University Subject Tables 2008

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Accounting & Finance

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	-	London School of Economics	481	5*	84.0	100.0
2	-	Edinburgh	472	5	80.0	96.7
2	-	Warwick	461	5*	80.0	96.7
4	-	Nottingham	428	5	82.0	94.5
5	-	Bristol	423	5	82.0	94.3
6	-	Manchester	428	5*	70.0	93.9
7	-	Glasgow	460	5	80.0	93.2
7	-	Leeds	415	5	86.0	93.2
9	-	Queen's, Belfast	402	4	84.0	92.4
10	-	Loughborough	414	4	84.0	91.3
11	-	Southampton	406	4	74.0	89.8
12	-	City	384	5	78.0	89.7
13	-	Lancaster	392	5*	64.0	89.5
14	-	Durham	351	5	70.0	89.2
15	-	Aberdeen	432	4	66.0	88.5
16	-	Strathclyde		5	74.0	87.9
17	-	Stirling	344	5	70.0	87.8
18	-	Newcastle	415	5	74.0	87.6
19	-	Cardiff	361	5	66.0	87.3
20	-	Sheffield	369	4	70.0	87.2
21	-	Exeter	397	5	72.0	86.4
22	-	Dundee	359	4	64.0	86.1
23	-	Robert Gordon	359		92.0	85.4
24	-	Kent	332	3a	76.0	84.6
25	-	Birmingham	386	4	70.0	84.5
26	-	Hull	346	4	68.0	84.1
27	-	Bangor	284	5	64.0	83.7
28	-	Liverpool	380	3a	56.0	82.9
29	-	Heriot-Watt	396	4	62.0	82.6
30	-	Essex	316	5	62.0	82.5
31	-	Nottingham Trent	285	3b	82.0	82.1
32	-	East Anglia	328	3a	66.0	81.6
33	-	Reading	369		76.0	81.2
34	-	Glamorgan	331	3b	68.0	80.0
35	-	Salford	287	3a	58.0	79.0
36	-	Bradford	255	4	62.0	78.9
36	-	Portsmouth	256	4	62.0	78.9
38	-	Ulster	309	3a	64.0	78.8
39	-	Liverpool John Moores	244	3b	76.0	77.7
40	-	De Montfort	259	3a	58.0	76.7
41	-	West of England, Bristol	260	5	64.0	76.6
42	-	Glasgow Caledonian	370	4	56.0	76.4
43	-	Queen Mary	327		62.0	75.6
44	-	Keele	310		64.0	75.5
45	-	Aberystwyth	272	3b	56.0	75.4
46	-	Oxford Brookes	270		66.0	74.5
47	-	Bournemouth	254		64.0	73.3
48	-	Central England	223		68.0	73.2
49	-	Paisley	313	5	52.0	73.1
50	-	Brighton	252	3a	56.0	72.9
50	-	Staffordshire	243		64.0	72.9
52	-	Leeds Metropolitan	268		60.0	72.8
53	-	Northumbria	319		52.0	72.5
54	-	Huddersfield	213	3b	60.0	72.0
55	-	Central Lancashire	247	3b	54.0	71.6
56	-	Manchester Metropolitan	265		56.0	71.5
57	-	Napier	285	3b	48.0	71.4
58	-	Gloucestershire	247		58.0	71.3
58	-	Wolverhampton	189		66.0	71.3
60	-	Sheffield Hallam	242	3a	56.0	71.1
61	-	Derby	189		62.0	70.2
62	-	East London	200		58.0	69.5
62	-	Kingston	244		52.0	69.5
64	-	London South Bank	186	3a	52.0	69.2
65	-	Southampton Solent	215		54.0	69.0
66	-	Hertfordshire	222		52.0	68.7
67	-	Coventry	215		46.0	66.7
68	-	Bedfordshire	151		54.0	66.5
69	-	Middlesex	165	3a	44.0	66.1
69	-	Plymouth	207	3b	40.0	66.1
71	-	Greenwich	184	3b	44.0	65.3
71	-	Northampton	193		44.0	65.3
73	-	Lincoln	233		38.0	65.2

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