University Subject Tables 2009

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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	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
2009	2008	University Name			Research Assessment
52	-	East Anglia	4.3	338		45.0	76.2
2	2	Oxford	4.1	503	5*	79.0	93.8
81	92	West of England, Bristol	4.1	282		37.0	72.3
51	68	Thames Valley	4.1	186	1	68.0	76.6
3	3	St Andrews	4.0	458	5*	67.0	89.9
60	69	Bath Spa	4.0	263		54.0	74.9
22	29	Loughborough	4.0	401	4	56.0	83.4
62	74	Teesside	4.0	258		53.0	74.4
71	80	Bedfordshire	4.0	221	2	51.0	73.6
10	13	Exeter	3.9	415	5	61.0	85.5
11	22	Lancaster	3.9	395	5	57.0	84.9
74	64	Worcester	3.9	243	2	45.0	73.1
27	19	Hull	3.9	319	3a	72.0	82.4
77	76	Gloucestershire	3.9	279		45.0	73.0
4	7	York	3.9	464	5*	66.0	89.4
26	31	Kent	3.9	358	4	62.0	83.1
70	85	Winchester	3.9	279	2	40.0	73.7
86	94	Northampton	3.8	245		44.0	71.8
18	25	Southampton	3.8	411	5	51.0	83.7
58	71	Coventry	3.8	281	2	54.0	75.6
5	6	University College London	3.8	475	5*	65.0	88.4
20	32	City	3.8	347	4	64.0	83.6
15	28	Sheffield	3.8	432	5	52.0	84.4
9	10	Cardiff	3.8	429	5*	55.0	86.0
53	61	Derby	3.8	272	3a	48.0	76.0
67	73	Sunderland	3.8	262	3b	47.0	74.1
48	54	Central Lancashire	3.8	295	3a	61.0	77.4
96	93	Huddersfield	3.8	270		36.0	70.6
81	84	Chester	3.8	277		44.0	72.3
22	21	Aberdeen	3.8	365	4	65.0	83.4
32	43	Dundee	3.8	457	4	46.0	82.0
63	58	York St John	3.8	263		56.0	74.3
69	85	Canterbury Christ Church	3.8	243		56.0	73.8
74	91	Bradford	3.8	232		54.0	73.1
8	12	Glasgow	3.7	420	5*	69.0	86.2
74	78	Lincoln	3.7	304	2	40.0	73.1
50	49	Middlesex	3.7	193	3a	68.0	76.9
56	64	East London	3.7	183	3a	59.0	75.7
63	59	De Montfort	3.7	248	3a	48.0	74.3
71	66	Staffordshire	3.7	260	3a	43.0	73.6
18	27	Essex	3.7	331	5	63.0	83.7
37	39	Brunel	3.7	320	4	60.0	81.1
45	48	Hertfordshire	3.7	290	4	52.0	78.8
97	96	Edge Hill	3.7	268		34.0	69.9
40	37	Goldsmiths College	3.7	303	4	53.0	79.8
14	15	Sussex	3.7	392	5	60.0	84.6
43	46	Nottingham Trent	3.7	295	3a	64.0	79.5
43	47	Portsmouth	3.7	321	3a	65.0	79.5
78	57	Glasgow Caledonian	3.7	273	4	41.0	72.9
89	85	Anglia Ruskin	3.7	273		40.0	71.2
55	51	Plymouth	3.7	303	5	37.0	75.8
68	69	Sheffield Hallam	3.7	306	3b	39.0	73.9
93	95	UWIC, Cardiff	3.7	250		42.0	70.9
21	22	Birmingham	3.7	412	5*	58.0	83.5
40	43	Swansea	3.7	347	4	48.0	79.8
42	35	Liverpool	3.7	385	4	50.0	79.6
79	-	Brighton	3.7	306			72.8
6	4	Bristol	3.7	429	5*	65.0	87.4
27	24	Reading	3.7	392	5*	49.0	82.4
89	85	Glamorgan	3.7	226		47.0	71.2
63	52	Greenwich	3.6	225	3b	52.0	74.3
16	34	Strathclyde	3.6	485	4	56.0	84.2
47	41	Oxford Brookes	3.6	360	3a	48.0	77.7
7	5	Bath	3.6	457	5	70.0	87.2
56	62	Westminster	3.6	321	3a	48.0	75.7
88	79	Ulster	3.6	280	3a	31.0	71.3
13	9	Surrey	3.6	382	5	64.0	84.7
27	26	Leeds	3.6	426	5	56.0	82.4
86	72	Liverpool John Moores	3.6	276		45.0	71.8
34	14	Royal Holloway	3.6	379	5	49.0	81.6
85	83	Kingston	3.6	253		49.0	72.0
25	17	Bangor	3.6	314	5*	61.0	83.3
49	50	Northumbria	3.6	327	4	52.0	77.1
54	54	London South Bank	3.6	225	4	49.0	75.9
32	33	Leicester	3.6	372	4	61.0	82.0
84	59	Southampton Solent	3.5	248	2	46.0	72.1
46	42	Queen's, Belfast	3.5	362	4	41.0	78.2
83	63	Manchester Metropolitan	3.5	309	3a	34.0	72.2
92	85	Salford	3.5	304		39.0	71.1
38	35	Aston	3.5	363	5	57.0	80.6
22	11	Durham	3.5	418	5	55.0	83.4
35	37	Keele	3.5	325	4	65.0	81.4
97	98	Buckinghamshire New	3.5	208		46.0	69.9
12	15	Warwick	3.5	424	5	65.0	84.8
89	80	Roehampton	3.5	219	3a	46.0	71.2
95	74	Bolton	3.5	240	3b	39.0	70.7
38	30	Manchester	3.5	411	5	46.0	80.6
17	8	Nottingham	3.4	429	5	57.0	83.9
73	76	Wolverhampton	3.4	254	3b	51.0	73.3
30	19	Edinburgh	3.4	476	5	52.0	82.1
80	56	Leeds Metropolitan	3.4	307		49.0	72.5
30	17	Newcastle	3.3	411	5*	59.0	82.1
1	1	Cambridge		554	5*	85.0	100.0
35	40	Stirling		320	5	51.0	81.4
59	45	Abertay Dundee		330	3b	44.0	75.2
61	80	West of Scotland		302	3a	45.0	74.7
63	53	Napier		295		59.0	74.3
94	-	St Mary's		231		54.0	70.8
99	85	Queen Margaret		302		39.0	69.2
100	97	Bournemouth		230		38.0	66.5

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