University League Table 2014

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
Rank within Selection	2014	2013	University Name
1	1	1	Cambridge	608	4.2	2.98	84.9	11.6	2,297	715	89.4	99%
2	2	3	Oxford	582	4.2	2.96	79.7	11.1	2,880	366	90.9	98%
3	3	2	London School of Economics	541	4.0	2.96	85.1	11.1	1,913	472	81.3	97%
4	4	4	Imperial College London	560	4.0	2.94	87.7	11.7	2,448	681	84.6	97%
5	5	5	Durham	507	4.2	2.72	79.5	15.1	1,332	940	83.9	96%
6	6	6	St Andrews	521	4.2	2.72	75.4	12.6	1,758	442	88.8	97%
7	7	8	University College London	509	3.9	2.84	82.9	10.0	1,832	269	84.0	97%
8	8	6	Warwick	504	4.0	2.80	77.1	14.3	1,566	494	79.6	96%
9	9	10	Bath	478	4.2	2.71	81.8	16.8	1,226	417	82.8	97%
10	10	13	Exeter	468	4.2	2.62	74.6	17.8	1,382	576	83.8	97%
11	11	9	Lancaster	435	4.1	2.71	74.4	15.4	1,055	561	73.0	95%
12	12	12	York	454	4.1	2.78	69.6	15.5	1,247	589	78.1	95%
13	13	22	Surrey	409	4.1	2.58	71.2	16.6	1,445	586	74.7	93%
14	14	14	Loughborough	410	4.1	2.62	73.2	16.9	1,182	581	73.3	93%
15	15	11	Bristol	485	4.0	2.72	80.8	14.2	1,566	369	84.0	97%
16	16	20	Leicester	411	4.2	2.45	69.5	12.9	1,520	584	75.5	94%
17	17	23	Birmingham	443	4.0	2.64	79.1	14.8	1,570	490	78.8	95%
18	18	16	Edinburgh	485	3.8	2.75	75.0	13.9	1,473	492	82.6	91%
19	19	18	King's College London	463	3.9	2.69	86.9	11.7	1,415	407	80.6	93%
20	20	27	East Anglia	415	4.1	2.58	68.9	13.5	1,134	553	71.6	91%
21	20	15	Southampton	432	4.1	2.72	67.6	13.7	1,415	456	77.6	93%
22	22	23	Newcastle	436	4.1	2.63	77.2	15.3	1,252	435	78.3	95%
23	23	17	Glasgow	469	4.1	2.59	79.8	16.4	1,415	616	74.5	89%
24	24	19	Nottingham	437	4.0	2.67	72.5	14.0	1,214	429	76.5	94%
25	25	29	Manchester	453	4.0	2.82	72.0	14.8	1,199	468	72.0	93%
26	26	28	Sheffield	440	4.1	2.72	73.2	15.5	1,084	383	77.5	95%
27	27	34	Aston	396	4.0	2.43	78.1	16.2	1,204	404	73.5	91%
28	28	33	Kent	377	4.1	2.60	68.7	14.6	836	406	73.5	90%
29	29	25	Queen's, Belfast	384	4.1	2.56	72.7	15.6	1,159	660	71.7	92%
30	30	26	Royal Holloway	396	4.1	2.67	66.1	16.2	995	402	73.7	93%
31	31	21	Sussex	403	4.0	2.61	61.5	17.1	1,060	452	79.6	92%
32	32	34	Leeds	426	4.0	2.72	71.9	16.8	987	407	79.5	93%
33	33	30	SOAS	418	3.8	2.60	70.1	11.8	1,589	217	80.6	87%
34	34	-	St George's University of London	416	3.7	2.28	92.1	13.9	5,448	79	59.8	94%
35	35	36	Cardiff	431	4.0	2.69	74.9	14.2	988	331	74.5	93%
36	35	42	Queen Mary	413	4.0	2.73	73.3	12.2	1,352	502	68.1	89%
37	37	32	Reading	376	4.0	2.53	68.9	15.6	1,109	311	74.6	90%
38	38	31	Liverpool	416	4.0	2.54	69.8	13.3	1,551	420	72.8	92%
39	39	39	Essex	335	4.0	2.77	56.8	16.4	1,041	688	60.7	86%
40	40	40	Heriot-Watt	390	4.2	2.48	73.7	18.3	892	418	69.3	85%
41	41	37	Strathclyde	462	4.0	2.45	72.3	18.3	1,289	323	75.1	84%
42	42	38	City	386	3.9	2.48	73.8	18.6	1,332	392	69.9	87%
