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	1	Cambridge	4.2	552	5*	85.0	100.0
10	18	Leicester	4.1	372	5*	69.0	90.6
32	44	Portsmouth	4.1	247	5	61.0	85.4
14	8	York	4.1	396	5	66.0	89.3
77	68	Staffordshire	4.1	220		48.0	74.3
25	27	Glasgow	4.0	401	5	53.0	86.5
2	2	Oxford	4.0	504	5	80.0	95.6
15	12	Dundee	4.0	474	5*	52.0	89.2
74	67	Bolton	4.0	175		64.0	76.3
55	72	West of England, Bristol	4.0	231		72.0	79.4
78	85	Anglia Ruskin	4.0	244		43.0	73.5
21	23	Kent	4.0	271	4	78.0	87.8
40	58	Nottingham Trent	4.0	199	5	79.0	83.7
47	42	Hull	4.0	249	4	62.0	80.7
11	14	St Andrews	4.0	437	5	68.0	90.3
42	38	Essex	4.0	265	4	62.0	83.5
28	26	East Anglia	4.0	345	5	59.0	86.0
53	57	Greenwich	3.9	178	3a	59.0	79.9
68	65	Sunderland	3.9	210	3a	44.0	77.0
7	6	Sheffield	3.9	422	5*	69.0	91.9
33	37	Keele	3.9	291	4	73.0	84.9
34	39	Aberdeen	3.9	339	5	62.0	84.7
20	19	Sussex	3.9	357	5	69.0	88.0
6	5	Surrey	3.8	318	5*	84.0	92.2
29	31	Lancaster	3.8	348	4	65.0	85.7
51	60	Aberystwyth	3.8	277	3a	50.0	80.1
22	17	Birmingham	3.8	379	5	65.0	87.5
39	42	Aston	3.8	291	3a	73.0	83.8
65	79	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	234	2	59.0	77.1
71	76	Roehampton	3.8	208		66.0	76.7
18	15	Warwick	3.8	411	5	66.0	88.5
23	22	Cardiff	3.8	378	5	61.0	87.4
24	25	Liverpool	3.8	352	5	66.0	87.0
82	81	Liverpool John Moores	3.8	224		42.0	72.0
8	13	University College London	3.8	441	5	75.0	91.1
13	10	Manchester	3.8	421	5*	66.0	89.8
31	34	Exeter	3.8	335	4	67.0	85.5
5	4	Bristol	3.8	431	5*	76.0	93.1
26	30	Southampton	3.8	397	5	58.0	86.3
41	35	Reading	3.8	327	4	59.0	83.6
56	53	Glasgow Caledonian	3.8	284		70.0	79.3
71	70	Bradford	3.8	265		60.0	76.7
35	33	Queen Mary	3.8	337	4	63.0	84.6
37	45	Heriot-Watt	3.8	343	4	57.0	84.2
19	21	Newcastle	3.8	357	5*	67.0	88.2
27	27	Royal Holloway	3.7	321	5	74.0	86.2
30	24	Leeds	3.7	351	5	61.0	85.6
73	78	Plymouth	3.7	292	3a	50.0	76.5
8	7	Bath	3.7	432	5	78.0	91.1
36	32	King's College London	3.7	362	3a	69.0	84.3
12	11	Durham	3.7	471	5	68.0	89.9
50	62	Hertfordshire	3.7	248	3a	64.0	80.2
3	3	Imperial College	3.7	440	5*	83.0	93.4
16	19	Nottingham	3.7	367	5	71.0	88.6
59	71	Sheffield Hallam	3.7	243		70.0	77.8
64	74	Northumbria	3.7	259	2	64.0	77.5
38	29	Queen's, Belfast	3.7	334	4	63.0	84.0
47	50	Brighton	3.6	232	5	61.0	80.7
58	52	Wolverhampton	3.6	193	3a	66.0	79.0
16	16	Edinburgh	3.6	449	5	62.0	88.6
54	69	Leeds Metropolitan	3.6	253		78.0	79.6
65	54	Kingston	3.6	205	3a	56.0	77.1
43	40	Brunel	3.6	305	4	69.0	83.2
49	48	Oxford Brookes	3.6	244	3a	60.0	80.3
57	74	Strathclyde	3.6	459		52.0	79.1
75	77	Westminster	3.6	209	3b	53.0	75.5
78	54	East London	3.5	163	2	57.0	73.5
46	47	Bangor	3.5	302	4	52.0	80.9
45	45	Swansea	3.5	297	3a	61.0	81.3
4	9	Ulster		282	5*	83.0	93.2
44	41	Stirling		310	4	53.0	82.3
52	65	West of Scotland		275	3b	66.0	80.0
59	-	Abertay Dundee		363		60.0	77.8
59	59	Napier		258	4	58.0	77.8
59	54	Salford		210	3a	55.0	77.8
59	48	UWIC, Cardiff		253		73.0	77.8
65	62	Chester		265		69.0	77.1
68	61	Robert Gordon		245		71.0	77.0
70	-	Queen Margaret		343		59.0	76.9
76	64	Huddersfield		238		65.0	75.0
80	-	Bournemouth		211		59.0	72.4
81	84	Bath Spa		251	3b	49.0	72.3
83	82	Derby		289		48.0	71.9
84	-	Glamorgan		225		55.0	71.7
85	-	Teesside		247		49.0	70.8
86	86	Bedfordshire			2	47.0	68.8
87	87	Worcester			2	33.0	62.8

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