University League Table 2008

Rank within Selection	CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. 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	Student-Staff Ratio Student-Staff Ratio The average staffing levels at the University. Click here to read more	Academic Services Spend Academic Services Spend A guide to how much the University spends on supporting services such as libraries and IT. Click here to read more	Facilities Spend Facilities Spend A guide to how much the University spends on supporting facilities such as the careers service, health and counselling services and sport facilities. Click here to read more	Good Honours Good Honours The percentage of graduates achieving a first or upper second class honours degree – the class of degree achieved can impact a graduate’s employment prospects. Click here to read more	Degree Completion Degree Completion The proportion of students expected to successfully complete their studies and gain a degree from the University. Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology, comprising the four measures listed in the University League Table together with Teaching Standards, Employment Prospects, Good Honours, Staff–Student Ratio, Academic and Facilities Spend, Degree Completion and Green (listed in the University Profiles). Click here to read more
Rank within Selection	2008	2007	University Name
1	2	-	Oxford	522	16.4	6.50	78.5	13.0	2,220	370	89.4	98%	987
2	1	-	Cambridge	530	16.6	6.60	88.0	12.2	1,576	574	84.5	98%	1000
3	7	-	Bristol	440	15.3	5.70	76.0	14.9	1,199	279	81.3	96%	764
4	5	-	St Andrews	458	16.7	5.70	72.9	15.4	818	208	79.7	93%	797
5	8	-	Warwick	453		6.00	73.0	17.1	1,472	233	79.3	96%	761
6	16	-	Edinburgh	458	14.9	5.60	76.6	14.5	999	233	77.8	92%	716
7	9	-	Bath	443	14.9	5.70	78.9	16.7	804	411	76.8	95%	753
8	10	-	Durham	452	15.5	5.70	75.7	20.3	892	331	75.4	96%	750
9	4	-	London School of Economics	471	15.3	6.40	83.0	13.2	1,210	211	74.6	96%	822
10	17	-	Exeter	387	15.6	5.20	65.8	16.8	723	254	74.6	96%	702
11	14	-	Nottingham	431	14.9	5.30	70.4	15.6	980	364	74.5	96%	719
12	25	-	Sheffield	408	15.1	5.50	70.5	15.1	797	278	73.3	92%	683
13	6	-	University College London	429	15.3	6.00	79.8	9.4	1,435	179	72.5	93%	774
14	3	-	Imperial College	453	14.7	6.40	86.3	9.7	2,551	479	72.4	95%	898
15	13	-	Royal Holloway	356	15.5	5.70	61.5	13.9	792	346	71.3	93%	723
16	20	-	Southampton	403	15.3	5.80	67.7	16.7	978	298	71.3	90%	696
17	37	-	Leeds	387	14.9	5.30	68.3	18.4	723	219	71.2	90%	628
18	14	-	York	436	15.5	5.80	64.4	15.0	1,015	199	71.0	95%	719
19	26	-	Sussex	382	14.7	5.50	61.8	13.6	822	319	70.3	90%	665
20	31	-	Birmingham	389	14.8	5.30	70.3	16.6	955	255	69.6	92%	651
21	24	-	SOAS	365	14.7	5.50	73.2	9.5	1,472	186	69.2	81%	688
22	28	-	Queen's, Belfast	363	15.2	4.90	73.2	17.2	769	398	69.1	87%	657
23	29	-	Reading	358	15.4	5.30	64.5	16.8	728	237	69.1	90%	656
24	31	-	Manchester	406	14.6	5.70	65.6	14.6	1,042	277	68.8	91%	651
