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1 28 Times Higher Education 18/25 December 2008 TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION TABLE OF EXCELLENCE Quality profile of institution % Number of Total number Indicative 4* 3* 2* 1* U/C Average rank rank UoAs of staff proportion of score order order entered submitted RAE-eligible staff (0-4) submitted (%) 1 5 Institute of Cancer Research 2 97 > University of Cambridge 50 2,040 > =12 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine =4 4 London School of Economics and Political Science > =4 3 University of Oxford 50 2,246 > Imperial College London 22 1, University College London 49 1,793 > n/a University of Manchester 53 1, University of Warwick > University of York University of Essex =16 University of Edinburgh 39 1,640 > Queen Mary, University of London =14 =12 Durham University =14 =19 University of St Andrews > =14 15 University of Sheffield 49 1, =14 11 University of Southampton 33 1, =14 26 University of Leeds 46 1, =14 =16 University of Bristol 48 1,199 > =20 =19 University of Bath =20 14 Lancaster University > =22 8 Cardiff University 34 1, =22 =23 King s College London 37 1, =24 21 Royal Holloway, University of London =24 37 University of Nottingham 47 1, =23 University of Birmingham 49 1, Newcastle University =28 =39 Loughborough University =28 36 University of Exeter > University of Sussex > =31 30 School of Oriental and African Studies =31 46 University of Kent =33 27 Birkbeck, University of London =33 29 University of Glasgow 49 1, =35 42 Goldsmiths, University of London =35 25 University of Surrey =35 35 University of East Anglia University of Aberdeen Queen s University Belfast =40 33 University of Dundee =40 41 University of Liverpool University of Reading The Open University n/a University of the Arts London =45 60 Aberystwyth University =45 59 City University, London =45 =63 University of Ulster =45 =54 Heriot-Watt University =63 Cranfield University University of Strathclyde University of Leicester =52 34 Aston University =52 50 Bangor University =52 65 Swansea University =61 University of Wales, Newport =56 =56 Keele University =56 43 University of Stirling =93 University of Hertfordshire =59 80 University of Brighton =59 53 University of Hull =39 University of Salford =54 University of Bradford =63 =67 De Montfort University =63 52 Brunel University Birmingham City University =66 =61 Edinburgh College of Art

2 TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION TABLE OF EXCELLENCE Quality profile of institution % Number of Total number Indicative 4* 3* 2* 1* U/C Average rank rank UoAs of staff proportion of score order order entered submitted RAE-eligible staff (0-4) submitted (%) =66 58 St George s, University of London =68 96 University of East London =68 70 University of Portsmouth =68 75 London South Bank University University of Westminster =72 73 Roehampton University =72 85 Oxford Brookes University =72 83 University of the West of England = Bournemouth University =75 82 Middlesex University =75 69 University of Plymouth =78 78 Nottingham Trent University =78 71 Manchester Metropolitan University =78 =99 University of Winchester =81 86 Liverpool John Moores University =81 =99 Northumbria University =56 University of Wales, Lampeter University of Huddersfield n/a University of Bedfordshire Anglia Ruskin University The Robert Gordon University =88 92 Leeds Metropolitan University =88 =67 Sheffield Hallam University =88 =116 Dartington College of Arts =91 97 University of Glamorgan =91 81 Kingston University = University of Wolverhampton =93 89 Glasgow Caledonian University =108 University of Teesside =96 =127 University of Derby =96 =93 University of Central Lancashire =96 76 UHI Millennium Institute 8 69 n/a =96 =127 University of Chichester = University of Lincoln = University of Greenwich Bath Spa University University of Wales Institute, Cardiff n/a =104 =87 University of Sunderland = Leeds Trinity & All Saints =105 Coventry University = University of the West of Scotland =107 n/a London Metropolitan University = University of Abertay Dundee 6 54 > =109 =87 Napier University = Swansea Metropolitan University = Canterbury Christ Church University University of Bolton =116 University of Chester St Mary s University College University of Gloucestershire = University of Northampton = Glyndwr ^ University = Thames Valley University = Bucks New University Staffordshire University University of Worcester n/a Newman University College = Edge Hill University =124 n/a Heythrop College 2 24 > Southampton Solent University Liverpool Hope University York St John University Queen Margaret University University of Cumbria n/a Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln University College Plymouth St Mark & St John /25 December 2008 Times Higher Education 29

