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	2	Durham	4.4	556	2.80	82.0	100.0
2	3	Cambridge	4.4	559	2.95	71.0	98.4
3	5	University College London	4.3	493	2.85	77.0	96.9
4	7	Exeter	4.3	500	3.00	72.0	96.8
5	1	Oxford	4.3	541	3.00	67.0	96.7
6	4	York	4.1	512	3.15	70.0	96.2
7	6	Warwick	4.2	518	2.95	71.0	96.2
8	11	St Andrews	4.2	519	2.95	66.0	95.6
9	8	Bristol	4.1	496	2.85	74.0	95.6
10	9	Leeds	4.1	449	2.95	75.0	95.0
11	15	King's College London	4.1	471	2.80	73.0	94.5
12	10	Nottingham	4.2	469	3.00	67.0	94.4
13	16	Lancaster	4.2	462	2.70	72.0	94.2
14	12	Queen Mary	4.3	420	3.05	68.0	93.8
15	13	Newcastle	4.2	454	2.90	67.0	93.7
16	21	Royal Holloway	4.1	424	2.85	73.0	93.7
17	19	Glasgow	4.2	457	2.95	62.0	93.0
18	24	Edinburgh	4.0	491	3.05	60.0	92.9
19	26	Birmingham	3.9	443	2.80	71.0	92.7
20	-	Birkbeck	4.4		2.80		92.5
21	28	East Anglia	4.3	450	2.80	61.0	92.5
22	23	Sheffield	4.1	463	2.80	63.0	92.5
23	14	Southampton	4.4	450	2.80	58.0	92.3
24	25	Kent	4.1	405	2.85	68.0	92.1
25	18	Loughborough	4.3	407	2.50	70.0	92.1
26	17	Cardiff	4.2	448	2.85	60.0	91.9
27	29	Manchester	3.9	470	3.05	60.0	91.7
28	31	Aberdeen	4.1	442	2.90	59.0	91.4
29	20	Leicester	4.2	419	2.70	62.0	91.3
30	22	Sussex	4.1	427	2.70	64.0	91.3
31	33	Keele	4.2	356	2.55	68.0	90.1
32	27	Liverpool	4.0	442	2.90	53.0	89.9
33	32	Stirling	4.3	391	2.55	59.0	89.5
34	30	Hull	4.2	343	2.55	65.0	89.2
35	35	Reading	4.1	396	2.80	55.0	89.1
36	37	Queen's, Belfast	4.1	393	2.90	53.0	88.9
37	34	Strathclyde	4.0	437	2.50	49.0	87.6
38	38	Goldsmiths, University of London	4.1	382	2.65	51.0	87.3
39	45	Essex	4.1	399	2.60	48.0	87.2
40	36	Dundee	4.3	382	2.45	49.0	87.2
41	42	Aberystwyth	4.0	362	2.45	56.0	86.7
42	41	Swansea	3.9	354	2.60	55.0	86.4
43	40	Roehampton	4.2	302	2.30	60.0	86.3
44	91	Bishop Grosseteste	4.6	249	1.60	69.0	86.2
45	49	Edinburgh Napier	4.3	364	1.95		86.0
46	51	Oxford Brookes	4.1	357	2.40	50.0	85.6
47	48	Portsmouth	4.0	319	2.40	58.0	85.6
48	46	Birmingham City	4.3	305	2.05	58.0	85.5
49	58	Winchester	4.1	322	2.25	57.0	85.5
50	43	Brunel	3.9	360	2.50	51.0	85.3
51	44	Chester	4.5	317	1.90	54.0	85.3
52	47	De Montfort	4.2	300	2.95	44.0	85.1
53	79	Bangor	3.7	333	2.55	53.0	84.4
54	50	Huddersfield	4.0	343	1.95	55.0	84.3
55	74	West of England, Bristol	4.1	337	2.20	48.0	84.2
56	59	Bath Spa	4.0	353	2.15	49.0	84.2
57	81	Northampton	4.4	305	1.85	52.0	83.9
58	60	Lincoln	4.2	337		66.0	83.8
59	39	Leeds Trinity	4.2	283	1.90	58.0	83.8
60	68	Hertfordshire	4.0	335	2.40	45.0	83.8
61	54	Coventry	4.1	290	1.70	61.0	83.7
62	55	Glamorgan	4.1	309	2.40	47.0	83.6
63	52	Anglia Ruskin	4.2	265	2.70	44.0	83.6
64	67	Kingston	4.0	305	2.40	50.0	83.5
65	70	Salford	4.1	308	2.35	47.0	83.4
66	56	Northumbria	4.1	348	2.10	46.0	83.3
67	66	Cumbria	4.5	228	1.45	63.0	83.3
68	71	Brighton	4.0	331	2.20	45.0	83.0
69	101	Plymouth	4.0	325	2.05	49.0	82.9
70	72	Manchester Metropolitan	4.1	334	2.35	39.0	82.6
71	53	Central Lancashire	3.9	297	1.90	56.0	82.5
72	63	Gloucestershire	4.2	295	2.15	44.0	82.5
73	64	Sunderland	4.2	279	2.40	40.0	82.1
74	57	Nottingham Trent	4.0	319	2.50	38.0	82.0
75	75	Sheffield Hallam	3.9	338	2.20	43.0	81.9
76	77	Westminster	4.1	315	1.80	48.0	81.9
77	62	Edge Hill	4.2	304	1.65	49.0	81.8
78	76	Bedfordshire	4.1	220	2.10	54.0	81.7
79	89	Ulster	4.2	278	2.25	40.0	81.6
80	78	Aston	4.0	365	1.85	40.0	81.4
81	87	St Mary's	4.1	296	1.70	49.0	81.3
82	97	Liverpool John Moores	4.2	324	2.10	36.0	81.3
83	69	Worcester	4.1	292	1.85	47.0	81.2
84	80	Surrey	3.9	429		46.0	81.1
85	88	Teesside	4.3	336		49.0	81.1
86	73	Middlesex	3.7	269	2.25	50.0	80.8
87	90	Buckingham	4.5	308			80.8
88	93	Greenwich	4.0	282	1.70	48.0	80.5
89	86	Chichester	4.1	303	1.95	36.0	80.0
90	61	Staffordshire	4.0	233	1.85	49.0	79.6
91	85	Newman	4.1	295		52.0	79.5
92	84	Canterbury Christ Church	4.0	288	1.60	45.0	79.5
93	99	Falmouth	4.3	274		49.0	79.3
94	83	Glyndwr	4.3	236		54.0	79.3
95	92	Southampton Solent	4.2	278			78.1
96	100	East London	4.1	238		51.0	77.8
97	95	York St John	3.9	298	1.30	38.0	77.1
98	102	Leeds Metropolitan	4.0	283		43.0	76.8
99	103	Cardiff Metropolitan	4.1	295		36.0	76.6
100	94	University Campus Suffolk	4.4	277		31.0	76.2
101	98	London Metropolitan	3.9	216		49.0	75.9
102	96	Derby	3.7			45.0	75.7
103	107	London South Bank	4.0	246			75.6
104	-	St Mark and St John	4.3	236	1.00	32.0	75.0
105	105	Bolton	3.9	260	1.40	25.0	73.8

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