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. |
Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. |
Research Assessment | Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. |
Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. |
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| 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 538 |
|
5* |
|
92.0 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Oxford | 537 |
|
5 |
|
86.0 |
|
97.7 | ||
| 20 | 35 | Strathclyde | 3.9 |
|
523 |
|
3a |
|
72.0 |
|
84.8 |
| 17 | 23 | Dundee | 4.0 |
|
511 |
|
4 |
|
59.0 |
|
86.0 |
| 3 | 3 | Imperial College | 3.9 |
|
476 |
|
5* |
|
93.0 |
|
94.1 |
| 5 | 7 | Edinburgh | 3.7 |
|
446 |
|
5* |
|
84.0 |
|
91.3 |
| 12 | 9 | Warwick | 3.9 |
|
440 |
|
5 |
|
74.0 |
|
87.4 |
| 4 | 12 | St Andrews | 436 |
|
5 |
|
81.0 |
|
92.2 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Bristol | 3.7 |
|
435 |
|
5 |
|
80.0 |
|
88.2 |
| 6 | 6 | York | 3.6 |
|
427 |
|
5* |
|
88.0 |
|
89.9 |
| 15 | 10 | Bath | 3.9 |
|
410 |
|
4 |
|
78.0 |
|
86.7 |
| 11 | 11 | University College London | 3.7 |
|
408 |
|
5 |
|
81.0 |
|
87.9 |
| 9 | 17 | Glasgow | 3.9 |
|
405 |
|
5 |
|
82.0 |
|
88.4 |
| 21 | 13 | Durham | 3.4 |
|
396 |
|
4 |
|
85.0 |
|
84.6 |
| 8 | 5 | Southampton | 3.9 |
|
395 |
|
5* |
|
83.0 |
|
89.3 |
| 80 | - | Abertay Dundee | 394 |
|
51.0 |
|
70.3 | ||||
| 13 | 25 | Aberdeen | 376 |
|
4 |
|
87.0 |
|
87.0 | ||
| 19 | 16 | Manchester | 3.6 |
|
375 |
|
5* |
|
73.0 |
|
84.9 |
| 24 | 25 | Birmingham | 3.8 |
|
367 |
|
5 |
|
71.0 |
|
84.0 |
| 40 | 42 | Heriot-Watt | 3.8 |
|
366 |
|
4 |
|
58.0 |
|
80.8 |
| 34 | 31 | Leeds | 3.8 |
|
364 |
|
5 |
|
75.0 |
|
81.4 |
| 14 | 14 | Sheffield | 3.7 |
|
363 |
|
5 |
|
87.0 |
|
86.8 |
| 23 | 17 | Sussex | 3.5 |
|
363 |
|
5 |
|
75.0 |
|
84.1 |
| 7 | 8 | Surrey | 3.7 |
|
355 |
|
5* |
|
89.0 |
|
89.5 |
| 28 | 20 | King's College London | 3.8 |
|
348 |
|
4 |
|
76.0 |
|
83.2 |
| 27 | 19 | Lancaster | 3.8 |
|
347 |
|
5 |
|
67.0 |
|
83.5 |
| 16 | 15 | Nottingham | 337 |
|
5 |
|
79.0 |
|
86.5 | ||
| 24 | 23 | Cardiff | 3.8 |
|
333 |
|
5 |
|
72.0 |
|
84.0 |
| 32 | 29 | Reading | 3.8 |
|
330 |
|
4 |
|
75.0 |
|
82.6 |
| 36 | 34 | Liverpool | 326 |
|
5 |
|
63.0 |
|
81.2 | ||
| 24 | 27 | Newcastle | 3.9 |
|
321 |
|
5 |
|
75.0 |
|
84.0 |
