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| CUG Rank | University Name | Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. |
Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 |
Research Assessment | Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Maximum score: 100 |
Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 |
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| 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Cambridge | 497 |
|
5* |
|
73 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | University College London | 485 |
|
4.34 |
|
5* |
|
77 |
|
99.9 |
| 3 | 1 | Durham | 501 |
|
4.11 |
|
5* |
|
76 |
|
99.2 |
| 4 | 4 | Oxford | 499 |
|
4.15 |
|
5* |
|
71 |
|
98.2 |
| 5 | 8 | St Andrews | 469 |
|
4.16 |
|
5* |
|
75 |
|
97.3 |
| 6 | 7 | York | 486 |
|
3.77 |
|
5* |
|
67 |
|
95.5 |
| 7 | 5 | Warwick | 463 |
|
3.90 |
|
5* |
|
70 |
|
95.1 |
| 8 | 6 | Leeds | 447 |
|
3.95 |
|
5* |
|
64 |
|
94.6 |
| 9 | 9 | Edinburgh | 450 |
|
3.83 |
|
5* |
|
63 |
|
94.0 |
| 10 | 13 | Royal Holloway | 422 |
|
3.95 |
|
5 |
|
66 |
|
93.0 |
| 11 | 19 | Glasgow | 422 |
|
4.06 |
|
5* |
|
61 |
|
92.7 |
| 12 | 17 | Leicester | 378 |
|
4.34 |
|
5 |
|
62 |
|
92.5 |
| 13 | 21 | Exeter | 433 |
|
4.21 |
|
5 |
|
61 |
|
92.4 |
| 13 | 10 | Nottingham | 443 |
|
3.70 |
|
5 |
|
65 |
|
92.4 |
| 15 | 11 | Bristol | 473 |
|
3.90 |
|
5 |
|
68 |
|
92.2 |
| 16 | 24 | Aberdeen | 372 |
|
4.09 |
|
4 |
|
75 |
|
92.1 |
| 17 | 25 | Queen Mary | 369 |
|
4.15 |
|
5 |
|
64 |
|
92.0 |
| 18 | 14 | Newcastle | 427 |
|
3.63 |
|
5 |
|
65 |
|
91.7 |
| 19 | 15 | Liverpool | 425 |
|
3.93 |
|
5* |
|
58 |
|
91.6 |
| 20 | 11 | Southampton | 387 |
|
4.13 |
|
5 |
|
59 |
|
91.3 |
| 21 | 19 | Cardiff | 411 |
|
4.01 |
|
5* |
|
56 |
|
91.2 |
| 22 | 36 | Dundee | 413 |
|
4.09 |
|
4 |
|
62 |
|
91.1 |
| 22 | 34 | Goldsmiths College | 354 |
|
4.03 |
|
5 |
|
64 |
|
91.1 |
| 24 | 18 | Hull | 325 |
|
3.99 |
|
5 |
|
72 |
|
91.0 |
| 25 | 34 | Stirling | 327 |
|
5 |
|
67 |
|
90.8 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Sheffield | 443 |
|
3.80 |
|
5 |
|
59 |
|
90.6 |
| 27 | 39 | Strathclyde | 468 |
|
3.68 |
|
5 |
|
57 |
|
90.3 |
| 28 | 29 | Lancaster | 407 |
|
3.87 |
|
5 |
|
56 |
|
90.2 |
| 28 | 22 | Queen's, Belfast | 349 |
|
3.82 |
|
5 |
|
64 |
|
90.2 |
| 30 | 26 | Kent | 335 |
|
4.08 |
|
5 |
|
64 |
|
90.0 |
| 31 | 38 | East Anglia | 385 |
|
3.95 |
|
5 |
|
58 |
|
89.5 |
| 32 | 37 | Keele | 324 |
|
3.80 |
|
5 |
|
67 |
|
89.2 |
| 33 | 33 | Loughborough | 366 |
|
4.28 |
|
5 |
|
59 |
|
89.0 |
| 34 | 23 | King's College London | 421 |
|
3.88 |
|
4 |
|
58 |
|
88.9 |
| 34 | 30 | Sussex | 429 |
|
3.58 |
|
5 |
|
57 |
|
88.9 |
| 36 | 31 | Oxford Brookes | 341 |
|
3.98 |
|
5 |
|
66 |
|
88.7 |
| 36 | 32 | Reading | 359 |
|
4.15 |
|
5* |
|
48 |
|
88.7 |
| 38 | 28 | Manchester | 433 |
|
3.64 |
|
5 |
|
52 |
|
88.2 |
| 39 | 26 | Birmingham | 412 |
|
3.61 |
|
5 |
|
59 |
|
87.5 |
| 40 | 46 | Lampeter | 312 |
|
3.71 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
87.0 |
| 41 | 41 | De Montfort | 269 |
|
4.02 |
|
5 |
|
54 |
|
86.7 |
| 42 | 43 | Essex | 313 |
|
3.87 |
|
4 |
|
59 |
|
86.3 |
| 43 | 41 | Nottingham Trent | 257 |
|
5 |
|
66 |
|
86.1 | ||
| 44 | - | Newman | 244 |
|
