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History

CUG Rank University Name Entry Standards
Entry Standards
The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University.

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 Research Assessment
 Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University.

Maximum score: 100

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 Overall Score
Overall Score
The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology.

Maximum score: 1000.0

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2008 2007
1 - Cambridge 495 5* 81 100.0
2 - Durham 484 5* 74 97.7
3 - King's College London 440 5* 74 96.1
4 - London School of Economics 453 5* 78 95.9
5 - Oxford 496 5 72 95.4
6 - Warwick 454 5 64 91.7
7 - University College London 427 5 66 91.2
8 - York 473 5 58 90.8
9 - St Andrews 440 5 67 90.4
10 - Hull 434 5 60 89.9
11 - Edinburgh 433 5 64 89.4
12 - Royal Holloway 371 5 67 89.3
12 - Sheffield 444 5 62 89.3
14 - Exeter 428 5 58 89.1
15 - Bristol 433 4 65 88.8
16 - Leeds 414 5 64 88.7
17 - Nottingham 441 4 60 87.8
18 - Keele 327 5 65 87.2
19 - Southampton 388 5 54 86.6
20 - Queen Mary 373 5 61 86.3
21 - Birmingham 405 5 54 85.7
21 - Manchester 420 5 52 85.7
21 - SOAS 321 5* 58 85.7
24 - Oxford Brookes 320 5* 51 85.5
25 - Leicester 356 5 54 85.4
26 - Newcastle 394 4 57 85.3
27 - Bradford 258 5* 85.0
27 - East Anglia 372 5* 48 85.0
29 - Cardiff 383 5 48 84.8
30 - Sussex 360 4 60 84.7
31 - Roehampton 229 5 74 84.3
32 - Liverpool 370 5 53 84.1
33 - Aberdeen 406 4 55 83.9
34 - Essex 327 5 51 83.5
35 - Glasgow 412 5 40 82.3
36 - Queen's, Belfast 341 5 47 81.5
36 - Stirling 338 5 42 81.5
38 - Dundee 356 5 44 81.2
38 - Kent 311 4 58 81.2
40 - Strathclyde 401 4 44 80.9
41 - Lancaster 363 4 44 80.7
42 - Aberystwyth 297 4 53 80.6
42 - Swansea 290 4 54 80.6
44 - Salford 261 5 49 80.5
45 - Huddersfield 275 5 42 79.2
46 - Reading 345 4 45 79.0
47 - Central Lancashire 271 4 50 78.8
48 - Goldsmiths College 289 4 52 78.7
49 - Lampeter 241 4 53 78.4
50 - Kingston 222 4 60 78.3
51 - Bangor 275 4 52 78.2
51 - Hertfordshire 260 5 46 78.2
53 - Nottingham Trent 279 3a 54 76.8
54 - Wolverhampton 251 4 47 76.0
55 - Portsmouth 263 4 53 75.9
55 - St Mary's College 251 3a 61 75.9
57 - Brunel 296 3a 47 75.6
57 - Northumbria 312 3a 51 75.6
57 - Sunderland 233 4 56 75.6
60 - Ulster 259 4 42 75.0
61 - De Montfort 239 4 44 74.8
61 - Liverpool Hope 224 3b 67 74.8
63 - Greenwich 216 3a 49 74.1
63 - Sheffield Hallam 283 5 27 74.1
65 - West of England, Bristol 267 4 36 73.7
66 - Glamorgan 258 3a 50 73.3
67 - Liverpool John Moores 240 4 38 73.2
68 - Bath Spa 254 3b 48 73.0
69 - Leeds Metropolitan 236 3a 59 72.9
70 - Cumbria 240 3a 57 72.5
71 - Gloucestershire 255 3a 47 72.4
72 - Canterbury Christ Church 247 3a 36 71.9
72 - Chichester 260 3a 34 71.9
74 - Northampton 219 4 35 71.7
75 - Winchester 275 4 35 71.6
76 - Teesside 196 5 39 71.4
77 - Worcester 240 3a 44 71.0
78 - Manchester Metropolitan 263 3a 39 70.6
79 - Edge Hill 256 3b 45 70.2
80 - Anglia Ruskin 256 3a 38 70.1
81 - Plymouth 193 3a 43 69.0
81 - University of Wales, Newport 196 67 69.0
83 - York St John 253 3a 40 68.6
84 - Chester 241 3b 40 68.4
85 - Lincoln 261 53 67.8
86 - Brighton 260 46 65.9
87 - Staffordshire 239 3b 26 64.6
88 - Westminster 226 3a 13 64.1
89 - Derby 194 43 62.6

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.

Click here for details of the league table methodology; read about how to interpret the league table measures.

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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