3 TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION TABLE OF EXCELLENCE SINGLE SUBJECTS Quality profile of institution % Number of Total number Indicative 4* 3* 2* 1* U/C Average rank rank UoAs of staff proportion of score order order entered submitted RAE-eligible staff (0-4) submitted (%) 1 =1 London Business School 1 90 > =1 Courtauld Institute of Art =7 University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies 1 13 > =4 n/a Royal College of Art =4 =7 Institute of Education > =4 =13 Royal Academy of Music =7 School of Pharmacy 1 55 > =8 =34 Central School of Speech and Drama =8 =13 Institute of Zoology 1 21 n/a =10 =13 Royal College of Music =10 =7 Royal Veterinary College =13 Glasgow School of Art =28 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama =14 =13 Armagh Observatory 1 8 n/a =14 =28 Norwich University College of the Arts =16 =13 Royal Northern College of Music =16 n/a University College Falmouth =18 n/a Leeds College of Music =18 n/a Guildhall School of Music & Drama =28 Harper Adams University College n/a University for the Creative Arts =24 British Institute in Paris 1 4 n/a =23 =13 University Marine Biological Station, Millport 1 4 n/a =23 n/a Stranmillis University College =23 =24 Royal Agricultural College =34 Rose Bruford College 1 9 n/a n/a Arts Institute at Bournemouth BEHIND THE NUMBERS: THE METHODOLOGY USED TO MAKE THE TABLES How to read the Table of Excellence s are ranked according to the average score of the staff they submitted. For each institution, a quality profile shows the percentage of staff submitted by the institution receiving the RAE grades 4*, 3*, 2*, 1* and unclassified. The overall average score is the grade-point average (GPA) of the institution s quality profile. To find the GPA, the percentage of staff within an institution to receive a 4* grade is multiplied by 4, the percentage of staff to receive a 3* is multiplied by 3, the percentage of staff to receive a 2* is multiplied by 2 and the percentage of staff to receive a 1* is multiplied by 1; the results are added together and divided by 100 to give an average score of between 0 and 4. Staff who are unclassified receive a score of 0 and do not feature in the calculation. The 2001 rank order is taken from Times Higher Education s table for the RAE This ranked institutions according to the average score per member of staff submitted, with a score from 1 to 7 representing the seven previous RAE grades (5*, 5, 4, 3a, 3b, 2 and 1). An equivalent method is used in the RAE The contextual column listing the indicative proportion of RAEeligible staff submitted is an attempt to show how selective universities have been in choosing which academics to enter into the RAE. It is calculated by dividing the total number of staff that an institution submits to the RAE by the number of academic staff at the institution within the grades professors, senior lecturers and researchers and lecturers, according to the latest published data available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Resources of Higher Education s, ). There are known to be differences in how institutions classify staff, but the three grades are selected because nearly all staff within them will technically be eligible for the RAE. Two further grades, researchers and other, are excluded because the former includes many research assistants who are not RAE eligible and the latter generally refers to nonstandard academic staff who tend not to be RAE eligible. The information on indicative proportion of RAE eligible staff entered should be read with caution and the following caveats: l Not all RAE-eligible staff will be captured. At least some staff graded as researcher or other will be RAE eligible l some non-rae-eligible staff will also be captured l there are differences in how Hesa and Hefce calculate full-time