University Subject Tables 2008

Geography

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
2	-	Cambridge	504	5	80.0	99.6
6	-	Oxford	497	4	73.0	96.0
3	-	Durham	454	5*	74.0	97.8
4	-	Bristol	450	5*	70.0	96.6
9	-	Nottingham	448	5	66.0	93.0
11	-	Aberdeen	439	4	65.0	91.2
16	-	St Andrews	437	4	60.0	89.7
7	-	Edinburgh	435	5*	63.0	94.2
1	-	London School of Economics	429	5	90.0	100.0
5	-	University College London	428	5*	71.0	96.2
31	-	Strathclyde	407	3a	58.0	85.9
8	-	Southampton	406	5	68.0	93.2
10	-	Sheffield	400	5	64.0	91.9
20	-	East Anglia	396	4	56.0	88.1
25	-	Manchester	389	4	55.0	86.8
13	-	Leeds	387	5	63.0	90.3
34	-	Glasgow	382	4	54.0	85.0
19	-	Reading	376	4	59.0	88.3
29	-	Exeter	375	4	54.0	86.1
22	-	Birmingham	370	4	60.0	87.6
18	-	Loughborough	366	5	60.0	88.7
28	-	Hull	363	5	52.0	86.4
55	-	Napier	358		47.0	77.3
12	-	Newcastle	353	5	65.0	90.7
26	-	Sussex	348	4	59.0	86.6
21	-	Dundee	347	4	61.0	87.9
33	-	Lancaster	344	4	52.0	85.3
16	-	King's College London	342	4	68.0	89.7
32	-	Liverpool	342	4	53.0	85.5
15	-	Cardiff	332	5*	59.0	89.8
35	-	Leicester	324	4	54.0	84.5
14	-	Royal Holloway	321	5*	61.0	90.0
23	-	Aberystwyth	313	4	62.0	87.1
44	-	Stirling	308		65.0	80.7
29	-	Queen's, Belfast	300	4	60.0	86.1
36	-	Swansea	294	4	48.0	82.6
41	-	Keele	290	3a	53.0	81.8
24	-	Queen Mary	289	5	59.0	87.0
37	-	Brunel	281	3a	56.0	82.4
47	-	Portsmouth	277	3a	47.0	79.7
46	-	Bangor	273		66.0	79.8
72	-	Oxford Brookes	271		45.0	74.0
53	-	Northumbria	260	3b	54.0	78.1
43	-	Manchester Metropolitan	259	4	53.0	80.8
45	-	Bath Spa	259	2	58.0	79.9
71	-	West of England, Bristol	259	2	44.0	74.6
52	-	Brighton	257	3b	49.0	78.4
65	-	Leeds Metropolitan	252		53.0	75.6
37	-	Liverpool Hope	251	3b	67.0	82.4
50	-	Greenwich	250	3b	60.0	78.6
40	-	Coventry	249	3a	58.0	81.9
62	-	Edge Hill	249		57.0	76.6
63	-	Staffordshire	248	3b	46.0	76.5
76	-	Canterbury Christ Church	248		40.0	71.8
67	-	Central Lancashire	245		53.0	75.3
55	-	Cumbria	244		60.0	77.3
73	-	Glamorgan	244		47.0	73.6
64	-	Chester	242		55.0	75.8
37	-	Plymouth	241	4	56.0	82.4
41	-	Nottingham Trent	238	3a	59.0	81.8
61	-	Wolverhampton	236		59.0	76.7
59	-	Northampton	232	2	51.0	76.8
59	-	Huddersfield	230	2	51.0	76.8
48	-	Hertfordshire	229	2	60.0	79.2
57	-	Gloucestershire	229	3a	47.0	77.2
54	-	Ulster	228	3b	52.0	77.5
77	-	Sheffield Hallam	224		34.0	69.4
69	-	Liverpool John Moores	223	3b	43.0	74.8
75	-	Bournemouth	223	2	43.0	73.2
77	-	Derby	223		34.0	69.4
50	-	Sunderland	220	3b	57.0	78.6
49	-	Kingston	211	3b	57.0	79.1
68	-	Westminster	203	3a		74.9
69	-	Worcester	194	2	50.0	74.8
66	-	Southampton Solent	190	3b	49.0	75.4
57	-	Bradford	177	3b	60.0	77.2
26	-	Salford		3a	63.0	86.6
74	-	East London		2	47.0	73.5

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