University Subject Tables 2008

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Economics

CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. 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. Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Click here to read more
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	London School of Economics	508	5*	88.0	100.0
2	-	Cambridge	538	5	92.0	98.4
3	-	University College London	477	5*	86.0	98.3
4	-	Warwick	483	5*	86.0	96.7
5	-	Oxford	538	5	76.0	93.8
6	-	Nottingham	481	5	78.0	93.7
7	-	Bath	452	5	78.0	91.1
8	-	Bristol	449	4	80.0	90.7
9	-	Durham	473	4	80.0	90.3
10	-	York	463	5	66.0	89.5
11	-	Southampton	428	5	68.0	88.8
12	-	St Andrews	458	4	76.0	88.6
13	-	Edinburgh	468	4	74.0	88.4
14	-	Exeter	407	5	70.0	87.0
15	-	Royal Holloway	369	4	80.0	86.3
16	-	Lancaster	374	5*	64.0	86.2
17	-	Birmingham	419	4	72.0	85.9
17	-	Leeds	415	5	74.0	85.9
19	-	SOAS	365	4	78.0	85.6
20	-	Cardiff	382	5	68.0	85.5
21	-	Surrey	315	3a	84.0	84.3
22	-	Essex	323	5*	64.0	84.2
23	-	Glasgow	400	4	66.0	83.5
24	-	Leicester	360	5	62.0	82.9
25	-	Aberdeen	406	3a	66.0	82.6
25	-	Hull	343	4	78.0	82.6
27	-	Loughborough	377	3a	72.0	82.2
28	-	Sussex	364	4	66.0	82.1
29	-	Newcastle	388	4	70.0	82.0
30	-	Manchester	411	4	56.0	81.0
31	-	Queen Mary	348	5	56.0	80.7
32	-	Queen's, Belfast	366	4	60.0	80.4
32	-	Reading	347	5	64.0	80.4
34	-	Kent	304	4	60.0	79.4
35	-	City	329	3a	68.0	79.2
35	-	Stirling	301	4	60.0	79.2
37	-	Liverpool	346	4	58.0	79.1
38	-	Strathclyde	413	4	56.0	79.0
39	-	East Anglia	357	4	54.0	78.4
39	-	Keele	312	3a	64.0	78.4
41	-	Swansea	260	4	60.0	77.7
42	-	Sheffield	377	3a	56.0	77.6
43	-	Dundee	354	3a	54.0	77.1
44	-	Brunel	299	4	52.0	76.9
45	-	Ulster	265	4	58.0	73.9
46	-	Anglia Ruskin		2	72.0	72.5
47	-	Portsmouth	223	4	58.0	72.3
48	-	Manchester Metropolitan	254	3a	58.0	71.7
49	-	Salford	318	3a	40.0	70.7
50	-	Bradford	196	3b	72.0	70.4
51	-	East London		3a	58.0	70.1
52	-	Heriot-Watt	345	4	40.0	69.3
53	-	Aberystwyth	267	3b	52.0	68.8
53	-	Nottingham Trent	246	3b	60.0	68.8
55	-	Leeds Metropolitan	258		60.0	65.9
56	-	Hertfordshire	206	3a	42.0	65.3
57	-	Plymouth	201	3b	56.0	64.5
58	-	Northumbria	297	3b	40.0	63.5
59	-	Kingston	177		60.0	62.8
60	-	West of England, Bristol	215		54.0	62.5
61	-	Middlesex	172		58.0	62.0
62	-	Coventry	260		46.0	61.9
63	-	Liverpool John Moores	223		46.0	60.5
64	-	Greenwich	194	3b	42.0	60.2

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