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	-	York		378	5		100.0
2	1	Edinburgh		462	4	96.0	98.5
3	-	East Anglia		364	5		94.4
4	3	Manchester		355	5		93.3
5	6	Keele		340	5		91.2
6	-	Sheffield		328	5		89.7
7	-	Stirling			5	94.0	89.3
8	2	Lancaster		280	5	90.0	86.3
9	11	Durham			4	90.0	85.2
10	7	Dundee			4	96.0	85.1
11	4	Queen's, Belfast	3.5	363	4	98.0	84.8
12	-	Swansea		262	5		84.6
13	-	Sussex	3.1	395	4		83.4
14	-	Royal Holloway		311	4		82.2
15	12	Middlesex			4	100.0	82.0
16	10	Robert Gordon		315	3a	90.0	81.7
17	9	Southampton	3.6	346	3a	92.0	79.8
18	14	Birmingham	3.7	328	4	86.0	77.6
19	16	Nottingham Trent	3.7	245	3a	98.0	75.2
20	13	Hull	3.8	215	3a	94.0	72.8
21	-	London South Bank	4.2		4	62.0	72.5
22	15	Huddersfield	3.8	206	5	82.0	71.4
22	-	Kent		242	4	84.0	71.4
24	25	Oxford Brookes	4.2	289		100.0	71.3
24	17	Strathclyde		392		84.0	71.3
26	29	Bradford	3.4	286	4	86.0	70.3
27	-	Bangor		227	3a		68.4
28	22	De Montfort	3.7	201	3a	98.0	68.0
29	18	Brunel	3.6	293	3a	76.0	67.8
30	21	Anglia Ruskin	4.1	215	3a	82.0	66.7
31	23	Northumbria	3.5	249	3a	64.0	66.0
32	19	Salford	3.3	241	3a	64.0	65.4
33	-	Teesside	3.8	248		94.0	65.0
34	24	Staffordshire	3.9	222	3b	76.0	64.9
35	26	Plymouth	3.6	208	4	78.0	64.1
36	-	Reading	3.4	300	3b		63.8
37	33	Coventry	3.7	235	3b	86.0	63.7
37	-	West of England, Bristol	3.5	238		98.0	63.7
39	32	Birmingham City	3.5	236		96.0	63.1
40	-	Portsmouth	3.7	226		90.0	62.2
41	-	Gloucestershire	3.9	240		84.0	62.1
42	-	Southampton Solent	4.1	214		84.0	61.9
43	26	Hertfordshire	3.4		3b	88.0	61.8
44	34	Bedfordshire	3.6	201	3a	66.0	61.5
45	28	Sheffield Hallam	3.4	220		94.0	60.7
45	31	Sunderland	3.7	206	3a	52.0	60.7
47	37	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	226	3a	68.0	60.3
48	20	Ulster		286	3b	62.0	59.9
49	42	Lincoln	3.6	227		82.0	59.1
50	43	East London	3.7	162	3b	80.0	59.0
51	39	Leeds	3.8	313		54.0	58.9
52	35	Kingston	3.4	229		82.0	58.6
53	45	Chichester	3.9	286		52.0	57.2
54	46	Bournemouth	3.4	237		70.0	55.7
55	48	Cumbria	3.8	232		58.0	54.8
55	36	Liverpool John Moores	3.0	224	3b	56.0	54.8
57	-	Greenwich	3.4	177		80.0	54.5
58	49	Wolverhampton	3.8	226		58.0	54.2
59	-	Goldsmiths College	3.2			76.0	53.5
60	40	Northampton	3.8	195		62.0	53.2
61	-	UWIC, Cardiff	4.0	166		64.0	52.8
62	44	Canterbury Christ Church	3.8	227		50.0	52.2
63	-	Chester		274		58.0	51.9
64	41	Derby	3.6	194		58.0	50.9
65	47	Leeds Metropolitan	3.7	193		54.0	50.2
66	-	Roehampton	3.8	176		54.0	50.1
67	26	Plymouth St Mark and St John		182		76.0	49.9
68	50	University of Wales, Newport	4.0	169		50.0	49.4
69	51	Edge Hill	3.8	191		28.0	44.0

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