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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 | 617 |
|
4.04 |
|
3.35 |
|
94 |
|
100.0 |
| 3 | 2 | Oxford | 575 |
|
3.15 |
|
75 |
|
97.5 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Imperial College London | 551 |
|
4.16 |
|
3.20 |
|
95 |
|
97.6 |
| 15 | 7 | St Andrews | 517 |
|
3.68 |
|
2.70 |
|
88 |
|
89.0 |
| 5 | 4 | Bristol | 499 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.95 |
|
88 |
|
92.7 |
| 10 | 8 | Warwick | 494 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.75 |
|
90 |
|
90.9 |
| 12 | 11 | Edinburgh | 490 |
|
3.84 |
|
3.20 |
|
81 |
|
90.3 |
| 4 | 9 | Glasgow | 472 |
|
4.30 |
|
3.10 |
|
93 |
|
94.4 |
| 11 | 5 | Southampton | 470 |
|
4.08 |
|
3.20 |
|
80 |
|
90.7 |
| 9 | 10 | York | 469 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.95 |
|
89 |
|
91.5 |
| 8 | 6 | University College London | 466 |
|
4.02 |
|
3.15 |
|
89 |
|
91.8 |
| 13 | 12 | Bath | 463 |
|
4.12 |
|
2.95 |
|
83 |
|
90.0 |
| 14 | 14 | Durham | 462 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.80 |
|
89 |
|
89.5 |
| 6 | 15 | Exeter | 435 |
|
2.65 |
|
96 |
|
92.7 | ||
| 22 | 21 | Strathclyde | 425 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.55 |
|
80 |
|
85.2 |
| 7 | 16 | Birmingham | 420 |
|
4.34 |
|
3.00 |
|
92 |
|
91.9 |
| 16 | 19 | Manchester | 419 |
|
4.11 |
|
3.15 |
|
77 |
|
88.0 |
| 28 | 32 | Dundee | 407 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.75 |
|
81 |
|
84.0 |
| 27 | 35 | Cardiff | 402 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.85 |
|
75 |
|
84.2 |
| 17 | 17 | Sheffield | 401 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.75 |
|
89 |
|
88.0 |
| 19 | 22 | Liverpool | 382 |
|
4.04 |
|
3.05 |
|
82 |
|
86.7 |
| 21 | 25 | King's College London | 380 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.70 |
|
89 |
|
86.2 |
| 18 | 28 | Leeds | 379 |
|
4.21 |
|
3.05 |
|
83 |
|
87.9 |
| 26 | 26 | Loughborough | 376 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.60 |
|
82 |
|
84.2 |
| 20 | 13 | Newcastle | 375 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.90 |
|
86 |
|
86.4 |
| 25 | 33 | Kent | 372 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.75 |
|
87 |
|
84.8 |
| 29 | 29 | Aberdeen | 371 |
|
3.79 |
|
2.90 |
|
81 |
|
83.7 |
| 31 | 31 | Surrey | 369 |
|
4.12 |
|
2.35 |
|
84 |
|
83.1 |
| 73 | 69 | Abertay Dundee | 368 |
|
3.82 |
|
62 |
|
71.7 | ||
| 42 | 38 | East Anglia | 367 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.75 |
|
65 |
|
80.0 |
| 38 | 36 | Heriot-Watt | 360 |
|
3.49 |
|
2.65 |
|
85 |
|
80.9 |
| 34 | 18 | Royal Holloway | 360 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.80 |
|
79 |
|
82.0 |
| 40 | 42 | Stirling | 360 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.75 |
|
63 |
|
80.3 |
| 24 | 20 | Nottingham | 359 |
|
4.01 |
|
3.10 |
|
78 |
|
85.1 |
| 53 | 45 | City | 359 |
|
3.62 |
|
2.60 |
|
66 |
|
77.2 |
| 32 | 30 | Swansea | 358 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.90 |
|
79 |
|
83.1 |
| 37 | 39 | Queen's, Belfast | 357 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.65 |
|
79 |
|
81.1 |
| 23 | 23 | Leicester | 355 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.80 |
|
85 |
|
85.1 |
| 46 | 43 | Aston | 353 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.30 |
|
73 |
|
78.7 |
| 51 | 50 | Robert Gordon | 349 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.35 |
|
70 |
|
77.7 |
| 30 | 27 | Sussex | 348 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.85 |
|
78 |
|
83.6 |
| 39 | 37 | Reading | 343 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.15 |
|
89 |
|
80.6 |
| 33 | 24 | Lancaster | 341 |
|
3.68 |
|
3.05 |
|
80 |
|
82.6 |
| 36 | 40 | Queen Mary | 340 |
|
3.89 |
|
3.00 |
|
70 |
|
81.3 |
| 48 | 47 | Brunel | 334 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.55 |
|
65 |
|
78.4 |
| 66 | 56 | Teesside | 333 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.50 |
|
42 |
|
72.5 |
| 68 | 73 | Keele | 332 |
|
3.72 |
|
73 |
|
72.1 | ||
| 50 | 55 | Bournemouth | 330 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.25 |
|
74 |
|
77.7 |
| 86 | 93 | Newman | 325 |
|
62 |
|
68.5 | ||||
| 45 | 54 | Lincoln | 322 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.50 |
|
70 |
|
79.0 |
| 78 | 86 | Glasgow Caledonian | 322 |
|
4.08 |
|
1.80 |
|
47 |
|
69.9 |
| 55 | 61 | Hull | 320 |
|
4.18 |
|
79 |
|
75.7 | ||
| 79 | 76 | Central Lancashire | 316 |
