University Subject Tables 2014

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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
2014	2013	University Name
6	15	Exeter		435	2.65	96.0	92.7
2	3	Imperial College London	4.2	551	3.20	95.0	97.6
1	1	Cambridge	4.0	617	3.35	94.0	100.0
4	9	Glasgow	4.3	472	3.10	93.0	94.4
7	16	Birmingham	4.3	420	3.00	92.0	91.9
10	8	Warwick	4.0	494	2.75	90.0	90.9
8	6	University College London	4.0	466	3.15	89.0	91.8
9	10	York	4.1	469	2.95	89.0	91.5
14	14	Durham	4.0	462	2.80	89.0	89.5
17	17	Sheffield	4.2	401	2.75	89.0	88.0
21	25	King's College London	4.0	380	2.70	89.0	86.2
39	37	Reading	3.9	343	2.15	89.0	80.6
5	4	Bristol	4.2	499	2.95	88.0	92.7
15	7	St Andrews	3.7	517	2.70	88.0	89.0
25	33	Kent	3.9	372	2.75	87.0	84.8
20	13	Newcastle	4.0	375	2.90	86.0	86.4
23	23	Leicester	4.1	355	2.80	85.0	85.1
38	36	Heriot-Watt	3.5	360	2.65	85.0	80.9
31	31	Surrey	4.1	369	2.35	84.0	83.1
13	12	Bath	4.1	463	2.95	83.0	90.0
18	28	Leeds	4.2	379	3.05	83.0	87.9
19	22	Liverpool	4.0	382	3.05	82.0	86.7
26	26	Loughborough	4.1	376	2.60	82.0	84.2
12	11	Edinburgh	3.8	490	3.20	81.0	90.3
28	32	Dundee	3.8	407	2.75	81.0	84.0
29	29	Aberdeen	3.8	371	2.90	81.0	83.7
11	5	Southampton	4.1	470	3.20	80.0	90.7
22	21	Strathclyde	4.1	425	2.55	80.0	85.2
33	24	Lancaster	3.7	341	3.05	80.0	82.6
32	30	Swansea	3.8	358	2.90	79.0	83.1
34	18	Royal Holloway	3.7	360	2.80	79.0	82.0
37	39	Queen's, Belfast	3.8	357	2.65	79.0	81.1
55	61	Hull	4.2	320		79.0	75.7
24	20	Nottingham	4.0	359	3.10	78.0	85.1
30	27	Sussex	4.1	348	2.85	78.0	83.6
35	34	Aberystwyth	3.9	302	2.95	78.0	81.5
16	19	Manchester	4.1	419	3.15	77.0	88.0
57	52	Huddersfield	3.9	291	2.05	76.0	75.3
58	49	Bangor	3.8	233	2.50	76.0	75.1
3	2	Oxford		575	3.15	75.0	97.5
27	35	Cardiff	3.9	402	2.85	75.0	84.2
52	48	West of England, Bristol	3.9	292	2.40	75.0	77.2
49	44	Oxford Brookes	3.8	315	2.50	74.0	78.1
50	55	Bournemouth	3.9	330	2.25	74.0	77.7
43	46	Essex	4.0	287	2.75	73.0	79.4
46	43	Aston	3.9	353	2.30	73.0	78.7
68	73	Keele	3.7	332		73.0	72.1
44	41	Plymouth	3.8	298	3.00	71.0	79.4
54	51	Northumbria	3.9	288	2.40	71.0	76.0
36	40	Queen Mary	3.9	340	3.00	70.0	81.3
45	54	Lincoln	4.1	322	2.50	70.0	79.0
51	50	Robert Gordon	3.8	349	2.35	70.0	77.7
69	67	Coventry	3.8	256	2.05	68.0	71.9
41	53	Goldsmiths, University of London	4.4	293	2.70	67.0	80.2
56	64	Nottingham Trent	4.1	301	2.15	67.0	75.3
84	85	Chester	3.7	279		67.0	68.6
92	89	Southampton Solent	3.7	224		67.0	66.6
53	45	City	3.6	359	2.60	66.0	77.2
67	66	Staffordshire	3.9	259	2.05	66.0	72.1
42	38	East Anglia	3.9	367	2.75	65.0	80.0
48	47	Brunel	4.0	334	2.55	65.0	78.4
70	70	Sheffield Hallam	3.9	274	1.90	65.0	71.7
82	80	Derby	3.7	301		65.0	69.2
87	71	Gloucestershire	3.9	247		65.0	67.9
59	60	Brighton	3.9	257	2.60	64.0	74.6
40	42	Stirling	4.1	360	2.75	63.0	80.3
63	77	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	309	2.15	62.0	73.0
73	69	Abertay Dundee	3.8	368		62.0	71.7
86	93	Newman		325		62.0	68.5
72	59	Edinburgh Napier	3.8	292	2.09	60.0	71.7
60	78	Liverpool John Moores	3.9	293	2.50	59.0	74.1
61	62	Ulster	3.8	271	2.55	59.0	73.2
64	57	Salford	3.9	266	2.40	59.0	72.7
79	76	Central Lancashire	3.9	316		59.0	69.7
97	95	Worcester	3.5	264		59.0	65.2
77	79	Sunderland	4.0	274	1.90	58.0	70.4
88	100	Northampton	3.8	285		58.0	67.4
71	83	Portsmouth	4.1	300	1.90	57.0	71.7
75	68	Kingston	3.7	293	2.20	57.0	71.1
80	90	Westminster	3.8	261	2.05	57.0	69.6
65	58	Hertfordshire	3.7	279	2.60	56.0	72.5
62	65	De Montfort	3.9	296	2.40	55.0	73.1
74	75	Bradford	3.9	267	2.35	55.0	71.6
76	63	Glamorgan	3.8	275	2.25	55.0	70.9
91	81	Bolton	3.7	293		55.0	66.6
96	103	Anglia Ruskin	4.0	214		54.0	65.3
93	72	Glyndwr	3.5	202	2.35	53.0	66.3
95	101	Leeds Metropolitan	4.0	239		53.0	65.9
83	87	London South Bank	4.0	218	2.15	52.0	68.7
85	82	Edge Hill	4.3	275		52.0	68.6
89	88	Cardiff Metropolitan	4.0	281		51.0	67.2
100	97	Roehampton	4.0	214		51.0	64.3
81	84	Greenwich	4.1	270	1.90	50.0	69.3
99	74	West London	4.2	189	1.65	50.0	65.1
102	102	Canterbury Christ Church	3.8	244		50.0	63.9
103	104	London Metropolitan	3.8	207	1.50	50.0	62.9
78	86	Glasgow Caledonian	4.1	322	1.80	47.0	69.9
90	92	Middlesex	3.9	205	2.25	45.0	66.6
94	98	Birmingham City	4.0	303		44.0	66.1
101	96	Bedfordshire	3.8	191	2.10	44.0	64.1
105	99	Buckinghamshire New	3.5	229		43.0	60.3
66	56	Teesside	4.0	333	2.50	42.0	72.5
98	91	West of Scotland	3.7	276	2.00	38.0	65.1
104	105	East London	4.0	224		36.0	61.4
47	-	Birkbeck	3.6		2.75		78.5

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