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Business Studies
| 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 | 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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| 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | London School of Economics | 443 |
|
3.72 |
|
5 |
|
90 |
|
100.0 |
| 2 | 4 | Bath | 429 |
|
3.76 |
|
5 |
|
87 |
|
99.1 |
| 2 | 9 | Imperial College | 404 |
|
5 |
|
79 |
|
99.1 | ||
| 4 | 10 | King's College London | 407 |
|
4 |
|
83 |
|
98.6 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Warwick | 444 |
|
3.78 |
|
5* |
|
78 |
|
98.0 |
| 6 | 7 | Aston | 386 |
|
3.92 |
|
5 |
|
76 |
|
95.1 |
| 6 | 19 | Exeter | 382 |
|
4.27 |
|
4 |
|
81 |
|
95.1 |
| 8 | 15 | Loughborough | 402 |
|
4.07 |
|
4 |
|
81 |
|
94.8 |
| 9 | 8 | Lancaster | 398 |
|
3.77 |
|
5* |
|
70 |
|
94.7 |
| 9 | 17 | Strathclyde | 519 |
|
3.85 |
|
4 |
|
68 |
|
94.7 |
| 11 | 16 | St Andrews | 431 |
|
3.87 |
|
4 |
|
69 |
|
94.3 |
| 12 | 6 | Nottingham | 403 |
|
3.52 |
|
5 |
|
76 |
|
93.7 |
| 13 | 13 | City | 392 |
|
3.71 |
|
5 |
|
77 |
|
92.9 |
| 13 | 11 | Manchester | 417 |
|
3.47 |
|
5 |
|
67 |
|
92.9 |
| 15 | 12 | Edinburgh | 470 |
|
3.33 |
|
4 |
|
66 |
|
91.6 |
| 16 | 14 | Leeds | 400 |
|
3.40 |
|
5 |
|
72 |
|
90.6 |
| 17 | 24 | Glasgow | 416 |
|
3.77 |
|
4 |
|
64 |
|
90.1 |
| 18 | 17 | Cardiff | 385 |
|
3.61 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
90.0 |
| 19 | 20 | Southampton | 379 |
|
3.55 |
|
4 |
|
66 |
|
89.6 |
| 19 | 30 | Stirling | 313 |
|
4 |
|
66 |
|
89.6 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Reading | 336 |
|
3.62 |
|
5 |
|
71 |
|
89.3 |
| 22 | 29 | Keele | 285 |
|
3.73 |
|
4 |
|
74 |
|
89.1 |
| 22 | 23 | Sheffield | 370 |
|
3.64 |
|
4 |
|
63 |
|
89.1 |
| 24 | 26 | Newcastle | 381 |
|
3.50 |
|
3a |
|
73 |
|
88.6 |
| 25 | 31 | Bangor | 242 |
|
3.64 |
|
5 |
|
74 |
|
88.5 |
| 25 | 31 | University College London | 418 |
|
3.57 |
|
84 |
|
88.5 | ||
| 27 | 37 | Leicester | 313 |
|
4.18 |
|
3a |
|
63 |
|
88.4 |
| 28 | 37 | East Anglia | 341 |
|
4.04 |
|
3a |
|
66 |
|
88.3 |
| 29 | 22 | Royal Holloway | 339 |
|
3.37 |
|
4 |
|
68 |
|
87.9 |
| 30 | 26 | Essex | 301 |
|
5 |
|
62 |
|
87.5 | ||
| 30 | 25 | Surrey | 356 |
|
3.35 |
|
4 |
|
70 |
|
87.5 |
| 32 | 28 | Birmingham | 395 |
|
3.59 |
|
4 |
|
64 |
|
87.1 |
| 33 | 33 | Durham | 367 |
|
3.69 |
|
3a |
|
69 |
|
87.0 |
