University Subject Tables 2012

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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
2012	2011	University Name
1	1	Cambridge	4.2	524	3.20	81.0	100.0
2	2	Oxford	4.1	547	3.10	79.0	99.7
3	3	University College London	4.1	490	3.00	66.0	95.4
4	4	Bath	3.8	460	3.10	71.0	94.7
5	5	Sheffield	3.9	444	2.70	75.0	94.3
6	5	Bristol	3.9	473	2.60	68.0	93.3
7	8	Durham	3.9	434	2.70	69.0	92.9
8	11	Sussex	4.1	389	2.70	69.0	92.7
9	7	York	4.0	470	2.80	58.0	92.4
10	10	Warwick	3.8	439	2.65	66.0	92.2
11	19	Glasgow	4.1	407	2.80	63.0	92.1
12	22	Nottingham	3.8	431	2.65	68.0	92.0
13	19	Kent	4.0	385	2.30	73.0	91.7
14	14	Lancaster	3.8	411	2.35	73.0	91.6
15	12	Edinburgh	3.8	434	2.70	63.0	91.5
16	25	Surrey	3.8	418	2.35	70.0	91.4
17	14	Exeter	4.1	429	2.60	59.0	91.3
18	8	Royal Holloway	4.1	395	2.85	57.0	91.0
19	17	St Andrews	3.7	487	2.85	53.0	91.0
20	23	Southampton	4.0	432	2.70	57.0	91.0
21	17	Birmingham	3.9	423	3.05	55.0	90.9
22	14	Cardiff	3.8	434	2.90	56.0	90.8
23	25	Newcastle	3.8	430	2.35	61.0	90.1
24	12	Leeds	3.6	425	2.55	62.0	90.0
25	21	Aston	4.0	381	2.50	62.0	89.9
26	27	Leicester	3.8	392	1.85	67.0	88.7
27	29	Strathclyde	4.0	386	2.05	60.0	88.6
28	24	City	3.8	359	2.45	62.0	88.5
29	32	Bangor	4.1	324	2.75	55.0	88.5
30	35	Reading	3.9	403	2.65	50.0	88.5
31	31	Northumbria	3.9	332	2.15	66.0	88.3
32	32	Manchester	3.7	420	2.45	50.0	87.5
33	38	Goldsmiths College	3.9	331	2.50	57.0	87.5
34	47	Dundee	4.1	344	2.25	53.0	87.2
35	32	Essex	4.0	326	2.60	52.0	87.1
36	29	Loughborough	4.1	413	1.75	52.0	87.0
37	44	Bournemouth	3.9	297	2.25	60.0	86.5
38	43	Stirling	4.1	314	1.90	59.0	86.4
39	28	Hull	4.0	349	2.20	52.0	86.3
40	52	East Anglia	4.2	379	1.75	50.0	86.3
41	40	Central Lancashire	3.9	288	1.95	62.0	85.9
42	39	Liverpool	3.8	393	2.15	48.0	85.9
43	46	Lincoln	4.1	311	2.00	54.0	85.7
44	48	Queen's, Belfast	3.9	366	2.15	47.0	85.6
45	54	Plymouth	3.8	320	2.20	54.0	85.6
46	35	Aberdeen	3.9	306	2.45	51.0	85.4
47	59	Cumbria	3.9	227		82.0	85.3
48	51	Keele	4.0	308	1.90	55.0	85.1
49	40	Swansea	3.8	351	2.20	47.0	84.9
50	37	Brunel	3.7	337	2.25	49.0	84.7
51	61	Anglia Ruskin	3.9	290	2.25	51.0	84.6
52	52	Hertfordshire	3.8	263	2.20	57.0	84.6
53	48	Staffordshire	3.9	267	1.88	56.0	84.1
54	40	Portsmouth	3.9	331	2.05	45.0	84.0
55	45	Nottingham Trent	4.0	313	1.65	52.0	83.9
56	69	Edinburgh Napier	4.1	292	1.30	58.0	83.8
57	63	Salford	3.8	314	2.20	45.0	83.7
58	55	Manchester Metropolitan	3.7	326	2.01	48.0	83.7
59	61	West of England, Bristol	3.9	302	2.25	43.0	83.4
60	71	West London	4.0	212	1.10	69.0	83.2
61	48	Oxford Brookes	3.9	341	2.00	40.0	83.0
62	77	Westminster	3.7	274	1.75	55.0	82.9
63	71	Roehampton	3.6	249	1.90	57.0	82.5
64	67	Chester	3.9	291		58.0	82.3
65	60	Leeds Metropolitan	3.5	326		61.0	82.2
66	76	Sheffield Hallam	3.8	317	1.55	46.0	82.1
67	74	Heriot-Watt	4.3	297	1.40	41.0	82.0
68	69	Middlesex	3.5	224	1.50	65.0	82.0
69	80	Derby	3.8	262	1.65	53.0	82.0
70	64	Aberystwyth	4.2	301			81.9
71	56	Bath Spa	3.9	307	1.65	44.0	81.8
72	-	Chichester	4.1	304			81.8
73	81	St Mary's	4.2	261		54.0	81.7
74	67	Coventry	3.8	302	1.32	48.0	81.4
75	64	Bolton	3.7	225	1.30	60.0	81.3
76	74	York St John	4.4	296	1.05	42.0	81.3
77	79	Worcester	3.7	280	1.40	52.0	81.3
78	88	Leeds Trinity	3.9	259	1.40	48.0	80.9
79	57	Greenwich	3.7	224	1.70	53.0	80.9
80	58	Glasgow Caledonian	3.7	307	1.60	43.0	80.8
81	97	Huddersfield	4.0	277		50.0	80.8
82	84	Ulster	4.0	253	2.00	37.0	80.8
83	93	Bradford	4.0	227		57.0	80.8
84	78	Teesside	4.0	282		50.0	80.8
85	103	Newman	3.9	246		57.0	80.7
86	82	Sunderland	4.1	264	1.40	42.0	80.7
87	64	East London	3.7	200	2.05	46.0	80.2
88	71	Liverpool John Moores	3.7	264	2.00	36.0	79.7
89	91	De Montfort	4.1	249		47.0	79.6
90	86	Gloucestershire	3.5	297	1.35	45.0	79.6
91	89	Glamorgan	3.8	275	1.35	42.0	79.5
92	82	UWIC, Cardiff	3.6	269		50.0	79.1
93	93	London Metropolitan	3.8	236	1.60	42.0	79.1
94	93	Kingston	3.7	243	1.65	40.0	79.0
95	90	Winchester	3.7	296		44.0	79.0
96	84	Abertay Dundee		233	1.70	45.0	79.0
97	98	London South Bank	3.6	241	1.80	38.0	78.7
98	92	Buckinghamshire New	3.9	246		46.0	78.6
99	100	Brighton	3.8	297		40.0	78.4
100	86	Queen Margaret		300		45.0	78.3
101	104	Edge Hill	3.9	251		40.0	77.9
102	96	Bedfordshire	3.9	179		50.0	77.8
103	101	Northampton	3.9	246		39.0	77.6
104	99	Canterbury Christ Church	3.7	278		38.0	77.5
105	101	Southampton Solent	3.9	261		33.0	76.8
106	105	University of Wales, Newport	3.4	246			76.4
107	-	West of Scotland		237		41.0	75.2

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