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| CUG Rank | University Name | Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. |
Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 |
Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Maximum score: 4.00 |
Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Maximum score: 100 |
Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 |
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| 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||||
| 77 | - | Buckingham | 251 |
|
4.64 |
|
84.5 | ||||
| 48 | 63 | Sunderland | 232 |
|
4.48 |
|
2.40 |
|
57 |
|
88.6 |
| 43 | 62 | Brunel | 306 |
|
4.45 |
|
2.50 |
|
54 |
|
90.2 |
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 514 |
|
4.39 |
|
2.95 |
|
70 |
|
100.0 |
| 24 | 33 | Loughborough | 367 |
|
4.39 |
|
2.50 |
|
66 |
|
94.0 |
| 9 | 13 | Exeter | 427 |
|
4.35 |
|
3.00 |
|
65 |
|
96.8 |
| 61 | 83 | Chester | 293 |
|
4.35 |
|
1.90 |
|
54 |
|
87.7 |
| 8 | 5 | St Andrews | 458 |
|
4.34 |
|
2.95 |
|
66 |
|
97.6 |
| 1 | 2 | University College London | 480 |
|
4.32 |
|
2.85 |
|
77 |
|
100.0 |
| 11 | 17 | Queen Mary | 366 |
|
4.31 |
|
3.05 |
|
67 |
|
95.6 |
| 36 | 22 | Dundee | 354 |
|
4.27 |
|
2.45 |
|
59 |
|
91.7 |
| 79 | 74 | St Mary's | 264 |
|
4.23 |
|
1.70 |
|
46 |
|
84.3 |
| 3 | 4 | Oxford | 504 |
|
4.21 |
|
3.00 |
|
70 |
|
99.3 |
| 30 | 16 | Aberdeen | 325 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.90 |
|
63 |
|
92.8 |
| 58 | 66 | Northumbria | 302 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.10 |
|
54 |
|
88.0 |
| 18 | 12 | Leicester | 383 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.70 |
|
68 |
|
94.7 |
| 24 | 30 | Kent | 336 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.85 |
|
68 |
|
94.0 |
| 66 | 69 | Worcester | 251 |
|
4.18 |
|
1.85 |
|
54 |
|
85.9 |
| 48 | 72 | Kingston | 263 |
|
4.17 |
|
2.40 |
|
58 |
|
88.6 |
| 65 | 47 | Salford | 283 |
|
4.17 |
|
2.35 |
|
43 |
|
86.0 |
| 22 | 19 | Liverpool | 422 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.90 |
|
58 |
|
94.3 |
| 41 | 41 | De Montfort | 251 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.95 |
|
61 |
|
90.5 |
| 30 | 24 | Hull | 318 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.55 |
|
70 |
|
92.8 |
| 68 | 67 | Bedfordshire | 210 |
|
4.12 |
|
2.10 |
|
85.3 | ||
| 22 | 20 | Southampton | 419 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.80 |
|
61 |
|
94.3 |
| 85 | 75 | Winchester | 281 |
|
4.10 |
|
49 |
|
82.8 | ||
| 50 | 50 | Aberystwyth | 332 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.45 |
|
49 |
|
88.5 |
| 80 | 71 | Edge Hill | 249 |
|
4.09 |
|
1.65 |
|
50 |
|
84.1 |
| 5 | 3 | Durham | 489 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.80 |
|
73 |
|
98.5 |
| 93 | 84 | Teesside | 262 |
|
4.08 |
|
45 |
|
81.5 | ||
| 58 | 58 | Portsmouth | 304 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.40 |
|
51 |
|
88.0 |
| 73 | 78 | Ulster | 250 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.25 |
|
45 |
|
84.9 |
| 10 | 8 | Leeds | 444 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.95 |
|
65 |
|
96.1 |
| 44 | 43 | Nottingham Trent | 285 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.50 |
|
61 |
|
89.7 |
| 14 | 11 | Glasgow | 425 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.95 |
|
63 |
|
95.1 |
| 20 | 31 | East Anglia | 405 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.80 |
|
64 |
|
94.4 |
| 50 | 56 | Birmingham City | 266 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.05 |
|
64 |
|
88.5 |
| 73 | 61 | Gloucestershire | 264 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.15 |
|
45 |
|
84.9 |
| 29 | 32 | Keele | 327 |
|
4.04 |
|
2.55 |
|
71 |
|
92.9 |
| 7 | 7 | Warwick | 474 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.95 |
|
71 |
|
98.0 |
| 87 | 87 | Plymouth St Mark and St John | 4.03 |
|
1.00 |
|
51 |
|
82.6 | ||
| 14 | 26 | Sheffield | 438 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.80 |
|
64 |
|
95.1 |
| 41 | 36 | Reading | 359 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.80 |
|
51 |
|
90.5 |