25	41	-	Strathclyde	429		4.70	71.2	18.3	914	185	67.9	81%	604
26	70	-	Bath Spa	264	15.3	2.50	54.9	24.4	370	116	67.7	87%	459
27	23	-	Newcastle	390	14.9	5.20	73.1	16.7	1,089	350	67.6	92%	690
28	17	-	King's College London	399	15.2	5.50	79.8	12.4	1,350	180	67.2	92%	702
29	27	-	Cardiff	377	15.1	5.40	70.3	13.9	786	241	66.3	93%	660
30	20	-	East Anglia	364	16.0	5.40	59.3	17.0	675	366	65.4	94%	696
31	30	-	Glasgow	425	15.2	5.20	68.3	13.9	959	225	64.8	85%	652
32	41	-	Liverpool	370	14.9	5.20	70.9	15.5	731	186	64.8	89%	604
33	12	-	Aston	346	14.9	5.00	76.8	14.6	1,221	395	64.3	90%	726
34	33	-	Aberdeen	447		4.70	76.0	13.9	934	225	64.3	80%	642
35	19	-	Lancaster	366	15.6	5.80	61.2	15.8	805	281	64.2	94%	699
36	48	-	City	318	14.6	4.40	81.1	18.7	593	169	63.9	85%	557
37	11	-	Loughborough	368	16.1	5.10	69.7	17.6	783	416	63.8	90%	747
38	52	-	Brunel	302	14.1	4.30	63.2	16.7	949	317	63.7	82%	543
39	20	-	Leicester	371	15.9	5.00	64.8	16.2	704	418	62.5	92%	696
40	38	-	Stirling	334		4.80	67.0	14.5	863	206	62.0	87%	615
41	54	-	Ulster	279	15.0	3.80	59.3	19.2	1,051	285	61.8	77%	537
42	35	-	Surrey	341	14.5	5.40	79.1	15.9	825	299	61.6	86%	636
43	39	-	Queen Mary	342	14.9	5.00	72.5	12.8	935	191	61.6	88%	608
44	43	-	Aberystwyth	299	15.7	4.50	56.3	19.2	645	308	61.1	88%	597
45	36	-	Kent	324	15.5	4.80	65.5	16.4	810	230	60.5	86%	632
46	59	-	Lampeter	258	15.8	4.70	69.2	26.2	387	148	60.5	78%	492
47	58	-	Queen Margaret	333		2.30	75.0	21.3	693	92	60.3	82%	493
48	61	-	Glasgow Caledonian	354		2.50	61.6	18.1	652	156	60.0	82%	490
49	66	-	Bournemouth	278	14.4	1.90	63.8	18.5	769	106	59.8	83%	472
50	51	-	Goldsmiths College	297	15.2	5.30	58.6	20.2	598	178	58.9	82%	544
51	45	-	Dundee	382		5.10	74.8	17.6	755	191	58.6	83%	574
52	44	-	Heriot-Watt	375		4.70	61.5	16.8	657	354	57.9	80%	580
53	59	-	University of the Arts, London	391	13.7	4.70	51.3	18.7	734	138	57.9	85%	492
54	67	-	Central England	252	14.4	2.20	62.6	16.2	677	361	57.7	78%	471
55	71	-	Napier	293		2.30	62.1	17.8	814	156	57.4	71%	456
56	39	-	Hull	384	15.6	4.30	71.1	19.0	586	189	57.3	85%	608
57	34	-	Essex	317	15.1	5.60	63.7	14.7	788	318	56.8	86%	638
58	95	-	Northampton	221	14.9	1.70	55.5	19.4	604	166	56.8	77%	390
59	77	-	West of England	266	14.5	2.80	59.8	19.8	611	241	56.7	79%	437
60	53	-	Oxford Brookes	295	14.9	2.80	72.0	17.0	584	333	56.6	82%	542
61	65	-	UWCN, Newport	228	15.4	3.00	57.0	19.1	535	261	56.5	77%	473
62	97	-	Westminster	229	14.2	2.80	53.6	17.5	525	199	56.4	76%	389
63	50	-	Keele	314	15.1	4.60	64.4	18.1	545	146	56.0	94%	555
64	81	-	Coventry	239	14.8	2.10	61.2	20.6	664	277	56.0	74%	423
65	57	-	Plymouth	275	15.0	3.20	55.8	17.5	768	245	55.9	81%	494
66	78	-	Sheffield Hallam	270	14.3	3.00	61.3	23.8	678	244	55.4	85%	433
67	69	-	Brighton	280	14.7	2.90	64.3	18.1	630	197	55.3	76%	462
68	71	-	Winchester	265	15.3	2.50	49.9	20.6	536	223	54.7	87%	456
69	49	-	Bradford	265	15.1	4.40	76.0	18.6	813	296	54.2	83%	556
70	47	-	Swansea	289	15.3	4.60	60.3	16.9	679	262	54.1	88%	560
