University Subject Tables 2011

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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
2011	2010	University Name
1	1	Cambridge	4.1	578	2.65	82.0	100.0
2	2	Oxford	4.0	516	2.82	80.0	98.3
3	3	Imperial College London	3.8	469	2.75	78.0	95.8
4	9	Sheffield	4.3	434	2.85	71.0	95.4
5	4	Bristol	4.1	444	2.67	72.0	94.9
6	5	Durham	3.7	468	2.50	77.0	94.8
7	6	York	4.2	436	2.75	70.0	94.7
8	11	Manchester	4.0	435	2.85	70.0	94.5
8	6	Surrey	3.8	360	2.75	84.0	94.5
10	8	Bath	3.9	450	2.50	74.0	94.1
11	22	Lancaster	4.1	380	2.80	73.0	93.8
12	14	Leicester	4.1	388	2.40	76.0	93.6
13	12	St Andrews	4.0	428	2.55	70.0	93.4
14	10	University College London	3.9	424	2.50	72.0	93.1
15	22	Sussex	4.0	370	2.37	76.0	92.7
16	20	Edinburgh	3.7	432	2.65	67.0	92.4
17	22	East Anglia	4.3	349	2.50	70.0	92.3
17	15	Warwick	3.9	422	2.45	68.0	92.3
19	18	King's College London	3.9	384	2.75	68.0	92.2
20	22	Aston	4.1	316	2.50	73.0	91.7
20	33	Liverpool	3.9	401	2.35	69.0	91.7
20	17	Nottingham	4.0	377	2.63	67.0	91.7
23	19	Exeter	3.9	377	2.50	69.0	91.6
24	27	Glasgow	4.2	373	2.60	62.0	91.3
24	13	Ulster	3.9	248	2.80	79.0	91.3
26	21	Birmingham	4.0	387	2.45	66.0	91.2
27	29	Cardiff	3.9	385	2.60	65.0	91.1
28	41	Brunel	4.1	308	1.75	82.0	91.0
28	32	Dundee	4.2	351	2.80	61.0	91.0
28	22	Newcastle	4.0	362	2.60	65.0	91.0
31	34	Leeds	3.9	358	2.70	65.0	90.9
32	39	Strathclyde	3.7	344	2.55	72.0	90.8
33	47	Hertfordshire	3.8	255	2.15	86.0	90.7
34	16	Royal Holloway	3.9	312	2.80	67.0	90.6
35	31	Southampton	3.8	384	2.45	63.0	90.1
36	40	Essex	4.0	270	2.25	76.0	90.0
36	38	Queen's, Belfast	4.0	324	2.15	72.0	90.0
38	79	Canterbury Christ Church	4.2			83.0	89.8
39	46	Queen Mary	3.9	349	2.25	67.0	89.5
40	34	Aberdeen	3.9	337	2.60	61.0	89.4
41	30	Robert Gordon	3.7	322	1.90	76.0	89.2
42	41	Reading	4.0	334	2.15	66.0	89.1
43	43	Kent	4.1	295	2.10	68.0	88.9
44	72	Salford	3.9	232	2.20	76.0	88.6
45	36	Keele	4.0	267	1.75	74.0	88.1
46	45	Heriot-Watt	4.1	291	2.20	63.0	88.0
46	28	Nottingham Trent	4.0	193	2.55	71.0	88.0
48	49	Northumbria	3.5	293	1.95	74.0	87.7
49	50	Glasgow Caledonian	4.0	318	2.10	60.0	87.5
50	47	Sheffield Hallam	3.9	261	1.80	72.0	87.4
51	-	Coventry	4.0	256		83.0	87.3
52	58	Hull	4.0	281	1.90	65.0	87.0
53	51	Brighton	3.9	278	2.08	63.0	86.6
53	52	Edinburgh Napier	4.0	244	1.68	71.0	86.6
55	43	Portsmouth	4.1	267	2.47	55.0	86.5
55	55	Swansea	3.9	306	1.90	61.0	86.5
55	36	West of England, Bristol	4.1	235	2.61	57.0	86.5
58	56	Bangor	3.7	311	2.10	57.0	85.8
59	64	Greenwich	4.1	221	1.75	66.0	85.7
60	57	Aberystwyth	4.0	286	2.50	48.0	85.5
60	62	Bedfordshire	3.6		1.90		85.5
62	52	Manchester Metropolitan	3.9	259	2.05	60.0	85.4
63	62	Plymouth	3.9	294	2.00	55.0	85.3
64	85	Gloucestershire	4.5	269			85.1
65	67	Oxford Brookes	3.8	300	1.85	57.0	85.0
66	61	Huddersfield	4.0	230	2.00	60.0	84.9
67	82	Staffordshire	4.2	211		71.0	84.6
68	73	UWIC, Cardiff	3.9	252		69.0	84.2
69	79	Bolton	4.0	174	1.30	72.0	84.0
69	60	Stirling	3.8	329	2.35	41.0	84.0
71	78	Liverpool John Moores	3.9	250	1.70	58.0	83.9
72	52	Central Lancashire	3.4	275		72.0	83.8
73	87	Bath Spa	4.0	272	1.10		83.7
73	67	Westminster	3.7	241	2.20	54.0	83.7
75	71	Chester	4.1	268			83.3
76	75	Kingston	3.7	197	1.85	61.0	83.1
77	75	East London	3.3	163	2.05	65.0	82.6
78	64	Glamorgan	3.8	307	1.45	49.0	82.4
79	58	Teesside	3.7	272		60.0	82.3
79	82	Worcester	3.7	213		68.0	82.3
81	81	Bradford	3.6	262		62.0	82.1
81	88	Derby	4.2	240	1.65	47.0	82.1
83	77	Bournemouth	3.6	231		65.0	82.0
83	69	Leeds Metropolitan	3.6	264		62.0	82.0
85	70	Roehampton	3.6	182	1.40	63.0	81.7
86	86	Sunderland	4.0	258		52.0	81.0
87	74	Edge Hill	3.8	223			80.9
88	-	Middlesex	4.2	146			80.2
89	-	Anglia Ruskin	3.9	252		39.0	78.0
90	84	London South Bank	3.8			39.0	76.1

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