| 34 | 40 | Kent | 278 |
|
3.86 |
|
3a |
|
71 |
|
86.5 |
| 35 | 34 | Aberdeen | 358 |
|
3.48 |
|
3a |
|
61 |
|
86.2 |
| 36 | 36 | Hull | 266 |
|
3.88 |
|
4 |
|
66 |
|
86.1 |
| 37 | 41 | Portsmouth | 271 |
|
3.78 |
|
4 |
|
67 |
|
86.0 |
| 38 | 35 | Nottingham Trent | 265 |
|
3.46 |
|
3b |
|
85 |
|
85.3 |
| 39 | 42 | Heriot-Watt | 332 |
|
3.62 |
|
4 |
|
62 |
|
84.7 |
| 40 | 54 | Bournemouth | 293 |
|
3.80 |
|
3a |
|
69 |
|
83.9 |
| 40 | 47 | Swansea | 287 |
|
3.68 |
|
3a |
|
67 |
|
83.9 |
| 42 | 44 | York | 339 |
|
3.54 |
|
74 |
|
83.7 | ||
| 43 | 48 | Salford | 248 |
|
3.70 |
|
3a |
|
61 |
|
83.6 |
| 44 | 46 | Brunel | 298 |
|
3.46 |
|
4 |
|
55 |
|
82.8 |
| 45 | 43 | Bradford | 232 |
|
3.72 |
|
4 |
|
59 |
|
82.7 |
| 46 | 51 | De Montfort | 240 |
|
3.83 |
|
3a |
|
58 |
|
82.3 |
| 46 | 52 | Oxford Brookes | 309 |
|
3.75 |
|
2 |
|
67 |
|
82.3 |
| 48 | 56 | Brighton | 274 |
|
3.77 |
|
3a |
|
65 |
|
82.2 |
| 49 | 44 | Liverpool | 366 |
|
3.59 |
|
62 |
|
82.1 | ||
| 50 | 57 | Gloucestershire | 254 |
|
3.61 |
|
3a |
|
63 |
|
81.6 |
| 50 | 58 | Robert Gordon | 292 |
|
2 |
|
70 |
|
81.6 | ||
| 50 | - | Sussex | 364 |
|
3.67 |
|
81.6 | ||||
| 53 | 62 | Napier | 265 |
|
3b |
|
69 |
|
81.4 | ||
| 53 | 48 | West of England, Bristol | 246 |
|
3.58 |
|
3a |
|
64 |
|
81.4 |
| 55 | 70 | Lincoln | 249 |
|
3.89 |
|
3b |
|
60 |
|
81.3 |
| 56 | 53 | Northumbria | 301 |
|
3.54 |
|
3b |
|
67 |
|
81.2 |
| 57 | - | Harper Adams | 267 |
|
73 |
|
81.1 | ||||
| 58 | 55 | Central Lancashire | 253 |
|
3.74 |
|
3b |
|
64 |
|
80.8 |
| 59 | 67 | Glamorgan | 245 |
|
3.85 |
|
3b |
|
58 |
|
80.6 |
| 60 | 48 | Queen Mary | 316 |
|
3.53 |
|
63 |
|
80.4 | ||
| 61 | 64 | Manchester Metropolitan | 268 |
|
3.72 |
|
3a |
|
58 |
|
80.3 |
| 62 | 67 | Aberystwyth | 266 |
|
3.70 |
|
3b |
|
50 |
|
79.7 |
| 63 | 58 | Hertfordshire | 249 |
|
3.53 |
|
3a |
|
50 |
|
79.4 |
| 63 | - | Royal Agricultural College | 310 |
|
3.73 |
|
55 |
|
79.4 | ||
| 65 | 65 | Plymouth | 258 |
|
3.65 |
|
3b |
|
58 |
|
79.2 |
| 66 | 60 | Ulster | 267 |
|
3.69 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
79.1 |
| 67 | 61 | Sheffield Hallam | 264 |
|
3.69 |
|
3b |
|
59 |
|
78.9 |
| 67 | 71 | York St John | 327 |
|
3.54 |
|
54 |
|
78.9 | ||
| 69 | 63 | Kingston | 223 |
|
3.58 |
|
3a |
|
57 |
|
77.9 |
| 70 | 88 | Winchester | 258 |
|
3.70 |
|
55 |
|
77.6 | ||
| 71 | 67 | Leeds Metropolitan | 266 |
|
3.34 |
|
2 |
|
