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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 | 560 |
|
4.27 |
|
3.20 |
|
76 |
|
100.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Oxford | 544 |
|
4.35 |
|
3.10 |
|
73 |
|
99.0 |
| 3 | 4 | Bath | 537 |
|
4.17 |
|
3.10 |
|
71 |
|
97.7 |
| 4 | 3 | University College London | 522 |
|
3.90 |
|
3.00 |
|
72 |
|
96.1 |
| 5 | 6 | Glasgow | 456 |
|
4.27 |
|
2.80 |
|
68 |
|
94.4 |
| 6 | 5 | Durham | 482 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.70 |
|
69 |
|
94.3 |
| 7 | 21 | Birmingham | 460 |
|
3.98 |
|
3.05 |
|
65 |
|
93.6 |
| 8 | 15 | St Andrews | 528 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.85 |
|
61 |
|
93.5 |
| 9 | 11 | Cardiff | 457 |
|
3.99 |
|
2.90 |
|
66 |
|
93.3 |
| 10 | 13 | Exeter | 489 |
|
3.99 |
|
2.60 |
|
65 |
|
93.0 |
| 11 | 12 | Bristol | 480 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.60 |
|
67 |
|
92.7 |
| 12 | 10 | Royal Holloway | 436 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.85 |
|
62 |
|
92.6 |
| 13 | 8 | Sussex | 417 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.70 |
|
68 |
|
92.5 |
| 14 | 9 | York | 485 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.80 |
|
57 |
|
92.4 |
| 15 | 16 | Lancaster | 441 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.35 |
|
72 |
|
92.4 |
| 16 | 22 | Leeds | 447 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.55 |
|
68 |
|
91.9 |
| 17 | 7 | Sheffield | 451 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.70 |
|
63 |
|
91.5 |
| 18 | 27 | Edinburgh | 475 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.70 |
|
60 |
|
91.0 |
| 19 | 14 | Nottingham | 437 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.65 |
|
62 |
|
91.0 |
| 20 | 19 | Surrey | 433 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.35 |
|
63 |
|
91.0 |
| 21 | 20 | Kent | 413 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.30 |
|
69 |
|
90.9 |
| 22 | 18 | Warwick | 461 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.65 |
|
62 |
|
90.8 |
| 23 | 17 | Southampton | 445 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.70 |
|
55 |
|
90.6 |
| 24 | 23 | Newcastle | 455 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.35 |
|
60 |
|
90.5 |
| 25 | 26 | Bangor | 344 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.75 |
|
62 |
|
89.8 |
| 26 | 30 | Manchester | 442 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.45 |
|
54 |
|
89.2 |
| 27 | 28 | Aberdeen | 394 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.45 |
|
61 |
|
89.1 |
| 28 | 37 | Swansea | 375 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.20 |
|
68 |
|
89.0 |
| 29 | 43 | City | 395 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.45 |
|
56 |
|
88.7 |
| 30 | 24 | Aston | 393 |
|
3.82 |
|
2.50 |
|
60 |
|
88.5 |
| 31 | 40 | Loughborough | 417 |
|
4.19 |
|
1.75 |
|
61 |
|
88.4 |
| 32 | 29 | Reading | 393 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.65 |
|
51 |
|
88.3 |
| 33 | 41 | Keele | 349 |
|
4.05 |
|
1.90 |
|
68 |
|
87.8 |
| 34 | 31 | Leicester | 404 |
|
4.10 |
|
1.85 |
|
59 |
|
