University Subject Tables 2009

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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. Maximum score: 5.00 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. Maximum score: 100 Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 Click here to read more
2009	2008	University Name			Research Assessment
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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