Facts & Figures in UK unis

[DURHAM]

Most middle class

% of students drawn fromsocial classes A, B and C1

1. Cambridge - 90.9
2. Oxford - 90.4
3. Bristol - 89.4
4. Edinburgh - 87.2
5. Durham - 86.5
6. Nottingham - 86.0
=7. Imperial College - 85.5
=7. St Andrews - 85.5
9. University College London - 85.1
10. Warwick 84.7

Source: Hefce

[DURHAM]

Highest A-level entry points

Average A-level points attained

1. Oxford - 29.5
2. Cambridge - 29.3
3. LSE - 28.3
4. Imperial College - 28.1
5. Bristol - 27.0
6. Warwick - 26.6
7. Edinburgh - 26.5
8. St Andrews - 26.4
9. Nottingham - 26.3
10. University College London - 25.7

A-level pts: A=10, B=8, C=6, D=4, E=2
Source: Hesa, 2001/02 entry


I wonder what happened to Durham. It used to be quite selective in the past years.

[DURHAM]

Most applications

Applications to degree
courses in 2003

1. Leeds - 52,521
2. Nottingham -51,575
3. Manchester - 49,860
4. Birmingham - 38,689
5. Bristol - 38,502
6. Manchester Metropolitan - 38,157
7. Edinburgh - 32,501
8. Sheffield - 32,293
9. Warwick - 31,921
10. Ulster - 31,858

Source: Ucas

[DURHAM]

Top ten for research

% mark for
excellence

1. Cambridge - 92.26
2. LSE - 89.72
3. Oxford - 89.13
4. Imperial College - 83.38
5. Warwick - 80.35
6. York - 79.13
7. University College London - 77.83
8. Southampton - 77.15
9. Lancaster - 77.13
10. St Andrews - 75.80

Source: 2003 Sunday Times league table

[DURHAM]

Top ten in the Midlands


UK ranking

1. Warwick - 8
2. Nottingham - 10
3. Loughborough - 13
4. Birmingham - 20=
5. Leicester - 24
6. Aston - 38
7. Keele - 39
8. Nottingham Trent - 59
9. Staffordshire - 80=
10. Coventry - 86

Source: 2003 Sunday Times league table

[DURHAM]

Lowest dropout rate

% projected to neither gain a
degree nor move institution

1. Cambridge 1.3
2. Oxford 2.0
3. St Andrews 2.8
4. Bristol 3.2
5. LSE 3.7
6. Nottingham 4.5
7. York 4.8
8. Leicester 4.9
9. Bath 5.6
10. Warwick 5.7

Source: Hefce

[DURHAM]

Lowest state school intake


% of admissions from
state schools

1 Oxford 52.9
2 Cambridge 53.4
3 St Andrews 57.8
4 Bristol 59.7
5 University College London 60.1
6 Imperial College 60.9
7 Durham 62.4
8 Edinburgh 62.9
9 LSE 65.6
10 King's College London 65.8

Source: Hefce

[DURHAM]

The best degrees


% of students gaining 1sts or 2:1s

1 Cambridge 88.9
2 Oxford 86.7
3 Bristol 81.6
4 Warwick 77.8
5 Edinburgh 76.1
6 Nottingham 75.7
7 Soas 75.1
8 Bath 74.3
9= Exeter 74.1
9= University College London 74.1

Source: Hesa

[DURHAM]

the top 31 unis in the UK:


1. University of Cambridge
2. University of Oxford
3. London School of Economics
4. Imperial College London
5. University College London
6. University of York
7. University of Bristol
8. University of Warwick
9. University of St Andrews
10. University of Nottingham

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - end of the elite 10. i think Edinburgh is better than York.

11. University of Edinburgh
12. University of Bath
13. Loughborough University
14. Umist
15. University of Southampton
16. Cardiff University
17. University of Durham
18. King's College London
19. University of East Anglia
=20. University of Birmingham
=20. University of Exeter

=22. University of Manchester
=22. University of Newcastle upon Tyne
24. University of Leicester
=25. University of Sheffield
=25. Univers ity of Sussex
27. Royal Holloway, London
28. Lancaster University
29. University of Leeds
30. School of Oriental and African Studies
31. University of Glasgow

[im_atheneo]

what's the point?

