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| CUG Rank | University Name | Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. |
Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 |
Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Maximum score: 4.00 |
Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Maximum score: 100 |
Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 |
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| 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Bath | 486 |
|
4.20 |
|
2.95 |
|
93 |
|
100.0 |
| 2 | 1 | London School of Economics | 522 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.95 |
|
83 |
|
98.4 |
| 3 | 3 | Warwick | 506 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.95 |
|
83 |
|
98.2 |
| 4 | 4 | Strathclyde | 493 |
|
4.45 |
|
2.85 |
|
77 |
|
97.3 |
| 5 | 7 | Leeds | 461 |
|
4.24 |
|
2.85 |
|
83 |
|
96.1 |
| 6 | 6 | Glasgow | 485 |
|
4.44 |
|
2.35 |
|
85 |
|
95.6 |
| 7 | 5 | Loughborough | 438 |
|
4.35 |
|
2.70 |
|
85 |
|
95.2 |
| 8 | 8 | Exeter | 456 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.60 |
|
84 |
|
93.7 |
| 9 | 13 | Cardiff | 426 |
|
4.00 |
|
3.00 |
|
79 |
|
93.4 |
| 10 | 10 | Newcastle | 442 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.50 |
|
86 |
|
92.3 |
| 11 | 9 | Lancaster | 401 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.95 |
|
76 |
|
92.1 |
| 12 | 11 | City | 446 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.60 |
|
77 |
|
91.8 |
| 13 | 12 | Bristol | 462 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.55 |
|
78 |
|
91.6 |
| 14 | 14 | Durham | 401 |
|
4.12 |
|
2.65 |
|
80 |
|
90.9 |
| 15 | 21 | Manchester | 446 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.85 |
|
68 |
|
90.4 |
| 16 | 15 | Edinburgh | 441 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.45 |
|
79 |
|
90.0 |
| 17 | 17 | Aston | 403 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.70 |
|
80 |
|
89.9 |
| 18 | 19 | Reading | 408 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.50 |
|
79 |
|
89.9 |
| 19 | 18 | Southampton | 435 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.60 |
|
72 |
|
89.1 |
| 20 | 16 | Nottingham | 393 |
|
3.80 |
|
2.85 |
|
72 |
|
88.3 |
| 21 | 22 | Robert Gordon | 399 |
|
4.28 |
|
1.90 |
|
85 |
|
88.1 |
| 22 | 20 | Kent | 389 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.57 |
|
74 |
|
87.5 |
| 23 | 28 | Aberdeen | 469 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.25 |
|
69 |
|
87.4 |
| 24 | 26 | Heriot-Watt | 385 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.40 |
|
70 |
|
86.6 |
| 25 | 25 | Sheffield | 377 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.70 |
|
68 |
|
86.1 |
| 26 | 30 | Dundee | 399 |
|
4.21 |
|
2.25 |
|
62 |
|
84.5 |
| 27 | 23 | Surrey | 403 |
|
4.33 |
|
2.50 |
|
47 |
|
83.4 |
| 28 | 27 | Stirling | 393 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.35 |
|
59 |
|
83.3 |
| 29 | 41 | Liverpool | 396 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.45 |
|
56 |
|
82.6 |
| 30 | 29 | Essex | 349 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.60 |
|
58 |
|
82.0 |
| 31 | 35 | Portsmouth | 312 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.10 |
|
76 |
|
81.9 |
| 32 | 31 | Queen's, Belfast | 413 |
|
3.88 |
|
75 |
|
80.9 | ||
| 33 | 43 | Birmingham | 403 |
|
4.00 |
|
74 |
|
80.8 | ||
| 34 | 32 | De Montfort | 317 |
|
4.26 |
|
2.25 |
|
60 |
|
80.7 |
| 35 | 34 | Huddersfield | 323 |
|
4.30 |
|
2.05 |
|
63 |
|
80.6 |
| 36 | 37 | Keele | 336 |
|
3.65 |
|
2.30 |
|
67 |
|
80.3 |
| 37 | 57 | Bournemouth | 340 |
|
4.04 |
|
1.95 |
|
66 |
|
80.1 |
| 38 | 36 | Ulster | 304 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.25 |
|
62 |
|
80.0 |
| 39 | 40 | Manchester Metropolitan | 314 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.20 |
