University Subject Tables 2014

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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	Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 Click here to read more	Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Maximum score: 4.00 Click here to read more	Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Maximum score: 100 Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 1000.0 Click here to read more
2014	2013	University Name
1	2	Durham	556	4.39	2.80	82	100.0
2	3	Cambridge	559	4.39	2.95	71	98.4
3	5	University College London	493	4.26	2.85	77	96.9
4	7	Exeter	500	4.31	3.00	72	96.8
5	1	Oxford	541	4.26	3.00	67	96.7
6	4	York	512	4.09	3.15	70	96.2
7	6	Warwick	518	4.15	2.95	71	96.2
8	11	St Andrews	519	4.22	2.95	66	95.6
9	8	Bristol	496	4.08	2.85	74	95.6
10	9	Leeds	449	4.11	2.95	75	95.0
11	15	King's College London	471	4.09	2.80	73	94.5
12	10	Nottingham	469	4.18	3.00	67	94.4
13	16	Lancaster	462	4.18	2.70	72	94.2
14	12	Queen Mary	420	4.27	3.05	68	93.8
15	13	Newcastle	454	4.20	2.90	67	93.7
16	21	Royal Holloway	424	4.14	2.85	73	93.7
17	19	Glasgow	457	4.19	2.95	62	93.0
18	24	Edinburgh	491	3.98	3.05	60	92.9
19	26	Birmingham	443	3.93	2.80	71	92.7
20	-	Birkbeck		4.39	2.80		92.5
21	28	East Anglia	450	4.28	2.80	61	92.5
22	23	Sheffield	463	4.12	2.80	63	92.5
23	14	Southampton	450	4.36	2.80	58	92.3
24	25	Kent	405	4.14	2.85	68	92.1
25	18	Loughborough	407	4.28	2.50	70	92.1
26	17	Cardiff	448	4.17	2.85	60	91.9
27	29	Manchester	470	3.86	3.05	60	91.7
28	31	Aberdeen	442	4.10	2.90	59	91.4
29	20	Leicester	419	4.23	2.70	62	91.3
30	22	Sussex	427	4.10	2.70	64	91.3
31	33	Keele	356	4.21	2.55	68	90.1
32	27	Liverpool	442	4.03	2.90	53	89.9
33	32	Stirling	391	4.26	2.55	59	89.5
34	30	Hull	343	4.20	2.55	65	89.2
35	35	Reading	396	4.13	2.80	55	89.1
36	37	Queen's, Belfast	393	4.10	2.90	53	88.9
37	34	Strathclyde	437	4.03	2.50	49	87.6
38	38	Goldsmiths, University of London	382	4.09	2.65	51	87.3
39	45	Essex	399	4.15	2.60	48	87.2
40	36	Dundee	382	4.30	2.45	49	87.2
41	42	Aberystwyth	362	4.01	2.45	56	86.7
42	41	Swansea	354	3.93	2.60	55	86.4
43	40	Roehampton	302	4.21	2.30	60	86.3
44	91	Bishop Grosseteste	249	4.63	1.60	69	86.2
45	49	Edinburgh Napier	364	4.28	1.95		86.0
46	51	Oxford Brookes	357	4.10	2.40	50	85.6
47	48	Portsmouth	319	3.97	2.40	58	85.6
48	46	Birmingham City	305	4.31	2.05	58	85.5
49	58	Winchester	322	4.09	2.25	57	85.5
50	43	Brunel	360	3.91	2.50	51	85.3
51	44	Chester	317	4.47	1.90	54	85.3
52	47	De Montfort	300	4.19	2.95	44	85.1
53	79	Bangor	333	3.74	2.55	53	84.4
54	50	Huddersfield	343	4.02	1.95	55	84.3
55	74	West of England, Bristol	337	4.15	2.20	48	84.2
56	59	Bath Spa	353	4.04	2.15	49	84.2
57	81	Northampton	305	4.35	1.85	52	83.9
58	60	Lincoln	337	4.17		66	83.8
59	39	Leeds Trinity	283	4.16	1.90	58	83.8
60	68	Hertfordshire	335	4.04	2.40	45	83.8
61	54	Coventry	290	4.12	1.70	61	83.7
62	55	Glamorgan	309	4.08	2.40	47	83.6
63	52	Anglia Ruskin	265	4.25	2.70	44	83.6
64	67	Kingston	305	3.95	2.40	50	83.5
65	70	Salford	308	4.07	2.35	47	83.4
66	56	Northumbria	348	4.05	2.10	46	83.3
67	66	Cumbria	228	4.50	1.45	63	83.3
68	71	Brighton	331	4.05	2.20	45	83.0
69	101	Plymouth	325	4.01	2.05	49	82.9
70	72	Manchester Metropolitan	334	4.09	2.35	39	82.6
71	53	Central Lancashire	297	3.89	1.90	56	82.5
72	63	Gloucestershire	295	4.23	2.15	44	82.5
73	64	Sunderland	279	4.22	2.40	40	82.1
74	57	Nottingham Trent	319	3.98	2.50	38	82.0
75	75	Sheffield Hallam	338	3.85	2.20	43	81.9
76	77	Westminster	315	4.06	1.80	48	81.9
77	62	Edge Hill	304	4.18	1.65	49	81.8
78	76	Bedfordshire	220	4.10	2.10	54	81.7
79	89	Ulster	278	4.24	2.25	40	81.6
80	78	Aston	365	3.97	1.85	40	81.4
81	87	St Mary's	296	4.08	1.70	49	81.3
82	97	Liverpool John Moores	324	4.18	2.10	36	81.3
83	69	Worcester	292	4.06	1.85	47	81.2
84	80	Surrey	429	3.91		46	81.1
85	88	Teesside	336	4.33		49	81.1
86	73	Middlesex	269	3.69	2.25	50	80.8
87	90	Buckingham	308	4.46			80.8
88	93	Greenwich	282	4.04	1.70	48	80.5
89	86	Chichester	303	4.14	1.95	36	80.0
90	61	Staffordshire	233	3.97	1.85	49	79.6
91	85	Newman	295	4.08		52	79.5
92	84	Canterbury Christ Church	288	3.98	1.60	45	79.5
93	99	Falmouth	274	4.30		49	79.3
94	83	Glyndwr	236	4.29		54	79.3
95	92	Southampton Solent	278	4.19			78.1
96	100	East London	238	4.10		51	77.8
97	95	York St John	298	3.92	1.30	38	77.1
98	102	Leeds Metropolitan	283	3.96		43	76.8
99	103	Cardiff Metropolitan	295	4.15		36	76.6
100	94	University Campus Suffolk	277	4.38		31	76.2
101	98	London Metropolitan	216	3.90		49	75.9
102	96	Derby		3.74		45	75.7
103	107	London South Bank	246	3.99			75.6
104	-	St Mark and St John	236	4.31	1.00	32	75.0
105	105	Bolton	260	3.90	1.40	25	73.8

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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