equivalent staff numbers l the data cover the period 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007, and are therefore outside the RAE 2008 census date for staff in post at 31 October 2007 (Hesa could not provide the data before Times Higher Education went to press) l the approach is not applicable for a number of universities, including, for example, the University of Huddersfield, which entered all its staff in the other category l institutions that appear to have returned more than 100 per cent of their staff are capped at 100 per cent with a greater than sign (>) to indicate this l Hesa has requested the following disclaimer accompany the use of the data: Hesa holds no data specifying which or how many staff have been regarded by each institution as eligible for inclusion in RAE 2008, and no data on the assignment to units of assessment of those eligible staff not included. Further, the data that Hesa does hold is not an adequate alternative basis on which to estimate eligible staff numbers. Additional notes l n/a indicates that no information is available, or comparison with 2001 is not possible because the subject is not compatible or the institution has not entered before. l The number of staff submitted for assessment is the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff. l Hefce s quality profiles within individual units of assessment (UoAs), from which the average score is calculated, show the percentage of research activity falling within the grades rather than the percentage of staff. Times Higher Education s approach to calculating institutional profiles assumes that research activity is equivalent to staff activity. Hefce s original quality profiles are rounded to 5 per cent. For information on how to read the RAE Subject Ratings table, see page 41. Data analysis was undertaken by Education Data Surveys (EDS), which is part of TSL Education. Special thanks to Almut Sprigade. The official RAE data are at: 30 Times Higher Education 18/25 December 2008

4 Cardiovascular medicine Oxford 3.30 n/a Cambridge 3.15 n/a King s College 3.00 n/a Manchester 2.90 n/a Imperial College 2.80 n/a Glasgow 2.75 n/a Bristol 2.65 n/a Leicester 2.60 n/a Leeds 2.50 n/a 5 30 Birmingham 2.45 n/a 5 26 St George s 2.40 n/a 5 17 Cardiff 2.25 n/a 5 19 Sheffield 2.15 n/a 0 22 National profile 2.70 n/a Cancer studies Manchester 3.20 n/a Cambridge 3.10 n/a Institute of Cancer Research 3.10 n/a Newcastle 3.05 n/a Glasgow 3.00 n/a Queen Mary 3.00 n/a Oxford 2.95 n/a Leeds 2.95 n/a Birmingham 2.90 n/a UCL 2.85 n/a Imperial College 2.85 n/a Southampton 2.85 n/a Cardiff 2.70 n/a Sheffield 2.65 n/a 5 35 King s College 2.60 n/a 5 30 Queen s Belfast 2.55 n/a Leicester 2.50 n/a 5 27 Liverpool 2.35 n/a National profile 2.88 n/a Infection and immunology Oxford 3.25 n/a Cambridge 3.05 n/a Imperial College 2.95 n/a London School of Hygiene & Trop Med 2.95 n/a UCL 2.95 n/a King s College 2.80 n/a Liverpool 2.70 n/a Glasgow 2.70 n/a 5 39 Cardiff 2.55 n/a Bristol 2.55 n/a 5 28 Birmingham 2.45 n/a Sheffield 2.45 n/a 5 18 St George s 2.40 n/a 5 22 Leicester 2.30 n/a 5 29 Nottingham 2.25 n/a 0 18 National profile 2.79 n/a Other hospital-based clinical subjects Edinburgh 3.20 n/a Cambridge 3.15 n/a UCL 3.05 n/a Oxford 3.00 n/a Imperial College 3.00 n/a King s College 3.00 n/a Birmingham 2.95 n/a Queen Mary 2.95 n/a Aberdeen 2.85 n/a Manchester 2.80 n/a Newcastle 2.75 n/a Southampton 2.65 n/a Bristol 2.65 n/a 5 21 Exeter 2.60 n/a 5 21 Liverpool 2.60 n/a 5 55 Plymouth 2.60 n/a 5 11 Sheffield 2.55 n/a 5 54 Queen s Belfast 2.45 n/a Warwick 2.40 n/a 5 38 Nottingham 2.30 n/a 5 72 Glasgow 2.25 n/a Leeds 2.25 n/a 5 35 Leicester 2.25 n/a 5 17 St George s 2.25 n/a 0 11 Brighton 2.20 n/a 5 - Sussex 2.20 n/a 5 35 Cardiff 2.10 n/a 0 31 Bournemouth 1.55 n/a 0 6 National profile 2.81 n/a 22 1,624 Other laboratory-based clinical subjects Cambridge 3.25 n/a Oxford 3.05 n/a Newcastle 2.85 n/a Dundee 2.60 n/a 5 84 Manchester 2.45 n/a 5 15 St Andrews 2.30 n/a 15 8 King s College 2.30 n/a 5 22 Queen s Belfast 2.20 n/a 5 8 Nottingham 2.10 n/a 5 20 Keele 1.75 n/a 0 14 National profile 2.62 n/a Epidemiology and public health Cambridge 3.25 n/a Imperial College 3.10 n/a Queen Mary 3.05 n/a Bristol 3.00 n/a London School of Hygiene & Trop Med 3.00 n/a Oxford 2.95 n/a UCL 2.80 n/a Manchester 2.75 n/a St George s 2.70 n/a Birmingham 