|
61 |
|
79.8 |
| 40 | 47 | Salford | 295 |
|
4.33 |
|
2.25 |
|
57 |
|
79.4 |
| 41 | 24 | Brunel | 334 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.65 |
|
45 |
|
79.2 |
| 42 | 33 | Bangor | 310 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.75 |
|
43 |
|
79.0 |
| 43 | 56 | Swansea | 349 |
|
4.15 |
|
73 |
|
79.0 | ||
| 44 | 46 | Queen Mary | 427 |
|
4.05 |
|
58 |
|
78.4 | ||
| 45 | 39 | West of England, Bristol | 292 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.25 |
|
62 |
|
78.3 |
| 46 | 48 | East Anglia | 407 |
|
4.02 |
|
62 |
|
78.2 | ||
| 47 | 42 | Oxford Brookes | 311 |
|
3.91 |
|
1.95 |
|
62 |
|
77.2 |
| 48 | 44 | Sheffield Hallam | 319 |
|
3.99 |
|
1.90 |
|
57 |
|
76.5 |
| 49 | 38 | Northumbria | 332 |
|
4.15 |
|
1.80 |
|
53 |
|
76.4 |
| 50 | 54 | Glasgow Caledonian | 351 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.80 |
|
54 |
|
76.2 |
| 51 | 52 | Lincoln | 319 |
|
4.56 |
|
58 |
|
76.2 | ||
| 52 | 64 | Sussex | 379 |
|
3.98 |
|
75.9 | ||||
| 53 | 49 | Birmingham City | 286 |
|
4.24 |
|
1.65 |
|
61 |
|
75.7 |
| 54 | 51 | Plymouth | 289 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.05 |
|
54 |
|
74.7 |
| 55 | 58 | Hull | 314 |
|
4.03 |
|
64 |
|
74.6 | ||
| 56 | 53 | Aberystwyth | 306 |
|
3.82 |
|
1.95 |
|
53 |
|
74.4 |
| 57 | 50 | Edinburgh Napier | 306 |
|
4.15 |
|
62 |
|
74.4 | ||
| 58 | 63 | Coventry | 297 |
|
4.21 |
|
62 |
|
74.4 | ||
| 59 | 59 | Greenwich | 283 |
|
4.00 |
|
1.75 |
|
57 |
|
74.0 |
| 60 | 62 | Leeds Metropolitan | 255 |
|
4.06 |
|
1.80 |
|
59 |
|
73.8 |
| 61 | 71 | Liverpool John Moores | 312 |
|
3.94 |
|
1.45 |
|
57 |
|
73.0 |
| 62 | 45 | Brighton | 277 |
|
3.82 |
|
2.30 |
|
43 |
|
73.0 |
| 63 | 69 | Gloucestershire | 270 |
|
4.11 |
|
63 |
|
72.9 | ||
| 64 | - | Buckingham | 267 |
|
4.51 |
|
72.8 | ||||
| 65 | 61 | Glamorgan | 297 |
|
4.21 |
|
54 |
|
72.5 | ||
| 66 | 68 | Nottingham Trent | 319 |
|
3.77 |
|
59 |
|
72.3 | ||
| 67 | 60 | Hertfordshire | 301 |
|
3.57 |
|
2.15 |
|
45 |
|
72.3 |
| 68 | 66 | Kingston | 317 |
|
4.11 |
|
48 |
|
71.5 | ||
| 69 | 67 | Chester | 307 |
|
3.95 |
|
71.4 | ||||
| 70 | 55 | Westminster | 330 |
|
2.90 |
|
2.00 |
|
71.1 | ||
| 71 | 65 | Bradford | 322 |
|
3.68 |
|
55 |
|
71.1 | ||
| 72 | 76 | Northampton | 241 |
|
4.08 |
|
61 |
|
71.0 | ||
| 73 | 84 | Anglia Ruskin | 210 |
|
3.79 |
|
72 |
|
70.6 | ||
| 74 | - | Sunderland | 266 |
|
4.10 |
|
70.0 | ||||
| 75 | 74 | Chichester | 281 |
|
3.87 |
|
69.4 | ||||
| 76 | 70 | Central Lancashire | 298 |
|
3.80 |
|
48 |
|
69.0 | ||
| 77 | 78 | Worcester | 269 |
|
3.87 |
|
68.6 | ||||
| 78 | 72 | Staffordshire | 213 |
|
4.29 |
|
51 |
|
68.5 | ||
| 79 | 82 | West of Scotland | 282 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.95 |
|
28 |
|
68.1 |
| 80 | 85 | Canterbury Christ Church | 229 |
|
4.11 |
|
47 |
|
67.3 | ||
| 81 | 90 | Edge Hill | 287 |
|
3.95 |
|
37 |
|
66.7 | ||
| 82 | 75 | Derby | 253 |
|
4.19 |
|
36 |
|
66.2 | ||
| 83 | 83 | West London | 201 |
|
4.52 |
|
37 |
|
65.8 | ||
| 84 | 87 | London South Bank | 207 |
|
4.13 |
|
44 |
|
65.7 | ||
| 85 | 89 | Buckinghamshire New | 196 |
|
4.19 |
|
44 |
|
65.5 | ||
| 86 | 79 | Southampton Solent | 225 |
|
3.78 |
|
47 |
|
65.4 | ||
| 87 | - | Abertay Dundee | 3.74 |
|
40 |
|
65.4 | ||||
| 88 | 86 | Middlesex | 230 |
|
4.03 |
|
40 |
|
65.3 | ||
| 89 | 73 | Bolton | 239 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.35 |
|
40 |
|
65.1 |
| 90 | 81 | East London | 210 |
|
3.96 |
|
42 |
|
64.5 | ||
| 91 | 88 | London Metropolitan | 209 |
|
3.93 |
|
41 |
|
64.1 | ||
| 92 | 77 | Cardiff Metropolitan | 304 |
|
3.71 |
|
24 |
|
63.2 | ||
| 93 | 91 | Bedfordshire | 176 |
|
3.82 |
|
18 |
|
56.7 | ||
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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