University Subject Tables 2010

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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
2010	2009	University Name
1	5	Oxford	4.1	538	3.35	90.0	100.0
2	1	Cambridge	4.0	554	3.05	94.0	99.8
3	2	London School of Economics	3.7	523	3.55	90.0	98.9
4	3	University College London	3.8	488	3.50	88.0	97.7
4	4	Warwick	3.8	499	3.35	90.0	97.7
6	9	St Andrews	4.2	475	2.70	84.0	95.3
7	8	Durham	3.9	491	2.65	88.0	95.2
8	6	Nottingham	3.7	468	3.15	84.0	94.9
9	7	Bristol	3.6	457	3.15	86.0	94.7
10	10	Bath	3.6	454	2.95	86.0	93.7
11	15	Edinburgh	3.7	450	2.95	82.0	93.2
12	14	Southampton	3.8	422	3.00	80.0	92.6
13	12	Birmingham	4.2	403	2.75	78.0	92.5
13	13	Exeter	4.3	386	2.95	76.0	92.5
15	11	York	3.9	457	2.87	72.0	91.6
16	26	Surrey	4.3	329	2.80	80.0	91.4
17	22	Royal Holloway	3.8	370	3.00	80.0	91.3
18	17	Glasgow	3.9	414	3.00	72.0	91.1
19	15	Lancaster	3.9	423	2.95	70.0	90.7
20	19	Essex	3.9	325	3.35	74.0	90.6
20	27	Newcastle	3.8	417	2.50	80.0	90.6
22	31	Queen Mary	3.6	370	3.15	76.0	90.4
22	37	Sheffield	4.1	372	2.80	74.0	90.4
24	27	Leicester	4.2	320	2.90	72.0	89.7
24	25	Loughborough	4.0	378	2.45	76.0	89.7
24	31	Strathclyde	3.8	442	2.85	66.0	89.7
27	34	Kent	4.2	306	2.90	74.0	89.5
28	33	Liverpool	3.9	385	2.45	76.0	89.2
28	20	Sussex	4.1	345	2.70	72.0	89.2
30	21	East Anglia	4.2	332	2.75	70.0	88.8
31	23	Cardiff	3.8	398	3.00	64.0	88.6
32	36	Manchester	3.6	408	3.05	64.0	88.4
33	45	Heriot-Watt		328	2.40	76.0	88.0
34	30	Aberdeen	4.0	344	2.85	64.0	87.7
35	29	Keele	3.7	284	2.30	82.0	87.0
36	44	Swansea	3.9	277	2.75	72.0	86.9
37	40	City	3.5	328	2.65	72.0	86.5
38	43	Brunel	3.6	311	2.65	66.0	85.1
38	23	Leeds	3.7	418		72.0	85.1
40	18	SOAS	3.7	390		74.0	84.8
41	35	Hull	3.9	283		80.0	84.3
42	41	Dundee	3.8	337	2.45	58.0	84.2
43	38	Stirling	3.9	293	2.75	56.0	83.8
44	57	Northumbria	3.7	274	1.80	74.0	83.1
44	58	West of England, Bristol	3.8	248	2.15	68.0	83.1
46	-	Brighton	3.7	251	2.30		83.0
47	50	Nottingham Trent	4.0	264		74.0	82.9
48	54	Oxford Brookes	4.0	289	1.95	62.0	82.6
48	46	Ulster	3.7	254	2.25	66.0	82.6
50	47	Portsmouth	3.7	249	2.10	68.0	82.5
51	51	Coventry	4.2	245		70.0	82.4
52	60	Aberystwyth	4.1	249	1.95	62.0	82.1
53	41	Queen's, Belfast	3.7	355		64.0	81.9
53	38	Reading	3.7	348		64.0	81.9
55	60	Middlesex	4.2	167		68.0	79.9
55	-	Staffordshire	3.8	199	1.95		79.9
57	48	Manchester Metropolitan		259	1.70	66.0	79.6
58	51	Hertfordshire	3.6	233	2.15	56.0	79.3
59	59	Leeds Metropolitan	3.6	278		60.0	78.8
60	64	Plymouth	3.7	241	2.05	52.0	78.7
61	-	Birmingham City	3.3		1.65		78.3
62	53	Liverpool John Moores	3.7	221	1.45	62.0	78.2
63	63	Kingston	3.9	191	2.00	52.0	77.9
64	55	Bradford	3.9	239		54.0	77.6
64	49	Salford	3.7	249		56.0	77.6
66	56	East London	4.0	193		52.0	76.3
67	62	Greenwich	4.1	191	1.75	42.0	75.9

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