87.7 |
| 35 | 39 | Lincoln | 361 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.00 |
|
60 |
|
87.3 |
| 36 | 44 | Brunel | 370 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.25 |
|
58 |
|
87.1 |
| 37 | 48 | Hull | 356 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.20 |
|
56 |
|
86.8 |
| 38 | 25 | Dundee | 379 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.25 |
|
52 |
|
86.7 |
| 39 | 32 | Essex | 366 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.60 |
|
46 |
|
86.4 |
| 40 | 49 | Portsmouth | 345 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.05 |
|
56 |
|
86.3 |
| 41 | - | Birkbeck | 267 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.90 |
|
86.3 | ||
| 42 | 42 | Stirling | 397 |
|
4.21 |
|
1.90 |
|
49 |
|
86.2 |
| 43 | 34 | Strathclyde | 463 |
|
4.24 |
|
2.05 |
|
36 |
|
86.1 |
| 44 | 35 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 340 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.50 |
|
49 |
|
85.9 |
| 45 | 47 | Liverpool | 411 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.15 |
|
46 |
|
85.4 |
| 46 | 36 | East Anglia | 424 |
|
4.18 |
|
1.75 |
|
44 |
|
85.4 |
| 47 | 46 | Plymouth | 339 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.20 |
|
51 |
|
85.0 |
| 48 | 33 | Central Lancashire | 320 |
|
3.91 |
|
1.95 |
|
59 |
|
84.9 |
| 49 | 45 | West of England, Bristol | 327 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.25 |
|
52 |
|
84.7 |
| 50 | 38 | Northumbria | 347 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.15 |
|
51 |
|
84.7 |
| 51 | 52 | Westminster | 311 |
|
3.89 |
|
1.75 |
|
62 |
|
84.6 |
| 52 | 79 | Bath Spa | 344 |
|
4.16 |
|
1.65 |
|
53 |
|
84.5 |
| 53 | 54 | Bournemouth | 350 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.25 |
|
46 |
|
84.2 |
| 54 | 50 | Queen's, Belfast | 383 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.15 |
|
41 |
|
84.2 |
| 55 | 55 | Oxford Brookes | 389 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.00 |
|
41 |
|
84.1 |
| 56 | 65 | Heriot-Watt | 386 |
|
4.42 |
|
1.40 |
|
43 |
|
84.0 |
| 57 | 91 | Birmingham City | 315 |
|
4.10 |
|
65 |
|
83.9 | ||
| 58 | 51 | Hertfordshire | 341 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.20 |
|
44 |
|
83.3 |
| 59 | 63 | Coventry | 315 |
|
3.96 |
|
1.32 |
|
60 |
|
83.2 |
| 60 | 67 | Nottingham Trent | 343 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.65 |
|
50 |
|
83.0 |
| 61 | 70 | Queen Mary | 405 |
|
4.01 |
|
83.0 | ||||
| 62 | 89 | St Mary's | 307 |
|
4.35 |
|
56 |
|
82.9 | ||
| 63 | 66 | Manchester Metropolitan | 344 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.01 |
|
44 |
|
82.9 |
| 64 | 57 | Staffordshire | 290 |
|
4.08 |
|
1.88 |
|
49 |
|
82.7 |
| 65 | 53 | Salford | 303 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.20 |
|
46 |
|
82.5 |
| 66 | 58 | Middlesex | 277 |
|
3.89 |
|
1.50 |
|
58 |
|
82.1 |
| 67 | 61 | Huddersfield | 304 |
|
3.91 |
|
61 |
|
82.0 | ||
| 68 | 71 | Greenwich | 301 |
|
3.97 |
|
1.70 |
|
49 |
|
82.0 |
| 69 | 101 | Liverpool John Moores | 327 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.00 |
|
36 |
|
