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. Click here to read more	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
2009	2008	University Name			Research Assessment
10	12	Strathclyde	3.5	554	5	81.0	89.1
1	1	Cambridge		533	5*	95.0	100.0
3	4	Oxford		531	5*	88.0	96.1
8	11	Dundee	3.9	518	5	88.0	90.2
13	18	Glasgow	3.5	513	5	82.0	86.8
11	6	Edinburgh	3.6	508	5	87.0	88.3
2	5	London School of Economics		499	5*	92.0	97.5
7	7	Durham	3.7	489	5*	86.0	90.3
6	2	Aberdeen	3.9	482	5	94.0	90.5
4	9	Nottingham		479	5	83.0	91.7
20	19	Warwick	3.7	472	5	77.0	85.2
5	3	University College London	3.8	466	5*	90.0	91.0
19	16	Manchester	3.7	459	5	75.0	85.3
9	10	King's College London	4.2	454	5	84.0	89.5
12	13	Bristol	3.7	443	5	89.0	87.1
21	15	Leeds	3.4	443	5	77.0	84.1
21	24	Newcastle	4.0	441	5	78.0	84.1
15	17	SOAS	3.7	435	5	84.0	86.6
24	32	Liverpool	3.6	431	4	82.0	83.5
25	26	Exeter	3.9	427	5	78.0	83.4
17	27	Birmingham		421	5	84.0	86.1
89	-	Abertay Dundee		417		33.0	60.6
18	21	Southampton	4.1	415	5*	75.0	86.0
25	20	Queen's, Belfast	3.4	412	5	82.0	83.4
34	29	Sheffield	3.5	410	5	77.0	80.9
35	38	Cardiff	3.7	410	5	74.0	80.8
27	35	East Anglia	3.9	403	5	74.0	82.9
36	37	Lancaster	3.7	403	5	67.0	80.3
16	25	Leicester	4.2	398	5	80.0	86.5
14	14	Queen Mary	4.0	397	5*	82.0	86.7
38	40	Sussex	3.9	393	4	64.0	79.0
57	57	Glasgow Caledonian		382	3b	63.0	70.8
30	28	Reading	3.8	378	5	76.0	82.2
46	41	Northumbria	3.8	365		76.0	74.0
68	68	Stirling		358		62.0	67.8
32	31	Surrey	3.7	354	5	83.0	81.3
33	23	Brunel	3.2	354	5	81.0	81.1
28	22	City	3.3	352	5	89.0	82.4
31	33	Kent	3.8	350	5	78.0	82.0
44	45	Oxford Brookes	3.5	347	4	71.0	74.6
37	36	Essex	3.7	332	5	75.0	80.0
29	8	Hull	3.8	331	5	83.0	82.3
39	39	Aberystwyth	3.7	330	4	73.0	78.4
45	44	Ulster	3.6	325	5	60.0	74.1
21	30	Keele	3.7	320	5*	83.0	84.1
55	47	Manchester Metropolitan		318		76.0	70.9
41	49	Napier		317	3a	79.0	75.5
74	-	West of Scotland		314	2		67.0
47	42	Swansea	3.7	305	3a	64.0	73.7
43	43	Nottingham Trent		302	4	87.0	74.7
40	34	Robert Gordon		301	3a	89.0	78.3
54	63	Portsmouth	3.8	301		73.0	71.3
77	81	Bangor	4.1	295		49.0	66.5
52	60	West of England, Bristol	3.9	293	4	71.0	71.4
72	54	Leeds Metropolitan	3.2	292	3a	62.0	67.4
60	57	Westminster	3.5	288	5	72.0	70.3
55	52	Bournemouth	3.5	285	3a	71.0	70.9
61	61	Sheffield Hallam	3.7	284	3a	68.0	69.7
68	65	Brighton		280		72.0	67.8
51	65	Derby	4.4	279		68.0	71.8
72	73	Plymouth	3.8	277	3b	56.0	67.4
61	-	Gloucestershire	4.1	270			69.7
52	53	Kingston	3.9	269		76.0	71.4
76	74	Birmingham City	3.6	268		61.0	66.6
67	54	Anglia Ruskin	3.7	265	2	57.0	68.2
75	72	Coventry	3.9	265		58.0	66.8
48	50	Liverpool John Moores	3.9	264	3b	73.0	73.5
64	64	Staffordshire	4.0	264	3a	64.0	69.2
66	69	Teesside	4.1	262		61.0	68.5
49	62	Sunderland	4.3	258		78.0	73.2
87	84	Bradford	3.6	257		42.0	61.1
68	70	Lincoln	3.8	254		64.0	67.8
50	48	Hertfordshire	3.6	252	3a	71.0	72.2
63	65	Glamorgan	4.1	252		68.0	69.6
42	-	Buckingham	4.3	251		87.0	75.4
59	51	Huddersfield	3.7	250	3b	74.0	70.6
86	85	Edge Hill	4.1	249		37.0	61.9
79	75	Greenwich	3.7	246	3b	57.0	65.2
57	57	De Montfort	3.9	237	4	70.0	70.8
78	-	Canterbury Christ Church	3.8	235			66.2
85	83	Northampton	3.8	213		47.0	62.0
65	56	Middlesex	3.4	210		82.0	69.1
83	77	London South Bank	3.5	199		60.0	63.6
80	80	Wolverhampton	3.4	195	3a	61.0	64.9
71	71	East London	3.9	181	3a	66.0	67.7
84	82	Thames Valley	3.6	181	2		62.9
82	78	Bedfordshire	4.1	179		55.0	64.3
81	76	Southampton Solent	3.9	175		62.0	64.8
88	79	Buckinghamshire New		165		66.0	60.8

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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