2.65 n/a Leeds 2.65 n/a Leicester 2.65 n/a Aberdeen 2.65 n/a Glasgow 2.60 n/a East Anglia 2.35 n/a 5 16 Nottingham 2.35 n/a 5 24 Queen s Belfast 2.35 n/a 5 24 Newcastle 2.25 n/a 0 17 York 2.20 n/a 0 20 Plymouth 2.05 n/a 5 5 Loughborough 1.75 n/a 0 19 National profile 2.72 n/a Health services research York 3.05 n/a Aberdeen 3.05 n/a Bristol 3.00 n/a Queen Mary 2.95 n/a 30 6 London School of Hygiene & Trop Med 2.90 n/a Oxford 2.80 n/a Leeds 2.75 n/a Birmingham 2.75 n/a Brunel 2.75 n/a 15 5 Warwick 2.70 n/a Sheffield A: ScHARR 2.65 n/a Liverpool 2.55 n/a Newcastle 2.55 n/a King s College 2.50 n/a Exeter 2.50 n/a 5 16 Plymouth 2.50 n/a 5 8 East Anglia 2.40 n/a 5 21 Swansea 2.15 n/a 0 15 UCL 2.00 n/a 5 12 Bangor 1.90 n/a 5 16 Paisley 1.60 n/a 0 7 Surrey 1.55 n/a 0 31 City 1.50 n/a 0 6 Sheffield B: Medical education 1.50 n/a 0 5 National profile 2.55 n/a Primary care and other communitybased clinical subjects Oxford 3.25 n/a Manchester 3.15 n/a Southampton 3.10 n/a 25 6 Birmingham 2.95 n/a Nottingham 2.95 n/a 30 7 Bristol 2.90 n/a Aberdeen 2.80 n/a Cambridge 2.80 n/a 20 5 Cardiff 2.65 n/a 5 12 Keele 2.40 n/a UCL 2.35 n/a Dundee 2.30 n/a 5 13 Westminster 1.90 n/a 10 8 Sunderland 1.45 n/a 0 5 National profile 2.66 n/a Psychiatry, neuroscience and clinical psychology Cambridge 3.15 n/a Cardiff 2.95 n/a UCL 2.80 n/a King s College 2.65 n/a Oxford 2.65 n/a Imperial College 2.60 n/a Edinburgh 2.60 n/a Bristol 2.60 n/a 5 21 Manchester 2.45 n/a 5 40 Sheffield 2.40 n/a Newcastle 2.35 n/a 5 47 Queen Mary 2.30 n/a 10 9 Nottingham 2.25 n/a 5 32 Glasgow 2.05 n/a 0 14 Kent 1.95 n/a 10 8 Birmingham 1.85 n/a 5 18 St George s 1.60 n/a 5 4 National profile 2.60 n/a Dentistry Manchester 3.05 n/a Queen Mary King s College * Sheffield Bristol * Cardiff 2.75 n/a Leeds Newcastle UCL Glasgow a Queen s Belfast a 5 13 Birmingham Dundee Liverpool National profile 2.76 n/a Nursing and midwifery Manchester 3.30 n/a Southampton b Ulster York City Hertfordshire Leeds Nottingham a Stirling b Northumbria a Sheffield UCLAN b Dundee 2.40 n/a Cardiff 2.35 n/a Salford 2.35 n/a UCL 2.30 n/a 5 4 UWE b 5 30 Kingston a 15 7 St George s a 15 7 Bournemouth b 10 9 Thames Valley b Liverpool John Moores a 5 16 Bradford b East Anglia 2.15 n/a 10 5 Glamorgan b Queen s Belfast 2.15 n/a London South Bank a /25 December 2008 Times Higher Education 31

5 Swansea b Middlesex a 5 8 Napier 2.10 n/a 5 12 De Montfort 2.00 n/a 10 8 Plymouth b Edge Hill 1.95 n/a 5 6 Sheffield Hallam 1.90 n/a Greenwich 1.90 n/a 5 4 Glyndwr ^ University 1.65 n/a 0 6 National profile 2.50 n/a Allied health professions and studies King s College B: Nutritional sciences Ulster A: Biomedical sciences * UCL Lancaster 2.75 n/a Surrey * UWE a Hull 2.65 n/a Cardiff * Swansea 2.65 n/a Glasgow 2.65 n/a 15 2 Glasgow Caledonian B: Allied health professions Strathclyde Queen s Belfast 2.65 n/a Manchester 2.55 n/a Nottingham Trent Aston Portsmouth 2.50 n/a Sheffield 2.40 n/a Bradford A: Medical bioscience Manchester Metropolitan B: Biomedical sciences 2.25 n/a 5 30 Paisley b 15 6 Brighton A: Biomedical sciences Liverpool a Salford a 5 33 Nottingham 2.15 n/a 10 9 Bradford B: Optometry King s College A: Applied biomedical sciences Westminster a Glasgow Caledonian A: Biomedical and vision sciences City B: Optometry and visual science East London Oxford Brookes 2.05 n/a City A: Language and communication science a Liverpool John Moores Middlesex 1.95 n/a 5 10 Northumbria 1.95 n/a 5 17 De Montfort London Metropolitan 1.90 n/a 5 10 Robert Gordon 1.90 n/a 5 38 UCLAN b Kingston a 5 28 Manchester Metropolitan A: Allied health research 1.80 n/a 5 25 Sheffield Hallam 1.80 n/a 0 24 Southampton a 0 19 Ulster B: Rehabilitation science Anglia Ruskin b 5 8 Brighton B: Allied health professions b 0 10 Roehampton Teesside a 0 22 Wolverhampton a 5 34 Napier Brunel a UWIC b 5 29 East Anglia 1.55 n/a 0 13 Chester a 0 14 Coventry a 5 14 Northampton Worcester 1.40 n/a 0 8 Leeds Metropolitan 1.35 n/a 0 16 Abertay Dundee 1.35 n/a 0 10 Plymouth 1.15 n/a 0 15 Canterbury Christ Church Times Higher Education 18/25 December 2008 Queen Margaret 1.10 n/a 0 52 Bucks New University 1.05 n/a 0 6 Lincoln 1.00 n/a 0 9 York St John Staffordshire 0.80 n/a 0 13 Cumbria b 0 13 Goldsmiths a 0 5 Glamorgan 0.65 n/a 0 4 National profile 2.04 n/a 9 1,456 Pharmacy Nottingham 3.10 n/a Manchester 2.95 n/a School of