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	3	Cambridge		497	5*	73.0	100.0
2	2	University College London	4.3	485	5*	77.0	99.9
3	1	Durham	4.1	501	5*	76.0	99.2
4	4	Oxford	4.2	499	5*	71.0	98.2
5	8	St Andrews	4.2	469	5*	75.0	97.3
6	7	York	3.8	486	5*	67.0	95.5
7	5	Warwick	3.9	463	5*	70.0	95.1
8	6	Leeds	4.0	447	5*	64.0	94.6
9	9	Edinburgh	3.8	450	5*	63.0	94.0
10	13	Royal Holloway	4.0	422	5	66.0	93.0
11	19	Glasgow	4.1	422	5*	61.0	92.7
12	17	Leicester	4.3	378	5	62.0	92.5
13	21	Exeter	4.2	433	5	61.0	92.4
13	10	Nottingham	3.7	443	5	65.0	92.4
15	11	Bristol	3.9	473	5	68.0	92.2
16	24	Aberdeen	4.1	372	4	75.0	92.1
17	25	Queen Mary	4.2	369	5	64.0	92.0
18	14	Newcastle	3.6	427	5	65.0	91.7
19	15	Liverpool	3.9	425	5*	58.0	91.6
20	11	Southampton	4.1	387	5	59.0	91.3
21	19	Cardiff	4.0	411	5*	56.0	91.2
22	36	Dundee	4.1	413	4	62.0	91.1
22	34	Goldsmiths College	4.0	354	5	64.0	91.1
24	18	Hull	4.0	325	5	72.0	91.0
25	34	Stirling		327	5	67.0	90.8
26	16	Sheffield	3.8	443	5	59.0	90.6
27	39	Strathclyde	3.7	468	5	57.0	90.3
28	29	Lancaster	3.9	407	5	56.0	90.2
28	22	Queen's, Belfast	3.8	349	5	64.0	90.2
30	26	Kent	4.1	335	5	64.0	90.0
31	38	East Anglia	4.0	385	5	58.0	89.5
32	37	Keele	3.8	324	5	67.0	89.2
33	33	Loughborough	4.3	366	5	59.0	89.0
34	23	King's College London	3.9	421	4	58.0	88.9
34	30	Sussex	3.6	429	5	57.0	88.9
36	31	Oxford Brookes	4.0	341	5	66.0	88.7
36	32	Reading	4.2	359	5*	48.0	88.7
38	28	Manchester	3.6	433	5	52.0	88.2
39	26	Birmingham	3.6	412	5	59.0	87.5
40	46	Lampeter	3.7	312	5	60.0	87.0
41	41	De Montfort	4.0	269	5	54.0	86.7
42	43	Essex	3.9	313	4	59.0	86.3
43	41	Nottingham Trent		257	5	66.0	86.1
44	-	Newman	3.9	244	3b	85.0	86.0
45	45	Bishop Grosseteste	4.4	308		76.0	85.9
45	47	Hertfordshire	3.8	276	3a	70.0	85.9
47	51	Salford	3.9	286	5	50.0	85.8
48	51	West of England, Bristol	3.9	279	4	59.0	85.6
49	49	Swansea	3.9	324	4	48.0	85.2
50	57	Aberystwyth	4.0	331	4	48.0	85.0
51	58	Roehampton	3.7	245	4	61.0	84.4
52	48	Anglia Ruskin	3.7	279	5	59.0	84.3
52	61	Bangor	3.8	326	4	50.0	84.3
52	59	Bath Spa	4.0	304	4	49.0	84.3
55	53	Middlesex	4.1	249	4	65.0	83.9
56	54	Birmingham City	3.9	268	3a	68.0	83.7
56	50	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	317	4	53.0	83.7
58	56	Cumbria	3.7	281	3a	74.0	83.6
58	69	Portsmouth	3.9	312	4	52.0	83.6
60	44	Brighton	3.7	292		77.0	83.0
61	61	Gloucestershire	4.1	272	4	41.0	82.9
62	60	Brunel	3.8	305	3a	51.0	82.8
63	61	Sunderland	3.9	243	4	56.0	82.6
64	40	Chichester		292	3a	50.0	82.3
64	70	Falmouth		271	3b	61.0	82.3
66	73	Northumbria	3.8	307	3a	52.0	82.1
67	78	Bedfordshire	4.0	254		70.0	81.8
67	66	Glamorgan	3.9	252	4	45.0	81.8
69	64	Worcester	3.9	265	3b	58.0	81.6
70	65	Sheffield Hallam	3.7	293	4	42.0	81.5
71	74	Edge Hill	4.0	271	3b	56.0	81.1
72	70	Kingston	4.0	240	3a	47.0	81.0
73	72	York St John	3.7	282	3b	59.0	80.9
74	76	St Mary's	4.1	239	4	51.0	80.7
75	54	Bolton		182	3a	64.0	80.3
75	68	Winchester	4.0	279	3a	49.0	80.3
77	76	Plymouth	3.9	295	3a	39.0	80.2
78	79	Liverpool John Moores	3.9	249	4	43.0	80.1
78	79	Northampton	3.9	225	4	46.0	80.1
78	74	Ulster		253	4	50.0	80.1
81	-	Huddersfield	3.8	292	3a	42.0	79.6
82	85	Westminster	3.8	238	3b	53.0	78.9
83	84	Chester		306	2	50.0	78.1
84	87	Teesside	4.0	276		50.0	78.0
85	82	Leeds Metropolitan	3.7	282		54.0	77.9
86	86	Staffordshire	3.4	246	3a	50.0	77.5
87	76	Plymouth St Mark and St John	4.2	221		48.0	76.8
88	88	Lincoln	3.9	282		44.0	76.3
89	90	University of Wales, Newport		232		60.0	75.9
90	92	Canterbury Christ Church	4.0	254		42.0	75.8
91	93	Derby	4.0	253		40.0	75.1
92	91	Wolverhampton	3.8	195		45.0	74.0
93	89	Greenwich		219		43.0	70.7

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