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| 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 Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Maximum score: 4.00 |
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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| 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 577 |
|
4.36 |
|
2.95 |
|
80 |
|
100.0 |
| 2 | 3 | Durham | 561 |
|
4.45 |
|
2.70 |
|
80 |
|
98.5 |
| 3 | 2 | London School of Economics | 526 |
|
4.16 |
|
2.90 |
|
86 |
|
98.1 |
| 4 | 4 | Oxford | 566 |
|
4.26 |
|
3.00 |
|
74 |
|
98.1 |
| 5 | 5 | St Andrews | 526 |
|
4.37 |
|
2.75 |
|
76 |
|
96.3 |
| 6 | 7 | Warwick | 499 |
|
4.24 |
|
3.00 |
|
72 |
|
95.2 |
| 7 | 6 | University College London | 499 |
|
4.12 |
|
2.95 |
|
76 |
|
95.1 |
| 8 | 11 | Exeter | 505 |
|
4.32 |
|
2.75 |
|
69 |
|
93.8 |
| 9 | 9 | Bristol | 488 |
|
4.17 |
|
2.60 |
|
75 |
|
92.8 |
| 10 | 15 | Leeds | 474 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.75 |
|
73 |
|
92.7 |
| 11 | 10 | King's College London | 494 |
|
4.20 |
|
2.75 |
|
68 |
|
92.5 |
| 12 | 14 | Sheffield | 479 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.90 |
|
65 |
|
92.2 |
| 13 | 8 | York | 509 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.75 |
|
64 |
|
91.8 |
| 14 | 13 | Nottingham | 465 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.60 |
|
70 |
|
91.1 |
| 15 | 19 | Lancaster | 458 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.65 |
|
71 |
|
90.8 |
| 16 | 16 | Royal Holloway | 422 |
|
4.32 |
|
2.70 |
|
68 |
|
90.5 |
| 17 | 18 | Glasgow | 458 |
|
4.31 |
|
2.75 |
|
59 |
|
90.1 |
| 18 | 12 | Southampton | 442 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.95 |
|
59 |
|
89.9 |
| 19 | 20 | Kent | 406 |
|
4.23 |
|
3.00 |
|
62 |
|
89.9 |
| 20 | 25 | SOAS | 406 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.80 |
|
71 |
|
89.6 |
| 21 | 27 | Manchester | 461 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.81 |
|
62 |
|
89.5 |
| 22 | 23 | Birmingham | 436 |
|
4.02 |
|
2.70 |
|
69 |
|
89.5 |
| 23 | 17 | Sussex | 424 |
|
4.23 |
|
2.80 |
|
60 |
|
89.0 |
| 24 | 28 | East Anglia | 437 |
|
4.36 |
|
2.70 |
|
57 |
|
88.9 |
| 25 | 22 | Liverpool | 413 |
|
4.16 |
|
3.00 |
|
58 |
|
88.9 |
| 26 | 26 | Edinburgh | 491 |
|
3.87 |
|
2.65 |
|
62 |
|
88.7 |
| 27 | 24 | Newcastle | 436 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.40 |
|
71 |
|
88.7 |
| 28 | 21 | Queen Mary | 429 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.80 |
|
60 |
|
88.2 |
| 29 | 29 | Aberdeen | 431 |
|
4.05 |
|
2.85 |
|
58 |
|
88.0 |
| 30 | 30 | Cardiff | 431 |
|
4.26 |
|
2.40 |
|
58 |
|
86.6 |
| 31 | 33 | Hull | 365 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.70 |
|
60 |
|
86.3 |
| 32 | 37 | Essex | 378 |
|
4.28 |
|
3.00 |
|
46 |
|
85.9 |
| 33 | 31 | Leicester | 414 |
|
4.20 |
|
2.60 |
|
52 |
|
85.6 |
| 34 | 41 | Queen's, Belfast | 374 |
|
4.24 |
|
2.70 |
|
52 |
|
85.0 |
| 35 | 32 | Huddersfield | 340 |
|
4.37 |
|
2.40 |
|
61 |
|
84.8 |
| 36 | 34 | Dundee | 380 |
|
4.21 |
|
2.70 |
|
48 |
|
84.2 |
| 37 | 47 | Stirling | 401 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.50 |
|
48 |
|
83.7 |
| 38 | 48 | Leeds Trinity | 253 |
|
4.37 |
|
2.00 |
|
80 |
|
83.6 |
| 39 | 36 | Reading | 397 |
|
4.07 |
|
2.50 |
|
51 |
|
83.5 |
| 40 | 38 | Strathclyde | 432 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.30 |
|
48 |
|
83.3 |
| 41 | 40 | Oxford Brookes | 366 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.80 |
|
44 |
|
83.3 |
| 42 | 35 | Keele | 346 |
|
4.13 |
|
2.60 |
|
54 |
|
