University Subject Tables 2010
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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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| 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Loughborough | 359 |
|
4.36 |
|
2.40 |
|
60 |
|
92.5 |
| 19 | 5 | Aberdeen | 335 |
|
4.29 |
|
2.60 |
|
50 |
|
90.4 |
| 17 | - | Bolton | 4.27 |
|
2.25 |
|
90.6 | ||||
| 79 | 76 | Gloucestershire | 241 |
|
4.12 |
|
34 |
|
80.2 | ||
| 36 | 42 | Glasgow Caledonian | 305 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.15 |
|
50 |
|
87.4 |
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 501 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.65 |
|
80 |
|
100.0 |
| 91 | 83 | Derby | 238 |
|
4.07 |
|
22 |
|
77.8 | ||
| 52 | 73 | East Anglia | 301 |
|
4.05 |
|
48 |
|
84.1 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Warwick | 411 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.70 |
|
62 |
|
94.1 |
| 55 | 65 | Bath Spa | 282 |
|
4.04 |
|
48 |
|
83.6 | ||
| 38 | 44 | Northumbria | 264 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.20 |
|
56 |
|
87.1 |
| 55 | 78 | Lincoln | 260 |
|
4.03 |
|
52 |
|
83.6 | ||
| 59 | 58 | St Mary's | 215 |
|
4.03 |
|
56 |
|
83.0 | ||
| 45 | 51 | Worcester | 267 |
|
4.02 |
|
62 |
|
85.5 | ||
| 61 | 52 | Salford | 247 |
|
4.01 |
|
50 |
|
82.8 | ||
| 17 | 16 | Essex | 300 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.85 |
|
58 |
|
90.6 |
| 32 | 31 | Brunel | 283 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.45 |
|
54 |
|
88.1 |
| 35 | 37 | Portsmouth | 283 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.40 |
|
52 |
|
87.5 |
| 68 | 72 | Canterbury Christ Church | 240 |
|
4.00 |
|
46 |
|
81.8 | ||
| 20 | 22 | Leicester | 3.99 |
|
2.10 |
|
66 |
|
90.3 | ||
| 34 | 26 | Aston | 330 |
|
3.99 |
|
1.85 |
|
56 |
|
87.7 |
| 60 | - | Edge Hill | 267 |
|
3.99 |
|
82.9 | ||||
| 63 | 41 | Hull | 244 |
|
3.99 |
|
50 |
|
82.6 | ||
| 11 | 25 | Sussex | 373 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.55 |
|
60 |
|
91.9 |
| 69 | 62 | Greenwich | 202 |
|
3.95 |
|
1.85 |
|
44 |
|
81.7 |
| 37 | 65 | Bedfordshire | 219 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.50 |
|
60 |
|
87.2 |
| 39 | 36 | Liverpool | 337 |
|
3.94 |
|
1.95 |
|
50 |
|
87.0 |
| 61 | 59 | Central Lancashire | 244 |
|
3.94 |
|
52 |
|
82.8 | ||
| 74 | 40 | Reading | 3.94 |
|
40 |
|
80.7 | ||||
| 9 | 7 | Leeds | 354 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.95 |
|
58 |
|
92.2 |
| 47 | 62 | Ulster | 258 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.65 |
|
38 |
|
84.9 |
| 87 | 87 | UWIC, Cardiff | 239 |
|
3.93 |
|
30 |
|
78.7 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Lancaster | 356 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.80 |
|
52 |
|
90.7 |
| 26 | 32 | Birmingham | 357 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.95 |
|
60 |
|
89.3 |
| 40 | 28 | Keele | 310 |
|
3.92 |
|
64 |
|
86.7 | ||
| 81 | 86 | Glamorgan | 224 |
|
3.92 |
|
40 |
|
80.0 | ||
| 78 | 53 | West of England, Bristol | 246 |
|
3.90 |
|
1.65 |
|
34 |
|
80.4 |
| 30 | 19 | Kent | 280 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.95 |
|
52 |
|
88.9 |
| 58 | 67 | Staffordshire | 213 |
|
3.89 |
|
1.85 |
|
52 |
|
83.3 |
| 81 | 69 | Westminster | 229 |
|
3.89 |
|
40 |
|
80.0 | ||
| 42 | 33 | Oxford Brookes | 309 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.01 |
|
50 |
|
86.2 |
| 57 | 80 | Birmingham City | 251 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.15 |