Anyway, be ready DURHAM for I expect many thomasians to barge here and bash you for not including the school in your top UNITED KINGOM univs list.

hope im wrong, though.

Blue *owl* ---> the King!

[im_atheneo]

I was never wrong FYI.

Blue *owl* ---> the King!

[muchomuchacho]

another durham aka northernface aka charlie_g aka jason_s aka brighton aka airzone aka mbawannabe self-appreciation thread. the guy has to promote himself in PEX because he gets no respect from attending lsgh, no respect from attending UP, and no respect from attending warwick. #1 in the uk midlands kamo? whoopee doo!:lol::lol:

[massive09]

Here's the TOP 30 in the UK for sy:2003-2004


1 Oxford
2 Cambridge
3 Imperial College
4 London School of Economics
5 Bath
6 University College London
7 York
8 Warwick
9 Bristol
10 Durham

11 St Andrews
12 Loughborough
13 Nottingham
14 Edinburgh
=15 Manchester
=15 Birmingham
17 Newcastle
18 King's College London
19 Royal Holloway
20 Aberdeen

21 Lancaster
22 SOAS
23 UMIST
24 Leicester
=25 Cardiff
=25 Sheffield
27 Glasgow
28 Southampton
29 Reading
30 Essex

[massive09]

Physics & Astronomy

1= Oxford
1= Durham
3 St Andrews
4 Warwick
5 Leeds
6 Queens, Belfast
7 Cambridge
8 Manchester
9 Bath
10= Nottingham
10= Liverpool
12 Edinburgh
13 Reading
14 Swansea
15 York
16 Glasgow
17 Imperial College
18 Bristol
19 Leicester
20 Surrey
21= Birmingham
21= University College London
23 Royal Holloway
24 Lancaster
25 Strathclyde
26 Exeter
27 Sheffield
28 Southampton
29 Loughborough
30= Sussex
30= Salford
32 Nottingham Trent
33 Hull
34 Heriot-Watt
35 Cardiff
36= UMIST
36= King's College London
38= Sheffield Hallam
38= Keele
40 Queen Mary

[massive09]

Psychology

1 Nottingham
2 Cambridge
3 Oxford
4 York
5 Reading
6 Bath
7 Cardiff
8 St Andrews
9= Royal Holloway
9= Loughborough
9= Bristol
12 Bangor
13 Stirling
14 Lancaster
15 Durham
16 Leicester
17 London School of Economics
18 Queens, Belfast
19 Birmingham
20 Newcastle

[massive09]

Nursing

1 Manchester
2 Sunderland
3 Northumbria
4 Bradford
5= Portsmouth
5= Reading
7 Plymouth
8 Southampton
9= Central Lancashire
9= St George's Hospital Medical School
11= Glasgow
11= Liverpool
13= King's College London
13= Swansea
15= Salford
15= Edinburgh
17= Anglia
17= York
19 Ulster
20 Birmingham

[massive09]

Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering


1 Cambridge
2 Bath
3 Imperial College
4 Sheffield
5 Nottingham
6 Southampton
7 UMIST
8 Loughborough
9 Bristol
10 Queens, Belfast
11 Liverpool
12 Glasgow
13 Cranfield
14 King's College London
15 Kingston
16 Surrey
17 Manchester
18 Aston
19 Brunel
20 Birmingham

[massive09]

Architecture

1 Nottingham
2 Cambridge
=3 Sheffield
=3 Cardiff
5 Bath
6 Dundee
7 Newcastle
8 Liverpool
9 Edinburgh
10 De Montfort
11 University College London
12 Queens, Belfast
13 Strathclyde
14 Brighton
15 Liverpool John Moores
16 Oxford Brookes
17 Northumbria
18 Robert Gordon
19 Lincoln
=20 Nottingham Trent
=20 Glamorgan

[massive09]

(b]Business [/b]

1 Oxford
2 London School of conomics
3 Imperial College
4 Warwick
5 Aston
6= UMIST
6= Lancaster
8 Queens, Belfast
9 Bath
10 Nottingham
11 Manchester
12 Loughborough
13= City
13= Reading
15 Glasgow
16 Royal Holloway
17 Exeter
18 Birmingham
19 Leeds
20 Aberdeen

[pale_pilsen]

what exactly are we getting at here?

[juan23_twothree]

Thanks!