3.87 |
|
3b |
|
85 |
|
86.0 |
| 45 | 45 | Bishop Grosseteste | 308 |
|
4.39 |
|
76 |
|
85.9 | ||
| 45 | 47 | Hertfordshire | 276 |
|
3.75 |
|
3a |
|
70 |
|
85.9 |
| 47 | 51 | Salford | 286 |
|
3.89 |
|
5 |
|
50 |
|
85.8 |
| 48 | 51 | West of England, Bristol | 279 |
|
3.93 |
|
4 |
|
59 |
|
85.6 |
| 49 | 49 | Swansea | 324 |
|
3.94 |
|
4 |
|
48 |
|
85.2 |
| 50 | 57 | Aberystwyth | 331 |
|
4.03 |
|
4 |
|
48 |
|
85.0 |
| 51 | 58 | Roehampton | 245 |
|
3.74 |
|
4 |
|
61 |
|
84.4 |
| 52 | 48 | Anglia Ruskin | 279 |
|
3.66 |
|
5 |
|
59 |
|
84.3 |
| 52 | 61 | Bangor | 326 |
|
3.77 |
|
4 |
|
50 |
|
84.3 |
| 52 | 59 | Bath Spa | 304 |
|
3.96 |
|
4 |
|
49 |
|
84.3 |
| 55 | 53 | Middlesex | 249 |
|
4.05 |
|
4 |
|
65 |
|
83.9 |
| 56 | 54 | Birmingham City | 268 |
|
3.87 |
|
3a |
|
68 |
|
83.7 |
| 56 | 50 | Manchester Metropolitan | 317 |
|
3.82 |
|
4 |
|
53 |
|
83.7 |
| 58 | 56 | Cumbria | 281 |
|
3.71 |
|
3a |
|
74 |
|
83.6 |
| 58 | 69 | Portsmouth | 312 |
|
3.90 |
|
4 |
|
52 |
|
83.6 |
| 60 | 44 | Brighton | 292 |
|
3.70 |
|
77 |
|
83.0 | ||
| 61 | 61 | Gloucestershire | 272 |
|
4.07 |
|
4 |
|
41 |
|
82.9 |
| 62 | 60 | Brunel | 305 |
|
3.78 |
|
3a |
|
51 |
|
82.8 |
| 63 | 61 | Sunderland | 243 |
|
3.88 |
|
4 |
|
56 |
|
82.6 |
| 64 | 40 | Chichester | 292 |
|
3a |
|
50 |
|
82.3 | ||
| 64 | 70 | Falmouth | 271 |
|
3b |
|
61 |
|
82.3 | ||
| 66 | 73 | Northumbria | 307 |
|
3.78 |
|
3a |
|
52 |
|
82.1 |
| 67 | 78 | Bedfordshire | 254 |
|
4.03 |
|
70 |
|
81.8 | ||
| 67 | 66 | Glamorgan | 252 |
|
3.89 |
|
4 |
|
45 |
|
81.8 |
| 69 | 64 | Worcester | 265 |
|
3.86 |
|
3b |
|
58 |
|
81.6 |
| 70 | 65 | Sheffield Hallam | 293 |
|
3.73 |
|
4 |
|
42 |
|
81.5 |
| 71 | 74 | Edge Hill | 271 |
|
4.02 |
|
3b |
|
56 |
|
81.1 |
| 72 | 70 | Kingston | 240 |
|
3.97 |
|
3a |
|
47 |
|
81.0 |
| 73 | 72 | York St John | 282 |
|
3.74 |
|
3b |
|
59 |
|
80.9 |
| 74 | 76 | St Mary's | 239 |
|
4.05 |
|
4 |
|
51 |
|
80.7 |
| 75 | 54 | Bolton | 182 |
|
3a |
|
64 |
|
80.3 | ||
| 75 | 68 | Winchester | 279 |
|
3.97 |
|
3a |
|
49 |
|
80.3 |
| 77 | 76 | Plymouth | 295 |
|
3.85 |
|
3a |
|
39 |
|
80.2 |
| 78 | 79 | Liverpool John Moores | 249 |
|
3.90 |
|
4 |
|
43 |
|
80.1 |
| 78 | 79 | Northampton | 225 |
|
3.89 |
|
4 |
|
46 |
|
80.1 |
| 78 | 74 | Ulster | 253 |
|
4 |
|
50 |
|
80.1 | ||
| 81 | - | Huddersfield | 292 |
|
3.79 |
|
3a |
|
42 |
|
79.6 |
| 82 | 85 | Westminster | 238 |
|
3.84 |
|
3b |
|
53 |
|
78.9 |
| 83 | 84 | Chester | 306 |
|
2 |
|
50 |
|
78.1 | ||
| 84 | 87 | Teesside | 276 |
|
4.01 |
|
50 |
|
78.0 | ||
| 85 | 82 | Leeds Metropolitan | 282 |
|
3.74 |
|
54 |
|
77.9 | ||
| 86 | 86 | Staffordshire | 246 |
|
3.42 |
|
3a |
|
50 |
|
77.5 |
| 87 | 76 | Plymouth St Mark and St John | 221 |
|
4.17 |
|
48 |
|
76.8 | ||
| 88 | 88 | Lincoln | 282 |
|
3.87 |
|
44 |
|
76.3 | ||
| 89 | 90 | University of Wales, Newport | 232 |
|
60 |
|
75.9 | ||||
| 90 | 92 | Canterbury Christ Church | 254 |
|
4.02 |
|
42 |
|
75.8 | ||
| 91 | 93 | Derby | 253 |
|
3.96 |
|
40 |
|
75.1 | ||
| 92 | 91 | Wolverhampton | 195 |
|
3.81 |
|
45 |
|
74.0 | ||
| 93 | 89 | Greenwich | 219 |
|
43 |
|
70.7 | ||||
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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