60 |
|
77.4 |
| 71 | 73 | Liverpool John Moores | 234 |
|
3.54 |
|
3b |
|
56 |
|
77.4 |
| 73 | 83 | Bath Spa | 229 |
|
4.02 |
|
51 |
|
77.2 | ||
| 73 | 95 | Northampton | 210 |
|
3.89 |
|
2 |
|
53 |
|
77.2 |
| 75 | 104 | Cumbria | 234 |
|
3.86 |
|
77.1 | ||||
| 75 | 75 | Worcester | 206 |
|
3.77 |
|
59 |
|
77.1 | ||
| 77 | 80 | Chester | 266 |
|
59 |
|
77.0 | ||||
| 77 | 72 | Teesside | 220 |
|
3.80 |
|
56 |
|
77.0 | ||
| 79 | 79 | Sunderland | 219 |
|
3.76 |
|
2 |
|
55 |
|
76.7 |
| 80 | 65 | Glasgow Caledonian | 259 |
|
3.57 |
|
3a |
|
45 |
|
76.4 |
| 81 | 77 | Anglia Ruskin | 222 |
|
3.59 |
|
2 |
|
51 |
|
76.3 |
| 81 | 78 | Staffordshire | 234 |
|
3.44 |
|
3b |
|
53 |
|
76.3 |
| 83 | 90 | Canterbury Christ Church | 221 |
|
3.95 |
|
48 |
|
76.0 | ||
| 83 | 88 | St Mary's | 208 |
|
3.90 |
|
51 |
|
76.0 | ||
| 83 | 95 | Southampton Solent | 205 |
|
3.64 |
|
57 |
|
76.0 | ||
| 86 | 95 | Bedfordshire | 167 |
|
4.09 |
|
3a |
|
45 |
|
75.9 |
| 87 | 84 | Coventry | 243 |
|
3.61 |
|
2 |
|
48 |
|
75.8 |
| 88 | 108 | Edge Hill | 229 |
|
3.97 |
|
45 |
|
75.7 | ||
| 88 | 85 | Roehampton | 187 |
|
3.61 |
|
59 |
|
75.7 | ||
| 90 | 73 | Abertay Dundee | 306 |
|
3b |
|
43 |
|
75.6 | ||
| 90 | - | University College Birmingham | 198 |
|
3.87 |
|
75.6 | ||||
| 92 | 86 | Derby | 243 |
|
3.60 |
|
2 |
|
46 |
|
75.4 |
| 93 | 100 | Greenwich | 179 |
|
3.75 |
|
3b |
|
52 |
|
74.9 |
| 94 | 81 | Huddersfield | 247 |
|
3.68 |
|
3b |
|
39 |
|
74.8 |
| 94 | 90 | Westminster | 234 |
|
3.45 |
|
3b |
|
46 |
|
74.8 |
| 96 | 76 | Queen Margaret | 268 |
|
2 |
|
42 |
|
74.7 | ||
| 97 | 94 | West of Scotland | 297 |
|
2 |
|
40 |
|
73.8 | ||
| 98 | 86 | Birmingham City | 230 |
|
2 |
|
51 |
|
73.3 | ||
| 99 | 106 | Buckinghamshire New | 197 |
|
3.55 |
|
2 |
|
43 |
|
73.0 |
| 100 | 101 | Thames Valley | 159 |
|
3.82 |
|
45 |
|
72.7 | ||
| 101 | 82 | London South Bank | 150 |
|
3.81 |
|
3a |
|
39 |
|
72.6 |
| 102 | 95 | Middlesex | 148 |
|
3.36 |
|
3a |
|
47 |
|
72.2 |
| 103 | 103 | Bolton | 178 |
|
3.62 |
|
1 |
|
41 |
|
72.1 |
| 104 | 102 | UWIC, Cardiff | 211 |
|
3.55 |
|
38 |
|
71.6 | ||
| 105 | 106 | Wolverhampton | 171 |
|
3b |
|
49 |
|
70.3 | ||
| 106 | 105 | East London | 153 |
|
3.42 |
|
2 |
|
38 |
|
69.8 |
| 107 | 108 | University of Wales, Newport | 203 |
|
40 |
|
68.7 | ||||
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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