Ranking of UK universities for Building Studies

Rank	University	TQA	RAE		A-Levels	Destinctions	Overall Score
1	Nottingham	-	4	A	24.0	-	100.0
2	Loughborough	22	5*	B	19.5	98	97.6
3	Strathclyde	-	4	C	23.7	-	95.9
4	Manchester	22	4	C	19.5	100	95.0
5	Reading	21	5	B	21.3	92	94.1
6	Nottingham Trent	22	3a	B	15.0	98	93.2
7	Kingston	24	-	-	14.5	96	92.9
8	Ulster	21	5	A	16.2	86	92.1
9	Plymouth	23	4	E	13.6	90	91.1
10	Northumbria	22	3b	D	14.0	98	90.5
11	Oxford Brookes	23	4	D	10.0	86	90.3
12	Liverpool John Moores	22	3b	C	13.7	92	90.1
13	De Montfort	20	4	A	-	88	89.0
14	Westminster	22	3a	D	13.0	86	88.7
15	Coventry	22	3b	C	14.0	82	88.4
16	Leeds Metropolitan	21	3b	D	15.8	92	88.0
17	Sheffield Hallam	21	3a	E	13.0	96	87.4
18	Heriot-Watt	S	5	B	15.5	82	87.4
19	Salford	18	5*	A	15.9	88	87.3
20	University College London	-	4	C	17.7	76	86.7
21	Central Lancashire	20	3a	D		94	86.2
22	Anglia	20	2	B	15.7	90	85.8
23	Portsmouth	20	-	-	-	100	84.9
24	Greenwich	21	3b	E	10.3	88	84.8
25	Wolverhampton	20	3a	B	11.3	80	84.7
26	Brighton	20	3b	C	11.6	88	84.5
27	West of England	21			12.2	84	83.8
28	Glamorgan	-	3b	C	13.2	84	83.8
29	Robert Gordon	S	3b	D	12.6	88	83.2
30	Napier	HS	3b	D	5.5	78	82.3
31	Abertay Dundee	S			9.2	88	80.5
32	Glasgow Caledonian	S	3a	D	12.6	68	80.3
33	Central England	18	2	F	13.9	92	79.7

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

TQA or Teaching Quality Assessment: results of official assessments are based on a 24-point scale.

RAE or Research Assessment Exercise: grades from the 2004 RAE undertaken by the funding councils are converted to a numerical scale. University averages are weighted according to the proportion of staff in departments achieving each grade.

Entry standards: the average A-level score of new students under 21 in 2003-04.