| 70 | 53 | West of Scotland | 320 |
|
3a |
|
49.0 |
|
72.0 | ||
| 36 | 33 | Queen's, Belfast | 3.4 |
|
312 |
|
4 |
|
77.0 |
|
81.2 |
| 28 | 37 | Exeter | 3.9 |
|
311 |
|
4 |
|
77.0 |
|
83.2 |
| 30 | 32 | Loughborough | 4.1 |
|
308 |
|
3a |
|
80.0 |
|
83.1 |
| 41 | 43 | Essex | 3.8 |
|
301 |
|
4 |
|
69.0 |
|
80.6 |
| 41 | 46 | East Anglia | 3.9 |
|
299 |
|
4 |
|
67.0 |
|
80.6 |
| 43 | 45 | Brunel | 3.6 |
|
299 |
|
5 |
|
60.0 |
|
78.6 |
| 58 | 51 | Stirling | 298 |
|
3b |
|
62.0 |
|
73.7 | ||
| 31 | 36 | Leicester | 3.9 |
|
295 |
|
4 |
|
79.0 |
|
82.7 |
| 34 | 28 | Swansea | 3.6 |
|
286 |
|
5 |
|
75.0 |
|
81.4 |
| 38 | 40 | Aston | 3.7 |
|
285 |
|
5 |
|
78.0 |
|
81.0 |
| 88 | 83 | Glasgow Caledonian | 284 |
|
3b |
|
51.0 |
|
67.5 | ||
| 48 | 49 | Keele | 281 |
|
3b |
|
75.0 |
|
76.9 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Kent | 3.7 |
|
280 |
|
4 |
|
81.0 |
|
81.8 |
| 18 | 22 | Royal Holloway | 276 |
|
5 |
|
84.0 |
|
85.6 | ||
| 54 | 66 | Ulster | 3.7 |
|
271 |
|
4 |
|
67.0 |
|
74.5 |
| 76 | - | Chichester | 270 |
|
69.0 |
|
70.8 | ||||
| 46 | 47 | Robert Gordon | 268 |
|
3a |
|
81.0 |
|
78.0 | ||
| 69 | 70 | Derby | 265 |
|
74.0 |
|
72.1 | ||||
| 53 | 68 | Plymouth | 3.8 |
|
264 |
|
5 |
|
66.0 |
|
74.7 |
| 68 | 61 | Napier | 259 |
|
3a |
|
63.0 |
|
72.3 | ||
| 48 | 48 | Queen Mary | 3.7 |
|
258 |
|
4 |
|
63.0 |
|
76.9 |
| 61 | 63 | Northumbria | 3.8 |
|
258 |
|
3b |
|
59.0 |
|
73.6 |
| 85 | 86 | Teesside | 3.7 |
|
258 |
|
2 |
|
54.0 |
|
68.8 |
| 47 | 41 | City | 3.3 |
|
257 |
|
4 |
|
76.0 |
|
77.7 |
| 51 | 56 | Brighton | 3.7 |
|
249 |
|
4 |
|
74.0 |
|
75.4 |
| 39 | 38 | Aberystwyth | 3.8 |
|
247 |
|
4 |
|
74.0 |
|
80.9 |
| 66 | 78 | Portsmouth | 3.7 |
|
245 |
|
72.0 |
|
72.4 | ||
| 58 | 65 | Cumbria | 3.8 |
|
244 |
|
74.0 |
|
73.7 | ||
| 66 | 54 | Sunderland | 3.6 |
|
243 |
|
3a |
|
56.0 |
|
72.4 |
| 72 | 80 | Staffordshire | 3.6 |
|
243 |
|
69.0 |
|
71.2 | ||
| 92 | 99 | Lincoln | 3.7 |
|
243 |
|
45.0 |
|
66.4 | ||
| 65 | 69 | Manchester Metropolitan | 3.6 |
|
235 |
|
3a |
|
62.0 |
|
72.5 |
| 73 | 74 | Huddersfield | 3.7 |
|
233 |
|
3a |
|
59.0 |
|
71.0 |
| 43 | 39 | Hull | 3.9 |
|
230 |
|
3a |
|
79.0 |
|
78.6 |
| 58 | 54 | Oxford Brookes | 3.5 |
|
230 |
|
3b |
|
75.0 |
|
73.7 |
| 64 | 62 | Bournemouth | 3.6 |
|
230 |
|
2 |
|
75.0 |
|
72.8 |
