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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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| 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Oxford | 530 |
|
3.00 |
|
87 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Cambridge | 542 |
|
4.32 |
|
2.80 |
|
89 |
|
97.5 |
| 3 | 1 | University College London | 498 |
|
3.99 |
|
3.05 |
|
92 |
|
96.8 |
| 4 | 4 | London School of Economics | 488 |
|
3.91 |
|
3.10 |
|
88 |
|
95.7 |
| 5 | 5 | Nottingham | 474 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.90 |
|
84 |
|
94.4 |
| 6 | 7 | Durham | 496 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.90 |
|
82 |
|
93.8 |
| 7 | 15 | Queen Mary | 423 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.70 |
|
85 |
|
92.9 |
| 8 | 9 | Bristol | 483 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.60 |
|
84 |
|
92.7 |
| 8 | 6 | Glasgow | 456 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.60 |
|
87 |
|
92.7 |
| 10 | 10 | Edinburgh | 456 |
|
3.56 |
|
2.75 |
|
88 |
|
92.4 |
| 11 | 11 | Aberdeen | 404 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.20 |
|
93 |
|
91.9 |
| 12 | 13 | Strathclyde | 434 |
|
3.72 |
|
2.65 |
|
87 |
|
91.8 |
| 13 | 8 | King's College London | 462 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.55 |
|
82 |
|
91.6 |
| 14 | 18 | Newcastle | 446 |
|
4.32 |
|
2.25 |
|
81 |
|
91.4 |
| 15 | 12 | Birmingham | 428 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.65 |
|
79 |
|
91.3 |
| 15 | 13 | Dundee | 386 |
|
4.35 |
|
2.55 |
|
82 |
|
91.3 |
| 17 | 16 | Southampton | 438 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.50 |
|
79 |
|
91.1 |
| 18 | 34 | Lancaster | 415 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.40 |
|
87 |
|
91.0 |
| 19 | 17 | Warwick | 469 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.40 |
|
80 |
|
90.9 |
| 20 | 22 | Manchester | 455 |
|
3.63 |
|
2.50 |
|
83 |
|
90.6 |
| 21 | 23 | Sussex | 368 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.60 |
|
84 |
|
90.5 |
| 22 | 25 | Exeter | 426 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.30 |
|
80 |
|
90.3 |
| 22 | 27 | Leicester | 388 |
|
4.20 |
|
2.20 |
|
86 |
|
90.3 |
| 24 | 27 | Leeds | 431 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.55 |
|
78 |
|
90.2 |
| 24 | 29 | SOAS | 413 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.35 |
|
82 |
|
90.2 |
| 26 | 30 | Reading | 395 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.70 |
|
78 |
|
90.1 |
| 27 | 19 | Queen's, Belfast | 418 |
|
3.63 |
|
2.80 |
|
78 |
|
89.8 |
| 28 | 25 | Sheffield | 418 |
|
3.75 |
|
2.50 |
|
81 |
|
89.7 |
| 29 | 35 | Brunel | 365 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.45 |
|
84 |
|
89.4 |
| 29 | 32 | Hull | 351 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.35 |
|
87 |
|
89.4 |
| 29 | 23 | Kent | 340 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.85 |
|
79 |
|
89.4 |
| 32 | 19 | Liverpool | 422 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.45 |
|
77 |
|
89.3 |
| 33 | 30 | East Anglia | 393 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.25 |
|
79 |
|
89.1 |
| 34 | 21 | Cardiff | 411 |
|
3.77 |
|
2.80 |
|
72 |
|
88.9 |
| 35 | 38 | Surrey | 378 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.10 |
|
86 |
|
88.3 |
| 36 | 39 | Oxford Brookes | 335 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.40 |
|
80 |
|
87.4 |
| 37 | 35 | Keele | 316 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.45 |
|
82 |
|
87.3 |
| 38 | 33 | Robert Gordon | 315 |
|
3.94 |
|
1.50 |
|
92 |
|
86.2 |
| 39 | 41 | Essex | 340 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.45 |
|
72 |
|
85.9 |
| 40 | 37 | City | 358 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.10 |
