University Subject Tables 2009

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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	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
2009	2008	University Name			Research Assessment
1	2	Cambridge		540	5	94.0	100.0
2	1	London School of Economics	3.8	513	5*	90.0	97.1
3	3	University College London	3.6	465	5*	88.0	94.9
4	4	Warwick	3.6	477	5*	90.0	94.4
5	5	Oxford	4.0	519	5	84.0	93.8
6	6	Nottingham	3.5	457	5	80.0	90.6
7	8	Bristol	3.6	461	4	84.0	90.2
8	9	Durham	3.8	463	4	82.0	89.6
9	12	St Andrews	3.8	474	4	80.0	89.5
10	7	Bath	3.6	442	5	78.0	88.9
11	10	York	3.5	451	5	72.0	88.7
12	17	Birmingham	4.3	408	4	76.0	88.6
13	14	Exeter	4.1	400	5	72.0	88.5
14	11	Southampton	3.4	405	5	76.0	88.2
15	13	Edinburgh	3.5	487	4	76.0	87.8
15	16	Lancaster	3.6	399	5*	70.0	87.8
17	23	Glasgow	3.9	457	4	70.0	87.2
18	19	SOAS	3.7	368	4	80.0	86.3
19	22	Essex	3.8	344	5*	64.0	85.8
20	28	Sussex	4.0	353	4	74.0	85.7
21	39	East Anglia	4.2	329	4	72.0	85.5
22	15	Royal Holloway	3.7	349	4	78.0	85.3
23	20	Cardiff	3.6	400	5	64.0	84.9
23	17	Leeds	3.5	414	5	72.0	84.9
25	27	Loughborough	4.0	377	3a	72.0	84.5
26	21	Surrey	3.7	287	3a	84.0	84.3
27	24	Leicester	4.1	327	5	62.0	84.2
27	29	Newcastle	3.5	396	4	78.0	84.2
29	39	Keele		280	3a	82.0	84.1
30	25	Aberdeen	3.7	379	3a	70.0	83.6
31	31	Queen Mary	3.5	352	5	66.0	83.5
31	38	Strathclyde		509	4	56.0	83.5
33	37	Liverpool		371	4	64.0	83.1
34	34	Kent		284	4	68.0	82.4
35	25	Hull	3.8	282	4	76.0	81.8
36	30	Manchester	3.5	400	4	58.0	81.7
37	42	Sheffield	3.6	369	3a	66.0	81.5
38	32	Reading	3.5	321	5	66.0	81.0
38	35	Stirling		293	4	62.0	81.0
40	35	City	3.4	334	3a	70.0	80.7
41	43	Dundee	3.7	393	3a	50.0	79.7
41	32	Queen's, Belfast	3.5	347	4	56.0	79.7
43	44	Brunel	3.3	307	4	60.0	79.6
44	41	Swansea		281	4	58.0	79.4
45	52	Heriot-Watt		341	4	68.0	78.7
46	45	Ulster	3.8	287	4	54.0	77.2
47	47	Portsmouth	3.9	243	4	56.0	76.7
48	48	Manchester Metropolitan		263	3a	64.0	75.5
49	49	Salford		273	3a	52.0	74.0
50	53	Nottingham Trent		229	3b	72.0	73.6
51	62	Coventry	4.0	235		66.0	73.3
51	56	Hertfordshire	3.6	219	3a	54.0	73.3
53	63	Liverpool John Moores	3.7	242		68.0	72.8
54	-	Oxford Brookes	3.7	299			71.5
55	50	Bradford		203	3b	68.0	71.4
56	51	East London		186	3a	64.0	70.9
57	58	Northumbria		272	3b	60.0	70.1
58	60	West of England, Bristol	3.9	242		52.0	70.0
59	55	Leeds Metropolitan	3.6	236		56.0	69.4
60	53	Aberystwyth		281	3b	44.0	68.6
60	61	Middlesex	3.3	176		64.0	68.6
62	64	Greenwich	3.7	196	3b	46.0	67.9
63	59	Kingston	3.5	182		56.0	67.6
64	57	Plymouth		232	3b	50.0	65.7

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