University Subject Tables 2009
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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 | 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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| 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 505 |
|
5 |
|
80 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Bristol | 401 |
|
3.66 |
|
5 |
|
72 |
|
90.0 |
| 3 | 11 | Surrey | 322 |
|
4.19 |
|
5* |
|
62 |
|
89.8 |
| 4 | 2 | Warwick | 386 |
|
3.96 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
89.1 |
| 5 | 3 | Aberdeen | 365 |
|
4.09 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
89.0 |
| 6 | 5 | Loughborough | 343 |
|
3.77 |
|
5* |
|
60 |
|
88.6 |
| 7 | 12 | Durham | 365 |
|
3.93 |
|
4 |
|
66 |
|
88.4 |
| 7 | 8 | Leeds | 340 |
|
3.75 |
|
5 |
|
66 |
|
88.4 |
| 7 | 7 | London School of Economics | 428 |
|
3.63 |
|
5 |
|
56 |
|
88.4 |
| 10 | 9 | Edinburgh | 450 |
|
3.66 |
|
5 |
|
52 |
|
88.3 |
| 11 | 14 | Manchester | 403 |
|
3.83 |
|
5* |
|
48 |
|
88.0 |
| 12 | 28 | Exeter | 370 |
|
3.94 |
|
5 |
|
58 |
|
87.5 |
| 13 | 6 | Bath | 349 |
|
3.41 |
|
5 |
|
70 |
|
87.4 |
| 13 | 31 | Strathclyde | 458 |
|
3.74 |
|
3a |
|
60 |
|
87.4 |
| 15 | 29 | Lancaster | 344 |
|
3.79 |
|
5* |
|
56 |
|
87.0 |
| 16 | 10 | Essex | 322 |
|
3.90 |
|
5* |
|
52 |
|
86.9 |
| 17 | 21 | Glasgow | 432 |
|
3.70 |
|
4 |
|
52 |
|
86.7 |
| 18 | 24 | Newcastle | 347 |
|
3.73 |
|
4 |
|
62 |
|
85.9 |
| 19 | 16 | Kent | 281 |
|
3.84 |
|
5* |
|
52 |
|
85.6 |
| 19 | - | Royal Holloway | 3.65 |
|
4 |
|
66 |
|
85.6 | ||
| 21 | 12 | York | 367 |
|
3.61 |
|
5 |
|
50 |
|
85.5 |
| 22 | 22 | Leicester | 319 |
|
3.81 |
|
4 |
|
62 |
|
85.4 |
| 23 | 19 | Sheffield | 348 |
|
3.56 |
|
5 |
|
56 |
|
85.2 |
| 23 | 37 | Stirling | 319 |
|
5 |
|
52 |
|
85.2 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Sussex | 366 |
|
3.48 |
|
4 |
|
56 |
|
85.0 |
| 26 | 26 | Aston | 307 |
|
3.80 |
|
5 |
|
56 |
|
84.9 |
| 26 | 23 | Cardiff | 350 |
|
3.54 |
|
5 |
|
50 |
|
84.9 |
| 28 | 24 | Keele | 298 |
|
3.59 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
84.8 |
| 29 | 17 | Nottingham | 330 |
|
3.71 |
|
4 |
|
54 |
|
84.4 |
| 29 | 19 | Southampton | 361 |
|
3.67 |
|
5 |
|
44 |
|
84.4 |
| 31 | 18 | Brunel | 304 |
|
3.65 |
|
5 |
|
50 |
|
84.0 |
| 32 | 39 | Birmingham | 370 |
|
3.89 |
|
3a |
|
56 |
|
83.9 |
| 33 | 38 | Oxford Brookes | 299 |
|
3.87 |
|
4 |
|
52 |
|
83.8 |
| 34 | 34 | Queen's, Belfast | 314 |
|
3.60 |
|
5 |
|
48 |
|
83.7 |
| 35 | 27 | Goldsmiths College | 258 |
|
3.64 |
|
5* |
|
48 |
|
83.6 |
| 36 | 33 | Liverpool | 322 |
|
3.58 |
|
4 |
|
56 |
|
83.5 |
| 37 | 30 | Portsmouth | 283 |
|
4.16 |
|
3a |
|
56 |
|
83.3 |
| 38 | 31 | City | 283 |
|
3.49 |
|
4 |
|
58 |
|
83.2 |
| 39 | 40 | Nottingham Trent | 238 |
|
3.72 |
|
3a |
|
62 |
|
81.9 |
| 40 | 35 | Reading | 3.83 |
|
3a |
|
52 |
|
81.5 | ||
| 41 | 36 | Hull | 269 |
|
3.93 |
|
3a |
|
50 |
|
81.1 |
| 42 | 42 | Bangor | 246 |
|
3.75 |
|
3a |
|
50 |
|
80.4 |
