University Subject Tables 2012
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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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| 2012 | 2011 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Bath | 450 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.95 |
|
84 |
|
100.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Warwick | 489 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.95 |
|
78 |
|
99.7 |
| 3 | 2 | London School of Economics | 488 |
|
3.76 |
|
2.95 |
|
82 |
|
98.6 |
| 4 | 6 | Lancaster | 401 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.95 |
|
90 |
|
98.2 |
| 5 | 4 | Strathclyde | 4.23 |
|
2.85 |
|
82 |
|
96.5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Loughborough | 414 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.70 |
|
84 |
|
96.4 |
| 7 | 8 | Exeter | 446 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.60 |
|
80 |
|
95.8 |
| 8 | 5 | Leeds | 430 |
|
3.93 |
|
2.85 |
|
80 |
|
95.7 |
| 9 | 15 | Nottingham | 410 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.85 |
|
76 |
|
94.0 |
| 10 | 9 | Bristol | 434 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.55 |
|
80 |
|
93.8 |
| 11 | 11 | City | 415 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.60 |
|
76 |
|
93.7 |
| 12 | 16 | Newcastle | 426 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.50 |
|
78 |
|
92.8 |
| 13 | 11 | Glasgow | 450 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.35 |
|
78 |
|
92.1 |
| 14 | 18 | Cardiff | 404 |
|
3.84 |
|
3.00 |
|
66 |
|
92.1 |
| 15 | 49 | Reading | 407 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.50 |
|
84 |
|
91.9 |
| 16 | 17 | Durham | 399 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.65 |
|
78 |
|
91.7 |
| 17 | 9 | Southampton | 442 |
|
3.83 |
|
2.60 |
|
72 |
|
91.5 |
| 18 | 13 | Edinburgh | 418 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.45 |
|
78 |
|
90.7 |
| 19 | 19 | Kent | 343 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.57 |
|
82 |
|
90.4 |
| 20 | 14 | Manchester | 422 |
|
3.69 |
|
2.85 |
|
64 |
|
90.1 |
| 21 | 21 | Robert Gordon | 338 |
|
4.17 |
|
1.90 |
|
94 |
|
87.9 |
| 22 | 20 | Liverpool | 414 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.45 |
|
66 |
|
87.8 |
| 23 | 22 | Sheffield | 376 |
|
3.84 |
|
2.70 |
|
60 |
|
86.8 |
| 24 | 23 | Stirling | 316 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.35 |
|
72 |
|
85.5 |
| 25 | 24 | Surrey | 354 |
|
3.77 |
|
2.50 |
|
84.8 | ||
| 26 | 25 | Dundee | 338 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.25 |
|
66 |
|
83.8 |
| 27 | 31 | Brunel | 329 |
|
3.58 |
|
2.65 |
|
83.5 | ||
| 28 | 29 | Essex | 313 |
|
3.75 |
|
2.60 |
|
64 |
|
83.4 |
| 29 | 28 | Heriot-Watt | 333 |
|
3.73 |
|
2.40 |
|
68 |
|
83.4 |
| 30 | 27 | Aberdeen | 321 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.25 |
|
70 |
|
83.3 |
| 31 | 32 | Northumbria | 328 |
|
4.06 |
|
1.80 |
|
80 |
|
82.7 |
| 32 | 30 | Ulster | 304 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.25 |
|
66 |
|
82.4 |
| 33 | 26 | Bangor | 274 |
|
3.90 |
|
2.75 |
|
50 |
|
80.8 |
| 34 | 33 | De Montfort | 264 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.25 |
|
64 |
|
80.5 |
| 35 | 37 | Keele | 292 |
|
3.86 |
|
2.30 |
|
62 |
|
80.0 |
| 36 | 46 | Huddersfield | 266 |
|
3.98 |
|
2.05 |
|
70 |
|
79.3 |
| 37 | 35 | West of England, Bristol | 261 |
