University Subject Tables 2014

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CUG Rank		University Name	Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Click here to read more	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Click here to read more	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
2014	2013	University Name
1	1	Cambridge	4.0	617	3.35	94.0	100.0
2	3	Imperial College London	4.2	551	3.20	95.0	97.6
3	2	Oxford		575	3.15	75.0	97.5
4	9	Glasgow	4.3	472	3.10	93.0	94.4
5	4	Bristol	4.2	499	2.95	88.0	92.7
6	15	Exeter		435	2.65	96.0	92.7
7	16	Birmingham	4.3	420	3.00	92.0	91.9
8	6	University College London	4.0	466	3.15	89.0	91.8
9	10	York	4.1	469	2.95	89.0	91.5
10	8	Warwick	4.0	494	2.75	90.0	90.9
11	5	Southampton	4.1	470	3.20	80.0	90.7
12	11	Edinburgh	3.8	490	3.20	81.0	90.3
13	12	Bath	4.1	463	2.95	83.0	90.0
14	14	Durham	4.0	462	2.80	89.0	89.5
15	7	St Andrews	3.7	517	2.70	88.0	89.0
16	19	Manchester	4.1	419	3.15	77.0	88.0
17	17	Sheffield	4.2	401	2.75	89.0	88.0
18	28	Leeds	4.2	379	3.05	83.0	87.9
19	22	Liverpool	4.0	382	3.05	82.0	86.7
20	13	Newcastle	4.0	375	2.90	86.0	86.4
21	25	King's College London	4.0	380	2.70	89.0	86.2
22	21	Strathclyde	4.1	425	2.55	80.0	85.2
23	23	Leicester	4.1	355	2.80	85.0	85.1
24	20	Nottingham	4.0	359	3.10	78.0	85.1
25	33	Kent	3.9	372	2.75	87.0	84.8
26	26	Loughborough	4.1	376	2.60	82.0	84.2
27	35	Cardiff	3.9	402	2.85	75.0	84.2
28	32	Dundee	3.8	407	2.75	81.0	84.0
29	29	Aberdeen	3.8	371	2.90	81.0	83.7
30	27	Sussex	4.1	348	2.85	78.0	83.6
31	31	Surrey	4.1	369	2.35	84.0	83.1
32	30	Swansea	3.8	358	2.90	79.0	83.1
33	24	Lancaster	3.7	341	3.05	80.0	82.6
34	18	Royal Holloway	3.7	360	2.80	79.0	82.0
35	34	Aberystwyth	3.9	302	2.95	78.0	81.5
36	40	Queen Mary	3.9	340	3.00	70.0	81.3
37	39	Queen's, Belfast	3.8	357	2.65	79.0	81.1
38	36	Heriot-Watt	3.5	360	2.65	85.0	80.9
39	37	Reading	3.9	343	2.15	89.0	80.6
40	42	Stirling	4.1	360	2.75	63.0	80.3
41	53	Goldsmiths, University of London	4.4	293	2.70	67.0	80.2
42	38	East Anglia	3.9	367	2.75	65.0	80.0
43	46	Essex	4.0	287	2.75	73.0	79.4
44	41	Plymouth	3.8	298	3.00	71.0	79.4
45	54	Lincoln	4.1	322	2.50	70.0	79.0
46	43	Aston	3.9	353	2.30	73.0	78.7
47	-	Birkbeck	3.6		2.75		78.5
48	47	Brunel	4.0	334	2.55	65.0	78.4
49	44	Oxford Brookes	3.8	315	2.50	74.0	78.1
50	55	Bournemouth	3.9	330	2.25	74.0	77.7
51	50	Robert Gordon	3.8	349	2.35	70.0	77.7
52	48	West of England, Bristol	3.9	292	2.40	75.0	77.2
53	45	City	3.6	359	2.60	66.0	77.2
54	51	Northumbria	3.9	288	2.40	71.0	76.0
55	61	Hull	4.2	320		79.0	75.7
56	64	Nottingham Trent	4.1	301	2.15	67.0	75.3
57	52	Huddersfield	3.9	291	2.05	76.0	75.3
58	49	Bangor	3.8	233	2.50	76.0	75.1
59	60	Brighton	3.9	257	2.60	64.0	74.6
60	78	Liverpool John Moores	3.9	293	2.50	59.0	74.1
61	62	Ulster	3.8	271	2.55	59.0	73.2
62	65	De Montfort	3.9	296	2.40	55.0	73.1
63	77	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	309	2.15	62.0	73.0
64	57	Salford	3.9	266	2.40	59.0	72.7
65	58	Hertfordshire	3.7	279	2.60	56.0	72.5
66	56	Teesside	4.0	333	2.50	42.0	72.5
67	66	Staffordshire	3.9	259	2.05	66.0	72.1
68	73	Keele	3.7	332		73.0	72.1
69	67	Coventry	3.8	256	2.05	68.0	71.9
70	70	Sheffield Hallam	3.9	274	1.90	65.0	71.7
71	83	Portsmouth	4.1	300	1.90	57.0	71.7
72	59	Edinburgh Napier	3.8	292	2.09	60.0	71.7
73	69	Abertay Dundee	3.8	368		62.0	71.7
74	75	Bradford	3.9	267	2.35	55.0	71.6
75	68	Kingston	3.7	293	2.20	57.0	71.1
76	63	Glamorgan	3.8	275	2.25	55.0	70.9
77	79	Sunderland	4.0	274	1.90	58.0	70.4
78	86	Glasgow Caledonian	4.1	322	1.80	47.0	69.9
79	76	Central Lancashire	3.9	316		59.0	69.7
80	90	Westminster	3.8	261	2.05	57.0	69.6
81	84	Greenwich	4.1	270	1.90	50.0	69.3
82	80	Derby	3.7	301		65.0	69.2
83	87	London South Bank	4.0	218	2.15	52.0	68.7
84	85	Chester	3.7	279		67.0	68.6
85	82	Edge Hill	4.3	275		52.0	68.6
86	93	Newman		325		62.0	68.5
87	71	Gloucestershire	3.9	247		65.0	67.9
88	100	Northampton	3.8	285		58.0	67.4
89	88	Cardiff Metropolitan	4.0	281		51.0	67.2
90	92	Middlesex	3.9	205	2.25	45.0	66.6
91	81	Bolton	3.7	293		55.0	66.6
92	89	Southampton Solent	3.7	224		67.0	66.6
93	72	Glyndwr	3.5	202	2.35	53.0	66.3
94	98	Birmingham City	4.0	303		44.0	66.1
95	101	Leeds Metropolitan	4.0	239		53.0	65.9
96	103	Anglia Ruskin	4.0	214		54.0	65.3
97	95	Worcester	3.5	264		59.0	65.2
98	91	West of Scotland	3.7	276	2.00	38.0	65.1
99	74	West London	4.2	189	1.65	50.0	65.1
100	97	Roehampton	4.0	214		51.0	64.3
101	96	Bedfordshire	3.8	191	2.10	44.0	64.1
102	102	Canterbury Christ Church	3.8	244		50.0	63.9
103	104	London Metropolitan	3.8	207	1.50	50.0	62.9
104	105	East London	4.0	224		36.0	61.4
105	99	Buckinghamshire New	3.5	229		43.0	60.3

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