University Subject Tables 2012

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CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 Click here to read more	Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Maximum score: 4.00 Click here to read more	Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Maximum score: 100 Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 Click here to read more
2012	2011	University Name
1	2	University College London	486	4.42	2.85	81	100.0
2	1	Oxford	504	4.25	3.00	78	99.8
3	3	Durham	497	4.33	2.80	76	98.8
4	4	Cambridge	529	4.21	2.95	70	98.6
5	6	York	490	4.04	3.15	74	98.5
6	5	Warwick	487	4.19	2.95	74	98.2
7	8	St Andrews	480	4.11	2.95	69	96.7
8	9	Exeter	459	4.25	3.00	67	96.4
9	7	Bristol	503	3.97	2.85	69	96.4
10	11	Nottingham	459	4.00	3.00	71	96.3
11	18	Sussex	415	4.35	2.70	70	95.1
12	15	Queen Mary	401	4.28	3.05	64	94.7
13	16	Leicester	416	4.29	2.70	68	94.5
14	21	Lancaster	425	4.08	2.70	69	94.2
15	11	Leeds	449	4.07	2.95	61	94.2
16	13	Edinburgh	438	3.92	3.05	62	93.9
17	17	Newcastle	444	4.07	2.90	61	93.8
18	19	Liverpool	425	4.13	2.90	62	93.7
19	25	Loughborough	398	4.40	2.50	68	93.7
20	20	Southampton	429	4.12	2.80	62	93.4
21	13	Sheffield	437	3.92	2.80	62	92.9
22	10	King's College London	450	3.64	2.80	65	92.8
23	25	Cardiff	425	4.02	2.85	57	92.2
24	28	Birmingham	429	3.86	2.80	60	92.1
25	22	Glasgow	402	4.20	2.95	54	92.0
26	24	East Anglia	421	4.19	2.80	54	91.9
27	22	Royal Holloway	426	3.78	2.85	59	91.7
28	28	Kent	345	4.09	2.85	63	91.5
29	25	Manchester	426	3.76	3.05	53	91.2
30	33	Strathclyde	368	3.96	2.50	67	91.0
31	30	Aberdeen	330	4.27	2.90	56	90.6
32	31	Hull	320	4.12	2.55	65	90.2
33	33	Reading	381	4.04	2.80	52	89.9
34	40	Keele	329	4.05	2.55	61	89.3
35	35	Queen's, Belfast	363	3.98	2.90	48	88.8
36	45	Dundee	361	4.27	2.45	50	88.5
37	37	De Montfort	279	4.10	2.95	53	88.2
38	54	Leeds Trinity	239	4.31	1.90	75	88.1
39	39	Essex	325	3.95	2.60	56	88.1
40	37	Stirling	317	4.12	2.55	54	87.9
41	36	Goldsmiths College	360	3.99	2.65	48	87.8
42	43	Brunel	310	3.82	2.50	60	87.6
43	44	Anglia Ruskin	258	4.01	2.70	58	87.3
44	46	Aberystwyth	311	4.18	2.45	51	87.0
45	41	Oxford Brookes	342	4.03	2.40	50	86.9
46	42	Nottingham Trent	297	3.98	2.50	54	86.6
47	61	Birmingham City	241	3.88	2.05	72	86.6
48	48	Roehampton	300	4.02	2.30	56	86.5
49	89	Glyndwr		4.23		65	86.3
50	55	Huddersfield	312	3.94	1.95	61	86.1
51	48	Chester	305	4.39	1.90	54	86.0
52	57	Swansea	338	3.88	2.60	45	86.0
53	80	Edge Hill	262	4.13	1.65	68	85.7
54	59	Newman	264	4.13		71	85.6
55	78	Staffordshire	235	4.18	1.85	66	85.5
56	48	Bath Spa	310	4.00	2.15	53	85.5
57	51	Northumbria	317	3.94	2.10	54	85.5
58	47	Cumbria	255	4.07	1.45	72	85.3
59	61	Sheffield Hallam	323	4.03	2.20	48	85.2
60	53	Winchester	311	4.12	2.25	46	85.0
61	32	Bishop Grosseteste	265		1.60	69	84.9
62	63	Portsmouth	298	4.12	2.40	44	84.9
63	52	Hertfordshire	280	3.89	2.40	50	84.7
64	63	Lincoln	294	4.20		61	84.7
65	55	Sunderland	229	4.14	2.40	52	84.6
66	-	Buckingham	311	4.52			84.6
67	70	Aston	333	3.92	1.85		84.5
68	77	Edinburgh Napier	307	3.97	1.95		84.4
69	57	Bangor	295	3.96	2.55	42	84.3
70	65	Central Lancashire	279	4.21	1.90	52	84.3
71	80	Worcester	292	4.06	1.85	54	84.3
72	72	Manchester Metropolitan	320	3.92	2.35	43	84.3
73	69	Salford	292	3.80	2.35	49	84.3
74	75	Plymouth	293	4.03	2.05	50	84.2
75	87	Teesside	275	4.30		58	83.9
76	60	Kingston	267	3.96	2.40	46	83.8
77	66	Middlesex	220	3.82	2.25	56	83.4
78	71	Westminster	272	3.70	1.80	59	83.2
79	92	Glamorgan	268	4.20	2.40	38	83.2
80	85	Gloucestershire	267	4.14	2.15	44	83.1
81	72	Brighton	314	3.82	2.20	42	83.0
82	67	West of England, Bristol	298	3.97	2.20	40	82.7
83	-	Trinity Saint David	256	3.78	1.60	59	82.3
84	67	Surrey	370	3.61			82.2
85	91	Coventry	284	3.75	1.70	53	82.1
86	86	St Mary's	238	4.27	1.70	49	82.0
87	75	Bedfordshire	207	3.88	2.10	52	81.9
88	79	Leeds Metropolitan	281	3.87		55	81.9
89	83	Ulster	253	4.07	2.25	38	81.7
90	95	Canterbury Christ Church	268	3.95	1.60	50	81.5
91	97	Chichester	294	4.36	1.95	31	81.3
92	90	York St John	298	4.05	1.30	49	81.3
93	83	Greenwich	215	4.14	1.70	49	80.9
94	92	Northampton	255	4.14	1.85	40	80.8
95	80	Falmouth	286	4.04		45	80.7
96	92	University of Wales, Newport		4.18		44	80.6
97	96	Liverpool John Moores	281	4.10	2.10	31	80.6
98	102	Derby	242	4.23		43	79.8
99	103	London Metropolitan	230	3.70		51	79.1
100	88	Bolton	223	4.00	1.40	45	78.7
101	100	UWIC, Cardiff	277	4.01		29	77.2
102	75	Plymouth St Mark and St John	218	4.07	1.00	44	77.0
103	98	Bradford	219	3.82		38	76.7
104	101	East London	206	3.98		36	76.6
105	-	London South Bank	208	3.52			76.1

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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