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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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| 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Warwick | 482 |
|
4.16 |
|
3.50 |
|
55 |
|
100.0 |
| 2 | 8 | Southampton | 425 |
|
4.49 |
|
2.65 |
|
59 |
|
97.2 |
| 3 | 6 | Newcastle | 399 |
|
4.66 |
|
2.45 |
|
64 |
|
97.1 |
| 4 | 4 | Sheffield | 420 |
|
4.12 |
|
2.20 |
|
74 |
|
97.0 |
| 5 | 2 | East Anglia | 427 |
|
4.04 |
|
3.40 |
|
54 |
|
96.9 |
| 6 | 9 | Leeds | 404 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.65 |
|
73 |
|
96.7 |
| 7 | 7 | Leicester | 395 |
|
4.29 |
|
3.04 |
|
60 |
|
96.7 |
| 8 | 11 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 403 |
|
3.85 |
|
3.20 |
|
63 |
|
96.4 |
| 9 | 3 | Cardiff | 407 |
|
4.04 |
|
3.15 |
|
59 |
|
96.3 |
| 10 | 13 | Lancaster | 368 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.80 |
|
66 |
|
95.4 |
| 11 | 5 | Sussex | 383 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.90 |
|
61 |
|
95.1 |
| 12 | 10 | Loughborough | 404 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.40 |
|
63 |
|
95.0 |
| 13 | 14 | Westminster | 359 |
|
3.88 |
|
3.50 |
|
53 |
|
93.8 |
| 14 | 16 | Lincoln | 329 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.75 |
|
69 |
|
93.6 |
| 15 | 12 | Royal Holloway | 386 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.90 |
|
49 |
|
93.1 |
| 16 | 19 | Birmingham City | 332 |
|
3.99 |
|
2.70 |
|
63 |
|
92.6 |
| 17 | 21 | Bournemouth | 384 |
|
3.61 |
|
2.50 |
|
62 |
|
92.4 |
| 18 | 20 | Stirling | 404 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.75 |
|
43 |
|
91.5 |
| 19 | 15 | Robert Gordon | 340 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.10 |
|
63 |
|
91.2 |
| 20 | 24 | Surrey | 387 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.10 |
|
53 |
|
91.1 |
| 21 | 17 | Nottingham Trent | 336 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.80 |
|
48 |
|
90.3 |
| 22 | 31 | City | 444 |
|
3.44 |
|
65 |
|
90.1 | ||
| 23 | 27 | Queen Mary | 388 |
|
4.00 |
|
64 |
|
89.8 | ||
| 24 | 37 | Coventry | 275 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.45 |
|
61 |
|
89.5 |
| 25 | 54 | Swansea | 351 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.05 |
|
52 |
|
89.1 |
| 26 | 32 | West of England, Bristol | 323 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.65 |
|
47 |
|
89.1 |
| 27 | 23 | Central Lancashire | 290 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.20 |
|
61 |
|
88.8 |
| 28 | 29 | Nottingham | 3.93 |
|
2.30 |
|
88.7 | ||||
| 29 | 28 | Glasgow Caledonian | 400 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.30 |
|
33 |
|
88.7 |
| 30 | 25 | Aberystwyth | 298 |
|
3.82 |
|
2.70 |
|
88.2 | ||
| 31 | 40 | Leeds Metropolitan | 274 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.55 |
|
50 |
|
87.8 |
| 32 | 42 | Brighton | 304 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.20 |
|
49 |
|
87.7 |
| 33 | 36 | Queen Margaret | 342 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.45 |
|
40 |
|
87.6 |
| 34 | 45 | Birmingham | 4.12 |
|
63 |
|
87.6 | ||||
| 35 | 41 | Ulster | 277 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.80 |
|
43 |
|
87.1 |
| 36 | 18 | Strathclyde | 3.73 |
|
69 |
|
87.1 | ||||
| 37 | 30 | Edinburgh Napier | 324 |
|
3.72 |
|
68 |
|
87.1 | ||
| 38 | 35 | Keele | 340 |
|
4.18 |
|
54 |
|
86.8 | ||
| 39 | 26 | Brunel | 347 |
|
3.65 |
|
2.40 |
|
40 |
|
86.8 |
| 40 | 50 | Kingston | 314 |
|
4.04 |
|
1.70 |
|
50 |
|
86.7 |
| 41 | 38 | De Montfort | 299 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.42 |
|
42 |
|
86.6 |
