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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 | 1 | Cambridge | 611 |
|
2.80 |
|
88 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 2 | 3 | London School of Economics | 562 |
|
4.22 |
|
3.10 |
|
85 |
|
95.4 |
| 3 | 4 | University College London | 565 |
|
4.12 |
|
3.05 |
|
85 |
|
95.0 |
| 4 | 2 | Oxford | 576 |
|
4.26 |
|
3.00 |
|
81 |
|
94.8 |
| 5 | 8 | Glasgow | 522 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.60 |
|
88 |
|
92.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Nottingham | 503 |
|
4.42 |
|
2.90 |
|
74 |
|
91.9 |
| 7 | 9 | King's College London | 523 |
|
3.99 |
|
2.55 |
|
84 |
|
91.7 |
| 8 | 5 | Durham | 523 |
|
4.17 |
|
2.90 |
|
75 |
|
91.6 |
| 9 | 7 | Edinburgh | 518 |
|
3.75 |
|
2.75 |
|
85 |
|
91.5 |
| 10 | 10 | Strathclyde | 508 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.65 |
|
83 |
|
91.1 |
| 11 | 12 | Bristol | 519 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.60 |
|
80 |
|
90.9 |
| 12 | 14 | Birmingham | 475 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.65 |
|
80 |
|
90.2 |
| 13 | 16 | Warwick | 501 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.40 |
|
80 |
|
90.1 |
| 14 | 13 | Aberdeen | 480 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.20 |
|
83 |
|
90.0 |
| 15 | 15 | Lancaster | 456 |
|
4.24 |
|
2.40 |
|
81 |
|
90.0 |
| 16 | 22 | Queen's, Belfast | 441 |
|
4.51 |
|
2.80 |
|
70 |
|
89.6 |
| 17 | 18 | Queen Mary | 488 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.70 |
|
72 |
|
89.5 |
| 18 | 19 | Exeter | 483 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.30 |
|
79 |
|
89.4 |
| 19 | 27 | Leeds | 457 |
|
4.33 |
|
2.55 |
|
72 |
|
89.0 |
| 20 | 11 | Reading | 421 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.70 |
|
78 |
|
88.9 |
| 21 | 20 | Sussex | 417 |
|
4.30 |
|
2.60 |
|
76 |
|
88.8 |
| 22 | 17 | Southampton | 459 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.50 |
|
75 |
|
88.8 |
| 23 | 21 | Newcastle | 473 |
|
4.42 |
|
2.25 |
|
72 |
|
88.8 |
| 24 | 24 | Manchester | 459 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.50 |
|
78 |
|
88.7 |
| 25 | 25 | Dundee | 445 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.55 |
|
73 |
|
88.2 |
| 26 | 23 | Cardiff | 428 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.80 |
|
73 |
|
87.9 |
| 27 | 28 | Leicester | 419 |
|
4.12 |
|
2.20 |
|
80 |
|
87.8 |
| 28 | 39 | York | 481 |
|
4.42 |
|
84 |
|
87.2 | ||
| 29 | 29 | Kent | 381 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.85 |
|
74 |
|
87.2 |
| 30 | 32 | East Anglia | 439 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.25 |
|
73 |
|
87.1 |
| 31 | 31 | Liverpool | 423 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.45 |
|
72 |
|
86.0 |
| 32 | 34 | Hull | 376 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.35 |
|
77 |
|
85.9 |
| 33 | 30 | Sheffield | 427 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.50 |
|
69 |
|
85.9 |
| 34 | 35 | Surrey | 418 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.10 |
|
69 |
|
85.6 |
| 35 | 33 | Brunel | 379 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.45 |
|
73 |
|
85.4 |
| 36 | 41 | Keele | 366 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.45 |
|
74 |
|
85.3 |
| 37 | 36 | Oxford Brookes | 365 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.40 |
|
74 |
|
85.3 |
| 38 | 38 | Swansea | 344 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.45 |
|
72 |
|
85.2 |
| 39 | 26 | SOAS | 421 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.35 |
|
72 |
|
85.1 |
| 40 | 40 | Robert Gordon | 384 |
|
3.96 |
|
1.50 |
|
83 |
|
84.8 |
| 41 | 42 | Westminster | 343 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.20 |
|
76 |
|
84.3 |
| 42 | 37 | Stirling | 417 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.15 |
|
66 |
|
84.0 |
| 43 | 55 | Buckingham | 321 |
|
4.31 |
|
84 |
|
82.8 | ||
| 44 | 52 | Portsmouth | 336 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.10 |
