University Subject Tables 2008

Geography

CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Research Assessment	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
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	London School of Economics	429	5	90.0	100.0
2	-	Cambridge	504	5	80.0	99.6
3	-	Durham	454	5*	74.0	97.8
4	-	Bristol	450	5*	70.0	96.6
5	-	University College London	428	5*	71.0	96.2
6	-	Oxford	497	4	73.0	96.0
7	-	Edinburgh	435	5*	63.0	94.2
8	-	Southampton	406	5	68.0	93.2
9	-	Nottingham	448	5	66.0	93.0
10	-	Sheffield	400	5	64.0	91.9
11	-	Aberdeen	439	4	65.0	91.2
12	-	Newcastle	353	5	65.0	90.7
13	-	Leeds	387	5	63.0	90.3
14	-	Royal Holloway	321	5*	61.0	90.0
15	-	Cardiff	332	5*	59.0	89.8
16	-	King's College London	342	4	68.0	89.7
16	-	St Andrews	437	4	60.0	89.7
18	-	Loughborough	366	5	60.0	88.7
19	-	Reading	376	4	59.0	88.3
20	-	East Anglia	396	4	56.0	88.1
21	-	Dundee	347	4	61.0	87.9
22	-	Birmingham	370	4	60.0	87.6
23	-	Aberystwyth	313	4	62.0	87.1
24	-	Queen Mary	289	5	59.0	87.0
25	-	Manchester	389	4	55.0	86.8
26	-	Salford		3a	63.0	86.6
26	-	Sussex	348	4	59.0	86.6
28	-	Hull	363	5	52.0	86.4
29	-	Exeter	375	4	54.0	86.1
29	-	Queen's, Belfast	300	4	60.0	86.1
31	-	Strathclyde	407	3a	58.0	85.9
32	-	Liverpool	342	4	53.0	85.5
33	-	Lancaster	344	4	52.0	85.3
34	-	Glasgow	382	4	54.0	85.0
35	-	Leicester	324	4	54.0	84.5
36	-	Swansea	294	4	48.0	82.6
37	-	Brunel	281	3a	56.0	82.4
37	-	Liverpool Hope	251	3b	67.0	82.4
37	-	Plymouth	241	4	56.0	82.4
40	-	Coventry	249	3a	58.0	81.9
41	-	Keele	290	3a	53.0	81.8
41	-	Nottingham Trent	238	3a	59.0	81.8
43	-	Manchester Metropolitan	259	4	53.0	80.8
44	-	Stirling	308		65.0	80.7
45	-	Bath Spa	259	2	58.0	79.9
46	-	Bangor	273		66.0	79.8
47	-	Portsmouth	277	3a	47.0	79.7
48	-	Hertfordshire	229	2	60.0	79.2
49	-	Kingston	211	3b	57.0	79.1
50	-	Greenwich	250	3b	60.0	78.6
50	-	Sunderland	220	3b	57.0	78.6
52	-	Brighton	257	3b	49.0	78.4
53	-	Northumbria	260	3b	54.0	78.1
54	-	Ulster	228	3b	52.0	77.5
55	-	Cumbria	244		60.0	77.3
55	-	Napier	358		47.0	77.3
57	-	Bradford	177	3b	60.0	77.2
57	-	Gloucestershire	229	3a	47.0	77.2
59	-	Huddersfield	230	2	51.0	76.8
59	-	Northampton	232	2	51.0	76.8
61	-	Wolverhampton	236		59.0	76.7
62	-	Edge Hill	249		57.0	76.6
63	-	Staffordshire	248	3b	46.0	76.5
64	-	Chester	242		55.0	75.8
65	-	Leeds Metropolitan	252		53.0	75.6
66	-	Southampton Solent	190	3b	49.0	75.4
67	-	Central Lancashire	245		53.0	75.3
68	-	Westminster	203	3a		74.9
69	-	Liverpool John Moores	223	3b	43.0	74.8
69	-	Worcester	194	2	50.0	74.8
71	-	West of England, Bristol	259	2	44.0	74.6
72	-	Oxford Brookes	271		45.0	74.0
73	-	Glamorgan	244		47.0	73.6
74	-	East London		2	47.0	73.5
75	-	Bournemouth	223	2	43.0	73.2
76	-	Canterbury Christ Church	248		40.0	71.8
77	-	Derby	223		34.0	69.4
77	-	Sheffield Hallam	224		34.0	69.4

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