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	2	Oxford	4.3	448	5*	80.0	100.0
2	1	Cambridge	4.0	472	5*	82.0	98.6
3	4	King's College London	4.0	448	5	80.0	97.2
4	3	Nottingham	3.8	434	5*	72.0	95.1
5	11	York	4.0	391	5	80.0	94.6
6	7	Manchester	3.8	434	5*	74.0	94.4
7	6	Bristol	3.8	386	5	76.0	92.7
8	5	Durham	3.4	442	4	82.0	92.6
9	19	Edinburgh	3.9	444	4	68.0	91.3
10	9	Birmingham	3.8	431	5*	60.0	91.2
11	13	Aberdeen		394	3a		91.1
12	10	Southampton	4.0	339	5*	66.0	91.0
13	16	Newcastle	3.8	347	5*	68.0	90.7
14	12	Sheffield	3.9	345	5	74.0	90.2
15	16	Goldsmiths College	3.7	331	5	72.0	89.1
16	22	Queen's, Belfast	4.1	369	5	60.0	89.0
17	-	Royal Academy of Music	4.0	318	4	96.0	88.3
18	14	City		295	5*	74.0	87.9
18	18	Sussex	3.7	374	5	58.0	87.9
20	7	Royal Holloway	3.6	358	5*	62.0	87.8
21	23	East Anglia	3.9	278	4	82.0	87.7
22	24	Bangor	4.4	290	5	70.0	87.6
23	-	Royal College of Music	3.8	315	4	96.0	87.4
24	-	Royal Northern College of Music			4	90.0	87.2
25	25	Cardiff	3.9	335	5	68.0	86.8
25	27	Keele		298	4	70.0	86.8
27	21	Surrey	3.8	337	3a	72.0	86.6
28	29	Strathclyde	3.7	412	4	76.0	86.5
29	15	Glasgow	3.5	378	4	62.0	86.4
30	-	Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama			3b	92.0	86.2
31	30	Liverpool	3.7	363	4	56.0	85.4
32	37	Ulster	3.7	284	3a	90.0	85.2
33	19	Lancaster	3.7	315	4	64.0	85.1
34	28	Leeds	3.7	370	4	60.0	84.0
35	34	Birmingham City	3.8	296	3a	82.0	83.3
36	26	Hull	3.6	279	5	60.0	82.8
37	31	Huddersfield	3.8	281	5	56.0	81.6
37	35	Salford	3.7	243	4	62.0	81.6
39	32	Oxford Brookes	3.9	267	3a	56.0	81.1
40	41	Napier		379	2	60.0	80.9
41	42	De Montfort	3.7	253	4	54.0	80.4
42	45	Bath Spa	3.9	271	3a	60.0	80.3
43	43	Roehampton	3.6	248	3a	62.0	80.0
44	39	Plymouth	4.0	214	3a	76.0	79.3
45	44	Thames Valley	3.7	241	2	66.0	77.9
46	40	Hertfordshire	3.8	243	3b	58.0	77.8
47	45	Canterbury Christ Church	3.8	229	3b	56.0	77.5
48	49	Westminster		265	4	60.0	77.0
49	38	Kingston	3.5	229	3b	66.0	76.8
50	53	Brunel	3.5	303		66.0	76.7
50	36	Liverpool John Moores	3.7		2	64.0	76.7
52	45	York St John	3.6	248		70.0	75.8
53	50	Anglia Ruskin	3.4	232	3b	56.0	74.9
54	52	Wolverhampton	3.8	193		66.0	73.8
55	54	Middlesex		232		70.0	73.2
56	55	Chichester	3.8	246	1	48.0	73.0
57	58	Derby	3.4	265		46.0	70.2
58	-	Brighton		306		40.0	68.2
59	56	West of Scotland		325		36.0	68.1
60	59	Buckinghamshire New	3.6	222		38.0	67.7

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