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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 | 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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| 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 533 |
|
5* |
|
95 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Aberdeen | 482 |
|
3.86 |
|
5 |
|
94 |
|
90.5 |
| 2 | 5 | London School of Economics | 499 |
|
5* |
|
92 |
|
97.5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | University College London | 466 |
|
3.76 |
|
5* |
|
90 |
|
91.0 |
| 12 | 13 | Bristol | 443 |
|
3.65 |
|
5 |
|
89 |
|
87.1 |
| 28 | 22 | City | 352 |
|
3.27 |
|
5 |
|
89 |
|
82.4 |
| 40 | 34 | Robert Gordon | 301 |
|
3a |
|
89 |
|
78.3 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Oxford | 531 |
|
5* |
|
88 |
|
96.1 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Dundee | 518 |
|
3.86 |
|
5 |
|
88 |
|
90.2 |
| 11 | 6 | Edinburgh | 508 |
|
3.56 |
|
5 |
|
87 |
|
88.3 |
| 42 | - | Buckingham | 251 |
|
4.28 |
|
87 |
|
75.4 | ||
| 43 | 43 | Nottingham Trent | 302 |
|
4 |
|
87 |
|
74.7 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Durham | 489 |
|
3.66 |
|
5* |
|
86 |
|
90.3 |
| 9 | 10 | King's College London | 454 |
|
4.22 |
|
5 |
|
84 |
|
89.5 |
| 15 | 17 | SOAS | 435 |
|
3.68 |
|
5 |
|
84 |
|
86.6 |
| 17 | 27 | Birmingham | 421 |
|
5 |
|
84 |
|
86.1 | ||
| 4 | 9 | Nottingham | 479 |
|
5 |
|
83 |
|
91.7 | ||
| 21 | 30 | Keele | 320 |
|
3.71 |
|
5* |
|
83 |
|
84.1 |
| 29 | 8 | Hull | 331 |
|
3.76 |
|
5 |
|
83 |
|
82.3 |
| 32 | 31 | Surrey | 354 |
|
3.69 |
|
5 |
|
83 |
|
81.3 |
| 13 | 18 | Glasgow | 513 |
|
3.47 |
|
5 |
|
82 |
|
86.8 |
| 14 | 14 | Queen Mary | 397 |
|
4.02 |
|
5* |
|
82 |
|
86.7 |
| 24 | 32 | Liverpool | 431 |
|
3.62 |
|
4 |
|
82 |
|
83.5 |
| 25 | 20 | Queen's, Belfast | 412 |
|
3.43 |
|
5 |
|
82 |
|
83.4 |
| 65 | 56 | Middlesex | 210 |
|
3.42 |
|
82 |
|
69.1 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Strathclyde | 554 |
|
3.53 |
|
5 |
|
81 |
|
89.1 |
| 33 | 23 | Brunel | 354 |
|
3.19 |
|
5 |
|
81 |
|
81.1 |
| 16 | 25 | Leicester | 398 |
|
4.17 |
|
5 |
|
80 |
|
86.5 |
| 41 | 49 | Napier | 317 |
|
3a |
|
79 |
|
75.5 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Newcastle | 441 |
|
3.99 |
|
5 |
|
78 |
|
84.1 |
| 25 | 26 | Exeter | 427 |
|
3.93 |
|
5 |
|
78 |
|
83.4 |
| 31 | 33 | Kent | 350 |
|
3.84 |
|
5 |
|
78 |
|
82.0 |
| 49 | 62 | Sunderland | 258 |
|
4.26 |
|
78 |
|
73.2 | ||
| 20 | 19 | Warwick | 472 |
|
3.70 |
|
5 |
|
77 |
|
85.2 |
| 21 | 15 | Leeds | 443 |
|
3.44 |
|
5 |
|
77 |
|
84.1 |
| 34 | 29 | Sheffield | 410 |
|
3.53 |
|
5 |
|
77 |
|
80.9 |
| 30 | 28 | Reading | 378 |
|
3.79 |
|
5 |
|
76 |
|
82.2 |
| 46 | 41 | Northumbria | 365 |
|
3.75 |
|
76 |
|
74.0 | ||
| 52 | 53 | Kingston | 269 |
|
3.88 |
|
76 |
|
71.4 | ||
| 55 | 47 | Manchester Metropolitan | 318 |
|
76 |
|
70.9 | ||||
| 18 | 21 | Southampton | 415 |
|
4.14 |
|
5* |
|
75 |
|
86.0 |
| 19 | 16 | Manchester | 459 |
|
3.74 |
|
5 |
|
75 |
|
85.3 |