Pharmacy 2.80 n/a Bath 2.70 n/a Queen s Belfast 2.65 n/a East Anglia 2.55 n/a King s College 2.55 n/a Strathclyde 2.55 n/a Bradford 2.50 n/a Cardiff 2.50 n/a Reading 2.35 n/a De Montfort 2.30 n/a 5 13 Hertfordshire 2.15 n/a 5 12 Greenwich 1.75 n/a 5 12 Sunderland 1.50 n/a 0 25 National profile 2.56 n/a Biological sciences Institute of Cancer Research * Oxford C: Biochemistry Manchester 2.85 n/a Oxford A: Plant sciences Sheffield 2.85 n/a Dundee * Bristol B: Biochemistry * Royal Holloway York Imperial College * King s College 2.75 n/a Leeds Oxford B: Zoology Cambridge 2.65 n/a Edinburgh Newcastle * Aberdeen Glasgow Cardiff 2.60 n/a Bristol A: Biological sciences Institute of Zoology St Andrews Birkbeck 2.50 n/a UCL 2.50 n/a Bath Durham East Anglia Exeter Birmingham Nottingham 2.45 n/a Southampton Warwick Leicester 2.40 n/a Liverpool Essex Queen Mary Sussex Reading Queen s Belfast Kent Bangor Plymouth a 0 31 Open Hull Swansea a 0 16 Oxford Brookes a 5 12 Cranfield Liverpool John Moores 1.70 n/a 0 7 Derby 1.65 n/a 0 6 Glamorgan 1.45 n/a 0 4 Roehampton 1.40 n/a 0 4 Bath Spa b 0 3 National profile 2.55 n/a 15 2,354 Pre-clinical and human biological sciences Oxford 3.00 n/a UCL 2.85 n/a Manchester 2.85 n/a Queen Mary 2.75 n/a King s College 2.60 n/a Bristol 2.60 n/a Liverpool 2.55 n/a Sussex 2.50 n/a Nottingham 2.25 n/a 5 56 St George s 2.20 n/a 5 46 Aberdeen 2.10 n/a 5 35 UHI Millennium Institute 1.75 n/a 0 2 London Metropolitan 1.10 n/a 0 8 National profile 2.57 n/a Agriculture, veterinary and food science Warwick 2.75 n/a Aberdeen 2.70 n/a Nottingham 2.70 n/a Leeds 2.60 n/a Reading B: Food biosciences 2.60 n/a Royal Veterinary College 2.50 n/a Aberystwyth 2.50 n/a Glasgow 2.50 n/a 5 75 Edinburgh 2.45 n/a Stirling 2.45 n/a 5 33 Cambridge 2.40 n/a 5 39 Liverpool 2.40 n/a 5 63 Newcastle 2.40 n/a 5 39 Reading A: Agriculture 2.40 n/a 5 62 UWE 2.40 n/a 5 6 Bangor 2.40 n/a 5 35 Bristol 2.25 n/a 0 55 Cranfield 2.25 n/a 0 27 Ulster 2.25 n/a 0 7 Heriot-Watt 2.20 n/a 5 13 Queen s Belfast 2.20 n/a 5 13 Greenwich 2.15 n/a 5 24 Harper Adams 1.95 n/a 0 18 Plymouth 1.70 n/a 0 19 Lincoln 1.65 n/a 5 8 University Marine Biological Station, Millport 1.50 n/a 5 4 Royal Agricultural College 1.50 n/a 0 8 London Metropolitan 1.45 n/a 0 3 UHI Millennium Institute 1.45 n/a 0 3 Cumbria 1.25 n/a 0 5 National profile 2.41 n/a 10 1,015 Earth systems and environmental sciences Cambridge 3.30 n/a Oxford 3.20 n/a Birkbeck 3.05 n/a 25 9 UCL 3.05 n/a Reading 3.00 n/a Bristol 2.95 n/a East Anglia 2.90 n/a Royal Holloway 2.90 n/a Manchester 2.85 n/a Southampton 2.85 n/a Liverpool 2.85 n/a Durham 2.80 n/a Lancaster 2.80 n/a Leeds 2.80 n/a Open 2.80 n/a Edinburgh 2.80 n/a Cardiff 2.80 n/a Birmingham 2.75 n/a Newcastle 2.75 n/a Sheffield 2.75 n/a Leicester 2.70 n/a York 2.65 n/a 10 17

6 Aberdeen 2.65 n/a Bangor 2.60 n/a Kent 2.50 n/a 5 8 Plymouth 2.50 n/a 5 37 Glasgow 2.50 n/a 5 36 Brunel 2.40 n/a 10 9 Abertay Dundee 2.40 n/a Portsmouth 2.40 n/a 5 13 Manchester Metropolitan 2.35 n/a 5 18 Stirling 2.35 n/a 5 20 Ulster 2.35 n/a 5 24 UHI Millennium Institute 2.30 n/a 5 42 Brighton 2.30 n/a 0 17 Westminster 2.20 n/a 5 4 Heriot-Watt 2.05 n/a 0 11 Bedfordshire 1.90 n/a 5 8 Napier 1.80 n/a 0 13 Paisley 1.80 n/a 0 7 Sunderland 1.70 n/a 0 5 Nottingham Trent 1.60 n/a 0 2 National profile 2.73 n/a 16 1,179 Chemistry Cambridge * Nottingham Oxford * Edinburgh St Andrews Bristol * Imperial College * Leeds Warwick York Liverpool Manchester 2.85 n/a Sheffield Durham * UCL * Glasgow Strathclyde Cardiff Birmingham Southampton Bath Heriot-Watt East Anglia Sussex Hull Bangor a Newcastle Queen s Belfast Leicester Aberdeen a 5 12 Loughborough Reading Huddersfield b 0 10 National profile 2.79 n/a 17 1,151 Physics Lancaster * Cambridge * Nottingham St Andrews Bath Edinburgh Durham Imperial College * Sheffield 2.75 n/a UCL Glasgow Birmingham Exeter Sussex Bristol Liverpool Oxford * Southampton * Heriot-Watt Manchester 2.60 n/a Hertfordshire Warwick York Leeds Leicester King s College Royal Holloway Surrey Swansea Queen Mary Queen s Belfast Loughborough Liverpool John Moores Strathclyde Cardiff UCLAN Brighton a 0 1 Keele a 5 10 Armagh Observatory Kent a 0 3 Aberystwyth Paisley a 0 4 National profile 2.65 n/a 18 1,686 Pure mathematics Imperial College * Warwick Oxford * Cambridge * Bristol Edinburgh * Heriot-Watt 2.95 n/a Bath Aberdeen King s College