|
3.94 |
|
2.25 |
|
64 |
|
79.2 |
| 38 | 35 | Portsmouth | 277 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.10 |
|
58 |
|
79.0 |
| 39 | 44 | Aberystwyth | 272 |
|
4.19 |
|
1.95 |
|
62 |
|
78.2 |
| 40 | 40 | Sheffield Hallam | 282 |
|
3.95 |
|
1.90 |
|
68 |
|
78.0 |
| 41 | 45 | Westminster | 358 |
|
3.64 |
|
2.00 |
|
78.0 | ||
| 42 | 34 | Oxford Brookes | 306 |
|
3.99 |
|
1.95 |
|
60 |
|
77.9 |
| 43 | 43 | Brighton | 271 |
|
3.88 |
|
2.30 |
|
56 |
|
77.9 |
| 44 | 38 | Bournemouth | 300 |
|
3.97 |
|
1.95 |
|
58 |
|
77.1 |
| 45 | 42 | Salford | 273 |
|
4.23 |
|
2.25 |
|
44 |
|
77.0 |
| 46 | 41 | Manchester Metropolitan | 262 |
|
3.69 |
|
2.20 |
|
60 |
|
76.3 |
| 47 | 39 | Glasgow Caledonian | 305 |
|
3.87 |
|
1.80 |
|
54 |
|
74.4 |
| 48 | 47 | Plymouth | 294 |
|
3.85 |
|
2.05 |
|
46 |
|
74.2 |
| 49 | 65 | Leeds Metropolitan | 259 |
|
4.06 |
|
1.80 |
|
56 |
|
74.0 |
| 50 | 48 | Hertfordshire | 234 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.15 |
|
48 |
|
73.0 |
| 51 | 50 | Birmingham City | 242 |
|
3.46 |
|
1.65 |
|
70 |
|
71.4 |
| 52 | 52 | Greenwich | 228 |
|
3.97 |
|
1.75 |
|
48 |
|
69.7 |
| 53 | 51 | Queen's, Belfast | 395 |
|
3.91 |
|
78 |
|
68.1 | ||
| 54 | 54 | East Anglia | 388 |
|
4.06 |
|
68 |
|
66.4 | ||
| 55 | 53 | Birmingham | 403 |
|
4.03 |
|
62 |
|
65.5 | ||
| 56 | 55 | Liverpool John Moores | 254 |
|
3.81 |
|
1.45 |
|
38 |
|
64.9 |
| 57 | 56 | Bolton | 206 |
|
4.00 |
|
1.35 |
|
64.3 | ||
| 58 | 57 | Lincoln | 291 |
|
4.46 |
|
56 |
|
61.9 | ||
| 59 | 61 | Queen Mary | 390 |
|
3.84 |
|
54 |
|
61.9 | ||
| 60 | 57 | Hull | 294 |
|
4.06 |
|
62 |
|
60.9 | ||
| 61 | 63 | Edinburgh Napier | 258 |
|
3.90 |
|
72 |
|
60.6 | ||
| 62 | - | West of Scotland | 243 |
|
1.95 |
|
20 |
|
60.1 | ||
| 63 | 59 | Nottingham Trent | 270 |
|
3.82 |
|
70 |
|
60.1 | ||
| 64 | 64 | Bradford | 293 |
|
4.02 |
|
58 |
|
59.6 | ||
| 65 | 62 | Glamorgan | 239 |
|
4.17 |
|
60 |
|
58.7 | ||
| 66 | 60 | Gloucestershire | 306 |
|
3.87 |
|
54 |
|
58.4 | ||
| 67 | 66 | Coventry | 300 |
|
3.81 |
|
56 |
|
58.2 | ||
| 68 | 69 | Staffordshire | 215 |
|
3.84 |
|
70 |
|
57.9 | ||
| 69 | 67 | Northampton | 213 |
|
4.21 |
|
56 |
|
56.8 | ||
| 70 | 70 | Central Lancashire | 291 |
|
3.71 |
|
50 |
|
55.8 | ||
| 71 | 76 | Southampton Solent | 227 |
|
4.10 |
|
48 |
|
55.0 | ||
| 72 | 67 | Kingston | 256 |
|
3.90 |
|
46 |
|
54.5 | ||
| 73 | 77 | Middlesex | 192 |
|
4.22 |
|
48 |
|
54.2 | ||
| 74 | 74 | Swansea | 319 |
|
3.88 |
|
53.8 | ||||
| 75 | 73 | Anglia Ruskin | 213 |
|
3.36 |
|
62 |
|
52.9 | ||
| 76 | 72 | UWIC, Cardiff | 254 |
|
3.72 |
|
44 |
|
52.8 | ||
| 77 | - | University of Wales, Newport | 4.13 |
|
50 |
|
51.8 | ||||
| 78 | 71 | Derby | 208 |
|
3.97 |
|
38 |
|
50.9 | ||
| 79 | 79 | London Metropolitan | 209 |
|
3.66 |
|
40 |
|
49.5 | ||
| 80 | 75 | West London | 191 |
|
3.82 |
|
38 |
|
49.3 | ||
| 81 | 81 | Edge Hill | 225 |
|
3.98 |
|
49.2 | ||||
| 82 | 82 | Canterbury Christ Church | 221 |
|
3.88 |
|
48.1 | ||||
| 83 | - | Chester | 242 |
|
3.70 |
|
47.8 | ||||
| 84 | 79 | East London | 172 |
|
3.90 |
|
32 |
|
47.5 | ||
| 85 | 84 | London South Bank | 180 |
|
3.96 |
|
26 |
|
46.9 | ||
| 86 | 83 | Bedfordshire | 155 |
|
3.73 |
|
32 |
|
45.7 | ||
| 87 | - | Buckinghamshire New | 211 |
|
3.61 |
|
45.3 | ||||
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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