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