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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 | 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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| 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 21 | Aberdeen | 365 |
|
3.75 |
|
4 |
|
65 |
|
83.4 |
| 59 | 45 | Abertay Dundee | 330 |
|
3b |
|
44 |
|
75.2 | ||
| 89 | 85 | Anglia Ruskin | 273 |
|
3.70 |
|
40 |
|
71.2 | ||
| 38 | 35 | Aston | 363 |
|
3.51 |
|
5 |
|
57 |
|
80.6 |
| 25 | 17 | Bangor | 314 |
|
3.57 |
|
5* |
|
61 |
|
83.3 |
| 7 | 5 | Bath | 457 |
|
3.61 |
|
5 |
|
70 |
|
87.2 |
| 60 | 69 | Bath Spa | 263 |
|
4.00 |
|
54 |
|
74.9 | ||
| 71 | 80 | Bedfordshire | 221 |
|
3.96 |
|
2 |
|
51 |
|
73.6 |
| 21 | 22 | Birmingham | 412 |
|
3.67 |
|
5* |
|
58 |
|
83.5 |
| 95 | 74 | Bolton | 240 |
|
3.46 |
|
3b |
|
39 |
|
70.7 |
| 100 | 97 | Bournemouth | 230 |
|
38 |
|
66.5 | ||||
| 74 | 91 | Bradford | 232 |
|
3.75 |
|
54 |
|
73.1 | ||
| 79 | - | Brighton | 306 |
|
3.66 |
|
72.8 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | Bristol | 429 |
|
3.65 |
|
5* |
|
65 |
|
87.4 |
| 37 | 39 | Brunel | 320 |
|
3.72 |
|
4 |
|
60 |
|
81.1 |
| 97 | 98 | Buckinghamshire New | 208 |
|
3.49 |
|
46 |
|
69.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 554 |
|
5* |
|
85 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 69 | 85 | Canterbury Christ Church | 243 |
|
3.75 |
|
56 |
|
73.8 | ||
| 9 | 10 | Cardiff | 429 |
|
3.79 |
|
5* |
|
55 |
|
86.0 |
| 48 | 54 | Central Lancashire | 295 |
|
3.77 |
|
3a |
|
61 |
|
77.4 |
| 81 | 84 | Chester | 277 |
|
3.76 |
|
44 |
|
72.3 | ||
| 20 | 32 | City | 347 |
|
3.81 |
|
4 |
|
64 |
|
83.6 |
| 58 | 71 | Coventry | 281 |
|
3.82 |
|
2 |
|
54 |
|
75.6 |
| 63 | 59 | De Montfort | 248 |
|
3.73 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
74.3 |
| 53 | 61 | Derby | 272 |
|
3.78 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
76.0 |
| 32 | 43 | Dundee | 457 |
|
3.75 |
|
4 |
|
46 |
|
82.0 |
| 22 | 11 | Durham | 418 |
|
3.49 |
|
5 |
|
55 |
|
83.4 |
| 52 | - | East Anglia | 338 |
|
4.30 |
|
45 |
|
76.2 | ||
| 56 | 64 | East London | 183 |
|
3.73 |
|
3a |
|
59 |
|
75.7 |
| 97 | 96 | Edge Hill | 268 |
|
3.72 |
|
34 |
|
69.9 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Edinburgh | 476 |
|
3.40 |
|
5 |
|
52 |
|
82.1 |
| 18 | 27 | Essex | 331 |
|
3.72 |
|
5 |
|
63 |
|
83.7 |
| 10 | 13 | Exeter | 415 |
|
3.92 |
|
5 |
|
61 |
|
85.5 |
| 89 | 85 | Glamorgan | 226 |
|
3.65 |
|
47 |
|
71.2 | ||
| 8 | 12 | Glasgow | 420 |
|
3.74 |
|
5* |
|
69 |
|
86.2 |
| 78 | 57 | Glasgow Caledonian | 273 |
|
3.70 |
|
4 |
|
41 |
|
72.9 |
| 77 | 76 | Gloucestershire | 279 |
|
3.87 |
|
45 |
|
73.0 | ||
| 40 | 37 | Goldsmiths College | 303 |
|
3.71 |
|
4 |
|
53 |
|
79.8 |
| 63 | 52 | Greenwich | 225 |
|
3.64 |
|
3b |
|
52 |
|
74.3 |
| 45 | 48 | Hertfordshire | 290 |
|
3.72 |
|
4 |
|
52 |
|
78.8 |
| 96 | 93 | Huddersfield | 270 |
|
3.77 |
|
36 |
|
70.6 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Hull | 319 |
|
3.88 |
|
3a |
|
72 |
|
82.4 |
| 35 | 37 | Keele | 325 |
|
3.49 |
|
4 |
|
65 |
|
81.4 |
| 26 | 31 | Kent | 358 |
|
3.86 |
|
4 |
|
62 |
|
83.1 |
| 85 | 83 | Kingston | 253 |
|
3.58 |
|
49 |
|
72.0 | ||
| 11 | 22 | Lancaster | 395 |
|
3.92 |
|
5 |
|
57 |
|
84.9 |
| 27 | 26 | Leeds | 426 |
|
3.60 |
|
5 |
|
56 |
|
82.4 |
| 80 | 56 | Leeds Metropolitan | 307 |
|
3.37 |
|
49 |
|
72.5 | ||
| 32 | 33 | Leicester | 372 |
|
3.55 |
|
4 |
|
61 |
|
82.0 |
| 74 | 78 | Lincoln | 304 |