43	43	44	Aberdeen	439	4.0	2.57	72.8	16.4	1,115	392	72.0	82%
44	44	41	Brunel	356	4.0	2.32	57.1	17.5	1,214	516	62.5	87%
45	45	46	Keele	350	4.1	2.41	76.3	16.5	755	352	70.0	90%
46	45	45	Oxford Brookes	343	4.0	2.20	64.7	17.3	822	537	68.9	89%
47	47	43	Dundee	386	4.0	2.54	73.1	14.4	1,046	269	69.3	79%
48	48	49	Swansea	358	4.0	2.43	70.2	16.1	1,043	312	63.8	88%
49	49	50	Stirling	365	4.0	2.41	62.4	18.3	855	430	63.0	81%
50	50	50	Goldsmiths, University of London	358	4.0	2.58	54.2	19.2	746	176	73.5	85%
51	51	-	Royal Agricultural College	305	4.0	1.50	67.3	24.2	1,324	1,071	47.1	91%
52	52	53	Lincoln	322	4.1	1.90	67.4	19.4	894	305	60.7	87%
53	53	47	Hertfordshire	310	3.9	2.40	58.5	19.5	659	1,009	61.6	80%
54	53	56	Hull	339	4.1	2.37	67.4	19.8	923	386	58.3	86%
55	53	52	Robert Gordon	344	4.0	2.06	75.8	19.7	933	298	62.5	82%
56	56	58	West of England, Bristol	318	3.9	2.20	64.6	21.7	931	548	69.6	85%
57	57	55	Buckingham	304	4.2		89.8	11.4	921	514	43.9	80%
58	58	65	Coventry	293	4.1	1.85	69.9	14.6	849	294	66.1	84%
59	59	61	Bournemouth	337	3.9	2.18	62.4	21.5	1,048	240	68.4	87%
60	60	-	Falmouth	285	3.9	2.20	54.5	23.9	1,508	380	64.4	88%
61	61	62	Nottingham Trent	317	3.9	2.16	60.1	20.0	894	522	63.0	86%
62	62	101	Northampton	297	4.0	1.69	61.8	20.0	1,002	736	61.0	82%
63	63	57	Huddersfield	308	4.1	2.10	69.6	18.4	976	304	60.9	80%
64	64	66	Bangor	310	4.0	2.43	61.9	17.9	775	269	60.1	85%
65	64	54	Northumbria	329	4.0	2.15	60.2	17.7	952	360	59.3	87%
66	66	63	Birmingham City	320	4.0	2.31	64.7	21.0	938	585	59.1	82%
67	67	48	University of the Arts, London	309	3.8	2.49	54.4	22.4	1,073	263	65.0	91%
68	68	77	Portsmouth	311	4.0	2.24	62.3	19.2	1,051	203	67.3	87%
69	69	76	Winchester	304	4.1	2.16	53.4	17.7	746	289	63.0	89%
70	70	58	Aberystwyth	325	4.0	2.48	55.2	19.4	789	391	58.5	87%
71	71	68	Chester	295	4.1	1.74	64.0	16.3	1,010	380	62.4	81%
72	71	63	Plymouth	313	4.0	2.18	60.2	16.8	881	334	61.9	86%
73	73	70	Brighton	299	4.0	2.37	58.9	19.0	619	304	65.3	85%
74	74	60	Ulster	283	4.0	2.48	54.2	18.6	984	411	60.3	83%
75	75	-	Arts University at Bournemouth	306	4.2	1.20	63.5	19.3	464	143	57.8	92%
76	76	67	Chichester	301	4.2	1.96	50.3	18.8	712	337	60.1	91%
77	76	72	Sheffield Hallam	312	3.9	2.05	56.2	20.0	946	280	63.1	87%
78	78	78	Salford	293	3.9	2.36	56.3	17.6	729	369	61.4	82%
79	79	75	Bath Spa	336	4.0	1.89	55.5	21.8	601	235	68.6	87%
80	80	81	Glasgow Caledonian	349	3.9	2.01	56.7	21.4	1,174	330	65.9	81%
81	81	80	De Montfort	294	4.0	2.32	56.6	20.2	771	262	61.4	85%
82	82	71	Bradford	306	4.0	2.34	68.1	19.4	885	417	52.8	83%
83	82	90	Liverpool John Moores	319	4.0	2.15	57.0	21.6	986	240	68.0	84%
84	84	88	Roehampton	270	4.0	2.20	54.8	20.0	1,200	350	59.9	83%
85	85	94	Edge Hill	305	4.0	1.50	62.3	17.2	1,093	257	56.9	84%