| 42 | 34 | Northumbria | 321 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.25 |
|
40 |
|
86.5 |
| 43 | 46 | Winchester | 309 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.25 |
|
38 |
|
86.4 |
| 44 | 44 | Salford | 322 |
|
3.49 |
|
2.55 |
|
43 |
|
86.2 |
| 45 | 53 | Oxford Brookes | 341 |
|
4.09 |
|
51 |
|
86.0 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Liverpool | 3.89 |
|
1.80 |
|
47 |
|
85.7 | ||
| 47 | 52 | Huddersfield | 298 |
|
3.89 |
|
1.00 |
|
62 |
|
85.6 |
| 48 | 47 | Sheffield Hallam | 301 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.40 |
|
38 |
|
85.6 |
| 49 | 48 | Portsmouth | 293 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.10 |
|
41 |
|
85.3 |
| 50 | 57 | Bath Spa | 315 |
|
4.20 |
|
1.80 |
|
37 |
|
85.2 |
| 51 | 51 | Roehampton | 276 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.35 |
|
42 |
|
85.1 |
| 52 | 49 | Middlesex | 264 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.15 |
|
52 |
|
85.1 |
| 53 | 33 | Sunderland | 285 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.75 |
|
33 |
|
85.1 |
| 54 | 63 | Bangor | 275 |
|
3.79 |
|
1.95 |
|
50 |
|
85.0 |
| 55 | 39 | Hertfordshire | 3.83 |
|
2.15 |
|
39 |
|
84.8 | ||
| 56 | 43 | Staffordshire | 263 |
|
4.05 |
|
1.85 |
|
46 |
|
84.4 |
| 57 | 61 | Glamorgan | 338 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.15 |
|
30 |
|
84.4 |
| 58 | 66 | Bradford | 289 |
|
4.00 |
|
1.65 |
|
42 |
|
83.9 |
| 59 | 58 | University of the Arts, London | 295 |
|
3.66 |
|
56 |
|
83.5 | ||
| 60 | 55 | Gloucestershire | 292 |
|
3.87 |
|
1.20 |
|
47 |
|
83.1 |
| 61 | 59 | West of Scotland | 286 |
|
3.90 |
|
1.90 |
|
36 |
|
83.1 |
| 62 | 60 | Chester | 271 |
|
3.80 |
|
53 |
|
82.5 | ||
| 63 | 64 | London Metropolitan | 221 |
|
3.72 |
|
2.35 |
|
43 |
|
82.5 |
| 64 | 89 | Bolton | 301 |
|
1.40 |
|
82.4 | ||||
| 65 | 80 | St Mary's | 297 |
|
3.85 |
|
45 |
|
82.3 | ||
| 66 | 75 | London South Bank | 246 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.40 |
|
29 |
|
82.2 |
| 67 | 76 | Liverpool John Moores | 313 |
|
3.91 |
|
39 |
|
82.0 | ||
| 68 | 73 | Manchester Metropolitan | 306 |
|
3.84 |
|
1.99 |
|
25 |
|
81.9 |
| 69 | 65 | Leeds Trinity | 275 |
|
3.95 |
|
45 |
|
81.8 | ||
| 70 | 62 | University for the Creative Arts | 275 |
|
50 |
|
81.5 | ||||
| 71 | 67 | Falmouth | 268 |
|
3.84 |
|
47 |
|
81.5 | ||
| 72 | 74 | East London | 222 |
|
3.62 |
|
2.95 |
|
29 |
|
81.4 |
| 73 | 71 | Southampton Solent | 303 |
|
3.88 |
|
38 |
|
81.4 | ||
| 74 | 56 | Bedfordshire | 200 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.55 |
|
35 |
|
81.2 |
| 75 | 70 | Greenwich | 286 |
|
3.61 |
|
1.65 |
|
35 |
|
81.1 |
| 76 | 77 | York St John | 273 |
|
4.34 |
|
33 |
|
81.0 | ||
| 77 | 78 | Canterbury Christ Church | 275 |
|
4.03 |
|
38 |
|
80.8 | ||
| 78 | 69 | Worcester | 270 |
|
3.94 |
|
41 |
|
80.8 | ||
| 79 | 90 | Northampton | 279 |
|
3.97 |
|
38 |
|
80.8 | ||
| 80 | 83 | Buckinghamshire New | 249 |
|
3.70 |
|
48 |
|
80.4 | ||
| 81 | 72 | Teesside | 267 |
|
4.10 |
|
36 |
|
80.4 | ||
| 82 | 79 | West London | 222 |
|
3.76 |
|
1.65 |
|
40 |
|
80.1 |
| 83 | 68 | Derby | 266 |
|
3.42 |
|
2.45 |
|
23 |
|
79.8 |
| 84 | 82 | Edge Hill | 295 |
|
3.79 |
|
31 |
|
79.4 | ||
| 85 | 85 | Anglia Ruskin | 239 |
|
4.10 |
|
36 |
|
79.3 | ||
| 86 | 87 | Chichester | 260 |
|
4.22 |
|
25 |
|
78.6 | ||
| 87 | 86 | Cumbria | 218 |
|
4.19 |
|
29 |
|
77.5 | ||
| 88 | - | St Mark and St John | 230 |
|
4.02 |
|
29 |
|
77.4 | ||
| 89 | 81 | Glyndwr | 204 |
|
3.96 |
|
77.1 | ||||
| 90 | - | Essex | 248 |
|
16 |
|
71.8 | ||||
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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