|
3.74 |
|
2 |
|
40 |
|
73.1 |
| 42 | 35 | Liverpool | 385 |
|
3.66 |
|
4 |
|
50 |
|
79.6 |
| 86 | 72 | Liverpool John Moores | 276 |
|
3.60 |
|
45 |
|
71.8 | ||
| 54 | 54 | London South Bank | 225 |
|
3.56 |
|
4 |
|
49 |
|
75.9 |
| 22 | 29 | Loughborough | 401 |
|
3.97 |
|
4 |
|
56 |
|
83.4 |
| 38 | 30 | Manchester | 411 |
|
3.45 |
|
5 |
|
46 |
|
80.6 |
| 83 | 63 | Manchester Metropolitan | 309 |
|
3.52 |
|
3a |
|
34 |
|
72.2 |
| 50 | 49 | Middlesex | 193 |
|
3.73 |
|
3a |
|
68 |
|
76.9 |
| 63 | 53 | Napier | 295 |
|
59 |
|
74.3 | ||||
| 30 | 17 | Newcastle | 411 |
|
3.27 |
|
5* |
|
59 |
|
82.1 |
| 86 | 94 | Northampton | 245 |
|
3.84 |
|
44 |
|
71.8 | ||
| 49 | 50 | Northumbria | 327 |
|
3.57 |
|
4 |
|
52 |
|
77.1 |
| 17 | 8 | Nottingham | 429 |
|
3.43 |
|
5 |
|
57 |
|
83.9 |
| 43 | 46 | Nottingham Trent | 295 |
|
3.70 |
|
3a |
|
64 |
|
79.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Oxford | 503 |
|
4.09 |
|
5* |
|
79 |
|
93.8 |
| 47 | 41 | Oxford Brookes | 360 |
|
3.63 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
77.7 |
| 55 | 51 | Plymouth | 303 |
|
3.69 |
|
5 |
|
37 |
|
75.8 |
| 43 | 47 | Portsmouth | 321 |
|
3.70 |
|
3a |
|
65 |
|
79.5 |
| 99 | 85 | Queen Margaret | 302 |
|
39 |
|
69.2 | ||||
| 46 | 42 | Queen's, Belfast | 362 |
|
3.52 |
|
4 |
|
41 |
|
78.2 |
| 27 | 24 | Reading | 392 |
|
3.65 |
|
5* |
|
49 |
|
82.4 |
| 89 | 80 | Roehampton | 219 |
|
3.47 |
|
3a |
|
46 |
|
71.2 |
| 34 | 14 | Royal Holloway | 379 |
|
3.59 |
|
5 |
|
49 |
|
81.6 |
| 92 | 85 | Salford | 304 |
|
3.52 |
|
39 |
|
71.1 | ||
| 15 | 28 | Sheffield | 432 |
|
3.80 |
|
5 |
|
52 |
|
84.4 |
| 68 | 69 | Sheffield Hallam | 306 |
|
3.68 |
|
3b |
|
39 |
|
73.9 |
| 18 | 25 | Southampton | 411 |
|
3.82 |
|
5 |
|
51 |
|
83.7 |
| 84 | 59 | Southampton Solent | 248 |
|
3.54 |
|
2 |
|
46 |
|
72.1 |
| 3 | 3 | St Andrews | 458 |
|
4.00 |
|
5* |
|
67 |
|
89.9 |
| 94 | - | St Mary's | 231 |
|
54 |
|
70.8 | ||||
| 71 | 66 | Staffordshire | 260 |
|
3.73 |
|
3a |
|
43 |
|
73.6 |
| 35 | 40 | Stirling | 320 |
|
5 |
|
51 |
|
81.4 | ||
| 16 | 34 | Strathclyde | 485 |
|
3.63 |
|
4 |
|
56 |
|
84.2 |
| 67 | 73 | Sunderland | 262 |
|
3.78 |
|
3b |
|
47 |
|
74.1 |
| 13 | 9 | Surrey | 382 |
|
3.60 |
|
5 |
|
64 |
|
84.7 |
| 14 | 15 | Sussex | 392 |
|
3.70 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
84.6 |
| 40 | 43 | Swansea | 347 |
|
3.66 |
|
4 |
|
48 |
|
79.8 |
| 62 | 74 | Teesside | 258 |
|
3.97 |
|
53 |
|
74.4 | ||
| 51 | 68 | Thames Valley | 186 |
|
4.05 |
|
1 |
|
68 |
|
76.6 |
| 88 | 79 | Ulster | 280 |
|
3.61 |
|
3a |
|
31 |
|
71.3 |
| 5 | 6 | University College London | 475 |
|
3.81 |
|
5* |
|
65 |
|
88.4 |
| 93 | 95 | UWIC, Cardiff | 250 |
|
3.68 |
|
42 |
|
70.9 | ||
| 12 | 15 | Warwick | 424 |
|
3.47 |
|
5 |
|
65 |
|
84.8 |
| 81 | 92 | West of England, Bristol | 282 |
|
4.07 |
|
37 |
|
72.3 | ||
| 61 | 80 | West of Scotland | 302 |
|
3a |
|
45 |
|
74.7 | ||
| 56 | 62 | Westminster | 321 |
|
3.61 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
75.7 |
| 70 | 85 | Winchester | 279 |
|
3.85 |
|
2 |
|
40 |
|
73.7 |
| 73 | 76 | Wolverhampton | 254 |
|
3.42 |
|
3b |
|
51 |
|
73.3 |
| 74 | 64 | Worcester | 243 |
|
3.90 |
|
2 |
|
45 |
|
73.1 |
| 4 | 7 | York | 464 |
|
3.86 |
|
5* |
|
66 |
|
89.4 |
| 63 | 58 | York St John | 263 |
|
3.75 |
|
56 |
|
74.3 | ||
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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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