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University Subject Tables 2014

Year

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Music

CUG Rank University Name Student Satisfaction
Student Satisfaction
A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive.

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Entry Standards
Entry Standards
The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University.

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Research Assessment
Research Assessment
The average quality of the research undertaken in the University.

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Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University.

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Overall Score
Overall Score
The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology.

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2014 2013
1 5 Manchester 4.3 563 3.30 72.0 100.0
2 1 Oxford 4.3 535 3.20 76.0 99.0
3 2 Cambridge 3.9 550 3.25 80.0 98.9
4 4 King's College London 4.1 518 3.25 76.0 97.3
5 3 Bristol 4.3 465 2.90 86.0 97.2
6 7 Durham 4.3 497 2.75 80.0 96.6
7 6 Birmingham 3.9 490 3.30 74.0 95.0
8 16 Royal Holloway 4.1 432 3.45 76.0 94.6
9 10 York 4.2 450 3.20 76.0 94.4
10 15 Glasgow 4.3 471 2.90 70.0 93.5
11 12 Royal Academy of Music 4.1 338 2.90 96.0 92.4
12 13 Surrey 4.3 465 2.85 66.0 91.8
13 11 Sheffield 4.1 433 3.25 68.0 91.4
14 14 Southampton 4.0 399 3.25 74.0 91.2
15 19 Royal College of Music 4.0 320 2.50 98.0 89.9
16 17 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 321 2.35 92.0 89.9
17 8 Newcastle 4.0 462 3.10 60.0 89.8
18 9 Nottingham 4.2 405 3.10 64.0 89.3
19 18 Edinburgh 4.0 472 2.70 60.0 88.5
20 29 SOAS 4.0 355 3.05 76.0 88.4
21 32 City 3.9 418 2.90 66.0 87.8
22 30 Keele 4.3 340 2.80 74.0 87.6
23 21 Leeds 4.0 400 2.80 68.0 87.2
24 27 Bangor 4.0 352 2.85 74.0 86.8
25 33 Birmingham City 4.1 313 2.40 86.0 86.6
26 23 Queen's, Belfast 4.0 398 2.95 62.0 86.5
27 20 Cardiff 4.1 395 2.75 64.0 86.3
28 31 Huddersfield 4.1 326 2.90 68.0 85.0
29 28 Aberdeen 4.0 441 2.40 58.0 84.8
30 26 Royal Northern College of Music 3.9 339 2.20 80.0 84.2
31 37 Bath Spa 3.9 397 2.20 68.0 83.9
32 36 Hull 4.2 369 2.25 62.0 83.0
33 34 Liverpool 4.0 386 2.55 56.0 82.8
34 25 Goldsmiths, University of London 4.0 344 2.90 58.0 82.6
35 22 Sussex 3.7 366 2.80 60.0 82.1
36 35 East Anglia 3.7 413 2.15 58.0 80.8
37 40 Coventry 3.6 337 2.45 64.0 79.9
38 38 Edinburgh Napier 4.0 376 1.05 72.0 79.5
39 - Kent 4.1 349 70.0 78.5
40 41 Oxford Brookes 4.2 307 2.25 46.0 76.3
41 43 De Montfort 4.1 262 2.55 48.0 75.4
42 47 Anglia Ruskin 4.1 251 1.95 60.0 75.3
43 50 Ulster 4.0 288 2.05 52.0 75.2
44 51 Salford 4.0 332 2.00 46.0 75.0
45 39 Brunel 3.8 341 2.40 40.0 74.6
46 49 Westminster 3.5 286 2.00 62.0 74.0
47 48 Canterbury Christ Church 3.8 276 2.15 54.0 73.9
48 42 Glamorgan 3.7 348 62.0 73.8
49 46 Plymouth 3.7 272 2.35 50.0 73.6
50 44 Chester 3.9 290 64.0 73.2
51 54 Kingston 3.7 313 1.45 56.0 72.4
52 60 Brighton 4.0 269 2.85 32.0 72.4
53 53 West London 3.9 258 1.30 62.0 71.8
54 58 Manchester Metropolitan 3.5 340 58.0 71.6
55 52 Hertfordshire 3.8 294 1.70 46.0 71.1
56 57 Bournemouth 3.8 315 70.8
57 62 Chichester 4.2 296 44.0 70.2
58 61 West of Scotland 4.1 342 38.0 69.9
59 - Essex 3.9 256 56.0 69.4
60 45 Derby 3.9 298 46.0 69.1
61 64 East London 3.4 263 64.0 68.9
62 63 Middlesex 3.4 280 58.0 68.3
63 70 Northampton 3.8 292 46.0 68.0
64 68 York St John 4.2 242 46.0 67.9
65 65 Central Lancashire 4.0 284 42.0 67.8
66 59 Southampton Solent 3.7 309 38.0 66.4
67 67 Falmouth 3.4 255 56.0 66.4
68 - St Mark and St John 3.8 244 66.1
69 66 Buckinghamshire New 3.8 230 48.0 65.7
70 69 Sunderland 3.9 251 42.0 65.5
71 71 Liverpool John Moores 4.2 313 12.0 62.7

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

 

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