71	62	-	Salford	269	14.5	4.30	59.8	16.7	613	263	53.5	77%	479
72	55	-	Robert Gordon	311		1.90	81.8	18.9	775	183	53.4	80%	519
73	56	-	Nottingham Trent	283	14.5	2.80	77.1	19.0	694	168	53.3	87%	514
74	63	-	Roehampton	237	14.8	3.20	56.1	20.3	952	339	52.7	78%	478
75	104	-	Anglia Ruskin	243	14.6	1.50	61.5	19.9	432	154	52.7	74%	349
76	75	-	Northumbria	291	14.7	2.30	59.4	21.9	727	249	52.4	81%	442
77	109	-	Lincoln	255	14.3	1.70	48.9	26.3	637	162	52.3	84%	335
78	80	-	Staffordshire	241	15.0	2.20	53.4	18.1	750	182	52.2	78%	431
79	68	-	Glamorgan	273	15.2	2.40	53.4	16.3	787	291	52.1	68%	465
80	91	-	Bolton	179	15.2	1.50	65.0	17.7	423	367	51.7	62%	396
81	111	-	London South Bank	191	14.2	2.90	62.1	23.1	669	110	51.7	70%	302
82	73	-	Gloucestershire	242	14.8	3.00	53.9	20.2	679	343	51.3	78%	452
83	87	-	Sunderland	238	14.4	2.80	56.3	16.7	494	229	50.4	74%	403
84	46	-	Bangor	290	15.5	4.70	65.7	16.9	828	209	50.0	86%	569
85	100	-	York St John	266	14.4	0.80	62.0	25.6	469	311	49.9	86%	376
86	102	-	Derby	215	14.8	1.50	57.2	22.4	844	164	49.8	76%	364
87	82	-	Kingston	228	14.5	2.70	64.1	18.3	753	172	49.2	78%	418
88	95	-	Leeds Metropolitan	263	14.3	2.20	59.5	23.2	795	138	49.0	82%	390
89	103	-	Thames Valley	202		0.50	61.9	19.4	467	109	48.7	73%	354
90	74	-	UWIC, Cardiff	248	14.6	2.70	54.6	20.7	710	366	48.4	82%	450
91	90	-	Liverpool John Moores	252	14.8	2.60	57.2	18.5	673	156	48.4	73%	398
92	63	-	Central Lancashire	246	14.9	2.20	66.3	17.4	630	322	48.1	76%	478
93	76	-	Portsmouth	256	14.8	3.20	59.4	18.9	587	160	48.0	85%	438
94	88	-	De Montfort	246	14.4	3.10	64.4	21.5	628	149	48.0	81%	400
95	98	-	Manchester Metropolitan	260	14.4	2.90	54.2	18.9	744	168	47.7	75%	386
96	89	-	Abertay Dundee	214		2.00	51.9	19.8	1,408	142	47.2	74%	399
97	110	-	Liverpool Hope	220	14.8	1.30	52.6	24.3	828	140	47.0	77%	322
98	104	-	Cumbria	257	14.3	1.60	70.7	22.8	547	124	46.5	84%	349
99	107	-	Middlesex	189	14.0	2.70	55.8	29.6	1,068	358	46.5	79%	339
100	84	-	Chester	253	15.5	1.60	48.6	17.8	471	207	46.1	78%	406
101	91	-	Huddersfield	244	15.3	2.40	55.4	20.6	486	123	46.0	81%	396
102	85	-	Canterbury Christ Church	252	15.5	1.90	62.5	20.4	444	90	45.8	82%	405
103	83	-	Worcester	221	15.2	1.40	63.1	20.2	652	221	45.4	78%	408
104	79	-	Chichester	242	15.6	2.10	59.1	21.0	443	167	45.1	85%	432
105	94	-	Hertfordshire	235	14.5	2.50	62.2	18.5	541	167	45.1	80%	391
106	99	-	Teesside	236	15.1	1.90	63.1	20.7	582	139	44.6	75%	377
107	106	-	Southampton Solent	224	14.3	0.90	48.9	21.6	612	324	43.9	78%	343
108	101	-	Paisley	313		1.60	55.5	20.0	986	167	43.8	66%	373
109	107	-	Wolverhampton	204	14.5	2.00	53.0	21.2	610	354	43.5	73%	339
110	112	-	Greenwich	201	14.2	2.50	57.3	24.0	705	144	42.3	76%	294
111	86	-	Bedfordshire	207	14.6	1.80	59.8	23.4	1,576	291	41.1	75%	404
112	93	-	East London	190		2.50	58.3	22.3	775	459	40.0	67%	395
113	113	-	Edge Hill	243	15.1	1.30	55.9	22.8	226	21	38.1	77%	269

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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