| 75 | 77 | Chester | 3.7 |
|
230 |
|
66.0 |
|
70.9 | ||
| 85 | 90 | Anglia Ruskin | 3.7 |
|
225 |
|
58.0 |
|
68.8 | ||
| 22 | 29 | Bangor | 222 |
|
4 |
|
93.0 |
|
84.5 | ||
| 52 | 58 | West of England, Bristol | 3.6 |
|
222 |
|
3a |
|
70.0 |
|
74.8 |
| 50 | 49 | Nottingham Trent | 220 |
|
3a |
|
84.0 |
|
75.5 | ||
| 56 | 63 | Gloucestershire | 3.9 |
|
218 |
|
3a |
|
66.0 |
|
74.1 |
| 61 | 66 | Glamorgan | 3.9 |
|
216 |
|
4 |
|
60.0 |
|
73.6 |
| 81 | 74 | Bradford | 3.4 |
|
216 |
|
4 |
|
63.0 |
|
70.1 |
| 79 | 79 | Sheffield Hallam | 3.7 |
|
215 |
|
3b |
|
63.0 |
|
70.6 |
| 99 | 102 | UWIC, Cardiff | 215 |
|
48.0 |
|
62.3 | ||||
| 91 | 91 | Northampton | 3.6 |
|
212 |
|
53.0 |
|
66.9 | ||
| 45 | 44 | Salford | 3.7 |
|
209 |
|
5* |
|
59.0 |
|
78.4 |
| 71 | 76 | Goldsmiths College | 3.5 |
|
209 |
|
3b |
|
60.0 |
|
71.6 |
| 84 | 73 | Leeds Metropolitan | 3.4 |
|
209 |
|
3b |
|
56.0 |
|
69.0 |
| 57 | 52 | Liverpool John Moores | 3.4 |
|
207 |
|
3a |
|
68.0 |
|
73.8 |
| 76 | 95 | Worcester | 3.8 |
|
207 |
|
66.0 |
|
70.8 | ||
| 73 | 70 | Kingston | 3.6 |
|
204 |
|
3b |
|
65.0 |
|
71.0 |
| 82 | 59 | Edge Hill | 3.5 |
|
204 |
|
69.0 |
|
69.5 | ||
| 90 | 96 | Canterbury Christ Church | 3.7 |
|
202 |
|
54.0 |
|
67.0 | ||
| 63 | 60 | Hertfordshire | 3.6 |
|
190 |
|
4 |
|
63.0 |
|
73.1 |
| 94 | 88 | Birmingham City | 3.5 |
|
185 |
|
52.0 |
|
65.2 | ||
| 55 | 57 | De Montfort | 3.6 |
|
181 |
|
4 |
|
67.0 |
|
74.2 |
| 93 | 103 | Roehampton | 3.8 |
|
177 |
|
48.0 |
|
65.4 | ||
| 76 | 82 | Greenwich | 3.7 |
|
175 |
|
4 |
|
58.0 |
|
70.8 |
| 83 | 85 | Southampton Solent | 3.8 |
|
171 |
|
65.0 |
|
69.2 | ||
| 101 | 98 | Wolverhampton | 169 |
|
2 |
|
49.0 |
|
61.0 | ||
| 97 | 93 | Westminster | 3.4 |
|
163 |
|
3a |
|
52.0 |
|
64.6 |
| 96 | 92 | University of Wales, Newport | 3.5 |
|
151 |
|
55.0 |
|
65.0 | ||
| 89 | 89 | East London | 3.6 |
|
149 |
|
2 |
|
60.0 |
|
67.3 |
| 98 | 93 | Middlesex | 3.3 |
|
148 |
|
3a |
|
48.0 |
|
63.5 |
| 95 | 100 | Bedfordshire | 3.7 |
|
145 |
|
52.0 |
|
65.1 | ||
| 87 | 84 | London South Bank | 3.8 |
|
130 |
|
4 |
|
47.0 |
|
67.6 |
| 100 | 97 | Bolton | 3.6 |
|
40.0 |
|
61.7 | ||||
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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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