81.9 |
| 70 | 86 | Glasgow Caledonian | 388 |
|
3.74 |
|
1.60 |
|
41 |
|
81.6 |
| 71 | 64 | Chester | 312 |
|
4.11 |
|
52 |
|
81.3 | ||
| 72 | 99 | Kingston | 316 |
|
3.79 |
|
1.65 |
|
48 |
|
81.3 |
| 73 | 59 | Leeds Trinity | 303 |
|
4.01 |
|
1.40 |
|
47 |
|
80.9 |
| 74 | 78 | Newman | 303 |
|
4.33 |
|
46 |
|
80.9 | ||
| 75 | 62 | Worcester | 293 |
|
4.01 |
|
1.40 |
|
48 |
|
80.8 |
| 76 | 76 | Edinburgh Napier | 328 |
|
3.94 |
|
1.30 |
|
46 |
|
80.8 |
| 77 | 56 | Roehampton | 261 |
|
3.81 |
|
1.90 |
|
48 |
|
80.8 |
| 78 | 73 | Aberystwyth | 296 |
|
4.32 |
|
80.7 | ||||
| 79 | 68 | Sheffield Hallam | 335 |
|
3.80 |
|
1.55 |
|
43 |
|
80.6 |
| 80 | 60 | Anglia Ruskin | 268 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.25 |
|
36 |
|
80.6 |
| 81 | 80 | London South Bank | 283 |
|
4.02 |
|
1.80 |
|
39 |
|
80.2 |
| 82 | 74 | Ulster | 281 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.00 |
|
36 |
|
80.0 |
| 83 | 72 | Teesside | 300 |
|
3.99 |
|
49 |
|
80.0 | ||
| 84 | 102 | Abertay Dundee | 282 |
|
3.95 |
|
1.70 |
|
40 |
|
79.8 |
| 85 | - | Buckingham | 271 |
|
4.29 |
|
79.7 | ||||
| 86 | 93 | York St John | 316 |
|
4.22 |
|
1.05 |
|
40 |
|
79.7 |
| 87 | 95 | West London | 223 |
|
4.04 |
|
1.10 |
|
56 |
|
79.6 |
| 88 | 77 | Bradford | 283 |
|
4.20 |
|
45 |
|
79.6 | ||
| 89 | 82 | Edge Hill | 310 |
|
4.25 |
|
40 |
|
79.6 | ||
| 90 | 84 | Queen Margaret | 337 |
|
4.07 |
|
39 |
|
79.4 | ||
| 91 | 106 | Brighton | 331 |
|
4.03 |
|
40 |
|
79.3 | ||
| 92 | 83 | Gloucestershire | 286 |
|
3.94 |
|
1.35 |
|
43 |
|
79.2 |
| 93 | 69 | Derby | 273 |
|
3.76 |
|
1.65 |
|
42 |
|
78.9 |
| 94 | 87 | Glyndwr | 257 |
|
4.24 |
|
78.9 | ||||
| 95 | 75 | East London | 226 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.05 |
|
37 |
|
78.9 |
| 96 | 88 | Winchester | 315 |
|
3.98 |
|
40 |
|
78.7 | ||
| 97 | 98 | Glamorgan | 308 |
|
4.11 |
|
1.35 |
|
33 |
|
78.7 |
| 98 | 81 | Chichester | 275 |
|
4.07 |
|
78.6 | ||||
| 99 | 85 | Sunderland | 274 |
|
4.32 |
|
1.40 |
|
31 |
|
78.3 |
| 100 | 105 | London Metropolitan | 231 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.60 |
|
42 |
|
78.3 |
| 101 | 96 | De Montfort | 313 |
|
4.11 |
|
35 |
|
78.2 | ||
| 102 | 110 | West of Scotland | 308 |
|
4.03 |
|
36 |
|
77.9 | ||
| 103 | 109 | Northampton | 305 |
|
4.03 |
|
36 |
|
77.8 | ||
| 104 | 92 | Leeds Metropolitan | 309 |
|
3.89 |
|
38 |
|
77.8 | ||
| 105 | 97 | Canterbury Christ Church | 284 |
|
3.88 |
|
41 |
|
77.6 | ||
| 106 | 104 | Cumbria | 216 |
|
4.04 |
|
45 |
|
77.2 | ||
| 107 | 94 | Buckinghamshire New | 242 |
|
3.91 |
|
42 |
|
76.8 | ||
| 108 | 103 | Bolton | 287 |
|
3.70 |
|
1.30 |
|
35 |
|
76.6 |
| 109 | 108 | Southampton Solent | 286 |
|
3.67 |
|
39 |
|
76.5 | ||
| 110 | 111 | University Campus Suffolk | 266 |
|
3.59 |
|
43 |
|
76.3 | ||
| 111 | 100 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 289 |
|
3.30 |
|
44 |
|
76.0 | ||
| 112 | 107 | Bedfordshire | 223 |
|
3.64 |
|
40 |
|
74.9 | ||
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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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