University Subject Tables 2009

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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. Maximum score: 5.00 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. Maximum score: 100 Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 Click here to read more
2009	2008	University Name			Research Assessment
1	1	Cambridge	502		5*	81	100.0
2	5	Oxford	493		5	78	96.5
3	2	Durham	483	4.30	5*	76	94.8
4	3	King's College London	456	4.18	5*	77	93.7
5	4	London School of Economics	431	3.81	5*	83	91.3
6	7	University College London	448	3.86	5	73	89.6
6	6	Warwick	464	3.95	5	69	89.6
8	8	York	466	4.08	5	64	89.2
9	9	St Andrews	472	4.15	5	67	89.1
10	14	Exeter	415	4.11	5	65	88.1
11	20	Queen Mary	369	4.27	5	70	87.3
12	16	Leeds	426	3.93	5	67	86.9
13	15	Bristol	438	3.91	4	67	86.5
13	12	Royal Holloway	386	3.97	5	64	86.5
15	11	Edinburgh	462	3.68	5	64	86.3
15	12	Sheffield	437	3.94	5	62	86.3
17	27	Bradford	266		5*		85.5
17	38	Dundee	446	4.18	5	52	85.5
19	19	Southampton	384	4.08	5	56	85.3
20	35	Glasgow	438	4.20	5	51	85.2
21	27	East Anglia	382	4.28	5*	49	85.1
22	25	Leicester	359	4.13	5	56	84.8
23	21	Birmingham	399	4.04	5	57	84.6
23	10	Hull	297	4.13	5	64	84.6
25	17	Nottingham	427	3.82	4	59	84.3
26	30	Sussex	391	3.87	4	61	83.8
27	29	Cardiff	402	3.95	5	48	83.7
27	24	Oxford Brookes	338	3.98	5*	48	83.7
29	21	SOAS	361	3.86	5*	53	83.6
30	18	Keele	320	3.94	5	58	83.3
31	26	Newcastle	408	3.66	4	60	83.2
32	36	Stirling	322		5	52	83.1
33	32	Liverpool	379	4.17	5	49	83.0
34	33	Aberdeen	382	3.98	4	58	82.5
34	34	Essex	328	4.02	5	51	82.5
36	41	Lancaster	380	4.14	4	49	82.3
37	21	Manchester	429	3.65	5	48	82.0
38	40	Strathclyde	461	3.93	4	45	81.9
39	45	Huddersfield	284	4.25	5	49	81.8
40	38	Kent	333	4.02	4	60	81.7
41	47	Central Lancashire	273	4.06	4	60	81.1
41	31	Roehampton	243	3.93	5	64	81.1
43	36	Queen's, Belfast	344	3.75	5	53	81.0
44	42	Aberystwyth	312	4.10	4	50	80.4
45	49	Lampeter	259	3.88	4	62	80.3
46	46	Reading	330	3.97	4	54	80.2
47	51	Bangor	270	4.02	4	60	79.9
48	42	Swansea	305	4.01	4	48	79.4
49	44	Salford	252	3.74	5	52	79.3
50	51	Hertfordshire	269	3.98	5	49	79.1
51	48	Goldsmiths College	296	3.97	4	52	78.8
51	55	Portsmouth	297	4.39	4	51	78.8
53	50	Kingston	228	3.83	4	64	78.7
54	68	Bath Spa	278	4.15	3b	60	78.1
55	53	Nottingham Trent	274	3.89	3a	60	77.8
56	61	De Montfort	265	4.20	4	45	77.5
57	66	Glamorgan	225	4.07	3a	65	77.0
57	63	Sheffield Hallam	286	3.85	5	39	77.0
59	57	Brunel	309	3.89	3a	50	76.9
59	57	Sunderland	261	4.00	4	55	76.9
61	65	West of England, Bristol	269	4.14	4	41	76.6
62	55	St Mary's	243	4.02	3a	60	76.3
62	54	Wolverhampton	197	4.08	4	51	76.3
64	76	Teesside	261	4.44	5	34	75.9
65	72	Chichester	241	4.47	3a	37	75.5
66	72	Canterbury Christ Church	245	4.28	3a	39	75.3
67	60	Ulster	258		4	44	74.9
68	81	Plymouth	277	4.04	3a	44	74.1
69	75	Winchester	263	4.07	4	37	73.7
70	57	Northumbria	303	3.73	3a	44	73.6
71	77	Worcester	241	3.91	3a	47	73.2
72	74	Northampton	248		4	38	72.9
73	70	Cumbria	277	3.71	3a	51	72.7
74	71	Gloucestershire	261	3.88	3a	41	72.4
75	79	Edge Hill	222	4.20	3b	45	72.2
76	81	University of Wales, Newport	206	3.89		68	71.4
77	67	Liverpool John Moores	235	3.51	4	33	71.3
78	63	Greenwich	216		3a	40	71.2
79	78	Manchester Metropolitan	286	3.82	3a	32	71.1
80	85	Lincoln	271	3.99		53	70.7
81	84	Chester	281		3b	44	70.3
82	83	York St John	215	3.96	3a	41	70.0
83	80	Anglia Ruskin	224	4.00	3a	31	69.9
84	86	Brighton	263	3.85		50	69.2
85	-	Newman	242	4.28			68.1
85	87	Staffordshire	279		3b	36	68.1
85	88	Westminster	224		3a	31	68.1
88	69	Leeds Metropolitan	257		3a	39	67.8
89	89	Derby	303			47	67.1

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

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