Manchester 2.75 n/a UCL Durham East Anglia Sheffield Queen Mary Loughborough 2.65 n/a Nottingham Glasgow Exeter Leeds Leicester Birmingham York Lancaster Liverpool LSE 2.45 n/a 5 13 Southampton Queen s Belfast a 5 8 Newcastle Swansea London Metropolitan 2.30 n/a 10 4 St Andrews Aberystwyth b 5 8 Cardiff Kent a 0 6 Open Royal Holloway National profile 2.69 n/a Applied mathematics Cambridge * Oxford Bristol * St Andrews Bath * Portsmouth Warwick * Manchester 2.85 n/a Imperial College * Durham * Southampton Nottingham Surrey Edinburgh Heriot-Watt Keele King s College Liverpool Newcastle Exeter Leeds Kent York Strathclyde Brunel Loughborough Queen Mary Sheffield Sussex UCL Glasgow Dundee Leicester East Anglia Birmingham Reading City Coventry a 0 7 Plymouth a 0 4 Glamorgan 1.80 n/a 0 4 Oxford Brookes a 0 6 Brighton a 0 3 Chester b 0 6 UWE a 0 9 Glasgow Caledonian b 5 1 Staffordshire b 0 1 National profile 2.70 n/a Statistics and operational research Oxford * Cambridge * Imperial College Bristol * Warwick * Nottingham Leeds Kent * Bath Southampton 2.75 n/a Lancaster * St Andrews Manchester 2.60 n/a Newcastle Sheffield Brunel LSE Glasgow Open UCL Durham Edinburgh Heriot-Watt Queen Mary Strathclyde Reading Salford Greenwich a 0 2 Liverpool Plymouth a 0 4 London Metropolitan 1.95 n/a 5 4 National profile 2.69 n/a Computer science and informatics Cambridge * Imperial College * Southampton * Edinburgh * Oxford UCL Manchester 3.15 n/a Nottingham Glasgow Liverpool Lancaster /25 December 2008 Times Higher Education 33

7 Leeds Birmingham Plymouth Queen Mary Bristol Bath Open a York * Aberystwyth Swansea Newcastle Aberdeen Sussex Cardiff Royal Holloway Durham Leicester East Anglia Birkbeck Essex Kent Sheffield Warwick Dundee Goldsmiths b King s College St Andrews Exeter Heriot-Watt Queen s Belfast Brighton City Loughborough a Hertfordshire Strathclyde a Ulster Lincoln 2.50 n/a 15 9 Oxford Brookes b Bangor 2.50 n/a 15 7 Teesside Liverpool John Moores a 5 4 De Montfort UWE a Stirling b 5 10 Surrey 2.35 n/a Bradford Robert Gordon a 5 20 Glyndwr ^ University 2.35 n/a 5 3 Middlesex a Bournemouth Glamorgan Kingston b 5 17 London South Bank Manchester Metropolitan a 5 13 Reading Nottingham Trent a 0 6 Bedfordshire 2.10 n/a 0 16 Coventry Huddersfield a 5 6 Westminster a 5 20 Staffordshire 2.05 n/a 0 7 Napier a 0 27 Paisley a 0 2 Portsmouth 1.90 n/a 5 12 Sunderland a 5 34 Greenwich Glasgow Caledonian b 0 8 Liverpool Hope 1.75 n/a 0 4 Thames Valley 1.65 n/a 0 5 London Metropolitan 1.50 n/a 0 23 National profile 2.75 n/a 20 1,839 Electrical and electronic engineering Leeds * Surrey * Bangor Manchester 2.95 n/a Imperial College Sheffield A: Automatic control and systems engineering * Times Higher Education 18/25 December 2008 Southampton * UCL Glasgow Bath Essex Liverpool John Moores a 20 2 Queen s Belfast Loughborough Sheffield B: Electronic and electrical engineering * Bristol Nottingham Newcastle Liverpool Queen Mary a Strathclyde York a Cardiff Birmingham Lancaster Kent Coventry a 5 3 King s College De Montfort a 5 6 Reading Swansea Plymouth Bradford 1.65 n/a 0 8 Westminster National profile 2.67 n/a General engineering and mineral & mining engineering Cambridge 3.35 n/a Oxford 3.10 n/a Nottingham 3.00 n/a Leeds 3.00 n/a Imperial College A: Bioengineering 2.95 n/a Imperial College B: Earth science and engineering 2.95 n/a Swansea 2.95 n/a Manchester 2.90 n/a Surrey 2.90 n/a Warwick 2.85 n/a Heriot-Watt B: General engineering petroleum B 2.80 n/a Liverpool John Moores 2.70 n/a 20 5 Edinburgh 2.70 n/a Nottingham Trent 2.65 n/a Sussex 2.65 n/a Aberdeen 2.60 n/a Strathclyde 2.60 n/a Durham 2.60 n/a Exeter A: General engineering 2.60 n/a Heriot-Watt A: General engineering engineering A 2.60 n/a London South Bank 2.60 n/a 5 17 Glamorgan 2.60 n/a 5 10 Lancaster 2.55 n/a UWE 2.55 n/a 10 7 Brunel 2.55 n/a 5 65 Leicester 2.50 n/a Keele 2.50 n/a City 2.45 n/a Staffordshire 2.45 n/a 5 6 Hertfordshire 2.40 n/a 15 4 Northumbria 2.40 n/a 5 14 Hull 2.35 n/a 0 26 Aston 2.30 n/a Queen Mary 2.30 n/a Huddersfield 2.30 n/a 5 10 Dundee 2.30 n/a 5 31 Oxford Brookes 2.20 n/a 5 12 Swansea Metropolitan 2.15 n/a 10 2 Cranfield 2.15 n/a 5 43 De Montfort 2.15 n/a 5 6 Manchester Metropolitan 2.15 n/a 0 6 Bolton 2.10 n/a Bournemouth 2.10 n/a 5 11 Robert Gordon 2.10 n/a 5 15 UCLAN 2.10 n/a 0 6 Exeter B: Camborne School of Mines 2.05 n/a 