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

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