|
78 |
|
85.8 |
| 41 | 43 | Swansea | 321 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.45 |
|
72 |
|
85.7 |
| 42 | 44 | Aberystwyth | 294 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.05 |
|
79 |
|
85.1 |
| 43 | 44 | Manchester Metropolitan | 312 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.15 |
|
78 |
|
85.0 |
| 43 | 40 | Nottingham Trent | 309 |
|
3.94 |
|
1.70 |
|
83 |
|
85.0 |
| 45 | 56 | Buckingham | 302 |
|
4.32 |
|
81 |
|
84.4 | ||
| 46 | 52 | Northumbria | 349 |
|
3.84 |
|
83 |
|
84.3 | ||
| 47 | 46 | Portsmouth | 292 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.10 |
|
72 |
|
84.0 |
| 48 | 50 | Central Lancashire | 272 |
|
4.01 |
|
1.60 |
|
81 |
|
83.5 |
| 49 | 42 | Stirling | 333 |
|
4.17 |
|
2.15 |
|
60 |
|
83.4 |
| 50 | 50 | Westminster | 305 |
|
3.57 |
|
2.20 |
|
72 |
|
83.3 |
| 51 | 57 | De Montfort | 237 |
|
3.98 |
|
1.85 |
|
78 |
|
82.9 |
| 51 | 46 | West of England, Bristol | 302 |
|
3.85 |
|
1.80 |
|
73 |
|
82.9 |
| 53 | 63 | Greenwich | 271 |
|
4.52 |
|
1.40 |
|
72 |
|
82.7 |
| 54 | 49 | Salford | 329 |
|
3.67 |
|
1.75 |
|
82.5 | ||
| 55 | 55 | Ulster | 307 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.65 |
|
53 |
|
82.4 |
| 56 | 53 | Hertfordshire | 241 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.15 |
|
67 |
|
82.3 |
| 57 | 70 | Chester | 295 |
|
3.93 |
|
77 |
|
82.1 | ||
| 57 | 63 | Glamorgan | 270 |
|
3.91 |
|
1.60 |
|
76 |
|
82.1 |
| 59 | 73 | Huddersfield | 284 |
|
3.87 |
|
79 |
|
82.0 | ||
| 60 | 63 | Lincoln | 273 |
|
4.19 |
|
1.60 |
|
70 |
|
81.9 |
| 61 | 53 | Glasgow Caledonian | 373 |
|
3.83 |
|
1.50 |
|
65 |
|
81.8 |
| 62 | 48 | Edinburgh Napier | 308 |
|
3.78 |
|
1.10 |
|
79 |
|
81.3 |
| 63 | 69 | Teesside | 290 |
|
4.32 |
|
67 |
|
81.2 | ||
| 64 | 59 | East London | 171 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.20 |
|
72 |
|
81.1 |
| 65 | 71 | Gloucestershire | 259 |
|
4.07 |
|
73 |
|
80.8 | ||
| 66 | 66 | Bournemouth | 309 |
|
3.95 |
|
1.25 |
|
70 |
|
80.7 |
| 66 | 75 | Staffordshire | 240 |
|
3.87 |
|
78 |
|
80.7 | ||
| 66 | 60 | Sunderland | 244 |
|
4.69 |
|
1.30 |
|
65 |
|
80.7 |
| 69 | 80 | Buckinghamshire New | 229 |
|
3.88 |
|
77 |
|
80.3 | ||
| 70 | 68 | Abertay Dundee | 228 |
|
2.00 |
|
79.9 | ||||
| 71 | 58 | Kingston | 269 |
|
3.61 |
|
1.50 |
|
70 |
|
79.5 |
| 72 | 76 | Birmingham City | 250 |
|
3.55 |
|
76 |
|
79.4 | ||
| 73 | 72 | Sheffield Hallam | 278 |
|
3.72 |
|
1.40 |
|
67 |
|
79.1 |
| 74 | 77 | Coventry | 281 |
|
3.88 |
|
1.15 |
|
68 |
|
78.9 |
| 74 | 67 | Derby | 250 |
|
4.27 |
|
61 |
|
78.9 | ||
| 76 | 74 | Leeds Metropolitan | 277 |
|
3.62 |
|
68 |
|
78.7 | ||
| 77 | - | Anglia Ruskin | 265 |
|
3.74 |
|
65 |
|
78.2 | ||
| 77 | 61 | Middlesex | 194 |
|
3.60 |
|
1.65 |
|
70 |
|
78.2 |
| 79 | 62 | Bangor | 258 |
|
3.70 |
|
66 |
|
78.1 | ||
| 80 | 78 | Liverpool John Moores | 256 |
|
4.03 |
|
58 |
|
77.6 | ||
| 81 | 83 | Plymouth | 271 |
|
3.75 |
|
60 |
|
77.4 | ||
| 82 | 82 | Brighton | 278 |
|
63 |
|
76.8 | ||||
| 83 | 86 | Edge Hill | 237 |
|
4.16 |
|
51 |
|
76.2 | ||
| 83 | 81 | Southampton Solent | 239 |
|
3.71 |
|
0.85 |
|
68 |
|
76.2 |
| 85 | - | Bolton | 175 |
|
3.82 |
|
76.0 | ||||
| 86 | 88 | London South Bank | 199 |
|
3.62 |
|
63 |
|
75.8 | ||
| 87 | - | London Metropolitan | 222 |
|
3.53 |
|
1.55 |
|
55 |
|
75.2 |
| 88 | 84 | Bedfordshire | 200 |
|
3.89 |
|
55 |
|
75.1 | ||
| 89 | 85 | Thames Valley | 173 |
|
3.70 |
|
59 |
|
74.6 | ||
| 90 | 87 | Northampton | 231 |
|
3.87 |
|
47 |
|
74.2 | ||
| 91 | 90 | Canterbury Christ Church | 237 |
|
3.95 |
|
41 |
|
73.4 | ||
| 92 | 89 | Bradford | 250 |
|
3.98 |
|
38 |
|
73.2 | ||
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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