5 16 Teesside 2.05 n/a 0 16 Kingston 1.95 n/a 5 16 Abertay Dundee 1.95 n/a 5 10 Glasgow Caledonian 1.80 n/a 0 10 Greenwich 1.60 n/a 0 15 Southampton Solent 1.25 n/a 5 7 National profile 2.66 n/a 16 1,455 Chemical engineering Cambridge Imperial College * Manchester 3.10 n/a UCL * Birmingham * Sheffield Newcastle Bath Heriot-Watt Strathclyde 2.20 n/a 5 11 National profile 2.86 n/a Civil engineering Imperial College * Swansea * Cardiff * Nottingham Newcastle 3.10 n/a Southampton * Sheffield Bristol * Dundee Queen s Belfast De Montfort 2.90 n/a 25 1 Loughborough Birmingham UCL 2.65 n/a Leeds Bradford Heriot-Watt Plymouth Glasgow Liverpool Napier Strathclyde Greenwich 2.00 n/a 5 8 National profile 2.82 n/a Mechanical, aeronautical and manufacturing engineering Imperial College * Sheffield Bristol B: Aerospace engineering Greenwich 2.95 n/a 30 6 Nottingham Bristol A: Mechanical engineering Leeds * Loughborough Birmingham Cardiff Newcastle Queen s Belfast * Cranfield Liverpool * Southampton * Brighton 2.70 n/a 5 5 UCL Bath * Glasgow B: Naval architecture and marine engineering Strathclyde B: Naval architecture and marine engineering 2.55 n/a Strathclyde A: Mechanical engineering Brunel Swansea De Montfort Bradford King s College

8 Glasgow A: Aerospace and mechanical engineering 2.40 n/a Portsmouth Plymouth Wolverhampton 1.95 n/a 5 8 Coventry a 0 8 Wales, Newport a 10 1 Sunderland 1.45 n/a 5 9 National profile 2.70 n/a 17 1,039 Metallurgy and materials Cambridge * Liverpool Kent 3.05 n/a 25 6 Oxford * Manchester 2.95 n/a Birmingham * Sheffield * Imperial College Swansea 2.70 n/a Queen Mary Ulster Salford Open Paisley 2.40 n/a 0 3 Sheffield Hallam Glyndwr ^ University 2.10 n/a 5 7 Manchester Metropolitan Northampton a 0 6 Coventry London Metropolitan 1.15 n/a 0 4 National profile 2.69 n/a Architecture and the built environment Cambridge UCL Sheffield A: Architecture 3.00 n/a Liverpool Loughborough * Sheffield B: Landscape 2.95 n/a Bath Reading Edinburgh a Edinburgh College of Art a Salford * Cardiff Ulster Newcastle Westminster 2.70 n/a De Montfort Liverpool John Moores b 15 8 Glasgow Caledonian a Heriot-Watt Wolverhampton a Northumbria b 5 13 Glamorgan b 10 6 Nottingham UWE 2.30 n/a 5 8 Sheffield Hallam a 5 6 Strathclyde Greenwich b UCLAN a 5 6 Napier b 5 11 London Metropolitan 2.10 n/a Dundee 2.10 n/a 5 8 Bolton 2.05 n/a 10 5 Robert Gordon b Lincoln 2.00 n/a 5 18 Nottingham Trent a 0 20 National profile 2.64 n/a Town and country planning Cambridge Sheffield Cardiff * Newcastle Leeds * Reading Manchester 2.70 n/a Aberdeen Glasgow UCL 2.65 n/a Sheffield Hallam Heriot-Watt a Liverpool Birmingham 2.40 n/a UWE A: UWE 2.35 n/a 5 25 Gloucestershire UWE B: Gloucestershire + UWE 2.30 n/a 5 4 Oxford Brookes Queen s Belfast b London Metropolitan 2.10 n/a 5 8 Westminster a 5 16 Birmingham City b 10 8 Liverpool John Moores a 5 4 Coventry 1.60 n/a 0 6 Kingston 1.40 n/a 0 5 UHI Millennium Institute 1.40 n/a 0 8 National profile 2.52 n/a Geography and environmental studies Bristol 2.95 n/a Cambridge 2.95 n/a Durham 2.95 n/a Oxford 2.95 n/a Queen Mary 2.95 n/a Leeds 2.90 n/a UCL 2.85 n/a King s College 2.85 n/a LSE 2.85 n/a Sheffield 2.85 n/a Royal Holloway 2.80 n/a Aberystwyth 2.80 n/a Exeter 2.75 n/a Nottingham 2.75 n/a St Andrews 2.75 n/a Manchester 2.75 n/a Sussex 2.75 n/a Open 2.70 n/a Dundee 2.70 n/a Swansea 2.70 n/a Southampton 2.65 n/a Birmingham 2.65 n/a Edinburgh 2.60 n/a Hull 2.60 n/a Liverpool 2.55 n/a Newcastle 2.55 n/a Plymouth 2.55 n/a Glasgow 2.55 n/a Queen s Belfast 2.55 n/a Loughborough 2.50 n/a Westminster 2.50 n/a 10 6 Aberdeen 2.50 n/a Leicester 2.40 n/a Reading 2.40 n/a Bournemouth 2.35 n/a Middlesex 2.25 n/a 5 12 Kingston 2.20 n/a 5 17 Portsmouth 2.20 n/a 5 11 Brunel 2.15 n/a 5 8 Salford 2.10 n/a 5 9 Anglia Ruskin 1.85 n/a 5 8 UWE 1.85 n/a 0 23 UC Plymouth St Mark and St John 1.75 n/a 0 1 Gloucestershire 1.70 n/a 0 12 Chester 1.60 n/a 0 4 Bath Spa 1.55 n/a 0 4 Worcester 1.55 n/a 0 5 Edge Hill 1.20 n/a 0 6 Swansea Metropolitan 1.15 n/a 0 3 National profile 2.64 n/a 17 1,120 Archaeology Durham Reading * Oxford * Cambridge * Liverpool UCL Leicester Southampton Sheffield York a Queen s Belfast Exeter Nottingham Manchester 2.65 n/a Bradford Cardiff Birmingham Newcastle a 15 9 Wales, Lampeter Bristol Glasgow Bournemouth a 10 8 Nottingham Trent 2.10 n/a 5 2 UCLAN 1.90 n/a 5 5 Winchester