University Subject Tables 2014

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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 Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Click here to read more	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
2014	2013	University Name
1	1	Cambridge	4.3	651	2.65	84.0	100.0
2	2	Oxford	4.0	581	2.82	75.0	95.8
3	3	Imperial College London	3.8	525	2.75	80.0	94.4
4	6	York	4.4	471	2.75	75.0	94.4
5	7	Durham	4.0	506	2.50	76.0	93.2
6	4	University College London	3.9	513	2.50	76.0	93.2
7	5	Sheffield	4.2	473	2.85	69.0	93.0
8	9	Bristol	4.1	469	2.67	72.0	92.6
9	10	Manchester	4.2	463	2.85	68.0	92.5
10	8	Lancaster	4.2	421	2.80	71.0	92.0
11	12	Bath	4.1	455	2.50	73.0	92.0
12	15	Exeter	4.3	444	2.50	71.0	91.9
13	17	King's College London	4.0	449	2.75	72.0	91.9
14	18	Edinburgh	3.8	499	2.65	67.0	91.2
15	21	Glasgow	4.2	448	2.60	68.0	91.2
16	20	Birmingham	3.9	441	2.45	73.0	90.7
17	13	Leicester	4.4	445	2.40	64.0	90.4
18	14	Surrey	4.1	415	2.75	66.0	90.3
19	25	East Anglia	4.2	414	2.50	68.0	90.2
20	16	Nottingham	4.1	415	2.63	65.0	89.7
21	23	Cardiff	4.1	440	2.60	62.0	89.5
22	35	Strathclyde	3.6	475	2.55	67.0	89.4
23	26	Leeds	4.0	421	2.70	64.0	89.3
24	36	Aston	4.2	394	2.50	66.0	89.2
25	32	Queen's, Belfast	4.1	388	2.15	74.0	89.2
26	33	Dundee	3.9	442	2.80	59.0	89.0
27	-	Birkbeck	4.1		2.50		89.0
28	11	St Andrews	3.9	483	2.55	58.0	88.9
29	27	Warwick	3.6	450	2.45	69.0	88.9
30	19	Southampton	4.0	418	2.45	64.0	88.7
31	22	Sussex	3.8	402	2.37	73.0	88.7
32	28	Liverpool	4.0	427	2.35	66.0	88.7
33	24	Newcastle	4.0	403	2.60	64.0	88.6
34	34	Royal Holloway	3.8	366	2.80	67.0	88.4
35	43	Aberdeen	4.0	422	2.60	57.0	87.8
36	41	Kent	4.0	377	2.10	71.0	87.6
37	30	Queen Mary	3.8	419	2.25	65.0	87.4
38	31	Heriot-Watt	4.1	373	2.20	64.0	87.1
39	37	Ulster	4.1	304	2.80		87.1
40	29	Nottingham Trent	3.9	307	2.55	69.0	86.7
41	45	Keele	4.1	353	1.75	72.0	86.6
42	53	Oxford Brookes	4.1	333	1.85	68.0	85.7
43	39	Brunel	4.2	364	1.75	64.0	85.5
44	52	Essex	4.1	334	2.25	60.0	85.4
45	46	Hull	4.1	352	1.90	64.0	85.3
46	38	Reading	3.9	367	2.15	62.0	85.3
47	40	Huddersfield	4.4	287	2.00	64.0	85.3
48	48	Swansea	4.0	377	1.90	62.0	85.3
49	51	Plymouth	4.1	360	2.00	59.0	85.0
50	44	West of England, Bristol	4.2	311	2.61	51.0	84.7
51	42	Stirling	4.0	395	2.35	48.0	84.3
52	47	Portsmouth	4.0	304	2.47	55.0	84.2
53	65	Edinburgh Napier	4.1	330	1.68	61.0	83.4
54	50	Robert Gordon	4.0	367	1.90	53.0	83.3
55	71	Coventry	4.2	278		73.0	83.2
56	60	Manchester Metropolitan	4.0	318	2.05	56.0	83.0
57	55	Sheffield Hallam	3.9	334	1.80	59.0	82.9
58	59	Aberystwyth	4.0	325	2.50	46.0	82.8
59	49	Glasgow Caledonian	3.8	390	2.10	48.0	82.7
60	54	Northumbria	3.9	336	1.95	55.0	82.7
61	56	Bradford	4.0	324		67.0	82.2
62	73	Westminster	3.9	286	2.20	55.0	82.1
63	77	Glamorgan	4.2	351	1.45	54.0	82.1
64	79	Edge Hill	4.1	273		70.0	81.8
65	57	Brighton	4.0	305	2.08	51.0	81.8
66	62	Hertfordshire	4.0	298	2.15	49.0	81.5
67	68	Bangor	3.7	342	2.10	49.0	81.3
68	80	Liverpool John Moores	4.1	328	1.70	50.0	81.3
69	74	Central Lancashire	3.9	315		66.0	81.3
70	76	Teesside	4.0	332		60.0	81.1
71	61	Greenwich	4.1	286	1.75	50.0	80.7
72	69	Kingston	3.8	266	1.85	57.0	80.6
73	-	Lincoln	4.1	328			80.3
74	58	Chester	4.3	267		59.0	80.3
75	91	Abertay Dundee	3.9	337		58.0	80.3
76	67	Roehampton	3.7	263	1.40	65.0	80.1
77	66	Derby	4.0	310	1.65	47.0	79.7
78	64	Sunderland	3.8	234		65.0	78.9
79	72	Bolton	3.8	235	1.30	61.0	78.9
80	63	Cardiff Metropolitan	3.8	285		58.0	78.8
81	75	Bath Spa	4.2	283	1.10	51.0	78.7
82	86	Northampton	4.0	285			78.4
83	85	Salford	4.0	276	2.20	34.0	78.1
84	88	Leeds Metropolitan	4.1	262		51.0	77.9
85	87	St Mary's	3.8	288			77.5
86	81	Canterbury Christ Church	4.2	248		47.0	77.2
87	84	East London	3.8	260	2.05	37.0	77.1
88	78	Worcester	4.0	278		45.0	76.9
89	93	University Campus Suffolk	3.6	285			76.5
90	83	Gloucestershire	4.6	279		32.0	76.5
91	89	Anglia Ruskin	4.0	258		47.0	76.5
92	82	Bedfordshire	3.6	181	1.90		76.5
93	70	Staffordshire	4.2	257		42.0	76.3
94	-	West of Scotland	3.9	291		42.0	76.0
95	94	Bournemouth	3.9	322		33.0	75.0
96	92	Middlesex	3.8	178			73.7
97	90	London South Bank	3.6	199		47.0	73.5
98	95	London Metropolitan	3.7	225		41.0	73.5

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