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	1	Cambridge		533	5*	95.0	100.0
2	5	London School of Economics		499	5*	92.0	97.5
3	4	Oxford		531	5*	88.0	96.1
4	9	Nottingham		479	5	83.0	91.7
5	3	University College London	3.8	466	5*	90.0	91.0
6	2	Aberdeen	3.9	482	5	94.0	90.5
7	7	Durham	3.7	489	5*	86.0	90.3
8	11	Dundee	3.9	518	5	88.0	90.2
9	10	King's College London	4.2	454	5	84.0	89.5
10	12	Strathclyde	3.5	554	5	81.0	89.1
11	6	Edinburgh	3.6	508	5	87.0	88.3
12	13	Bristol	3.7	443	5	89.0	87.1
13	18	Glasgow	3.5	513	5	82.0	86.8
14	14	Queen Mary	4.0	397	5*	82.0	86.7
15	17	SOAS	3.7	435	5	84.0	86.6
16	25	Leicester	4.2	398	5	80.0	86.5
17	27	Birmingham		421	5	84.0	86.1
18	21	Southampton	4.1	415	5*	75.0	86.0
19	16	Manchester	3.7	459	5	75.0	85.3
20	19	Warwick	3.7	472	5	77.0	85.2
21	30	Keele	3.7	320	5*	83.0	84.1
21	15	Leeds	3.4	443	5	77.0	84.1
21	24	Newcastle	4.0	441	5	78.0	84.1
24	32	Liverpool	3.6	431	4	82.0	83.5
25	26	Exeter	3.9	427	5	78.0	83.4
25	20	Queen's, Belfast	3.4	412	5	82.0	83.4
27	35	East Anglia	3.9	403	5	74.0	82.9
28	22	City	3.3	352	5	89.0	82.4
29	8	Hull	3.8	331	5	83.0	82.3
30	28	Reading	3.8	378	5	76.0	82.2
31	33	Kent	3.8	350	5	78.0	82.0
32	31	Surrey	3.7	354	5	83.0	81.3
33	23	Brunel	3.2	354	5	81.0	81.1
34	29	Sheffield	3.5	410	5	77.0	80.9
35	38	Cardiff	3.7	410	5	74.0	80.8
36	37	Lancaster	3.7	403	5	67.0	80.3
37	36	Essex	3.7	332	5	75.0	80.0
38	40	Sussex	3.9	393	4	64.0	79.0
39	39	Aberystwyth	3.7	330	4	73.0	78.4
40	34	Robert Gordon		301	3a	89.0	78.3
41	49	Napier		317	3a	79.0	75.5
42	-	Buckingham	4.3	251		87.0	75.4
43	43	Nottingham Trent		302	4	87.0	74.7
44	45	Oxford Brookes	3.5	347	4	71.0	74.6
45	44	Ulster	3.6	325	5	60.0	74.1
46	41	Northumbria	3.8	365		76.0	74.0
47	42	Swansea	3.7	305	3a	64.0	73.7
48	50	Liverpool John Moores	3.9	264	3b	73.0	73.5
49	62	Sunderland	4.3	258		78.0	73.2
50	48	Hertfordshire	3.6	252	3a	71.0	72.2
51	65	Derby	4.4	279		68.0	71.8
52	53	Kingston	3.9	269		76.0	71.4
52	60	West of England, Bristol	3.9	293	4	71.0	71.4
54	63	Portsmouth	3.8	301		73.0	71.3
55	52	Bournemouth	3.5	285	3a	71.0	70.9
55	47	Manchester Metropolitan		318		76.0	70.9
57	57	De Montfort	3.9	237	4	70.0	70.8
57	57	Glasgow Caledonian		382	3b	63.0	70.8
59	51	Huddersfield	3.7	250	3b	74.0	70.6
60	57	Westminster	3.5	288	5	72.0	70.3
61	-	Gloucestershire	4.1	270			69.7
61	61	Sheffield Hallam	3.7	284	3a	68.0	69.7
63	65	Glamorgan	4.1	252		68.0	69.6
64	64	Staffordshire	4.0	264	3a	64.0	69.2
65	56	Middlesex	3.4	210		82.0	69.1
66	69	Teesside	4.1	262		61.0	68.5
67	54	Anglia Ruskin	3.7	265	2	57.0	68.2
68	65	Brighton		280		72.0	67.8
68	70	Lincoln	3.8	254		64.0	67.8
68	68	Stirling		358		62.0	67.8
71	71	East London	3.9	181	3a	66.0	67.7
72	54	Leeds Metropolitan	3.2	292	3a	62.0	67.4
72	73	Plymouth	3.8	277	3b	56.0	67.4
74	-	West of Scotland		314	2		67.0
75	72	Coventry	3.9	265		58.0	66.8
76	74	Birmingham City	3.6	268		61.0	66.6
77	81	Bangor	4.1	295		49.0	66.5
78	-	Canterbury Christ Church	3.8	235			66.2
79	75	Greenwich	3.7	246	3b	57.0	65.2
80	80	Wolverhampton	3.4	195	3a	61.0	64.9
81	76	Southampton Solent	3.9	175		62.0	64.8
82	78	Bedfordshire	4.1	179		55.0	64.3
83	77	London South Bank	3.5	199		60.0	63.6
84	82	Thames Valley	3.6	181	2		62.9
85	83	Northampton	3.8	213		47.0	62.0
86	85	Edge Hill	4.1	249		37.0	61.9
87	84	Bradford	3.6	257		42.0	61.1
88	79	Buckinghamshire New		165		66.0	60.8
89	-	Abertay Dundee		417		33.0	60.6

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