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Biological Sciences

CUG Rank University Name Entry Standards
Entry Standards
The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University.

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 Student Satisfaction
Student Satisfaction
A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive.

Maximum score: 5.00

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 Research Assessment
 Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University.

Maximum score: 100

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 Overall Score
Overall Score
The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology.

Maximum score: 1000.0

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2009 2008
1 1 Cambridge 552 4.20 5* 85 100.0
2 2 Oxford 504 4.02 5 80 95.6
3 3 Imperial College 440 3.68 5* 83 93.4
4 9 Ulster 282 5* 83 93.2
5 4 Bristol 431 3.78 5* 76 93.1
6 5 Surrey 318 3.84 5* 84 92.2
7 6 Sheffield 422 3.91 5* 69 91.9
8 7 Bath 432 3.71 5 78 91.1
8 13 University College London 441 3.80 5 75 91.1
10 18 Leicester 372 4.09 5* 69 90.6
11 14 St Andrews 437 3.96 5 68 90.3
12 11 Durham 471 3.70 5 68 89.9
13 10 Manchester 421 3.80 5* 66 89.8
14 8 York 396 4.07 5 66 89.3
15 12 Dundee 474 4.02 5* 52 89.2
16 16 Edinburgh 449 3.63 5 62 88.6
16 19 Nottingham 367 3.68 5 71 88.6
18 15 Warwick 411 3.81 5 66 88.5
19 21 Newcastle 357 3.75 5* 67 88.2
20 19 Sussex 357 3.86 5 69 88.0
21 23 Kent 271 3.97 4 78 87.8
22 17 Birmingham 379 3.82 5 65 87.5
23 22 Cardiff 378 3.81 5 61 87.4
24 25 Liverpool 352 3.81 5 66 87.0
25 27 Glasgow 401 4.03 5 53 86.5
26 30 Southampton 397 3.78 5 58 86.3
27 27 Royal Holloway 321 3.74 5 74 86.2
28 26 East Anglia 345 3.95 5 59 86.0
29 31 Lancaster 348 3.84 4 65 85.7
30 24 Leeds 351 3.74 5 61 85.6
31 34 Exeter 335 3.79 4 67 85.5
32 44 Portsmouth 247 4.09 5 61 85.4
33 37 Keele 291 3.87 4 73 84.9
34 39 Aberdeen 339 3.87 5 62 84.7
35 33 Queen Mary 337 3.76 4 63 84.6
36 32 King's College London 362 3.71 3a 69 84.3
37 45 Heriot-Watt 343 3.76 4 57 84.2
38 29 Queen's, Belfast 334 3.65 4 63 84.0
39 42 Aston 291 3.82 3a 73 83.8
40 58 Nottingham Trent 199 3.97 5 79 83.7
41 35 Reading 327 3.78 4 59 83.6
42 38 Essex 265 3.96 4 62 83.5
43 40 Brunel 305 3.61 4 69 83.2
44 41 Stirling 310 4 53 82.3
45 45 Swansea 297 3.49 3a 61 81.3
46 47 Bangor 302 3.52 4 52 80.9
47 50 Brighton 232 3.64 5 61 80.7
47 42 Hull 249 3.97 4 62 80.7
49 48 Oxford Brookes 244 3.61 3a 60 80.3
50 62 Hertfordshire 248 3.69 3a 64 80.2
51 60 Aberystwyth 277 3.83 3a 50 80.1
52 65 West of Scotland 275 3b 66 80.0
53 57 Greenwich 178 3.93 3a 59 79.9
54 69 Leeds Metropolitan 253 3.63 78 79.6
55 72 West of England, Bristol 231 3.99 72 79.4
56 53 Glasgow Caledonian 284 3.78 70 79.3
57 74 Strathclyde 459 3.60 52 79.1
58 52 Wolverhampton 193 3.64 3a 66 79.0
59 - Abertay Dundee 363 60 77.8
59 59 Napier 258 4 58 77.8
59 54 Salford 210 3a 55 77.8
59 71 Sheffield Hallam 243 3.68 70 77.8
59 48 UWIC, Cardiff 253 73 77.8
64 74 Northumbria 259 3.66 2 64 77.5
65 62 Chester 265 69 77.1
65 54 Kingston 205 3.62 3a 56 77.1
65 79 Manchester Metropolitan 234 3.82 2 59 77.1
68 61 Robert Gordon 245 71 77.0
68 65 Sunderland 210 3.93 3a 44 77.0
70 - Queen Margaret 343 59 76.9
71 70 Bradford 265 3.77 60 76.7
71 76 Roehampton 208 3.82 66 76.7
73 78 Plymouth 292 3.74 3a 50 76.5
74 67 Bolton 175 4.00 64 76.3
75 77 Westminster 209 3.58 3b 53 75.5
76 64 Huddersfield 238 65 75.0
77 68 Staffordshire 220 4.05 48 74.3
78 85 Anglia Ruskin 244 3.98 43 73.5
78 54 East London 163 3.54 2 57 73.5
80 - Bournemouth 211 59 72.4
81 84 Bath Spa 251 3b 49 72.3
82 81 Liverpool John Moores 224 3.81 42 72.0
83 82 Derby 289 48 71.9
84 - Glamorgan 225 55 71.7
85 - Teesside 247 49 70.8
86 86 Bedfordshire 2 47 68.8
87 87 Worcester 2 33 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

 

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