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
3	-	Cambridge	507	4	86.0	99.2
2	-	London School of Economics	470	5	82.0	99.3
12	-	Durham	476	4	80.0	92.4
5	-	Bristol	430	5	76.0	96.1
1	-	Oxford	527	5*	74.0	100.0
8	-	Hull	399	5	74.0	94.4
22	-	SOAS	346	4	74.0	88.1
14	-	Edinburgh	464	4	72.0	89.7
7	-	Bath	432	5	70.0	94.5
9	-	Warwick	441	5	70.0	93.2
32	-	Oxford Brookes	301	3a	70.0	84.0
4	-	King's College London	419	5*	68.0	96.2
6	-	York	464	5	68.0	95.2
17	-	Sussex	382	4	68.0	89.3
17	-	Newcastle	370	5	66.0	89.3
23	-	Leeds	392	4	66.0	87.7
16	-	Birmingham	388	5	64.0	89.4
44	-	Kent	285	3a	64.0	80.6
13	-	Exeter	412	5	62.0	89.8
19	-	Nottingham	422	4	62.0	89.2
25	-	Keele	291	5	62.0	86.9
27	-	Queen Mary	354	4	62.0	86.6
34	-	Royal Holloway	327	4	60.0	83.5
35	-	Bradford	255	5	60.0	83.1
39	-	Brunel	284	4	60.0	81.9
49	-	Swansea	283	3a	60.0	79.4
11	-	St Andrews	472	5	58.0	92.8
30	-	Liverpool	341	4	58.0	85.0
45	-	Kingston	224	4	58.0	80.4
47	-	Stirling	311	3a	58.0	80.0
60	-	Aston	306		58.0	70.4
62	-	Goldsmiths College	275		58.0	69.2
10	-	Sheffield	426	5*	56.0	93.1
19	-	Aberystwyth	326	5*	56.0	89.2
21	-	Cardiff	393	5	56.0	89.1
46	-	Leicester	328	3a	56.0	80.1
48	-	De Montfort	195	5	56.0	79.7
15	-	Essex	347	5*	54.0	89.5
24	-	Aberdeen	434	4	54.0	87.5
28	-	Queen's, Belfast	336	5	54.0	86.4
50	-	Ulster	285	3a	54.0	77.9
54	-	Nottingham Trent	240	3a	54.0	74.2
67	-	Greenwich	216		54.0	65.8
33	-	Southampton	386	4	52.0	83.6
36	-	Dundee	371	4	52.0	83.0
41	-	Lancaster	329	4	52.0	81.4
51	-	Portsmouth	248	5	52.0	77.8
56	-	Central England	235	3a	52.0	73.4
25	-	Manchester	422	5	50.0	86.9
29	-	Glasgow	410	5	48.0	85.9
30	-	Strathclyde	388	5	48.0	85.0
37	-	Reading	333	5	48.0	82.9
43	-	East Anglia	344	4	48.0	80.9
52	-	Leeds Metropolitan	221	3a	48.0	74.9
53	-	Coventry	243	4	48.0	74.6
42	-	Loughborough	304	5	46.0	81.2
59	-	Plymouth	207	3a	46.0	70.7
60	-	Northumbria	257	3a	46.0	70.4
63	-	Liverpool John Moores	223	3a	46.0	69.1
40	-	Salford	280	5	44.0	81.5
55	-	West of England, Bristol	256	4	44.0	74.0
57	-	London South Bank	187	4	42.0	73.1
58	-	Manchester Metropolitan	260	3a	42.0	71.6
66	-	Wolverhampton	225	3a	38.0	66.9
68	-	Lincoln	246		36.0	62.0
65	-	Huddersfield	231	3a	32.0	67.7
64	-	Westminster	217	4	28.0	68.0
69	-	Northampton	199		24.0	56.9
38	-	University College London	361	3a		82.5

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