University Subject Tables 2009
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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 | 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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| 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 532 |
|
5* |
|
86 |
|
100.0 | ||
| 2 | 4 | London School of Economics | 459 |
|
5* |
|
86 |
|
97.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Oxford | 519 |
|
4.08 |
|
5* |
|
76 |
|
91.8 |
| 4 | 3 | Durham | 479 |
|
3.77 |
|
5 |
|
76 |
|
87.5 |
| 5 | 7 | St Andrews | 436 |
|
4.37 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
87.0 |
| 6 | 6 | King's College London | 441 |
|
3.88 |
|
5* |
|
58 |
|
86.4 |
| 7 | 5 | Bristol | 456 |
|
3.81 |
|
5 |
|
66 |
|
86.2 |
| 8 | 7 | Edinburgh | 445 |
|
3.71 |
|
5* |
|
78 |
|
85.8 |
| 9 | 9 | Warwick | 458 |
|
3.71 |
|
5 |
|
70 |
|
85.3 |
| 10 | 14 | Sheffield | 438 |
|
4.03 |
|
5 |
|
54 |
|
84.3 |
| 11 | 10 | University College London | 440 |
|
3.62 |
|
5 |
|
68 |
|
84.0 |
| 12 | 12 | York | 454 |
|
3.67 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
83.1 |
| 13 | 11 | Nottingham | 398 |
|
3.66 |
|
5 |
|
64 |
|
82.1 |
| 14 | 16 | Aberdeen | 353 |
|
4.07 |
|
3a |
|
78 |
|
81.9 |
| 15 | 20 | Stirling | 326 |
|
5 |
|
60 |
|
80.5 | ||
| 16 | 13 | Southampton | 373 |
|
3.83 |
|
4 |
|
58 |
|
80.3 |
| 17 | 15 | Hull | 302 |
|
3.88 |
|
4 |
|
68 |
|
79.3 |
| 18 | 22 | Birmingham | 376 |
|
3.83 |
|
4 |
|
64 |
|
78.7 |
| 18 | 17 | Sussex | 386 |
|
3.52 |
|
5 |
|
52 |
|
78.7 |
| 20 | 19 | Reading | 351 |
|
3.91 |
|
5 |
|
48 |
|
78.6 |
| 21 | 21 | Manchester | 423 |
|
3.86 |
|
4 |
|
46 |
|
78.4 |
| 22 | 24 | East Anglia | 338 |
|
3.97 |
|
5 |
|
46 |
|
78.1 |
| 23 | 18 | Liverpool | 365 |
|
3.73 |
|
4 |
|
50 |
|
77.9 |
| 24 | 29 | Dundee | 390 |
|
3a |
|
58 |
|
77.8 | ||
| 25 | 30 | Glasgow | 446 |
|
4.04 |
|
4 |
|
44 |
|
77.7 |
| 26 | 23 | Leeds | 399 |
|
3.74 |
|
5 |
|
48 |
|
77.2 |
| 27 | 26 | Essex | 309 |
|
5 |
|
48 |
|
76.6 | ||
| 28 | 34 | Cardiff | 387 |
|
4.17 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
76.0 |
| 29 | 24 | Kent | 300 |
|
3.80 |
|
4 |
|
62 |
|
75.9 |
| 30 | 32 | Keele | 288 |
|
3.83 |
|
3a |
|
60 |
|
75.3 |
| 31 | 31 | Lampeter | 3.67 |
|
3a |
|
75.0 | ||||
| 32 | 33 | Lancaster | 347 |
|
3.88 |
|
3a |
|
48 |
|
74.8 |
| 33 | 40 | Exeter | 384 |
|
4.05 |
|
62 |
|
72.8 | ||
| 34 | 34 | Hertfordshire | 246 |
|
3.83 |
|
4 |
|
40 |
|
71.7 |
| 35 | 41 | Queen's, Belfast | 329 |
|
3.86 |
|
3a |
|
38 |
|
69.2 |
| 36 | 37 | Manchester Metropolitan | 256 |
|
3a |
|
44 |
|
66.8 | ||
| 37 | 43 | Oxford Brookes | 296 |
|
4.06 |
|
66.2 | ||||
| 38 | 45 | Roehampton | 250 |
|
3.75 |
|
52 |
|
65.3 | ||
| 39 | 38 | Greenwich | 196 |
|
3b |
|
50 |
|
64.1 | ||
| 40 | - | Wolverhampton | 169 |
|
3.56 |
|
58.0 | ||||
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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