| 37 | 36 | Essex | 332 |
|
3.69 |
|
5 |
|
75 |
|
80.0 |
| 27 | 35 | East Anglia | 403 |
|
3.88 |
|
5 |
|
74 |
|
82.9 |
| 35 | 38 | Cardiff | 410 |
|
3.69 |
|
5 |
|
74 |
|
80.8 |
| 59 | 51 | Huddersfield | 250 |
|
3.66 |
|
3b |
|
74 |
|
70.6 |
| 39 | 39 | Aberystwyth | 330 |
|
3.74 |
|
4 |
|
73 |
|
78.4 |
| 48 | 50 | Liverpool John Moores | 264 |
|
3.89 |
|
3b |
|
73 |
|
73.5 |
| 54 | 63 | Portsmouth | 301 |
|
3.77 |
|
73 |
|
71.3 | ||
| 60 | 57 | Westminster | 288 |
|
3.52 |
|
5 |
|
72 |
|
70.3 |
| 68 | 65 | Brighton | 280 |
|
72 |
|
67.8 | ||||
| 44 | 45 | Oxford Brookes | 347 |
|
3.49 |
|
4 |
|
71 |
|
74.6 |
| 50 | 48 | Hertfordshire | 252 |
|
3.55 |
|
3a |
|
71 |
|
72.2 |
| 52 | 60 | West of England, Bristol | 293 |
|
3.85 |
|
4 |
|
71 |
|
71.4 |
| 55 | 52 | Bournemouth | 285 |
|
3.54 |
|
3a |
|
71 |
|
70.9 |
| 57 | 57 | De Montfort | 237 |
|
3.86 |
|
4 |
|
70 |
|
70.8 |
| 51 | 65 | Derby | 279 |
|
4.35 |
|
68 |
|
71.8 | ||
| 61 | 61 | Sheffield Hallam | 284 |
|
3.72 |
|
3a |
|
68 |
|
69.7 |
| 63 | 65 | Glamorgan | 252 |
|
4.05 |
|
68 |
|
69.6 | ||
| 36 | 37 | Lancaster | 403 |
|
3.67 |
|
5 |
|
67 |
|
80.3 |
| 71 | 71 | East London | 181 |
|
3.90 |
|
3a |
|
66 |
|
67.7 |
| 88 | 79 | Buckinghamshire New | 165 |
|
66 |
|
60.8 | ||||
| 38 | 40 | Sussex | 393 |
|
3.94 |
|
4 |
|
64 |
|
79.0 |
| 47 | 42 | Swansea | 305 |
|
3.67 |
|
3a |
|
64 |
|
73.7 |
| 64 | 64 | Staffordshire | 264 |
|
4.01 |
|
3a |
|
64 |
|
69.2 |
| 68 | 70 | Lincoln | 254 |
|
3.84 |
|
64 |
|
67.8 | ||
| 57 | 57 | Glasgow Caledonian | 382 |
|
3b |
|
63 |
|
70.8 | ||
| 68 | 68 | Stirling | 358 |
|
62 |
|
67.8 | ||||
| 72 | 54 | Leeds Metropolitan | 292 |
|
3.20 |
|
3a |
|
62 |
|
67.4 |
| 81 | 76 | Southampton Solent | 175 |
|
3.88 |
|
62 |
|
64.8 | ||
| 66 | 69 | Teesside | 262 |
|
4.14 |
|
61 |
|
68.5 | ||
| 76 | 74 | Birmingham City | 268 |
|
3.63 |
|
61 |
|
66.6 | ||
| 80 | 80 | Wolverhampton | 195 |
|
3.43 |
|
3a |
|
61 |
|
64.9 |
| 45 | 44 | Ulster | 325 |
|
3.60 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
74.1 |
| 83 | 77 | London South Bank | 199 |
|
3.53 |
|
60 |
|
63.6 | ||
| 75 | 72 | Coventry | 265 |
|
3.89 |
|
58 |
|
66.8 | ||
| 67 | 54 | Anglia Ruskin | 265 |
|
3.72 |
|
2 |
|
57 |
|
68.2 |
| 79 | 75 | Greenwich | 246 |
|
3.65 |
|
3b |
|
57 |
|
65.2 |
| 72 | 73 | Plymouth | 277 |
|
3.79 |
|
3b |
|
56 |
|
67.4 |
| 82 | 78 | Bedfordshire | 179 |
|
4.14 |
|
55 |
|
64.3 | ||
| 77 | 81 | Bangor | 295 |
|
4.14 |
|
49 |
|
66.5 | ||
| 85 | 83 | Northampton | 213 |
|
3.83 |
|
47 |
|
62.0 | ||
| 87 | 84 | Bradford | 257 |
|
3.57 |
|
42 |
|
61.1 | ||
| 86 | 85 | Edge Hill | 249 |
|
4.11 |
|
37 |
|
61.9 | ||
| 89 | - | Abertay Dundee | 417 |
|
33 |
|
60.6 | ||||
| 61 | - | Gloucestershire | 270 |
|
4.12 |
|
69.7 | ||||
| 74 | - | West of Scotland | 314 |
|
2 |
|
67.0 | ||||
| 78 | - | Canterbury Christ Church | 235 |
|
3.77 |
|
66.2 | ||||
| 84 | 82 | Thames Valley | 181 |
|
3.56 |
|
2 |
|
62.9 | ||
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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