University Subject Tables 2008

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Accounting & Finance

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	-	London School of Economics	481	5*	84.0	100.0
2	-	Edinburgh	472	5	80.0	96.7
2	-	Warwick	461	5*	80.0	96.7
7	-	Glasgow	460	5	80.0	93.2
15	-	Aberdeen	432	4	66.0	88.5
4	-	Nottingham	428	5	82.0	94.5
6	-	Manchester	428	5*	70.0	93.9
5	-	Bristol	423	5	82.0	94.3
7	-	Leeds	415	5	86.0	93.2
18	-	Newcastle	415	5	74.0	87.6
10	-	Loughborough	414	4	84.0	91.3
11	-	Southampton	406	4	74.0	89.8
9	-	Queen's, Belfast	402	4	84.0	92.4
21	-	Exeter	397	5	72.0	86.4
29	-	Heriot-Watt	396	4	62.0	82.6
13	-	Lancaster	392	5*	64.0	89.5
25	-	Birmingham	386	4	70.0	84.5
12	-	City	384	5	78.0	89.7
28	-	Liverpool	380	3a	56.0	82.9
42	-	Glasgow Caledonian	370	4	56.0	76.4
20	-	Sheffield	369	4	70.0	87.2
33	-	Reading	369		76.0	81.2
19	-	Cardiff	361	5	66.0	87.3
22	-	Dundee	359	4	64.0	86.1
23	-	Robert Gordon	359		92.0	85.4
14	-	Durham	351	5	70.0	89.2
26	-	Hull	346	4	68.0	84.1
17	-	Stirling	344	5	70.0	87.8
24	-	Kent	332	3a	76.0	84.6
34	-	Glamorgan	331	3b	68.0	80.0
32	-	East Anglia	328	3a	66.0	81.6
43	-	Queen Mary	327		62.0	75.6
53	-	Northumbria	319		52.0	72.5
30	-	Essex	316	5	62.0	82.5
49	-	Paisley	313	5	52.0	73.1
44	-	Keele	310		64.0	75.5
38	-	Ulster	309	3a	64.0	78.8
35	-	Salford	287	3a	58.0	79.0
31	-	Nottingham Trent	285	3b	82.0	82.1
57	-	Napier	285	3b	48.0	71.4
27	-	Bangor	284	5	64.0	83.7
45	-	Aberystwyth	272	3b	56.0	75.4
46	-	Oxford Brookes	270		66.0	74.5
52	-	Leeds Metropolitan	268		60.0	72.8
56	-	Manchester Metropolitan	265		56.0	71.5
41	-	West of England, Bristol	260	5	64.0	76.6
40	-	De Montfort	259	3a	58.0	76.7
36	-	Portsmouth	256	4	62.0	78.9
36	-	Bradford	255	4	62.0	78.9
47	-	Bournemouth	254		64.0	73.3
50	-	Brighton	252	3a	56.0	72.9
55	-	Central Lancashire	247	3b	54.0	71.6
58	-	Gloucestershire	247		58.0	71.3
39	-	Liverpool John Moores	244	3b	76.0	77.7
62	-	Kingston	244		52.0	69.5
50	-	Staffordshire	243		64.0	72.9
60	-	Sheffield Hallam	242	3a	56.0	71.1
73	-	Lincoln	233		38.0	65.2
48	-	Central England	223		68.0	73.2
66	-	Hertfordshire	222		52.0	68.7
65	-	Southampton Solent	215		54.0	69.0
67	-	Coventry	215		46.0	66.7
54	-	Huddersfield	213	3b	60.0	72.0
69	-	Plymouth	207	3b	40.0	66.1
62	-	East London	200		58.0	69.5
71	-	Northampton	193		44.0	65.3
58	-	Wolverhampton	189		66.0	71.3
61	-	Derby	189		62.0	70.2
64	-	London South Bank	186	3a	52.0	69.2
71	-	Greenwich	184	3b	44.0	65.3
69	-	Middlesex	165	3a	44.0	66.1
68	-	Bedfordshire	151		54.0	66.5
16	-	Strathclyde		5	74.0	87.9

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