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 | ||||||||||
| 34 | 34 | Aberdeen | 312 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.60 |
|
66 |
|
89.4 |
| 57 | 51 | Aberystwyth | 298 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.50 |
|
46 |
|
84.7 |
| 22 | 39 | Aston | 312 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.50 |
|
72 |
|
91.1 |
| 56 | 46 | Bangor | 278 |
|
3.58 |
|
2.10 |
|
62 |
|
85.3 |
| 8 | 8 | Bath | 428 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.50 |
|
78 |
|
93.9 |
| 87 | 81 | Bath Spa | 265 |
|
4.09 |
|
1.10 |
|
40 |
|
79.3 |
| 62 | 86 | Bedfordshire | 3.45 |
|
1.90 |
|
84.0 | ||||
| 21 | 22 | Birmingham | 400 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.45 |
|
65 |
|
91.2 |
| 79 | 74 | Bolton | 167 |
|
3.78 |
|
1.30 |
|
62 |
|
81.1 |
| 77 | 80 | Bournemouth | 218 |
|
3.86 |
|
59 |
|
81.3 | ||
| 81 | 71 | Bradford | 256 |
|
3.73 |
|
55 |
|
80.9 | ||
| 51 | 47 | Brighton | 243 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.08 |
|
66 |
|
86.0 |
| 4 | 5 | Bristol | 442 |
|
3.99 |
|
2.67 |
|
78 |
|
95.3 |
| 41 | 43 | Brunel | 322 |
|
3.85 |
|
1.75 |
|
73 |
|
88.3 |
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 557 |
|
4.21 |
|
2.65 |
|
85 |
|
100.0 |
| 79 | - | Canterbury Christ Church | 206 |
|
3.95 |
|
81.1 | ||||
| 29 | 23 | Cardiff | 393 |
|
3.60 |
|
2.60 |
|
66 |
|
90.2 |
| 52 | - | Central Lancashire | 271 |
|
3.50 |
|
81 |
|
85.7 | ||
| 71 | 65 | Chester | 249 |
|
3.86 |
|
62 |
|
82.6 | ||
| 88 | 83 | Derby | 235 |
|
3.69 |
|
1.65 |
|
39 |
|
78.7 |
| 32 | 15 | Dundee | 384 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.80 |
|
53 |
|
89.7 |
| 5 | 12 | Durham | 475 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.50 |
|
75 |
|
94.5 |
| 22 | 28 | East Anglia | 379 |
|
4.20 |
|
2.50 |
|
63 |
|
91.1 |
| 75 | 78 | East London | 173 |
|
3.58 |
|
2.05 |
|
57 |
|
81.8 |
| 74 | - | Edge Hill | 219 |
|
3.73 |
|
65 |
|
82.0 | ||
| 20 | 16 | Edinburgh | 429 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.65 |
|
66 |
|
91.4 |
| 52 | 59 | Edinburgh Napier | 264 |
|
1.68 |
|
69 |
|
85.7 | ||
| 40 | 42 | Essex | 278 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.25 |
|
69 |
|
88.4 |
| 19 | 31 | Exeter | 351 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.50 |
|
72 |
|
91.5 |
| 64 | 84 | Glamorgan | 272 |
|
3.85 |
|
1.45 |
|
61 |
|
83.9 |
| 27 | 25 | Glasgow | 381 |
|
4.25 |
|
2.60 |
|
60 |
|
91.0 |
| 50 | 56 | Glasgow Caledonian | 318 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.10 |
|
54 |
|
86.1 |
| 85 | - | Gloucestershire | 201 |
|
3.77 |
|
80.1 | ||||
| 64 | 53 | Greenwich | 201 |
|
3.81 |
|
1.75 |
|
65 |
|
83.9 |
| 45 | 37 | Heriot-Watt | 318 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.20 |
|
60 |
|
87.6 |
| 47 | 50 | Hertfordshire | 238 |
|
3.64 |
|
2.15 |
|
70 |
|
86.3 |
| 61 | 76 | Huddersfield | 237 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.00 |
|
57 |
|
84.3 |
| 58 | 47 | Hull | 277 |
|
3.87 |
|
1.90 |
|
57 |
|
84.6 |
| 3 | 3 | Imperial College | 466 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.75 |
|
84 |
|
96.5 |
| 36 | 33 | Keele | 308 |
|
4.09 |
|
1.75 |
|
75 |
|
89.3 |
| 43 | 21 | Kent | 294 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.10 |
|
68 |
|
88.0 |
| 18 | 36 | King's College London | 384 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.75 |
|
68 |
|
91.6 |
| 75 | 65 | Kingston | 207 |
|
3.80 |
|
64 |
|
81.8 | ||
| 22 | 29 | Lancaster | 363 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.80 |
|
66 |
|
91.1 |
| 34 | 30 | Leeds | 355 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.70 |
|
62 |
|
89.4 |
| 69 | 54 | Leeds Metropolitan | 247 |
|
3.59 |
|
69 |
|
83.0 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Leicester | 383 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.40 |
