University Subject Tables 2008

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Mechanical Engineering

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	553	5*	90.0	100.0
8	-	Strathclyde	480	5	76.0	91.0
3	-	Imperial College	469	5*	80.0	93.2
2	-	Bath	462	5*	84.0	95.4
9	-	Aberdeen	454	4	88.0	90.7
7	-	Bristol	451	5	78.0	91.7
21	-	Edinburgh	427	4	76.0	86.4
11	-	Nottingham	424	5	80.0	90.3
15	-	Glasgow	418	5	72.0	87.9
5	-	Southampton	412	5*	80.0	92.6
6	-	Sheffield	406	5	84.0	91.9
12	-	Loughborough	391	5	80.0	89.3
18	-	Manchester	383	5	70.0	87.2
10	-	Queen's, Belfast	379	5*	80.0	90.4
16	-	Newcastle	378	4	80.0	87.4
3	-	Liverpool	376	5*	86.0	93.2
24	-	Heriot-Watt	373	4	68.0	84.7
16	-	Cardiff	370	4	78.0	87.4
23	-	University College London	366	5	68.0	85.1
22	-	Birmingham	364	4	82.0	86.0
13	-	Leeds	354	5*	76.0	88.4
38	-	Oxford Brookes	354		78.0	78.9
29	-	Brunel	346	5	66.0	82.1
20	-	Surrey	331	4	82.0	86.5
33	-	Exeter	316	4	70.0	81.1
35	-	King's College London	316	5	64.0	80.5
44	-	Dundee	316		70.0	75.4
24	-	Hull	304	4	84.0	84.7
19	-	Leicester	303	5	78.0	86.9
30	-	Robert Gordon	300	3b	86.0	81.8
14	-	Aston	299	5	92.0	88.0
42	-	Harper Adams	288		76.0	76.2
26	-	Swansea	275	4	78.0	84.4
34	-	Queen Mary	274	5	64.0	81.0
31	-	Portsmouth	263	4	84.0	81.7
47	-	West of England, Bristol	247	3b	68.0	75.0
51	-	Brighton	247	3b	52.0	71.4
41	-	Central Lancashire	241		82.0	76.5
47	-	Hertfordshire	240	3a	66.0	75.0
50	-	Huddersfield	238	4	58.0	71.8
52	-	Manchester Metropolitan	238	3a	40.0	70.7
45	-	City	234	4		75.3
36	-	Bradford	231	5	66.0	80.2
40	-	Coventry	230	3a	70.0	77.2
45	-	Northumbria	223	3b	72.0	75.3
39	-	Ulster	222	4	62.0	78.1
53	-	Sheffield Hallam	210	3a	62.0	70.3
43	-	Kingston	206	3a	68.0	75.8
37	-	Staffordshire	192	3b	82.0	79.6
54	-	Liverpool John Moores	189	3a	56.0	69.2
49	-	Plymouth	165	4	76.0	74.6
55	-	Bolton	165		62.0	68.3
27	-	Nottingham Trent		3b	90.0	84.0
27	-	Sussex		5	68.0	84.0
32	-	Greenwich		3a	72.0	81.3

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