|
70 |
|
82.8 |
| 45 | 46 | Abertay Dundee | 368 |
|
2.00 |
|
65 |
|
82.6 | ||
| 46 | 44 | Essex | 368 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.45 |
|
61 |
|
82.5 |
| 47 | 53 | Central Lancashire | 302 |
|
4.06 |
|
1.60 |
|
78 |
|
82.5 |
| 48 | 43 | City | 383 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.10 |
|
66 |
|
82.1 |
| 49 | 45 | Manchester Metropolitan | 351 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.15 |
|
67 |
|
81.9 |
| 50 | 48 | Edinburgh Napier | 367 |
|
4.05 |
|
1.10 |
|
74 |
|
81.7 |
| 51 | 50 | West of England, Bristol | 326 |
|
4.05 |
|
1.80 |
|
68 |
|
81.6 |
| 52 | 51 | Lincoln | 335 |
|
4.09 |
|
1.60 |
|
69 |
|
81.6 |
| 53 | 49 | Nottingham Trent | 342 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.70 |
|
69 |
|
81.4 |
| 54 | 65 | Greenwich | 325 |
|
4.55 |
|
1.40 |
|
63 |
|
81.3 |
| 55 | 59 | Chester | 317 |
|
4.32 |
|
74 |
|
80.8 | ||
| 56 | 47 | Hertfordshire | 315 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.15 |
|
65 |
|
80.7 |
| 57 | 67 | Ulster | 312 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.65 |
|
50 |
|
80.4 |
| 58 | 57 | Huddersfield | 345 |
|
3.99 |
|
75 |
|
80.4 | ||
| 59 | 66 | Sheffield Hallam | 348 |
|
4.06 |
|
1.40 |
|
64 |
|
80.2 |
| 60 | 62 | Glasgow Caledonian | 404 |
|
4.05 |
|
1.50 |
|
55 |
|
80.0 |
| 61 | 56 | Aberystwyth | 325 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.05 |
|
60 |
|
79.6 |
| 62 | 61 | Northumbria | 363 |
|
4.11 |
|
66 |
|
79.5 | ||
| 63 | 63 | Bournemouth | 363 |
|
3.79 |
|
1.25 |
|
66 |
|
79.5 |
| 64 | 69 | De Montfort | 296 |
|
4.12 |
|
1.85 |
|
58 |
|
79.3 |
| 65 | 58 | Coventry | 302 |
|
4.19 |
|
1.15 |
|
65 |
|
79.0 |
| 66 | - | Birkbeck | 275 |
|
1.95 |
|
78.9 | ||||
| 67 | 54 | Salford | 338 |
|
4.09 |
|
1.75 |
|
53 |
|
78.9 |
| 68 | 60 | Glamorgan | 312 |
|
4.01 |
|
1.60 |
|
57 |
|
78.3 |
| 69 | 70 | Staffordshire | 287 |
|
4.19 |
|
67 |
|
78.1 | ||
| 70 | 75 | London Metropolitan | 229 |
|
3.95 |
|
1.55 |
|
68 |
|
78.1 |
| 71 | 64 | East London | 225 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.20 |
|
58 |
|
78.0 |
| 72 | 72 | Middlesex | 269 |
|
3.81 |
|
1.65 |
|
63 |
|
77.9 |
| 73 | 68 | Kingston | 300 |
|
3.79 |
|
1.50 |
|
60 |
|
77.4 |
| 74 | 91 | Winchester | 309 |
|
4.28 |
|
59 |
|
77.4 | ||
| 75 | 79 | Derby | 301 |
|
4.30 |
|
59 |
|
77.3 | ||
| 76 | 74 | Sunderland | 271 |
|
4.43 |
|
1.30 |
|
53 |
|
77.2 |
| 77 | 71 | Birmingham City | 304 |
|
3.83 |
|
66 |
|
77.0 | ||
| 78 | - | Cumbria | 241 |
|
4.43 |
|
76.6 | ||||
| 79 | 90 | London South Bank | 235 |
|
4.07 |
|
68 |
|
76.6 | ||
| 80 | 82 | Bangor | 307 |
|
3.81 |
|
64 |
|
76.6 | ||
| 81 | 77 | Bolton | 259 |
|
3.93 |
|
67 |
|
76.4 | ||
| 82 | 89 | Buckinghamshire New | 239 |
|
4.12 |
|
63 |
|
75.9 | ||
| 83 | 86 | Liverpool John Moores | 319 |
|
4.02 |
|
55 |
|
75.8 | ||
| 84 | 76 | Leeds Metropolitan | 293 |
|
3.88 |
|
60 |
|
75.7 | ||
| 85 | 84 | Anglia Ruskin | 261 |
|
4.08 |
|
59 |
|
75.5 | ||
| 86 | 80 | Plymouth | 323 |
|
4.05 |
|
52 |
|
75.5 | ||
| 87 | 81 | Brighton | 293 |
|
3.50 |
|
65 |
|
75.2 | ||
| 88 | 73 | Teesside | 316 |
|
4.18 |
|
49 |
|
75.2 | ||
| 89 | 83 | Bradford | 330 |
|
3.89 |
|
50 |
|
74.6 | ||
| 90 | 88 | Edge Hill | 273 |
|
4.14 |
|
52 |
|
74.6 | ||
| 91 | 92 | West London | 243 |
|
4.06 |
|
57 |
|
74.5 | ||
| 92 | 78 | St Mary's | 256 |
|
3.98 |
|
51 |
|
73.3 | ||
| 93 | 87 | Gloucestershire | 280 |
|
4.04 |
|
47 |
|
73.3 | ||
| 94 | 94 | Southampton Solent | 247 |
|
3.58 |
|
0.85 |
|
58 |
|
73.0 |
| 95 | 93 | Northampton | 276 |
|
3.95 |
|
46 |
|
72.7 | ||
| 96 | 85 | Bedfordshire | 203 |
|
3.92 |
|
51 |
|
71.8 | ||
| 97 | 96 | West of Scotland | 284 |
|
3.88 |
|
1.05 |
|
36 |
|
71.2 |
| 98 | 95 | Canterbury Christ Church | 250 |
|
3.92 |
|
36 |
|
69.9 | ||
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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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