University League Table 2012
Subject
Region
Group
CUG Rank | University Name | Entry Standards
Entry Standards
The average UCAS tariff score of new students under 21 years of age entering the University. |
Student Satisfaction
Student Satisfaction
A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. |
Research Assessment
Research Assessment
The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. |
Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. |
Overall Score
Overall Score
The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology, comprising the four measures listed in the University League Table together with Teaching Standards, Employment Prospects, Good Honours, Staff–Student Ratio, Academic and Facilities Spend, Degree Completion and Green (listed in the University Profiles). |
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1 | 2 | Cambridge | 559 | 4.1 | 2.98 | 85.5 | 1000 | |||||
2 | 1 | Oxford | 536 | 4.2 | 2.96 | 85.0 | 992 | |||||
3 | 3 | Imperial College London | 519 | 3.8 | 2.94 | 86.7 | 940 | |||||
4 | 5 | London School of Economics | 513 | 3.9 | 2.96 | 84.1 | 928 | |||||
5 | 4 | Durham | 487 | 4.0 | 2.72 | 80.4 | 890 | |||||
6 | 6 | St Andrews | 485 | 4.1 | 2.72 | 76.3 | 854 | |||||
7 | 9 | University College London | 477 | 4.0 | 2.84 | 81.1 | 842 | |||||
8 | 7 | Warwick | 480 | 4.0 | 2.80 | 72.5 | 822 | |||||
9 | 8 | Lancaster | 407 | 4.0 | 2.71 | 71.8 | 820 | |||||
10 | 12 | Bath | 459 | 4.0 | 2.71 | 77.9 | 800 | |||||
11 | 16 | Bristol | 467 | 3.9 | 2.72 | 77.7 | 794 | |||||
12 | 10 | York | 437 | 4.1 | 2.78 | 68.2 | 790 | |||||
13 | 11 | Edinburgh | 442 | 3.8 | 2.75 | 72.4 | 782 | |||||
14 | 14 | Southampton | 427 | 3.9 | 2.72 | 70.8 | 779 | |||||
15 | 24 | Exeter | 439 | 4.1 | 2.62 | 70.3 | 768 | |||||
16 | 13 | King's College London | 447 | 3.9 | 2.69 | 82.6 | 758 | |||||
17 | 18 | Nottingham | 428 | 3.9 | 2.67 | 77.9 | 753 | |||||
18 | 15 | SOAS | 423 | 3.9 | 2.60 | 68.7 | 751 | |||||
19 | 21 | Loughborough | 390 | 4.1 | 2.62 | 69.2 | 749 | |||||
19 | 19 | Sussex | 380 | 4.1 | 2.61 | 69.3 | 749 | |||||
21 | 26 | Glasgow | 408 | 4.0 | 2.59 | 72.1 | 748 | |||||
22 | 23 | Birmingham | 421 | 4.0 | 2.64 | 71.8 | 742 | |||||
23 | 22 | Leicester | 399 | 4.1 | 2.45 | 71.5 | 740 | |||||
24 | 29 | Newcastle | 410 | 4.0 | 2.63 | 75.4 | 738 | |||||
25 | 17 | Aston | 370 | 3.9 | 2.43 | 74.8 | 735 | |||||
26 | 25 | Sheffield | 426 | 4.0 | 2.72 | 73.6 | 729 | |||||
27 | 28 | East Anglia | 386 | 4.1 | 2.58 | 66.1 | 728 | |||||
28 | 33 | Surrey | 388 | 3.9 | 2.58 | 76.4 | 715 | |||||
29 | 31 | Manchester | 422 | 3.8 | 2.82 | 70.4 | 714 | |||||
30 | 32 | Liverpool | 401 | 3.9 | 2.54 | 70.3 | 712 | |||||
31 | 35 | Queen's, Belfast | 362 | 3.9 | 2.56 | 69.4 | 710 | |||||