|
3.93 |
|
59 |
|
69.7 | ||
| 49 | 44 | Oxford Brookes | 315 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.50 |
|
74 |
|
78.1 |
| 63 | 77 | Manchester Metropolitan | 309 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.15 |
|
62 |
|
73.0 |
| 94 | 98 | Birmingham City | 303 |
|
3.97 |
|
44 |
|
66.1 | ||
| 35 | 34 | Aberystwyth | 302 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.95 |
|
78 |
|
81.5 |
| 82 | 80 | Derby | 301 |
|
3.73 |
|
65 |
|
69.2 | ||
| 56 | 64 | Nottingham Trent | 301 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.15 |
|
67 |
|
75.3 |
| 71 | 83 | Portsmouth | 300 |
|
4.06 |
|
1.90 |
|
57 |
|
71.7 |
| 44 | 41 | Plymouth | 298 |
|
3.80 |
|
3.00 |
|
71 |
|
79.4 |
| 62 | 65 | De Montfort | 296 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.40 |
|
55 |
|
73.1 |
| 41 | 53 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 293 |
|
4.39 |
|
2.70 |
|
67 |
|
80.2 |
| 75 | 68 | Kingston | 293 |
|
3.72 |
|
2.20 |
|
57 |
|
71.1 |
| 60 | 78 | Liverpool John Moores | 293 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.50 |
|
59 |
|
74.1 |
| 91 | 81 | Bolton | 293 |
|
3.71 |
|
55 |
|
66.6 | ||
| 52 | 48 | West of England, Bristol | 292 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.40 |
|
75 |
|
77.2 |
| 72 | 59 | Edinburgh Napier | 292 |
|
3.83 |
|
2.09 |
|
60 |
|
71.7 |
| 57 | 52 | Huddersfield | 291 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.05 |
|
76 |
|
75.3 |
| 54 | 51 | Northumbria | 288 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.40 |
|
71 |
|
76.0 |
| 43 | 46 | Essex | 287 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.75 |
|
73 |
|
79.4 |
| 88 | 100 | Northampton | 285 |
|
3.78 |
|
58 |
|
67.4 | ||
| 89 | 88 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 281 |
|
4.02 |
|
51 |
|
67.2 | ||
| 84 | 85 | Chester | 279 |
|
3.70 |
|
67 |
|
68.6 | ||
| 65 | 58 | Hertfordshire | 279 |
|
3.70 |
|
2.60 |
|
56 |
|
72.5 |
| 98 | 91 | West of Scotland | 276 |
|
3.72 |
|
2.00 |
|
38 |
|
65.1 |
| 85 | 82 | Edge Hill | 275 |
|
4.27 |
|
52 |
|
68.6 | ||
| 76 | 63 | Glamorgan | 275 |
|
3.82 |
|
2.25 |
|
55 |
|
70.9 |
| 70 | 70 | Sheffield Hallam | 274 |
|
3.94 |
|
1.90 |
|
65 |
|
71.7 |
| 77 | 79 | Sunderland | 274 |
|
3.98 |
|
1.90 |
|
58 |
|
70.4 |
| 61 | 62 | Ulster | 271 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.55 |
|
59 |
|
73.2 |
| 81 | 84 | Greenwich | 270 |
|
4.10 |
|
1.90 |
|
50 |
|
69.3 |
| 74 | 75 | Bradford | 267 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.35 |
|
55 |
|
71.6 |
| 64 | 57 | Salford | 266 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.40 |
|
59 |
|
72.7 |
| 97 | 95 | Worcester | 264 |
|
3.52 |
|
59 |
|
65.2 | ||
| 80 | 90 | Westminster | 261 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.05 |
|
57 |
|
69.6 |
| 67 | 66 | Staffordshire | 259 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.05 |
|
66 |
|
72.1 |
| 59 | 60 | Brighton | 257 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.60 |
|
64 |
|
74.6 |
| 69 | 67 | Coventry | 256 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.05 |
|
68 |
|
71.9 |
| 87 | 71 | Gloucestershire | 247 |
|
3.86 |
|
65 |
|
67.9 | ||
| 102 | 102 | Canterbury Christ Church | 244 |
|
3.75 |
|
50 |
|
63.9 | ||
| 95 | 101 | Leeds Metropolitan | 239 |
|
4.00 |
|
53 |
|
65.9 | ||
| 58 | 49 | Bangor | 233 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.50 |
|
76 |
|
75.1 |
| 105 | 99 | Buckinghamshire New | 229 |
|
3.51 |
|
43 |
|
60.3 | ||
| 92 | 89 | Southampton Solent | 224 |
|
3.70 |
|
67 |
|
66.6 | ||
| 104 | 105 | East London | 224 |
|
3.97 |
|
36 |
|
61.4 | ||
| 83 | 87 | London South Bank | 218 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.15 |
|
52 |
|
68.7 |
| 96 | 103 | Anglia Ruskin | 214 |
|
4.03 |
|
54 |
|
65.3 | ||
| 100 | 97 | Roehampton | 214 |
|
3.98 |
|
51 |
|
64.3 | ||
| 103 | 104 | London Metropolitan | 207 |
|
3.82 |
|
1.50 |
|
50 |
|
62.9 |
| 90 | 92 | Middlesex | 205 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.25 |
|
45 |
|
66.6 |
| 93 | 72 | Glyndwr | 202 |
|
3.50 |
|
2.35 |
|
53 |
|
66.3 |
| 101 | 96 | Bedfordshire | 191 |
|
3.77 |
|
2.10 |
|
44 |
|
64.1 |
| 99 | 74 | West London | 189 |
|
4.15 |
|
1.65 |
|
50 |
|
65.1 |
| 47 | - | Birkbeck | 3.64 |
|
2.75 |
|
78.5 | ||||
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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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