University Subject Tables 2008

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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	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
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	Cambridge	563	5*	85.0	100.0
2	-	Oxford	524	5	73.0	94.0
3	-	Imperial College	461	5*	77.0	93.5
4	-	Bristol	450	5*	72.0	92.9
5	-	Surrey	318	5*	84.0	92.1
6	-	Sheffield	410	5*	69.0	90.9
7	-	Bath	426	5	75.0	90.5
8	-	York	450	5	72.0	90.4
9	-	Ulster	236	5*	85.0	89.8
10	-	Manchester	403	5*	69.0	89.5
11	-	Durham	465	5	66.0	89.3
12	-	Dundee	364	5*	71.0	88.8
13	-	University College London	402	5	71.0	88.7
14	-	St Andrews	428	5	68.0	88.6
15	-	Warwick	422	5	68.0	88.5
16	-	Edinburgh	449	5	61.0	88.4
17	-	Birmingham	386	5	69.0	87.6
18	-	Leicester	374	5*	65.0	87.5
19	-	Nottingham	401	5	63.0	87.4
19	-	Sussex	370	5	70.0	87.4
21	-	Newcastle	352	5*	65.0	86.8
22	-	Cardiff	372	5	60.0	85.7
23	-	Kent	292	4	72.0	85.0
24	-	Leeds	343	5	64.0	84.9
25	-	Liverpool	336	5	64.0	84.7
26	-	East Anglia	329	5	64.0	84.5
27	-	Glasgow	402	5	54.0	84.0
27	-	Royal Holloway	304	5	71.0	84.0
29	-	Queen's, Belfast	337	4	66.0	83.9
30	-	Southampton	378	5	55.0	83.5
31	-	Lancaster	344	4	62.0	83.0
32	-	King's College London	348	3a	70.0	82.9
33	-	Queen Mary	296	4	65.0	82.3
34	-	Exeter	351	4	58.0	82.2
35	-	Reading	331	4	60.0	82.1
36	-	Liverpool Hope		3b	75.0	81.9
37	-	Keele	297	4	68.0	81.8
38	-	Essex	275	4	63.0	81.2
39	-	Aberdeen	392	5	50.0	81.0
40	-	Brunel	273	4	67.0	80.8
41	-	Stirling	323	4	52.0	80.5
42	-	Aston	302	3a	66.0	80.4
42	-	Hull	335	4	64.0	80.4
44	-	Portsmouth	243	5	55.0	80.3
45	-	Heriot-Watt	331	4	46.0	79.1
45	-	Swansea	294	3a	56.0	79.1
47	-	Bangor	288	4	50.0	78.8
48	-	Oxford Brookes	237	3a	61.0	78.7
48	-	UWIC, Cardiff	217		85.0	78.7
50	-	Brighton	241	5	58.0	78.5
50	-	Central Lancashire	251	3b	66.0	78.5
52	-	Wolverhampton	209	3a	69.0	78.3
53	-	Glasgow Caledonian	332		70.0	78.2
54	-	East London	168	2	83.0	78.1
54	-	Kingston	195	3a	70.0	78.1
54	-	Salford	206	3a	62.0	78.1
57	-	Greenwich	204	3a	61.0	77.7
58	-	Nottingham Trent	220	5	64.0	77.6
59	-	Napier	279	4	59.0	77.3
60	-	Aberystwyth	271	3a	48.0	76.3
61	-	Robert Gordon	286		67.0	76.0
62	-	Chester	266		69.0	75.9
62	-	Hertfordshire	228	3a	58.0	75.9
64	-	Huddersfield	246		71.0	75.8
65	-	Sunderland	213	3a	54.0	75.4
65	-	Paisley	309	3b	51.0	75.4
67	-	Bolton	170		74.0	74.3
68	-	Staffordshire	238		66.0	74.2
69	-	Leeds Metropolitan	234		66.0	74.1
70	-	Bradford	250		64.0	74.0
71	-	Sheffield Hallam	230		65.0	73.7
72	-	West of England, Bristol	240		62.0	73.2
73	-	Coventry	221	2	56.0	72.9
74	-	Northumbria	240	2	58.0	72.8
74	-	Strathclyde	368		46.0	72.8
76	-	Roehampton	204		63.0	72.3
77	-	Westminster	202	3b	51.0	72.1
78	-	Plymouth	262	3a	49.0	72.0
79	-	Manchester Metropolitan	231	2	53.0	71.8
80	-	London South Bank	178		62.0	71.2
81	-	Liverpool John Moores	244		53.0	70.8
82	-	Canterbury Christ Church	223		53.0	70.2
82	-	Derby	223		53.0	70.2
84	-	Bath Spa		3b	53.0	70.0
85	-	Anglia Ruskin	283		45.0	69.9
86	-	Bedfordshire		2	46.0	67.4
87	-	Worcester	232	2	35.0	66.9

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