| 50 | 48 | West of England, Bristol | 294 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.20 |
|
59 |
|
88.5 |
| 33 | 28 | Lancaster | 409 |
|
4.01 |
|
2.70 |
|
57 |
|
92.6 |
| 4 | 6 | York | 496 |
|
4.00 |
|
3.15 |
|
71 |
|
99.1 |
| 50 | 52 | Bath Spa | 316 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.15 |
|
57 |
|
88.5 |
| 60 | 49 | Swansea | 310 |
|
3.99 |
|
2.60 |
|
48 |
|
87.9 |
| 13 | 9 | Edinburgh | 446 |
|
3.98 |
|
3.05 |
|
60 |
|
95.2 |
| 20 | 21 | Cardiff | 432 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.85 |
|
61 |
|
94.4 |
| 37 | 36 | Oxford Brookes | 330 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.40 |
|
67 |
|
91.6 |
| 86 | 78 | Liverpool John Moores | 250 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.10 |
|
38 |
|
82.7 |
| 35 | 28 | Queen's, Belfast | 346 |
|
3.97 |
|
2.90 |
|
61 |
|
92.3 |
| 40 | 42 | Essex | 319 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.60 |
|
63 |
|
91.0 |
| 56 | 60 | Brighton | 301 |
|
3.96 |
|
2.20 |
|
57 |
|
88.1 |
| 75 | 86 | Staffordshire | 257 |
|
3.96 |
|
1.85 |
|
51 |
|
84.7 |
| 6 | 15 | Bristol | 464 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.85 |
|
76 |
|
98.2 |
| 34 | 22 | Goldsmiths College | 359 |
|
3.95 |
|
2.65 |
|
64 |
|
92.4 |
| 54 | - | Central Lancashire | 292 |
|
3.95 |
|
1.90 |
|
64 |
|
88.4 |
| 67 | - | Coventry | 289 |
|
3.95 |
|
1.70 |
|
85.6 | ||
| 89 | 78 | Northampton | 227 |
|
3.93 |
|
1.85 |
|
44 |
|
82.4 |
| 56 | 52 | Bangor | 326 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.55 |
|
49 |
|
88.1 |
| 68 | 81 | Huddersfield | 305 |
|
3.92 |
|
1.95 |
|
47 |
|
85.3 |
| 83 | 92 | Wolverhampton | 232 |
|
3.91 |
|
1.75 |
|
48 |
|
83.0 |
| 39 | 27 | Strathclyde | 378 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.50 |
|
59 |
|
91.3 |
| 82 | 93 | Greenwich | 256 |
|
3.89 |
|
1.70 |
|
47 |
|
83.2 |
| 17 | 10 | Royal Holloway | 413 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.85 |
|
68 |
|
95.0 |
| 26 | 39 | Birmingham | 417 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.80 |
|
62 |
|
93.7 |
| 55 | 45 | Hertfordshire | 256 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.40 |
|
62 |
|
88.3 |
| 44 | 55 | Middlesex | 205 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.25 |
|
78 |
|
89.7 |
| 84 | 67 | Glamorgan | 266 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.40 |
|
34 |
|
82.9 |
| 75 | 40 | Lampeter | 238 |
|
3.86 |
|
1.60 |
|
59 |
|
84.7 |
| 88 | 88 | Lincoln | 286 |
|
3.85 |
|
51 |
|
82.5 | ||
| 70 | 82 | Westminster | 266 |
|
3.84 |
|
1.80 |
|
55 |
|
85.2 |
| 72 | 70 | Sheffield Hallam | 296 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.20 |
|
44 |
|
85.0 |
| 12 | 13 | Nottingham | 460 |
|
3.82 |
|
3.00 |
|
63 |
|
95.4 |
| 64 | 56 | Manchester Metropolitan | 309 |
|
3.82 |
|
2.35 |
|
46 |
|
86.1 |
| 81 | 73 | York St John | 281 |
|
3.82 |
|
1.30 |
|
53 |
|
83.6 |
| 91 | 90 | Canterbury Christ Church | 255 |
|
3.79 |
|
1.60 |
|
43 |
|
81.7 |
| 78 | 87 | Plymouth | 305 |
|
3.78 |
|
2.05 |
|
43 |
|
84.4 |
| 47 | 51 | Roehampton | 291 |
|
3.74 |
|
2.30 |
|
64 |
|
88.9 |
| 14 | 18 | Newcastle | 445 |
|
3.73 |
|
2.90 |
|
66 |
|
95.1 |
| 26 | 34 | Sussex | 418 |
|
3.72 |
|
2.70 |
|
66 |
|
93.7 |
| 96 | 91 | Derby | 250 |
|
3.70 |
|
44 |
|
79.7 | ||
| 94 | 85 | Leeds Metropolitan | 281 |
|
3.69 |
|
49 |
|
81.4 | ||
| 18 | 34 | King's College London | 452 |
|
3.67 |
|
2.80 |
|
66 |
|
94.7 |
| 32 | 38 | Manchester | 430 |
|
3.60 |
|
3.05 |
|
56 |
|
92.7 |
| 63 | 44 | Newman | 238 |
|
3.59 |
|
83 |
|
86.8 | ||
| 28 | 25 | Stirling | 327 |
|
2.55 |
|
67 |
|
93.0 | ||
| 37 | 45 | Bishop Grosseteste | 258 |
|
1.60 |
|
85 |
|
91.6 | ||
| 46 | 58 | Cumbria | 283 |
|
1.45 |
|
75 |
|
89.2 | ||
| 62 | - | Edinburgh Napier | 322 |
|
1.95 |
|
87.5 | ||||
| 70 | 75 | Bolton | 1.40 |
|
60 |
|
85.2 | ||||
| 90 | 64 | Falmouth | 299 |
|
53 |
|
82.0 | ||||
| 91 | 89 | University of Wales, Newport | 251 |
|
58 |
|
81.7 | ||||
| 94 | 64 | Chichester | 272 |
|
1.95 |
|
40 |
|
81.4 | ||
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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