University Subject Tables 2009

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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	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
2009	2008	University Name			Research Assessment
1	1	Cambridge		502	5*	81.0	100.0
2	5	Oxford		493	5	78.0	96.5
3	2	Durham	4.3	483	5*	76.0	94.8
4	3	King's College London	4.2	456	5*	77.0	93.7
5	4	London School of Economics	3.8	431	5*	83.0	91.3
6	7	University College London	3.9	448	5	73.0	89.6
6	6	Warwick	4.0	464	5	69.0	89.6
8	8	York	4.1	466	5	64.0	89.2
9	9	St Andrews	4.2	472	5	67.0	89.1
10	14	Exeter	4.1	415	5	65.0	88.1
11	20	Queen Mary	4.3	369	5	70.0	87.3
12	16	Leeds	3.9	426	5	67.0	86.9
13	15	Bristol	3.9	438	4	67.0	86.5
13	12	Royal Holloway	4.0	386	5	64.0	86.5
15	11	Edinburgh	3.7	462	5	64.0	86.3
15	12	Sheffield	3.9	437	5	62.0	86.3
17	27	Bradford		266	5*		85.5
17	38	Dundee	4.2	446	5	52.0	85.5
19	19	Southampton	4.1	384	5	56.0	85.3
20	35	Glasgow	4.2	438	5	51.0	85.2
21	27	East Anglia	4.3	382	5*	49.0	85.1
22	25	Leicester	4.1	359	5	56.0	84.8
23	21	Birmingham	4.0	399	5	57.0	84.6
23	10	Hull	4.1	297	5	64.0	84.6
25	17	Nottingham	3.8	427	4	59.0	84.3
26	30	Sussex	3.9	391	4	61.0	83.8
27	29	Cardiff	4.0	402	5	48.0	83.7
27	24	Oxford Brookes	4.0	338	5*	48.0	83.7
29	21	SOAS	3.9	361	5*	53.0	83.6
30	18	Keele	3.9	320	5	58.0	83.3
31	26	Newcastle	3.7	408	4	60.0	83.2
32	36	Stirling		322	5	52.0	83.1
33	32	Liverpool	4.2	379	5	49.0	83.0
34	33	Aberdeen	4.0	382	4	58.0	82.5
34	34	Essex	4.0	328	5	51.0	82.5
36	41	Lancaster	4.1	380	4	49.0	82.3
37	21	Manchester	3.7	429	5	48.0	82.0
38	40	Strathclyde	3.9	461	4	45.0	81.9
39	45	Huddersfield	4.3	284	5	49.0	81.8
40	38	Kent	4.0	333	4	60.0	81.7
41	47	Central Lancashire	4.1	273	4	60.0	81.1
41	31	Roehampton	3.9	243	5	64.0	81.1
43	36	Queen's, Belfast	3.8	344	5	53.0	81.0
44	42	Aberystwyth	4.1	312	4	50.0	80.4
45	49	Lampeter	3.9	259	4	62.0	80.3
46	46	Reading	4.0	330	4	54.0	80.2
47	51	Bangor	4.0	270	4	60.0	79.9
48	42	Swansea	4.0	305	4	48.0	79.4
49	44	Salford	3.7	252	5	52.0	79.3
50	51	Hertfordshire	4.0	269	5	49.0	79.1
51	48	Goldsmiths College	4.0	296	4	52.0	78.8
51	55	Portsmouth	4.4	297	4	51.0	78.8
53	50	Kingston	3.8	228	4	64.0	78.7
54	68	Bath Spa	4.2	278	3b	60.0	78.1
55	53	Nottingham Trent	3.9	274	3a	60.0	77.8
56	61	De Montfort	4.2	265	4	45.0	77.5
57	66	Glamorgan	4.1	225	3a	65.0	77.0
57	63	Sheffield Hallam	3.9	286	5	39.0	77.0
59	57	Brunel	3.9	309	3a	50.0	76.9
59	57	Sunderland	4.0	261	4	55.0	76.9
61	65	West of England, Bristol	4.1	269	4	41.0	76.6
62	55	St Mary's	4.0	243	3a	60.0	76.3
62	54	Wolverhampton	4.1	197	4	51.0	76.3
64	76	Teesside	4.4	261	5	34.0	75.9
65	72	Chichester	4.5	241	3a	37.0	75.5
66	72	Canterbury Christ Church	4.3	245	3a	39.0	75.3
67	60	Ulster		258	4	44.0	74.9
68	81	Plymouth	4.0	277	3a	44.0	74.1
69	75	Winchester	4.1	263	4	37.0	73.7
70	57	Northumbria	3.7	303	3a	44.0	73.6
71	77	Worcester	3.9	241	3a	47.0	73.2
72	74	Northampton		248	4	38.0	72.9
73	70	Cumbria	3.7	277	3a	51.0	72.7
74	71	Gloucestershire	3.9	261	3a	41.0	72.4
75	79	Edge Hill	4.2	222	3b	45.0	72.2
76	81	University of Wales, Newport	3.9	206		68.0	71.4
77	67	Liverpool John Moores	3.5	235	4	33.0	71.3
78	63	Greenwich		216	3a	40.0	71.2
79	78	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	286	3a	32.0	71.1
80	85	Lincoln	4.0	271		53.0	70.7
81	84	Chester		281	3b	44.0	70.3
82	83	York St John	4.0	215	3a	41.0	70.0
83	80	Anglia Ruskin	4.0	224	3a	31.0	69.9
84	86	Brighton	3.9	263		50.0	69.2
85	-	Newman	4.3	242			68.1
85	87	Staffordshire		279	3b	36.0	68.1
85	88	Westminster		224	3a	31.0	68.1
88	69	Leeds Metropolitan		257	3a	39.0	67.8
89	89	Derby		303		47.0	67.1

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