University Subject Tables 2012

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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 Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Click here to read more	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
2012	2011	University Name
1	1	Cambridge	4.1	581	3.35	95.0	100.0
2	2	Oxford	4.2	526	3.15	92.0	97.0
3	3	Imperial College London	4.1	506	3.20	91.0	95.7
4	8	University College London		421	3.15	88.0	95.1
5	4	Bristol	4.1	492	2.95	89.0	94.2
6	5	Southampton	3.9	459	3.20	85.0	92.0
7	15	St Andrews	4.3	449	2.70	85.0	91.7
8	7	York	4.0	471	2.95	84.0	91.3
9	9	Warwick	3.9	485	2.75	87.0	91.2
10	10	Bath	4.0	404	2.95	89.0	90.1
11	6	Edinburgh	3.8	437	3.20	81.0	89.7
12	13	Glasgow	4.1	381	3.10	77.0	88.4
13	18	Nottingham	4.0	354	3.10	83.0	87.8
14	11	Durham	3.9	429	2.80	78.0	87.6
15	17	Manchester	3.9	401	3.15	76.0	87.6
16	18	Newcastle	3.9	357	2.90	86.0	87.5
17	24	Birmingham	4.1	403	3.00	71.0	87.4
18	25	Surrey	4.0	397	2.35	85.0	86.9
19	14	Leeds	4.0	360	3.05	78.0	86.8
20	26	Sussex	4.1	351	2.85	78.0	86.6
21	20	Royal Holloway	3.9	321	2.80	90.0	86.5
22	22	Lancaster	3.9	373	3.05	76.0	86.2
23	20	Loughborough	4.2	340	2.60	78.0	85.6
24	22	Aberdeen	3.7	317	2.90	85.0	85.0
25	11	Sheffield	3.8	386	2.75	75.0	84.9
26	34	Exeter	4.1		2.65	74.0	84.7
27	32	East Anglia	4.1	347	2.75	72.0	84.6
28	35	Leicester	4.0	350	2.80	72.0	84.5
29	28	Kent	3.8	317	2.75	82.0	84.3
30	40	Aberystwyth	4.0	264	2.95	83.0	84.3
31	26	King's College London	3.8	380	2.70	73.0	83.9
32	31	Liverpool	3.9	331	3.05	69.0	83.4
33	36	Reading	3.8	360	2.15	85.0	83.4
34	39	Swansea	3.8	295	2.90	75.0	82.5
35	16	Dundee	3.9	309	2.75	72.0	82.4
36	33	Queen's, Belfast	3.8	327	2.65	72.0	81.6
37	29	Cardiff	3.8	354	2.85	63.0	81.5
38	40	City	3.8	315	2.60	73.0	81.4
39	30	Strathclyde	3.8	340	2.55	70.0	81.1
40	43	Stirling	4.3	271	2.75	59.0	80.3
41	37	Essex	3.9	352	2.75	57.0	80.1
42	42	Bournemouth	3.9	263	2.25	78.0	79.7
43	44	Queen Mary	3.8	312	3.00	58.0	79.7
44	47	Aston	3.8	330	2.30	68.0	79.3
45	45	Robert Gordon	4.0	248	2.35	72.0	78.9
46	47	Northumbria	3.7	248	2.40	76.0	78.6
47	38	Heriot-Watt	3.8	294	2.65	61.0	78.4
48	56	Oxford Brookes	3.9	234	2.50	71.0	78.2
49	46	Plymouth	3.4	270	3.00	67.0	78.1
50	49	Brunel	3.7	302	2.55	59.0	77.2
51	54	Lincoln	3.9	285	2.50	59.0	77.2
52	50	Glyndwr	4.0	226	2.35	65.0	76.7
53	55	Huddersfield	3.8	256	2.05	70.0	76.3
54	50	Nottingham Trent	3.6	248	2.15	72.0	75.9
55	59	De Montfort	3.9	236	2.40	62.0	75.8
56	60	Edinburgh Napier		273	2.09	64.0	75.8
57	57	Staffordshire	3.8	245	2.05	67.0	75.5
58	69	Glamorgan	3.8	269	2.25	58.0	75.3
59	57	Bangor	3.9	243	2.50	55.0	75.3
60	67	Teesside	3.9	278	2.50	49.0	75.2
61	53	West of England, Bristol	3.6	232	2.40	64.0	74.8
62	60	Ulster	3.8	232	2.55	56.0	74.7
63	50	Brighton	3.6	261	2.60	57.0	74.7
64	62	Hull	4.1	254		72.0	74.2
65	67	Sheffield Hallam	3.8	253	1.90	59.0	73.5
66	64	Hertfordshire	3.6	182	2.60	60.0	73.0
67	66	Salford	3.6	220	2.40	59.0	73.0
68	71	Portsmouth	3.9	238	1.90	53.0	72.4
69	69	Newman		237		78.0	72.3
70	74	Sunderland	3.7	234	1.90	59.0	72.2
71	62	Liverpool John Moores	3.7	216	2.50	51.0	72.1
72	74	Coventry	3.5	260	2.05	57.0	71.9
73	64	Goldsmiths College	3.6	229	2.70	47.0	71.8
74	83	Keele	3.9	246		67.0	71.8
75	72	Manchester Metropolitan	3.7	236	2.15	51.0	71.6
76	81	Kingston	3.8	209	2.20	51.0	71.4
77	72	Chester	3.8	242		66.0	71.0
78	80	Glasgow Caledonian		268	1.80	52.0	70.5
79	90	Southampton Solent	3.8	253		61.0	70.3
80	78	Bradford	3.5	222	2.35	48.0	70.3
81	82	Central Lancashire	3.9	237		61.0	70.1
82	77	Greenwich	4.0	182	1.90	49.0	70.1
83	74	Gloucestershire	3.7	233		66.0	70.0
84	93	Abertay Dundee		302		60.0	70.0
85	88	Derby	3.8	262		58.0	69.8
86	78	Middlesex	3.9	150	2.25	48.0	69.3
87	95	Westminster	3.7	206	2.05	45.0	68.8
88	85	Edge Hill	3.5	219		67.0	68.5
89	96	Bolton	3.9	226		53.0	68.1
90	99	Birmingham City	3.6	230		59.0	68.0
91	84	Northampton	3.9	193		55.0	67.3
92	99	UWIC, Cardiff	4.2	203		45.0	67.1
93	98	West London	3.5	181	1.65		67.1
94	97	Leeds Metropolitan	3.9	193		52.0	66.9
95	89	London South Bank	3.9	99	2.15	47.0	66.9
96	-	West of Scotland		255	2.00	38.0	66.9
97	87	Worcester	3.8	214		53.0	66.8
98	102	Roehampton	3.9	184		52.0	66.3
99	93	Anglia Ruskin	3.8	225		47.0	66.1
100	91	Bedfordshire	3.6	131	2.10	45.0	65.6
101	101	Canterbury Christ Church	3.7	182		53.0	65.5
102	92	University of Wales, Newport	3.8	231		42.0	65.2
103	103	East London	3.8	205		43.0	64.6
104	104	London Metropolitan	3.7	156	1.50	35.0	62.6
105	-	Buckinghamshire New	3.8	160		37.0	61.6

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