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	554		5*	85	100.0
2	2	Oxford	503	4.09	5*	79	93.8
3	3	St Andrews	458	4.00	5*	67	89.9
4	7	York	464	3.86	5*	66	89.4
5	6	University College London	475	3.81	5*	65	88.4
6	4	Bristol	429	3.65	5*	65	87.4
7	5	Bath	457	3.61	5	70	87.2
8	12	Glasgow	420	3.74	5*	69	86.2
9	10	Cardiff	429	3.79	5*	55	86.0
10	13	Exeter	415	3.92	5	61	85.5
11	22	Lancaster	395	3.92	5	57	84.9
12	15	Warwick	424	3.47	5	65	84.8
13	9	Surrey	382	3.60	5	64	84.7
14	15	Sussex	392	3.70	5	60	84.6
15	28	Sheffield	432	3.80	5	52	84.4
16	34	Strathclyde	485	3.63	4	56	84.2
17	8	Nottingham	429	3.43	5	57	83.9
18	27	Essex	331	3.72	5	63	83.7
18	25	Southampton	411	3.82	5	51	83.7
20	32	City	347	3.81	4	64	83.6
21	22	Birmingham	412	3.67	5*	58	83.5
22	21	Aberdeen	365	3.75	4	65	83.4
22	11	Durham	418	3.49	5	55	83.4
22	29	Loughborough	401	3.97	4	56	83.4
25	17	Bangor	314	3.57	5*	61	83.3
26	31	Kent	358	3.86	4	62	83.1
27	19	Hull	319	3.88	3a	72	82.4
27	26	Leeds	426	3.60	5	56	82.4
27	24	Reading	392	3.65	5*	49	82.4
30	19	Edinburgh	476	3.40	5	52	82.1
30	17	Newcastle	411	3.27	5*	59	82.1
32	43	Dundee	457	3.75	4	46	82.0
32	33	Leicester	372	3.55	4	61	82.0
34	14	Royal Holloway	379	3.59	5	49	81.6
35	37	Keele	325	3.49	4	65	81.4
35	40	Stirling	320		5	51	81.4
37	39	Brunel	320	3.72	4	60	81.1
38	35	Aston	363	3.51	5	57	80.6
38	30	Manchester	411	3.45	5	46	80.6
40	37	Goldsmiths College	303	3.71	4	53	79.8
40	43	Swansea	347	3.66	4	48	79.8
42	35	Liverpool	385	3.66	4	50	79.6
43	46	Nottingham Trent	295	3.70	3a	64	79.5
43	47	Portsmouth	321	3.70	3a	65	79.5
45	48	Hertfordshire	290	3.72	4	52	78.8
46	42	Queen's, Belfast	362	3.52	4	41	78.2
47	41	Oxford Brookes	360	3.63	3a	48	77.7
48	54	Central Lancashire	295	3.77	3a	61	77.4
49	50	Northumbria	327	3.57	4	52	77.1
50	49	Middlesex	193	3.73	3a	68	76.9
51	68	Thames Valley	186	4.05	1	68	76.6
52	-	East Anglia	338	4.30		45	76.2
53	61	Derby	272	3.78	3a	48	76.0
54	54	London South Bank	225	3.56	4	49	75.9
55	51	Plymouth	303	3.69	5	37	75.8
56	64	East London	183	3.73	3a	59	75.7
56	62	Westminster	321	3.61	3a	48	75.7
58	71	Coventry	281	3.82	2	54	75.6
59	45	Abertay Dundee	330		3b	44	75.2
60	69	Bath Spa	263	4.00		54	74.9
61	80	West of Scotland	302		3a	45	74.7
62	74	Teesside	258	3.97		53	74.4
63	59	De Montfort	248	3.73	3a	48	74.3
63	53	Napier	295			59	74.3
63	52	Greenwich	225	3.64	3b	52	74.3
63	58	York St John	263	3.75		56	74.3
67	73	Sunderland	262	3.78	3b	47	74.1
68	69	Sheffield Hallam	306	3.68	3b	39	73.9
69	85	Canterbury Christ Church	243	3.75		56	73.8
70	85	Winchester	279	3.85	2	40	73.7
71	80	Bedfordshire	221	3.96	2	51	73.6
71	66	Staffordshire	260	3.73	3a	43	73.6
73	76	Wolverhampton	254	3.42	3b	51	73.3
74	91	Bradford	232	3.75		54	73.1
74	78	Lincoln	304	3.74	2	40	73.1
74	64	Worcester	243	3.90	2	45	73.1
77	76	Gloucestershire	279	3.87		45	73.0
78	57	Glasgow Caledonian	273	3.70	4	41	72.9
79	-	Brighton	306	3.66			72.8
80	56	Leeds Metropolitan	307	3.37		49	72.5
81	84	Chester	277	3.76		44	72.3
81	92	West of England, Bristol	282	4.07		37	72.3
83	63	Manchester Metropolitan	309	3.52	3a	34	72.2
84	59	Southampton Solent	248	3.54	2	46	72.1
85	83	Kingston	253	3.58		49	72.0
86	72	Liverpool John Moores	276	3.60		45	71.8
86	94	Northampton	245	3.84		44	71.8
88	79	Ulster	280	3.61	3a	31	71.3
89	85	Anglia Ruskin	273	3.70		40	71.2
89	85	Glamorgan	226	3.65		47	71.2
89	80	Roehampton	219	3.47	3a	46	71.2
92	85	Salford	304	3.52		39	71.1
93	95	UWIC, Cardiff	250	3.68		42	70.9
94	-	St Mary's	231			54	70.8
95	74	Bolton	240	3.46	3b	39	70.7
96	93	Huddersfield	270	3.77		36	70.6
97	98	Buckinghamshire New	208	3.49		46	69.9
97	96	Edge Hill	268	3.72		34	69.9
99	85	Queen Margaret	302			39	69.2
100	97	Bournemouth	230			38	66.5

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

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