| 42 | 47 | Glasgow Caledonian | 4.09 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
80.4 | ||
| 44 | 41 | Northumbria | 275 |
|
3.68 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
80.0 |
| 45 | 52 | Brighton | 274 |
|
4.08 |
|
3b |
|
48 |
|
79.6 |
| 45 | 49 | Teesside | 216 |
|
3.82 |
|
3a |
|
56 |
|
79.6 |
| 47 | 46 | Kingston | 216 |
|
3.72 |
|
4 |
|
42 |
|
79.2 |
| 48 | 43 | East London | 180 |
|
3.52 |
|
4 |
|
52 |
|
78.8 |
| 48 | 51 | West of Scotland | 295 |
|
3a |
|
46 |
|
78.8 | ||
| 50 | 55 | Bradford | 218 |
|
4 |
|
58 |
|
78.7 | ||
| 51 | 65 | Worcester | 270 |
|
3.94 |
|
2 |
|
50 |
|
78.5 |
| 52 | 54 | Salford | 253 |
|
3.68 |
|
4 |
|
32 |
|
78.1 |
| 53 | 59 | London South Bank | 172 |
|
3.86 |
|
4 |
|
42 |
|
77.8 |
| 53 | 44 | Middlesex | 180 |
|
3.42 |
|
4 |
|
54 |
|
77.8 |
| 53 | 48 | Robert Gordon | 289 |
|
60 |
|
77.8 | ||||
| 53 | 49 | West of England, Bristol | 248 |
|
3.82 |
|
3a |
|
38 |
|
77.8 |
| 57 | - | Abertay Dundee | 332 |
|
54 |
|
77.7 | ||||
| 58 | - | St Mary's | 4.11 |
|
54 |
|
77.6 | ||||
| 59 | 52 | Central Lancashire | 241 |
|
3.81 |
|
3b |
|
46 |
|
77.4 |
| 59 | 66 | Plymouth | 245 |
|
3.60 |
|
4 |
|
40 |
|
77.4 |
| 61 | 59 | Anglia Ruskin | 255 |
|
3.79 |
|
3a |
|
44 |
|
77.2 |
| 62 | 61 | Greenwich | 196 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
77.0 | ||
| 62 | 70 | Ulster | 285 |
|
4.14 |
|
3b |
|
36 |
|
77.0 |
| 64 | 64 | Napier | 295 |
|
56 |
|
76.9 | ||||
| 65 | 75 | Bath Spa | 267 |
|
3.94 |
|
48 |
|
76.5 | ||
| 65 | 67 | Bedfordshire | 203 |
|
3.88 |
|
58 |
|
76.5 | ||
| 67 | 69 | Staffordshire | 242 |
|
4.04 |
|
3a |
|
36 |
|
76.2 |
| 68 | 72 | Roehampton | 206 |
|
3.65 |
|
3a |
|
42 |
|
76.1 |
| 69 | 62 | Westminster | 227 |
|
3.40 |
|
3a |
|
38 |
|
75.9 |
| 70 | 87 | Winchester | 243 |
|
4.00 |
|
46 |
|
75.7 | ||
| 71 | 57 | Manchester Metropolitan | 252 |
|
3.61 |
|
3a |
|
34 |
|
75.6 |
| 72 | 82 | Canterbury Christ Church | 234 |
|
3.89 |
|
48 |
|
75.4 | ||
| 73 | 62 | East Anglia | 327 |
|
3.67 |
|
38 |
|
75.2 | ||
| 74 | 73 | Northampton | 208 |
|
3.99 |
|
3b |
|
38 |
|
74.9 |
| 74 | 58 | Sunderland | 226 |
|
3.35 |
|
3a |
|
34 |
|
74.9 |
| 76 | 80 | Gloucestershire | 229 |
|
3.98 |
|
42 |
|
74.4 | ||
| 76 | 71 | Leeds Metropolitan | 246 |
|
3.70 |
|
44 |
|
74.4 | ||
| 78 | - | Lincoln | 255 |
|
3.84 |
|
40 |
|
74.3 | ||
| 79 | 77 | Chester | 292 |
|
42 |
|
73.3 | ||||
| 80 | 75 | Birmingham City | 252 |
|
3.66 |
|
38 |
|
73.2 | ||
| 81 | 81 | Buckinghamshire New | 169 |
|
3.65 |
|
48 |
|
72.9 | ||
| 82 | 78 | Wolverhampton | 192 |
|
54 |
|
72.8 | ||||
| 83 | 56 | Derby | 229 |
|
2 |
|
38 |
|
72.7 | ||
| 84 | 45 | Sheffield Hallam | 246 |
|
3.74 |
|
32 |
|
72.2 | ||
| 85 | 79 | Liverpool John Moores | 218 |
|
3.81 |
|
34 |
|
72.1 | ||
| 86 | 86 | Glamorgan | 216 |
|
3.76 |
|
32 |
|
71.5 | ||
| 87 | 84 | UWIC, Cardiff | 230 |
|
36 |
|
69.5 | ||||
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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