32 | 27 | Leeds | 408 | 3.9 | 2.72 | 65.8 | 702 | |||||
33 | 30 | Royal Holloway | 381 | 4.0 | 2.67 | 63.1 | 693 | |||||
34 | 38 | Kent | 329 | 4.0 | 2.60 | 67.3 | 684 | |||||
34 | 40 | Reading | 370 | 4.0 | 2.53 | 66.3 | 684 | |||||
36 | 39 | Queen Mary | 387 | 4.0 | 2.73 | 71.7 | 683 | |||||
37 | 41 | Cardiff | 406 | 3.9 | 2.69 | 73.6 | 672 | |||||
38 | 37 | Essex | 307 | 4.0 | 2.77 | 58.6 | 668 | |||||
38 | 34 | Heriot-Watt | 335 | 3.9 | 2.48 | 68.8 | 668 | |||||
40 | 35 | Strathclyde | 394 | 3.9 | 2.45 | 73.0 | 665 | |||||
41 | 47 | City | 361 | 3.9 | 2.48 | 70.6 | 646 | |||||
42 | 20 | Buckingham | 273 | 4.4 | 87.5 | 639 | ||||||
43 | 45 | Dundee | 353 | 4.0 | 2.54 | 68.9 | 628 | |||||
44 | 43 | Keele | 310 | 4.0 | 2.41 | 67.5 | 619 | |||||
45 | 52 | Stirling | 305 | 4.0 | 2.41 | 66.2 | 613 | |||||
46 | 44 | Aberdeen | 332 | 4.0 | 2.57 | 69.4 | 604 | |||||
46 | 50 | Oxford Brookes | 314 | 3.9 | 2.20 | 62.0 | 604 | |||||
48 | 41 | Hertfordshire | 244 | 3.9 | 2.40 | 59.7 | 597 | |||||
49 | 47 | Aberystwyth | 298 | 4.1 | 2.48 | 55.1 | 596 | |||||
50 | 46 | Brunel | 325 | 3.8 | 2.32 | 59.3 | 594 | |||||
51 | 51 | Robert Gordon | 295 | 3.9 | 2.06 | 76.7 | 575 | |||||
52 | 54 | Ulster | 266 | 3.8 | 2.48 | 53.9 | 572 | |||||
53 | 65 | Plymouth | 297 | 3.8 | 2.18 | 64.3 | 560 | |||||
54 | 60 | Swansea | 314 | 3.9 | 2.43 | 60.3 | 559 | |||||
55 | 49 | Nottingham Trent | 287 | 3.8 | 2.16 | 60.6 | 557 | |||||
56 | 53 | Chichester | 290 | 4.0 | 1.96 | 54.4 | 555 | |||||
57 | 57 | Goldsmiths College | 327 | 3.8 | 2.58 | 53.8 | 551 | |||||
58 | 67 | Huddersfield | 273 | 3.9 | 2.10 | 69.5 | 548 | |||||
59 | 70 | University of the Arts, London | 276 | 3.6 | 2.49 | 53.1 | 545 | |||||
60 | 64 | Northumbria | 300 | 3.9 | 2.15 | 68.0 | 539 | |||||
61 | 68 | West of England, Bristol | 278 | 3.8 | 2.20 | 61.4 | 538 | |||||
62 | 55 | Bournemouth | 297 | 3.8 | 2.18 | 61.1 | 534 | |||||
62 | 56 | Hull | 309 | 4.0 | 2.37 | 64.6 | 534 | |||||
62 | 68 | Sheffield Hallam | 289 | 3.8 | 2.05 | 61.8 | 534 | |||||
65 | 72 | Central Lancashire | 260 | 3.9 | 1.96 | 59.6 | 530 | |||||
66 | 58 | Birmingham City | 263 | 3.8 | 2.31 | 67.7 | 526 | |||||
67 | 71 | Lincoln | 289 | 4.0 | 1.90 | 55.9 | 525 | |||||
68 | 73 | Brighton | 290 | 3.9 | 2.37 | 55.5 | 524 | |||||
68 | 59 | UWIC, Cardiff | 267 | 3.9 | 1.88 | 55.3 | 524 | |||||
70 | 76 | Winchester | 280 | 3.9 | 2.16 | 54.0 | 519 | |||||
71 | 97 | Middlesex | 207 | 3.8 | 2.18 | 57.8 | 517 | |||||
72 | 75 | Coventry | 298 | 3.8 | 1.85 | 59.9 | 514 | |||||
73 | 61 | Bradford | 268 | 3.9 | 2.34 | 69.4 | 513 | |||||
73 | 87 | Roehampton | 259 | 3.8 | 2.20 | 59.9 | 513 | |||||
75 | 62 | Gloucestershire | 264 | 3.9 | 1.72 | 57.8 | 510 | |||||
76 | 79 | Glasgow Caledonian | 302 | 3.9 | 2.01 | 57.3 | 504 | |||||