|
42 |
|
83.5 |
| 72 | - | Swansea | 3.88 |
|
42 |
|
80.9 | ||||
| 48 | 45 | Teesside | 236 |
|
3.87 |
|
1.95 |
|
56 |
|
84.8 |
| 4 | 7 | Durham | 411 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.65 |
|
64 |
|
93.6 |
| 30 | 21 | York | 335 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.85 |
|
46 |
|
88.9 |
| 67 | - | Huddersfield | 225 |
|
3.86 |
|
1.70 |
|
81.9 | ||
| 10 | - | SOAS | 3.85 |
|
2.95 |
|
92.1 | ||||
| 25 | 29 | Southampton | 345 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.83 |
|
48 |
|
89.5 |
| 53 | 79 | Chester | 250 |
|
3.85 |
|
58 |
|
83.7 | ||
| 15 | 23 | Stirling | 319 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.60 |
|
64 |
|
90.7 |
| 51 | 39 | Nottingham Trent | 251 |
|
3.84 |
|
62 |
|
84.4 | ||
| 74 | 84 | Sheffield Hallam | 248 |
|
3.84 |
|
42 |
|
80.7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Surrey | 326 |
|
3.83 |
|
2.75 |
|
70 |
|
92.5 |
| 2 | 13 | Bath | 346 |
|
3.80 |
|
3.10 |
|
72 |
|
94.5 |
| 77 | - | Coventry | 249 |
|
3.80 |
|
42 |
|
80.6 | ||
| 84 | 50 | Bradford | 189 |
|
3.80 |
|
44 |
|
79.2 | ||
| 84 | 74 | Sunderland | 218 |
|
3.80 |
|
1.45 |
|
38 |
|
79.2 |
| 89 | - | Cumbria | 3.80 |
|
32 |
|
78.1 | ||||
| 63 | 82 | Wolverhampton | 193 |
|
3.78 |
|
1.85 |
|
54 |
|
82.6 |
| 13 | 17 | Glasgow | 423 |
|
3.77 |
|
2.25 |
|
58 |
|
91.2 |
| 22 | 18 | Newcastle | 353 |
|
3.77 |
|
2.50 |
|
58 |
|
90.1 |
| 72 | 53 | London South Bank | 177 |
|
3.77 |
|
56 |
|
80.9 | ||
| 88 | 85 | Liverpool John Moores | 220 |
|
3.77 |
|
36 |
|
78.6 | ||
| 46 | 48 | East London | 3.76 |
|
2.20 |
|
48 |
|
85.3 | ||
| 71 | 47 | Kingston | 221 |
|
3.75 |
|
50 |
|
81.0 | ||
| 42 | 38 | City | 272 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.30 |
|
54 |
|
86.2 |
| 32 | 34 | Queen's, Belfast | 327 |
|
3.73 |
|
2.60 |
|
50 |
|
88.1 |
| 12 | 23 | Sheffield | 361 |
|
3.70 |
|
2.80 |
|
60 |
|
91.4 |
| 21 | 12 | Exeter | 357 |
|
3.70 |
|
2.70 |
|
56 |
|
90.2 |
| 26 | 29 | Nottingham | 323 |
|
3.69 |
|
2.50 |
|
60 |
|
89.3 |
| 29 | 35 | Goldsmiths College | 273 |
|
3.68 |
|
2.85 |
|
60 |
|
89.0 |
| 80 | 81 | Buckinghamshire New | 211 |
|
3.68 |
|
48 |
|
80.1 | ||
| 23 | 26 | Cardiff | 356 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.70 |
|
54 |
|
89.7 |
| 83 | 74 | Northampton | 238 |
|
3.67 |
|
40 |
|
79.5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Bristol | 391 |
|
3.66 |
|
2.40 |
|
74 |
|
93.3 |
| 53 | 45 | Brighton | 293 |
|
3.66 |
|
2.21 |
|
40 |
|
83.7 |
| 89 | 53 | Middlesex | 169 |
|
3.65 |
|
44 |
|
78.1 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Royal Holloway | 3.64 |
|
70 |
|
86.3 | ||||
| 49 | 42 | Bangor | 268 |
|
3.63 |
|
2.20 |
|
50 |
|
84.7 |
| 65 | 59 | Plymouth | 257 |
|
3.63 |
|
2.15 |
|
40 |
|
82.4 |
| 28 | 11 | Manchester | 372 |
|
3.62 |
|
2.85 |
|
46 |
|
89.1 |
| 23 | 13 | Strathclyde | 378 |
|
3.60 |
|
1.95 |
|
66 |
|
89.7 |
| 13 | 10 | Edinburgh | 435 |
|
3.59 |
|
2.75 |
|
50 |
|
91.2 |
| 86 | 76 | Leeds Metropolitan | 238 |
|
3.59 |
|
38 |
|
78.8 | ||
| 70 | 68 | Roehampton | 233 |
|
3.56 |
|
2.05 |
|
42 |
|
81.5 |
| 8 | 7 | London School of Economics | 400 |
|
3.44 |
|
2.40 |
|
72 |
|
92.3 |
| 44 | 53 | Robert Gordon | 297 |
|
1.40 |
|
62 |
|
85.9 | ||
| 50 | 64 | Edinburgh Napier | 296 |
|
1.55 |
|
54 |
|
84.6 | ||
| 66 | 71 | Manchester Metropolitan | 248 |
|
2.15 |
|
40 |
|
82.1 | ||
| 74 | 57 | Abertay Dundee | 287 |
|
42 |
|
80.7 | ||||
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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