University Subject Tables 2014

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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 Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Click here to read more	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
2014	2013	University Name
1	1	Cambridge	4.2	560	2.65	76.0	100.0
2	3	Durham	4.0	437	2.65	70.0	94.7
3	6	Warwick	4.1	429	2.70	64.0	93.8
4	2	Bath	3.8	378	3.10	68.0	93.3
5	11	Lancaster	4.1	417	2.80	60.0	93.3
6	8	Exeter	4.2	412	2.70	60.0	93.2
7	5	Surrey	4.1	376	2.75	68.0	93.1
8	4	London School of Economics	3.8	425	2.40	74.0	93.0
9	13	Sussex	4.2	393	2.55	64.0	92.6
10	12	Leeds	4.0	395	2.95	58.0	92.1
11	14	York	4.1	385	2.85	56.0	91.6
12	7	Glasgow	4.2	380	2.25	66.0	91.5
13	9	Bristol	4.0	417	2.40	60.0	91.4
14	18	Manchester	4.0	408	2.85	50.0	90.7
15	25	Newcastle	4.1	379	2.50	58.0	90.5
16	15	Keele	4.2	312	2.75	60.0	90.2
17	16	Nottingham	4.2	349	2.50	58.0	89.8
18	24	Southampton	4.1	374	2.83	48.0	89.7
19	33	Birmingham	4.0	379	1.95	66.0	89.4
20	19	Edinburgh	3.6	441	2.75	46.0	89.2
21	20	Kent	4.0	323	2.95	54.0	89.2
22	17	Aberdeen	3.9	362	2.60	56.0	89.1
23	28	Leicester	4.3	364	2.10	56.0	89.0
24	10	Sheffield	4.0	358	2.80	48.0	88.7
25	22	Cardiff	3.9	396	2.70	46.0	88.7
26	23	Essex	3.9	364	2.85	46.0	88.5
27	31	Loughborough	4.3	383	2.40	42.0	88.4
28	32	Stirling	4.0	395	2.60	42.0	88.3
29	30	Goldsmiths, University of London	3.9	330	2.85	52.0	88.1
30	21	Portsmouth	4.0	293	2.40	62.0	87.9
31	29	Aston	4.0	350	1.85	60.0	87.1
32	36	City	3.8	374	2.30	48.0	86.8
33	60	Oxford Brookes	4.3	357	2.01	46.0	86.7
34	40	Liverpool	3.9	375	1.95	46.0	85.7
35	41	Brunel	4.0	327	2.45	40.0	85.1
36	35	Huddersfield	4.4	224	1.70	64.0	85.1
37	47	Plymouth	4.1	285	2.15	48.0	84.5
38	27	Strathclyde	4.0	429	1.95	28.0	84.4
39	44	Robert Gordon	4.2	298	1.40	56.0	84.3
40	37	Queen's, Belfast	3.9	342	2.60	32.0	84.3
41	-	Birkbeck	3.9		2.10		84.2
42	38	Northumbria	3.8	334	2.20	42.0	83.9
43	50	Worcester	4.2	303		54.0	83.9
44	43	Glasgow Caledonian	3.9	364	2.15	34.0	83.7
45	34	Bangor	3.7	276	2.20	52.0	83.6
46	39	Ulster	4.3	260	2.65	32.0	83.6
47	42	Birmingham City	4.0	291	2.15	44.0	83.5
48	46	Lincoln	4.1	301		54.0	83.4
49	51	Hull	4.0	310		52.0	83.1
50	-	Royal Holloway	3.9	326		52.0	83.0
51	49	Chester	4.3	275		52.0	83.0
52	45	Coventry	4.3	282		50.0	82.9
53	48	Bedfordshire	4.1	203	2.50	46.0	82.9
54	53	Salford	3.7	275	2.45	40.0	82.3
55	63	West of England, Bristol	3.9	310	1.65	46.0	82.3
56	59	Bath Spa	4.2	308		44.0	82.2
57	64	Brighton	4.0	296	2.21	32.0	81.9
58	-	Bournemouth	4.1	304			81.9
59	77	Edge Hill	4.1	255		52.0	81.8
60	56	Edinburgh Napier	3.8	333	1.55	42.0	81.8
61	62	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	306	2.15	36.0	81.8
62	55	Teesside	4.1	288	1.95	36.0	81.8
63	54	East Anglia	4.2			42.0	81.5
64	73	Kingston	3.9	282	1.70	42.0	81.2
65	67	Roehampton	3.9	248	2.05	42.0	81.1
66	57	Westminster	3.9	275		48.0	80.9
67	69	Greenwich	4.0	276	1.85	36.0	80.7
68	66	Leeds Metropolitan	4.0	240		50.0	80.7
69	61	Sheffield Hallam	4.0	292		42.0	80.5
70	52	Staffordshire	4.1	242	1.85	38.0	80.4
71	72	Nottingham Trent	3.9	303		40.0	80.4
72	85	Liverpool John Moores	4.1	296		38.0	80.4
73	71	Gloucestershire	4.3	287		34.0	80.3
74	58	West of Scotland	3.9	293			80.2
75	68	Central Lancashire	3.7	304		44.0	80.2
76	65	Canterbury Christ Church	4.2	262		38.0	79.9
77	75	St Mary's	4.0	267			79.7
78	80	Abertay Dundee	4.1	285		36.0	79.7
79	89	Anglia Ruskin	4.2	239		40.0	79.5
80	81	University Campus Suffolk	4.1	284		32.0	79.2
81	86	Glamorgan	4.0	286		34.0	79.1
82	76	East London	4.1	218	2.20	26.0	78.7
83	84	Northampton	4.1	280		30.0	78.6
84	83	London South Bank	4.1	227		38.0	78.5
85	79	Derby	3.9	269		36.0	78.3
86	87	Buckinghamshire New	3.8	236		42.0	78.1
87	88	Bradford	4.1	240		34.0	78.0
88	78	Sunderland	3.9	246	1.45	36.0	77.9
89	70	Southampton Solent	4.0	281		26.0	77.7
90	82	London Metropolitan	3.9	210		42.0	77.7
91	74	Middlesex	3.8	243		36.0	77.4
92	-	De Montfort	3.6	262			77.2

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