University Subject Tables 2008

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Mechanical Engineering

CUG Rank		University Name	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
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	Cambridge	553	5*	90.0	100.0
2	-	Bath	462	5*	84.0	95.4
3	-	Imperial College	469	5*	80.0	93.2
3	-	Liverpool	376	5*	86.0	93.2
5	-	Southampton	412	5*	80.0	92.6
6	-	Sheffield	406	5	84.0	91.9
7	-	Bristol	451	5	78.0	91.7
8	-	Strathclyde	480	5	76.0	91.0
9	-	Aberdeen	454	4	88.0	90.7
10	-	Queen's, Belfast	379	5*	80.0	90.4
11	-	Nottingham	424	5	80.0	90.3
12	-	Loughborough	391	5	80.0	89.3
13	-	Leeds	354	5*	76.0	88.4
14	-	Aston	299	5	92.0	88.0
15	-	Glasgow	418	5	72.0	87.9
16	-	Cardiff	370	4	78.0	87.4
16	-	Newcastle	378	4	80.0	87.4
18	-	Manchester	383	5	70.0	87.2
19	-	Leicester	303	5	78.0	86.9
20	-	Surrey	331	4	82.0	86.5
21	-	Edinburgh	427	4	76.0	86.4
22	-	Birmingham	364	4	82.0	86.0
23	-	University College London	366	5	68.0	85.1
24	-	Heriot-Watt	373	4	68.0	84.7
24	-	Hull	304	4	84.0	84.7
26	-	Swansea	275	4	78.0	84.4
27	-	Nottingham Trent		3b	90.0	84.0
27	-	Sussex		5	68.0	84.0
29	-	Brunel	346	5	66.0	82.1
30	-	Robert Gordon	300	3b	86.0	81.8
31	-	Portsmouth	263	4	84.0	81.7
32	-	Greenwich		3a	72.0	81.3
33	-	Exeter	316	4	70.0	81.1
34	-	Queen Mary	274	5	64.0	81.0
35	-	King's College London	316	5	64.0	80.5
36	-	Bradford	231	5	66.0	80.2
37	-	Staffordshire	192	3b	82.0	79.6
38	-	Oxford Brookes	354		78.0	78.9
39	-	Ulster	222	4	62.0	78.1
40	-	Coventry	230	3a	70.0	77.2
41	-	Central Lancashire	241		82.0	76.5
42	-	Harper Adams	288		76.0	76.2
43	-	Kingston	206	3a	68.0	75.8
44	-	Dundee	316		70.0	75.4
45	-	City	234	4		75.3
45	-	Northumbria	223	3b	72.0	75.3
47	-	Hertfordshire	240	3a	66.0	75.0
47	-	West of England, Bristol	247	3b	68.0	75.0
49	-	Plymouth	165	4	76.0	74.6
50	-	Huddersfield	238	4	58.0	71.8
51	-	Brighton	247	3b	52.0	71.4
52	-	Manchester Metropolitan	238	3a	40.0	70.7
53	-	Sheffield Hallam	210	3a	62.0	70.3
54	-	Liverpool John Moores	189	3a	56.0	69.2
55	-	Bolton	165		62.0	68.3

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