a 0 5 UHI Millennium Institute 1.85 n/a 5 3 National profile 2.72 n/a Economics and econometrics LSE * UCL * Essex * Oxford Warwick * Bristol Nottingham Queen Mary Cambridge Manchester 3.05 n/a Glasgow Royal Holloway Southampton Edinburgh Exeter Leicester Kent Birkbeck Aberdeen a Sheffield a Surrey a Birmingham East Anglia York Stirling Swansea St Andrews Sussex Brunel City a Loughborough a 5 21 Dundee a 5 14 London Metropolitan 2.25 n/a 0 8 Kingston 2.00 n/a 5 4 Manchester Metropolitan a 0 5 National profile 3.01 n/a Accounting and finance Bangor Essex Exeter Bristol Glasgow Stirling UWE Dundee Huddersfield 2.05 n/a 0 2 Open 1.95 n/a 10 5 Paisley Robert Gordon 1.90 n/a 5 8 Glasgow Caledonian Liverpool John Moores 1.45 n/a 0 8 National profile 2.34 n/a /25 December 2008 Times Higher Education 35

9 Business and management studies London Business School * Imperial College Cambridge Cardiff Bath King s College LSE Oxford Lancaster * Warwick * Manchester 2.85 n/a Strathclyde Leeds Nottingham Cranfield Aston Loughborough Sheffield Birmingham Durham a Exeter Royal Holloway Queen s Belfast St Andrews City Queen Mary 2.60 n/a Southampton Leicester a Bradford Kent a Newcastle a Reading Surrey Glasgow Birkbeck East Anglia a Kingston a Liverpool 2.45 n/a York 2.45 n/a Edinburgh Heriot-Watt Brunel Swansea a Hull SOAS 2.35 n/a 5 14 Brighton a Keele Stirling De Montfort a Aberdeen a Open a 5 33 Ulster a 5 31 Manchester Metropolitan a 5 26 Hertfordshire a 5 12 Middlesex a 5 39 Nottingham Trent b 5 31 UWE a 0 33 Portsmouth Robert Gordon Plymouth b 5 29 Salford a 5 16 Westminster b 5 21 Bristol 2.00 n/a 0 6 Bournemouth a 5 24 UCLAN 1.95 n/a 5 26 Oxford Brookes 1.95 n/a 5 18 Aberystwyth b 5 16 Glasgow Caledonian a 0 17 Sheffield Hallam b 5 23 Teesside 1.90 n/a 5 12 Wolverhampton b 0 9 Paisley Glamorgan b 5 27 Leeds Metropolitan Northumbria b 0 19 Greenwich b 5 23 Coventry Bedfordshire 1.70 n/a 0 8 Bucks New University Lincoln b 0 21 Napier b Times Higher Education 18/25 December 2008 Birmingham City London South Bank a 5 4 Northampton London Metropolitan 1.55 n/a 0 28 Abertay Dundee b 0 9 Gloucestershire a 0 14 Bolton UWIC 1.35 n/a 0 8 Queen Margaret National profile 2.55 n/a 17 3,338 Library and information management Sheffield * King s College 2.75 n/a UCL Wolverhampton 2.75 n/a 25 4 City Robert Gordon b Glasgow a 25 6 Brunel Loughborough Napier Leeds Metropolitan Aberystwyth a Salford * Coventry 2.25 n/a 5 5 Brighton b 10 7 Sheffield Hallam 1.90 n/a 5 24 Liverpool John Moores 1.85 n/a 5 5 Manchester Metropolitan Staffordshire a 0 3 Paisley b 0 3 London South Bank b 0 8 National profile 2.43 n/a Law LSE * UCL * Oxford * Durham * Nottingham Kent Cambridge * Cardiff Queen s Belfast Edinburgh Queen Mary * Reading Strathclyde Ulster Birmingham Bristol Glasgow Sussex King s College Leeds Dundee Sheffield Manchester 2.50 n/a Southampton * 5 32 Keele * Liverpool Brunel Essex Swansea a 5 25 Oxford Brookes Warwick Lancaster Hull SOAS Exeter East Anglia Newcastle East London a 5 9 Leicester Aberdeen Westminster Stirling 2.15 n/a 5 7 City Aberystwyth Abertay Dundee 2.00 n/a 0 3 Birkbeck De Montfort Wolverhampton a 0 13 UWE Salford 1.75 n/a 0 5 Nottingham Trent Middlesex 1.65 n/a 0 7 UCLAN Lincoln 1.60 n/a 0 3 Glamorgan 1.60 n/a 0 7 London Metropolitan 1.55 n/a 0 7 Kingston 1.50 n/a 0 5 Glasgow Caledonian b 0 5 Robert Gordon a 0 10 Greenwich b 0 7 Sheffield Hallam a 0 9 Sunderland 1.30 n/a 0 11 Bournemouth a 0 6 Coventry 1.15 n/a 0 7 Napier a 0 6 Paisley 1.05 n/a 0 3 Southampton Solent a 0 7 National profile 2.48 n/a 14 1,671 Politics and international studies Essex * Sheffield * Aberystwyth * Oxford * LSE UCL a SOAS Sussex B: International relations 2.65 n/a Warwick Exeter Nottingham Cambridge Manchester 2.50 n/a Edinburgh Sussex A: (SPRU) Science and technology policy research Queen s Belfast Bradford Durham Birmingham Queen Mary Birkbeck St Andrews King s College 2.30 n/a Newcastle York Glasgow Bristol Hull Keele Reading Ulster a 10 8 Kent a 0 21 Royal Holloway 2.10 n/a 5 14 East Anglia Goldsmiths 2.10 n/a Dundee Brunel Southampton Aberdeen Swansea a 5 13 Strathclyde Oxford Brookes a 0 11 Robert Gordon a 0 8 Lancaster De Montfort Liverpool Leeds Leicester a 5 11 Westminster Stirling a 5 6 Lincoln 1.70 n/a 5 8 London Metropolitan 1.65 n/a 5 20 Coventry

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