86	86	95	University for the Creative Arts	301	3.9	1.90	47.3	17.1	994	674	56.3	82%
87	87	73	Westminster	323	3.8	2.23	57.0	20.8	1,025	249	60.3	81%
88	88	86	Manchester Metropolitan	330	3.9	2.16	55.2	19.4	776	289	61.8	79%
89	89	-	Harper Adams	331	4.1	1.95	61.7	22.0	899	241	52.3	86%
90	90	84	Queen Margaret	327	3.9	1.37	53.6	20.5	1,006	247	73.4	80%
91	91	91	Glamorgan	320	4.0	2.04	54.1	22.3	864	402	59.9	79%
92	92	69	Central Lancashire	294	3.9	1.96	54.8	19.0	1,204	421	54.6	79%
93	93	83	Middlesex	250	3.9	2.18	54.7	23.0	1,899	404	55.3	77%
94	94	74	Gloucestershire	285	4.0	1.72	57.0	22.3	952	318	62.6	84%
95	95	102	Greenwich	284	4.0	1.90	56.7	21.3	988	455	57.3	77%
96	96	79	Cardiff Metropolitan	309	3.9	1.88	48.0	23.4	810	405	59.1	84%
97	97	97	Teesside	314	4.1	1.99	52.7	20.1	939	318	56.0	79%
98	98	91	Edinburgh Napier	312	3.9	1.83	69.3	23.8	833	202	66.5	75%
99	99	87	Canterbury Christ Church	270	4.0	1.79	58.0	19.5	737	306	62.7	85%
100	99	103	York St John	299	4.0	1.40	51.5	20.9	781	332	61.5	89%
101	101	85	Kingston	308	3.8	2.04	56.2	20.4	771	369	57.1	80%
102	101	95	Leeds Metropolitan	275	4.0	2.05	54.3	20.7	603	383	57.5	80%
103	103	98	Derby	286	4.0	1.96	50.6	18.8	1,038	266	54.7	80%
104	104	93	Buckinghamshire New	233	3.9	1.67	49.2	24.1	834	1,063	46.4	83%
105	105	106	Anglia Ruskin	244	3.9	2.07	61.4	20.2	863	335	56.6	82%
106	106	-	Newman	299	4.1	1.52	51.4	18.4	942	239	56.8	78%
107	107	82	Bedfordshire	213	3.9	2.09	57.7	23.3	828	719	50.2	79%
108	108	-	Leeds Trinity	286	4.1	1.86	62.6	23.3	647	325	50.8	81%
109	109	107	Worcester	278	4.0	1.54	59.0	23.6	677	229	60.8	86%
110	110	89	Sunderland	270	4.0	1.86	42.7	17.0	849	459	52.6	78%
111	111	111	Abertay Dundee	312	3.9	1.83	53.1	24.0	677	489	59.9	72%
112	112	98	Cumbria	249	3.9	1.23	57.9	18.6	657	357	65.7	83%
113	113	112	Southampton Solent	278	3.8	1.49	43.8	20.5	743	457	58.8	77%
114	113	108	Staffordshire	251	4.0	1.62	48.9	20.3	823	386	56.3	79%
115	115	100	Glyndwr	230	4.0	1.69	69.7	21.1	1,203	333	46.4	74%
116	116	-	Bishop Grosseteste	243	4.2	1.19	85.4	32.9	371	67	58.9	92%
117	116	-	St Mark and St John	248	4.0	1.08	45.6	20.5	447	637	51.7	87%
118	118	109	West London	234	4.0	1.67	53.5	21.6	1,194	314	51.1	73%
119	119	109	London South Bank	237	3.9	2.24	61.0	23.7	900	210	53.5	76%
120	120	113	West of Scotland	283	4.0	1.84	52.8	21.7	1,021	217	56.0	66%
121	121	116	Bolton	268	4.0	1.75	42.5	20.6	537	247	49.2	69%
122	121	114	London Metropolitan	225	3.8	1.84	51.7	21.7	395	103	51.5	72%
123	123	-	University College Birmingham	232	4.0		45.2	21.8	132	241	41.9	79%
124	124	115	East London	229	3.9	2.24	39.4	24.8	620	426	49.0	63%

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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