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University Subject Tables 2008

Subject

Overall Score English Law Business Studies Economics Medicine Mathematics Computer Science Biological Sciences Politics Electrical & Electronic Engineering Psychology History Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Physics & Astronomy show more

Region

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Group

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Year

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

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 Research Assessment
 Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
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Overall Score
The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology.

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2008 2007
1 - Durham 484 5* 77.0 100.0
2 - University College London 476 5* 73.0 98.6
3 - Cambridge 490 5* 73.0 97.8
4 - Oxford 488 5* 68.0 97.6
5 - Warwick 465 5* 71.0 96.5
6 - Leeds 436 5* 68.0 96.0
7 - York 483 5* 62.0 95.8
8 - St Andrews 470 5* 64.0 94.7
9 - Edinburgh 456 5* 60.0 94.4
10 - Nottingham 451 5 65.0 94.0
11 - Bristol 457 5 70.0 92.7
11 - Southampton 421 5 64.0 92.7
13 - Royal Holloway 391 5 65.0 92.1
14 - Newcastle 426 5 61.0 92.0
15 - Liverpool 414 5* 60.0 91.8
16 - Sheffield 433 5 62.0 91.5
17 - Leicester 388 5 61.0 90.9
18 - Hull 401 5 63.0 90.8
19 - Cardiff 408 5* 56.0 90.5
19 - Glasgow 408 5* 56.0 90.5
21 - Exeter 431 5 57.0 90.0
22 - Queen's, Belfast 347 5 62.0 89.9
23 - King's College London 423 4 62.0 89.7
24 - Aberdeen 399 4 63.0 89.2
25 - Queen Mary 341 5 60.0 89.1
26 - Birmingham 439 5 59.0 89.0
26 - Kent 345 5 63.0 89.0
28 - Manchester 424 5 54.0 88.9
29 - Lancaster 386 5 54.0 88.8
30 - Sussex 403 5 55.0 88.6
31 - Oxford Brookes 323 5 67.0 87.6
32 - Reading 376 5* 49.0 87.5
33 - Loughborough 369 5 61.0 87.4
34 - Goldsmiths College 329 5 55.0 87.3
34 - Stirling 355 5 56.0 87.3
36 - Dundee 330 4 60.0 87.1
37 - Keele 325 5 58.0 87.0
38 - East Anglia 401 5 48.0 86.6
39 - Strathclyde 379 5 50.0 86.4
40 - Chichester 263 3a 69.0 85.8
41 - De Montfort 262 5 56.0 85.5
41 - Nottingham Trent 274 5 65.0 85.5
43 - Essex 317 4 58.0 85.2
44 - Brighton 266 89.0 85.0
45 - Bishop Grosseteste 376 75.0 84.6
46 - Lampeter 249 5 57.0 84.3
47 - Hertfordshire 260 3a 66.0 84.2
48 - Anglia Ruskin 254 5 62.0 84.1
49 - Swansea 292 4 52.0 83.7
50 - Manchester Metropolitan 324 4 56.0 83.4
51 - Salford 298 5 44.0 83.3
51 - West of England, Bristol 289 4 54.0 83.3
53 - Middlesex 220 4 73.0 83.2
54 - Central England 236 3a 72.0 82.6
54 - Bolton 184 3a 73.0 82.6
56 - Cumbria 275 3a 72.0 82.4
57 - Aberystwyth 320 4 47.0 82.3
58 - Roehampton 253 4 53.0 81.8
59 - Bath Spa 319 4 45.0 81.7
60 - Brunel 294 3a 53.0 81.6
61 - Bangor 289 4 46.0 81.0
61 - Gloucestershire 234 4 49.0 81.0
61 - Sunderland 221 4 59.0 81.0
64 - Worcester 252 3b 63.0 80.7
65 - Sheffield Hallam 309 4 42.0 80.5
66 - Glamorgan 287 4 44.0 80.4
67 - Central Lancashire 253 3a 57.0 80.3
68 - Winchester 284 3a 58.0 80.2
69 - Portsmouth 288 4 48.0 80.0
70 - Kingston 246 3a 52.0 79.8
70 - Falmouth 328 3b 48.0 79.8
72 - York St John 279 3b 60.0 79.7
73 - Northumbria 319 3a 45.0 79.0
74 - Edge Hill 253 3b 59.0 78.6
74 - Ulster 249 4 47.0 78.6
76 - Plymouth 230 3a 49.0 78.5
76 - St Mary's College 239 4 54.0 78.5
78 - Bedfordshire 225 69.0 78.2
79 - Liverpool John Moores 270 4 43.0 78.1
79 - Northampton 226 4 48.0 78.1
81 - London South Bank 211 4 43.0 77.7
82 - Leeds Metropolitan 270 60.0 77.1
83 - Liverpool Hope 247 3b 57.0 76.9
84 - Chester 272 2 49.0 76.2
85 - Westminster 222 3b 53.0 76.0
86 - Staffordshire 221 3a 47.0 75.1
87 - Teesside 242 53.0 74.2
88 - Lincoln 288 44.0 73.1
89 - Greenwich 228 50.0 72.9
90 - University of Wales, Newport 175 55.0 72.7
91 - Wolverhampton 221 47.0 71.9
92 - Canterbury Christ Church 275 40.0 71.6
93 - Derby 232 41.0 70.6

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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