
87.2 | ||||
| 68 | 78 | Bradford | 253 |
|
3.61 |
|
1.65 |
|
47 |
|
86.4 |
| 28 | 27 | Liverpool | 380 |
|
4.08 |
|
1.80 |
|
46 |
|
92.0 |
| 32 | 23 | Glasgow Caledonian | 335 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.30 |
|
46 |
|
91.7 |
| 40 | 34 | Northumbria | 291 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.25 |
|
46 |
|
90.0 |
| 47 | 47 | Coventry | 271 |
|
3.54 |
|
2.45 |
|
46 |
|
89.5 |
| 56 | 66 | Middlesex | 225 |
|
3.79 |
|
2.15 |
|
46 |
|
87.7 |
| 57 | 57 | Worcester | 269 |
|
3.69 |
|
46 |
|
87.7 | ||
| 66 | 72 | Plymouth St Mark and St John | 211 |
|
3.88 |
|
46 |
|
86.5 | ||
| 53 | 59 | Southampton Solent | 277 |
|
3.84 |
|
44 |
|
88.0 | ||
| 55 | 70 | Bedfordshire | 195 |
|
3.72 |
|
2.55 |
|
44 |
|
87.7 |
| 37 | 37 | Brighton | 302 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.20 |
|
43 |
|
90.2 |
| 52 | 57 | Winchester | 273 |
|
3.48 |
|
2.25 |
|
43 |
|
88.1 |
| 70 | 66 | UWIC, Cardiff | 224 |
|
3.88 |
|
43 |
|
86.3 | ||
| 86 | 83 | Huddersfield | 241 |
|
3.78 |
|
1.00 |
|
43 |
|
83.3 |
| 39 | 27 | Salford | 307 |
|
3.50 |
|
2.55 |
|
42 |
|
90.2 |
| 69 | 48 | St Mary's | 235 |
|
3.84 |
|
42 |
|
86.3 | ||
| 34 | 36 | West of England, Bristol | 276 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.65 |
|
41 |
|
90.7 |
| 76 | 79 | Canterbury Christ Church | 231 |
|
3.68 |
|
41 |
|
85.6 | ||
| 80 | 86 | Gloucestershire | 268 |
|
3.84 |
|
1.20 |
|
41 |
|
84.7 |
| 87 | 85 | West London | 203 |
|
3.38 |
|
1.65 |
|
41 |
|
83.1 |
| 1 | 1 | Warwick | 456 |
|
4.20 |
|
3.50 |
|
40 |
|
100.0 |
| 81 | - | West of Scotland | 233 |
|
1.90 |
|
40 |
|
84.7 | ||
| 38 | 42 | Queen Margaret | 307 |
|
2.45 |
|
39 |
|
90.2 | ||
| 89 | - | Trinity Saint David | 226 |
|
1.60 |
|
39 |
|
82.7 | ||
| 74 | 60 | York St John | 268 |
|
3.54 |
|
38 |
|
85.7 | ||
| 63 | 64 | Liverpool John Moores | 287 |
|
3.80 |
|
37 |
|
86.9 | ||
| 65 | 77 | London Metropolitan | 233 |
|
3.59 |
|
2.35 |
|
37 |
|
86.5 |
| 84 | 74 | Greenwich | 221 |
|
3.73 |
|
1.65 |
|
37 |
|
83.9 |
| 54 | 53 | Portsmouth | 285 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.10 |
|
36 |
|
87.8 |
| 64 | 61 | Swansea | 274 |
|
3.69 |
|
2.05 |
|
36 |
|
86.7 |
| 83 | 83 | Buckinghamshire New | 199 |
|
3.85 |
|
36 |
|
84.2 | ||
| 75 | 56 | Bath Spa | 278 |
|
3.67 |
|
1.80 |
|
35 |
|
85.7 |
| 61 | 45 | Sheffield Hallam | 288 |
|
3.41 |
|
2.40 |
|
34 |
|
87.3 |
| 48 | 41 | Ulster | 257 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.80 |
|
33 |
|
89.0 |
| 59 | 61 | Roehampton | 287 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.35 |
|
32 |
|
87.5 |
| 67 | 55 | East London | 194 |
|
2.95 |
|
32 |
|
86.4 | ||
| 72 | 73 | Chichester | 263 |
|
4.06 |
|
32 |
|
86.0 | ||
| 77 | 81 | Cumbria | 270 |
|
3.73 |
|
32 |
|
85.3 | ||
| 79 | 76 | Anglia Ruskin | 247 |
|
3.89 |
|
31 |
|
84.8 | ||
| 73 | 52 | Derby | 239 |
|
3.66 |
|
2.45 |
|
30 |
|
86.0 |
| 82 | 74 | London South Bank | 200 |
|
3.62 |
|
2.40 |
|
30 |
|
84.5 |
| 85 | 82 | Edge Hill | 242 |
|
3.55 |
|
30 |
|
83.5 | ||
| 78 | 87 | Manchester Metropolitan | 256 |
|
3.78 |
|
1.99 |
|
29 |
|
85.0 |
| 71 | 70 | Glamorgan | 313 |
|
3.48 |
|
2.15 |
|
28 |
|
86.2 |
| 88 | 80 | Northampton | 224 |
|
3.74 |
|
27 |
|
83.0 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Newcastle | 4.16 |
|
2.45 |
|
94.0 | ||||
| 30 | - | Nottingham | 3.98 |
|
2.30 |
|
91.8 | ||||
| 41 | 23 | Aberystwyth | 242 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.70 |
|
90.0 | ||
| 90 | 88 | Bolton | 189 |
|
1.40 |
|
77.9 | ||||
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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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