|
72 |
|
92.2 |
| 33 | 24 | Liverpool | 365 |
|
3.77 |
|
2.35 |
|
67 |
|
89.6 |
| 78 | 82 | Liverpool John Moores | 246 |
|
3.72 |
|
1.70 |
|
49 |
|
81.2 |
| 84 | - | London South Bank | 3.56 |
|
58 |
|
80.3 | ||||
| 11 | 13 | Manchester | 432 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.85 |
|
66 |
|
93.1 |
| 52 | 65 | Manchester Metropolitan | 252 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.05 |
|
63 |
|
85.7 |
| 22 | 19 | Newcastle | 368 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.60 |
|
69 |
|
91.1 |
| 49 | 64 | Northumbria | 264 |
|
3.61 |
|
1.95 |
|
70 |
|
86.2 |
| 17 | 16 | Nottingham | 360 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.63 |
|
74 |
|
91.7 |
| 28 | 40 | Nottingham Trent | 213 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.55 |
|
84 |
|
90.7 |
| 2 | 2 | Oxford | 518 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.82 |
|
79 |
|
97.8 |
| 67 | 49 | Oxford Brookes | 260 |
|
3.56 |
|
1.85 |
|
59 |
|
83.4 |
| 62 | 73 | Plymouth | 302 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.00 |
|
49 |
|
84.0 |
| 43 | 32 | Portsmouth | 242 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.47 |
|
65 |
|
88.0 |
| 46 | 35 | Queen Mary | 326 |
|
3.72 |
|
2.25 |
|
63 |
|
87.5 |
| 38 | 38 | Queen's, Belfast | 338 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.15 |
|
69 |
|
89.2 |
| 41 | 41 | Reading | 333 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.15 |
|
64 |
|
88.3 |
| 30 | 68 | Robert Gordon | 300 |
|
1.90 |
|
78 |
|
90.1 | ||
| 70 | 71 | Roehampton | 188 |
|
3.73 |
|
1.40 |
|
67 |
|
82.7 |
| 16 | 27 | Royal Holloway | 308 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.80 |
|
76 |
|
91.8 |
| 72 | 59 | Salford | 207 |
|
3.88 |
|
66 |
|
82.5 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Sheffield | 415 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.85 |
|
69 |
|
93.6 |
| 47 | 59 | Sheffield Hallam | 235 |
|
3.90 |
|
1.80 |
|
71 |
|
86.3 |
| 31 | 26 | Southampton | 382 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.45 |
|
65 |
|
89.8 |
| 12 | 11 | St Andrews | 445 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.55 |
|
69 |
|
93.0 |
| 82 | 77 | Staffordshire | 197 |
|
3.96 |
|
56 |
|
80.6 | ||
| 60 | 44 | Stirling | 310 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.35 |
|
48 |
|
84.5 |
| 39 | 57 | Strathclyde | 345 |
|
3.59 |
|
2.55 |
|
67 |
|
89.1 |
| 86 | 68 | Sunderland | 231 |
|
3.78 |
|
50 |
|
79.5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Surrey | 343 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.75 |
|
84 |
|
94.2 |
| 22 | 20 | Sussex | 363 |
|
4.01 |
|
2.37 |
|
70 |
|
91.1 |
| 55 | 45 | Swansea | 316 |
|
3.73 |
|
1.90 |
|
60 |
|
85.6 |
| 58 | 85 | Teesside | 233 |
|
3.90 |
|
73 |
|
84.6 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Ulster | 265 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.80 |
|
84 |
|
92.7 |
| 10 | 8 | University College London | 436 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.50 |
|
75 |
|
93.3 |
| 73 | 59 | UWIC, Cardiff | 255 |
|
3.80 |
|
61 |
|
82.3 | ||
| 15 | 18 | Warwick | 416 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.45 |
|
68 |
|
91.9 |
| 36 | 55 | West of England, Bristol | 259 |
|
4.32 |
|
2.61 |
|
64 |
|
89.3 |
| 67 | 75 | Westminster | 212 |
|
3.79 |
|
2.20 |
|
55 |
|
83.4 |
| 66 | 58 | Wolverhampton | 207 |
|
3.54 |
|
1.60 |
|
70 |
|
83.7 |
| 82 | 87 | Worcester | 201 |
|
3.88 |
|
57 |
|
80.6 | ||
| 6 | 14 | York | 449 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.75 |
|
69 |
|
94.2 |
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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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