83.3 |
| 43 | 39 | Hertfordshire | 322 |
|
4.22 |
|
2.95 |
|
44 |
|
82.9 |
| 44 | 45 | Brunel | 348 |
|
4.70 |
|
2.05 |
|
51 |
|
82.8 |
| 45 | 52 | Roehampton | 311 |
|
4.10 |
|
2.30 |
|
66 |
|
82.7 |
| 46 | - | Birkbeck | 267 |
|
4.14 |
|
2.95 |
|
82.6 | ||
| 47 | 44 | Lincoln | 334 |
|
4.19 |
|
2.25 |
|
60 |
|
82.5 |
| 48 | 49 | Swansea | 368 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.55 |
|
48 |
|
82.1 |
| 49 | 42 | Chester | 318 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.35 |
|
60 |
|
82.0 |
| 50 | 43 | Aberystwyth | 343 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.35 |
|
49 |
|
80.8 |
| 51 | 50 | Winchester | 324 |
|
4.33 |
|
2.55 |
|
41 |
|
80.6 |
| 52 | 46 | Portsmouth | 307 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.40 |
|
51 |
|
80.1 |
| 53 | 53 | West of England, Bristol | 326 |
|
4.09 |
|
2.35 |
|
49 |
|
79.9 |
| 54 | 73 | Greenwich | 285 |
|
4.26 |
|
2.25 |
|
50 |
|
79.1 |
| 55 | 51 | Teesside | 326 |
|
4.36 |
|
2.40 |
|
36 |
|
79.0 |
| 56 | 78 | Glamorgan | 294 |
|
4.39 |
|
2.55 |
|
36 |
|
78.9 |
| 57 | - | Loughborough | 422 |
|
4.27 |
|
78.7 | ||||
| 58 | 66 | Bath Spa | 317 |
|
4.08 |
|
2.30 |
|
46 |
|
78.6 |
| 59 | 65 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 353 |
|
4.03 |
|
2.05 |
|
48 |
|
78.5 |
| 60 | 76 | Northampton | 275 |
|
4.36 |
|
2.30 |
|
44 |
|
78.4 |
| 61 | 58 | De Montfort | 292 |
|
4.11 |
|
2.30 |
|
48 |
|
78.4 |
| 62 | 56 | Bangor | 299 |
|
4.06 |
|
2.45 |
|
43 |
|
78.1 |
| 63 | 63 | Nottingham Trent | 335 |
|
4.00 |
|
2.10 |
|
48 |
|
78.0 |
| 64 | 69 | Edge Hill | 300 |
|
4.26 |
|
1.85 |
|
53 |
|
78.0 |
| 65 | 62 | Sunderland | 258 |
|
4.46 |
|
2.35 |
|
40 |
|
77.8 |
| 66 | 72 | Westminster | 297 |
|
4.23 |
|
2.00 |
|
49 |
|
77.7 |
| 67 | 57 | Northumbria | 358 |
|
4.15 |
|
1.85 |
|
45 |
|
77.6 |
| 68 | 54 | Brighton | 286 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.85 |
|
28 |
|
77.5 |
| 69 | 64 | Plymouth | 316 |
|
4.15 |
|
2.10 |
|
44 |
|
77.4 |
| 70 | 55 | Central Lancashire | 305 |
|
3.91 |
|
2.20 |
|
49 |
|
77.3 |
| 71 | 68 | Chichester | 303 |
|
4.40 |
|
2.00 |
|
40 |
|
77.0 |
| 72 | 74 | Ulster | 273 |
|
4.27 |
|
2.55 |
|
33 |
|
76.9 |
| 73 | 67 | Anglia Ruskin | 262 |
|
4.37 |
|
2.65 |
|
29 |
|
76.9 |
| 74 | 75 | Canterbury Christ Church | 287 |
|
4.18 |
|
2.00 |
|
47 |
|
76.7 |
| 75 | 70 | Newman | 316 |
|
4.39 |
|
1.75 |
|
41 |
|
76.1 |
| 76 | 77 | Salford | 306 |
|
3.92 |
|
2.00 |
|
47 |
|
75.8 |
| 77 | 71 | Sheffield Hallam | 307 |
|
3.99 |
|
2.05 |
|
42 |
|
75.5 |
| 78 | 61 | Coventry | 290 |
|
4.01 |
|
61 |
|
75.3 | ||
| 79 | 83 | Liverpool John Moores | 322 |
|
4.29 |
|
1.90 |
|
34 |
|
75.1 |
| 80 | 89 | University Campus Suffolk | 288 |
|
4.65 |
|
42 |
|
74.9 | ||
| 81 | 80 | Kingston | 279 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.10 |
|
43 |
|
74.4 |
| 82 | 84 | St Mary's | 318 |
|
4.20 |
|
46 |
|
74.2 | ||
| 83 | 86 | Manchester Metropolitan | 322 |
|
4.04 |
|
1.80 |
|
35 |
|
73.4 |
| 84 | 79 | Staffordshire | 270 |
|
4.47 |
|
40 |
|
72.8 | ||
| 85 | - | Bishop Grosseteste | 215 |
|
66 |
|
72.2 | ||||
| 86 | 81 | Gloucestershire | 298 |
|
3.93 |
|
1.90 |
|
29 |
|
71.2 |
| 87 | 85 | Derby | 266 |
|
4.67 |
|
26 |
|
70.9 | ||
| 88 | 88 | Worcester | 287 |
|
3.90 |
|
1.40 |
|
43 |
|
70.8 |
| 89 | 90 | York St John | 312 |
|
4.04 |
|
34 |
|
70.5 | ||
| 90 | 91 | Leeds Metropolitan | 236 |
|
4.07 |
|
40 |
|
69.4 | ||
| 91 | - | Glyndwr | 278 |
|
27 |
|
64.1 | ||||
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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