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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 | 5 | Manchester | 563 |
|
4.31 |
|
3.30 |
|
72 |
|
100.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Oxford | 535 |
|
4.27 |
|
3.20 |
|
76 |
|
99.0 |
| 3 | 2 | Cambridge | 550 |
|
3.90 |
|
3.25 |
|
80 |
|
98.9 |
| 4 | 4 | King's College London | 518 |
|
4.05 |
|
3.25 |
|
76 |
|
97.3 |
| 5 | 3 | Bristol | 465 |
|
4.33 |
|
2.90 |
|
86 |
|
97.2 |
| 6 | 7 | Durham | 497 |
|
4.32 |
|
2.75 |
|
80 |
|
96.6 |
| 7 | 6 | Birmingham | 490 |
|
3.93 |
|
3.30 |
|
74 |
|
95.0 |
| 8 | 16 | Royal Holloway | 432 |
|
4.13 |
|
3.45 |
|
76 |
|
94.6 |
| 9 | 10 | York | 450 |
|
4.16 |
|
3.20 |
|
76 |
|
94.4 |
| 10 | 15 | Glasgow | 471 |
|
4.32 |
|
2.90 |
|
70 |
|
93.5 |
| 11 | 12 | Royal Academy of Music | 338 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.90 |
|
96 |
|
92.4 |
| 12 | 13 | Surrey | 465 |
|
4.28 |
|
2.85 |
|
66 |
|
91.8 |
| 13 | 11 | Sheffield | 433 |
|
4.07 |
|
3.25 |
|
68 |
|
91.4 |
| 14 | 14 | Southampton | 399 |
|
4.05 |
|
3.25 |
|
74 |
|
91.2 |
| 15 | 19 | Royal College of Music | 320 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.50 |
|
98 |
|
89.9 |
| 16 | 17 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | 321 |
|
2.35 |
|
92 |
|
89.9 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Newcastle | 462 |
|
4.02 |
|
3.10 |
|
60 |
|
89.8 |
| 18 | 9 | Nottingham | 405 |
|
4.24 |
|
3.10 |
|
64 |
|
89.3 |
| 19 | 18 | Edinburgh | 472 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.70 |
|
60 |
|
88.5 |
| 20 | 29 | SOAS | 355 |
|
3.99 |
|
3.05 |
|
76 |
|
88.4 |
| 21 | 32 | City | 418 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.90 |
|
66 |
|
87.8 |
| 22 | 30 | Keele | 340 |
|
4.26 |
|
2.80 |
|
74 |
|
87.6 |
| 23 | 21 | Leeds | 400 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.80 |
|
68 |
|
87.2 |
| 24 | 27 | Bangor | 352 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.85 |
|
74 |
|
86.8 |
| 25 | 33 | Birmingham City | 313 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.40 |
|
86 |
|
86.6 |
| 26 | 23 | Queen's, Belfast | 398 |
|
3.99 |
|
2.95 |
|
62 |
|
86.5 |
| 27 | 20 | Cardiff | 395 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.75 |
|
64 |
|
86.3 |
| 28 | 31 | Huddersfield | 326 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.90 |
|
68 |
|
85.0 |
| 29 | 28 | Aberdeen | 441 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.40 |
|
58 |
|
84.8 |
| 30 | 26 | Royal Northern College of Music | 339 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.20 |
|
80 |
|
84.2 |
| 31 | 37 | Bath Spa | 397 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.20 |
|
68 |
|
83.9 |
| 32 | 36 | Hull | 369 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.25 |
|
62 |
|
83.0 |
| 33 | 34 | Liverpool | 386 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.55 |
