University Subject Tables 2008

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CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Research Assessment	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
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	Cambridge	495	5*	81.0	100.0
4	-	London School of Economics	453	5*	78.0	95.9
2	-	Durham	484	5*	74.0	97.7
3	-	King's College London	440	5*	74.0	96.1
31	-	Roehampton	229	5	74.0	84.3
5	-	Oxford	496	5	72.0	95.4
9	-	St Andrews	440	5	67.0	90.4
12	-	Royal Holloway	371	5	67.0	89.3
61	-	Liverpool Hope	224	3b	67.0	74.8
81	-	University of Wales, Newport	196		67.0	69.0
7	-	University College London	427	5	66.0	91.2
15	-	Bristol	433	4	65.0	88.8
18	-	Keele	327	5	65.0	87.2
6	-	Warwick	454	5	64.0	91.7
11	-	Edinburgh	433	5	64.0	89.4
16	-	Leeds	414	5	64.0	88.7
12	-	Sheffield	444	5	62.0	89.3
20	-	Queen Mary	373	5	61.0	86.3
55	-	St Mary's College	251	3a	61.0	75.9
10	-	Hull	434	5	60.0	89.9
17	-	Nottingham	441	4	60.0	87.8
30	-	Sussex	360	4	60.0	84.7
50	-	Kingston	222	4	60.0	78.3
69	-	Leeds Metropolitan	236	3a	59.0	72.9
8	-	York	473	5	58.0	90.8
14	-	Exeter	428	5	58.0	89.1
21	-	SOAS	321	5*	58.0	85.7
38	-	Kent	311	4	58.0	81.2
26	-	Newcastle	394	4	57.0	85.3
70	-	Cumbria	240	3a	57.0	72.5
57	-	Sunderland	233	4	56.0	75.6
33	-	Aberdeen	406	4	55.0	83.9
19	-	Southampton	388	5	54.0	86.6
21	-	Birmingham	405	5	54.0	85.7
25	-	Leicester	356	5	54.0	85.4
42	-	Swansea	290	4	54.0	80.6
53	-	Nottingham Trent	279	3a	54.0	76.8
32	-	Liverpool	370	5	53.0	84.1
42	-	Aberystwyth	297	4	53.0	80.6
49	-	Lampeter	241	4	53.0	78.4
55	-	Portsmouth	263	4	53.0	75.9
85	-	Lincoln	261		53.0	67.8
21	-	Manchester	420	5	52.0	85.7
48	-	Goldsmiths College	289	4	52.0	78.7
51	-	Bangor	275	4	52.0	78.2
24	-	Oxford Brookes	320	5*	51.0	85.5
34	-	Essex	327	5	51.0	83.5
57	-	Northumbria	312	3a	51.0	75.6
47	-	Central Lancashire	271	4	50.0	78.8
66	-	Glamorgan	258	3a	50.0	73.3
44	-	Salford	261	5	49.0	80.5
63	-	Greenwich	216	3a	49.0	74.1
27	-	East Anglia	372	5*	48.0	85.0
29	-	Cardiff	383	5	48.0	84.8
68	-	Bath Spa	254	3b	48.0	73.0
36	-	Queen's, Belfast	341	5	47.0	81.5
54	-	Wolverhampton	251	4	47.0	76.0
57	-	Brunel	296	3a	47.0	75.6
71	-	Gloucestershire	255	3a	47.0	72.4
51	-	Hertfordshire	260	5	46.0	78.2
86	-	Brighton	260		46.0	65.9
46	-	Reading	345	4	45.0	79.0
79	-	Edge Hill	256	3b	45.0	70.2
38	-	Dundee	356	5	44.0	81.2
40	-	Strathclyde	401	4	44.0	80.9
41	-	Lancaster	363	4	44.0	80.7
61	-	De Montfort	239	4	44.0	74.8
77	-	Worcester	240	3a	44.0	71.0
81	-	Plymouth	193	3a	43.0	69.0
89	-	Derby	194		43.0	62.6
36	-	Stirling	338	5	42.0	81.5
45	-	Huddersfield	275	5	42.0	79.2
60	-	Ulster	259	4	42.0	75.0
35	-	Glasgow	412	5	40.0	82.3
83	-	York St John	253	3a	40.0	68.6
84	-	Chester	241	3b	40.0	68.4
76	-	Teesside	196	5	39.0	71.4
78	-	Manchester Metropolitan	263	3a	39.0	70.6
67	-	Liverpool John Moores	240	4	38.0	73.2
80	-	Anglia Ruskin	256	3a	38.0	70.1
65	-	West of England, Bristol	267	4	36.0	73.7
72	-	Canterbury Christ Church	247	3a	36.0	71.9
74	-	Northampton	219	4	35.0	71.7
75	-	Winchester	275	4	35.0	71.6
72	-	Chichester	260	3a	34.0	71.9
63	-	Sheffield Hallam	283	5	27.0	74.1
87	-	Staffordshire	239	3b	26.0	64.6
88	-	Westminster	226	3a	13.0	64.1
27	-	Bradford	258	5*		85.0

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