77 | 94 | Westminster | 273 | 3.7 | 2.23 | 55.1 | 502 | |||||
78 | 63 | Bangor | 288 | 4.0 | 2.43 | 59.7 | 498 | |||||
79 | 109 | University for the Creative Arts | 269 | 3.6 | 1.90 | 50.8 | 494 | |||||
80 | 81 | Chester | 273 | 3.9 | 1.74 | 63.4 | 489 | |||||
81 | 65 | De Montfort | 259 | 3.9 | 2.32 | 52.8 | 488 | |||||
81 | 89 | Portsmouth | 283 | 3.9 | 2.24 | 56.7 | 488 | |||||
83 | 86 | Glamorgan | 279 | 3.9 | 2.04 | 54.3 | 485 | |||||
84 | 74 | Edinburgh Napier | 296 | 3.8 | 1.83 | 69.3 | 484 | |||||
85 | 83 | Bath Spa | 293 | 3.8 | 1.89 | 46.5 | 481 | |||||
86 | 81 | Cumbria | 263 | 3.8 | 1.23 | 66.2 | 474 | |||||
87 | 77 | Queen Margaret | 309 | 3.9 | 1.37 | 61.8 | 469 | |||||
88 | 84 | Kingston | 243 | 3.8 | 2.04 | 52.3 | 468 | |||||
89 | 89 | University of Wales, Newport | 252 | 3.9 | 2.42 | 54.5 | 467 | |||||
90 | 105 | Teesside | 271 | 4.0 | 1.99 | 61.9 | 466 | |||||
91 | 93 | Sunderland | 246 | 3.9 | 1.86 | 54.8 | 465 | |||||
92 | - | Trinity Saint David | 251 | 3.9 | 2.11 | 59.7 | 463 | |||||
93 | 89 | Manchester Metropolitan | 271 | 3.7 | 2.16 | 57.1 | 462 | |||||
93 | 95 | West London | 220 | 3.7 | 1.67 | 52.8 | 462 | |||||
95 | 98 | Abertay Dundee | 252 | 3.9 | 1.83 | 57.7 | 460 | |||||
95 | 85 | Leeds Metropolitan | 267 | 3.8 | 2.05 | 55.5 | 460 | |||||
97 | 96 | Salford | 280 | 3.8 | 2.36 | 55.1 | 459 | |||||
98 | 88 | Edge Hill | 260 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 63.2 | 453 | |||||
99 | 80 | Staffordshire | 241 | 3.9 | 1.62 | 60.7 | 452 | |||||
100 | 106 | Canterbury Christ Church | 247 | 3.8 | 1.79 | 63.3 | 447 | |||||
101 | 102 | Liverpool John Moores | 263 | 3.8 | 2.15 | 50.5 | 442 | |||||
102 | 78 | York St John | 282 | 3.9 | 1.40 | 51.8 | 439 | |||||
103 | 101 | Bedfordshire | 187 | 3.8 | 2.09 | 61.2 | 438 | |||||
104 | 92 | Glyndwr | 231 | 3.9 | 1.69 | 65.5 | 430 | |||||
105 | 100 | Northampton | 238 | 3.9 | 1.69 | 52.9 | 429 | |||||
106 | 102 | Worcester | 271 | 3.9 | 1.54 | 60.8 | 421 | |||||
107 | 108 | Buckinghamshire New | 212 | 3.7 | 1.67 | 48.8 | 416 | |||||
108 | 104 | Derby | 250 | 3.9 | 1.96 | 52.3 | 414 | |||||
109 | 110 | Greenwich | 215 | 4.0 | 1.90 | 54.7 | 413 | |||||
110 | 106 | Anglia Ruskin | 254 | 3.7 | 2.07 | 55.5 | 412 | |||||
111 | 111 | Southampton Solent | 266 | 3.9 | 1.49 | 46.2 | 384 | |||||
112 | - | West of Scotland | 241 | 3.9 | 1.84 | 58.3 | 362 | |||||
113 | 113 | East London | 200 | 3.7 | 2.24 | 48.6 | 335 | |||||
114 | 112 | Bolton | 222 | 3.9 | 1.75 | 45.4 | 301 | |||||
115 | 115 | London Metropolitan | 221 | 3.6 | 1.84 | 45.5 | 296 | |||||
116 | 114 | London South Bank | 201 | 3.8 | 2.24 | 49.3 | 295 |
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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 |