University Subject Tables 2008

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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	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
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	Oxford	527	5*	74.0	100.0
2	-	London School of Economics	470	5	82.0	99.3
3	-	Cambridge	507	4	86.0	99.2
4	-	King's College London	419	5*	68.0	96.2
5	-	Bristol	430	5	76.0	96.1
6	-	York	464	5	68.0	95.2
7	-	Bath	432	5	70.0	94.5
8	-	Hull	399	5	74.0	94.4
9	-	Warwick	441	5	70.0	93.2
10	-	Sheffield	426	5*	56.0	93.1
11	-	St Andrews	472	5	58.0	92.8
12	-	Durham	476	4	80.0	92.4
13	-	Exeter	412	5	62.0	89.8
14	-	Edinburgh	464	4	72.0	89.7
15	-	Essex	347	5*	54.0	89.5
16	-	Birmingham	388	5	64.0	89.4
17	-	Newcastle	370	5	66.0	89.3
17	-	Sussex	382	4	68.0	89.3
19	-	Aberystwyth	326	5*	56.0	89.2
19	-	Nottingham	422	4	62.0	89.2
21	-	Cardiff	393	5	56.0	89.1
22	-	SOAS	346	4	74.0	88.1
23	-	Leeds	392	4	66.0	87.7
24	-	Aberdeen	434	4	54.0	87.5
25	-	Keele	291	5	62.0	86.9
25	-	Manchester	422	5	50.0	86.9
27	-	Queen Mary	354	4	62.0	86.6
28	-	Queen's, Belfast	336	5	54.0	86.4
29	-	Glasgow	410	5	48.0	85.9
30	-	Liverpool	341	4	58.0	85.0
30	-	Strathclyde	388	5	48.0	85.0
32	-	Oxford Brookes	301	3a	70.0	84.0
33	-	Southampton	386	4	52.0	83.6
34	-	Royal Holloway	327	4	60.0	83.5
35	-	Bradford	255	5	60.0	83.1
36	-	Dundee	371	4	52.0	83.0
37	-	Reading	333	5	48.0	82.9
38	-	University College London	361	3a		82.5
39	-	Brunel	284	4	60.0	81.9
40	-	Salford	280	5	44.0	81.5
41	-	Lancaster	329	4	52.0	81.4
42	-	Loughborough	304	5	46.0	81.2
43	-	East Anglia	344	4	48.0	80.9
44	-	Kent	285	3a	64.0	80.6
45	-	Kingston	224	4	58.0	80.4
46	-	Leicester	328	3a	56.0	80.1
47	-	Stirling	311	3a	58.0	80.0
48	-	De Montfort	195	5	56.0	79.7
49	-	Swansea	283	3a	60.0	79.4
50	-	Ulster	285	3a	54.0	77.9
51	-	Portsmouth	248	5	52.0	77.8
52	-	Leeds Metropolitan	221	3a	48.0	74.9
53	-	Coventry	243	4	48.0	74.6
54	-	Nottingham Trent	240	3a	54.0	74.2
55	-	West of England, Bristol	256	4	44.0	74.0
56	-	Central England	235	3a	52.0	73.4
57	-	London South Bank	187	4	42.0	73.1
58	-	Manchester Metropolitan	260	3a	42.0	71.6
59	-	Plymouth	207	3a	46.0	70.7
60	-	Aston	306		58.0	70.4
60	-	Northumbria	257	3a	46.0	70.4
62	-	Goldsmiths College	275		58.0	69.2
63	-	Liverpool John Moores	223	3a	46.0	69.1
64	-	Westminster	217	4	28.0	68.0
65	-	Huddersfield	231	3a	32.0	67.7
66	-	Wolverhampton	225	3a	38.0	66.9
67	-	Greenwich	216		54.0	65.8
68	-	Lincoln	246		36.0	62.0
69	-	Northampton	199		24.0	56.9

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