|
56 |
|
82.8 |
| 34 | 25 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 344 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.90 |
|
58 |
|
82.6 |
| 35 | 22 | Sussex | 366 |
|
3.68 |
|
2.80 |
|
60 |
|
82.1 |
| 36 | 35 | East Anglia | 413 |
|
3.66 |
|
2.15 |
|
58 |
|
80.8 |
| 37 | 40 | Coventry | 337 |
|
3.63 |
|
2.45 |
|
64 |
|
79.9 |
| 38 | 38 | Edinburgh Napier | 376 |
|
4.00 |
|
1.05 |
|
72 |
|
79.5 |
| 39 | - | Kent | 349 |
|
4.14 |
|
70 |
|
78.5 | ||
| 40 | 41 | Oxford Brookes | 307 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.25 |
|
46 |
|
76.3 |
| 41 | 43 | De Montfort | 262 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.55 |
|
48 |
|
75.4 |
| 42 | 47 | Anglia Ruskin | 251 |
|
4.10 |
|
1.95 |
|
60 |
|
75.3 |
| 43 | 50 | Ulster | 288 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.05 |
|
52 |
|
75.2 |
| 44 | 51 | Salford | 332 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.00 |
|
46 |
|
75.0 |
| 45 | 39 | Brunel | 341 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.40 |
|
40 |
|
74.6 |
| 46 | 49 | Westminster | 286 |
|
3.45 |
|
2.00 |
|
62 |
|
74.0 |
| 47 | 48 | Canterbury Christ Church | 276 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.15 |
|
54 |
|
73.9 |
| 48 | 42 | Glamorgan | 348 |
|
3.66 |
|
62 |
|
73.8 | ||
| 49 | 46 | Plymouth | 272 |
|
3.75 |
|
2.35 |
|
50 |
|
73.6 |
| 50 | 44 | Chester | 290 |
|
3.95 |
|
64 |
|
73.2 | ||
| 51 | 54 | Kingston | 313 |
|
3.66 |
|
1.45 |
|
56 |
|
72.4 |
| 52 | 60 | Brighton | 269 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.85 |
|
32 |
|
72.4 |
| 53 | 53 | West London | 258 |
|
3.87 |
|
1.30 |
|
62 |
|
71.8 |
| 54 | 58 | Manchester Metropolitan | 340 |
|
3.51 |
|
58 |
|
71.6 | ||
| 55 | 52 | Hertfordshire | 294 |
|
3.81 |
|
1.70 |
|
46 |
|
71.1 |
| 56 | 57 | Bournemouth | 315 |
|
3.85 |
|
70.8 | ||||
| 57 | 62 | Chichester | 296 |
|
4.25 |
|
44 |
|
70.2 | ||
| 58 | 61 | West of Scotland | 342 |
|
4.07 |
|
38 |
|
69.9 | ||
| 59 | - | Essex | 256 |
|
3.90 |
|
56 |
|
69.4 | ||
| 60 | 45 | Derby | 298 |
|
3.94 |
|
46 |
|
69.1 | ||
| 61 | 64 | East London | 263 |
|
3.41 |
|
64 |
|
68.9 | ||
| 62 | 63 | Middlesex | 280 |
|
3.43 |
|
58 |
|
68.3 | ||
| 63 | 70 | Northampton | 292 |
|
3.80 |
|
46 |
|
68.0 | ||
| 64 | 68 | York St John | 242 |
|
4.20 |
|
46 |
|
67.9 | ||
| 65 | 65 | Central Lancashire | 284 |
|
4.00 |
|
42 |
|
67.8 | ||
| 66 | 59 | Southampton Solent | 309 |
|
3.73 |
|
38 |
|
66.4 | ||
| 67 | 67 | Falmouth | 255 |
|
3.39 |
|
56 |
|
66.4 | ||
| 68 | - | St Mark and St John | 244 |
|
3.82 |
|
66.1 | ||||
| 69 | 66 | Buckinghamshire New | 230 |
|
3.83 |
|
48 |
|
65.7 | ||
| 70 | 69 | Sunderland | 251 |
|
3.88 |
|
42 |
|
65.5 | ||
| 71 | 71 | Liverpool John Moores | 313 |
|
4.19 |
|
12 |
|
62.7 | ||
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 |

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