The views of 220,000 final-year students were included in the fourth National Student Survey (NSS) published this month. It is the biggest survey of student opinion undertaken in this country.

The results are grouped below by institution, with the overall score based on the answers given by all participating full- and part-time students to questions 1-22 of the survey across all subjects. The score represents the percentage of the maximum possible mark if all students had been happy with every aspect of their higher education.

The institutional scores range from 90.2% for the private University of Buckingham to 62.2% for the University of the Arts London. Percentage scores for subjects in descending order of satisfaction are shown for each institution based on full-time students only (except Birkbeck College, London and The Open University). The most satisfied students are studying finance and accounting at the University of Exeter (96.2%); the least satisfied are social work students at Swansea University (44.9%).

Five Scottish universities — Abertay Dundee, Napier, Queen Margaret, The Robert Gordon and West of Scotland — do not participate at present in the NSS and are therefore not included below. Further details about the survey can be found at www.unistats.com

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Aberdeen 80.9%

Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 88.6; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 86.6; History and Archaeology 86.2; English-based studies 86.2; Law 85.9; European Languages and Area studies 85.3; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 84.7; Medical Science and Pharmacy 83.9; Psychology 82.6; Economics 81.9; Medicine and Dentistry 81.4; Human and Social Geography 80.4; Physical Science 80.4; Politics 80; Finance and Accounting 78.3; Biology and related Sciences 78.3; Management 76.6; Computer Science 76.1; Initial Teacher Training 72.6; Architecture, Building and Planning 61.5

Aberystwyth 80.5%

Sports Science 91.6; Human and Social Geography 90; Physical Science 87.1; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 84.7; Agriculture and related subjects 84.4; Economics 84.1; European Languages and Area studies 81.2; English-based studies 80.8; Performing Arts 80; History and Archaeology 79.7; Business 79.5; Biology and related Sciences 79.4; Law 78.4; Politics 78; Art and Design 77.3; Mathematical Sciences 77; Computer Science 76.6; Finance and Accounting 75.8; Other Creative Arts 73.7

Anglia Ruskin 64.6%

Communications and Information studies 82.5; History and Archaeology 77.6; Performing Arts 76.5; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 74.9; Other subjects allied to Medicine 74.4; Biology and related Sciences 74; English-based studies 72.9; Social Work 70.2; Architecture, Building and Planning 67.3; Law 66; Computer Science 64.5; Business 62.3; Art and Design 61.5; Psychology 61; Other Creative Arts 60.2; Physical Science 58.4; Education studies 52.9; Initial Teacher Training 52.6

Arts London 62.2%

Performing Arts 68.1; Management 61.4; Art and Design 61.1; Other Creative Arts 60.8; Media studies 59.6; Communications and Information studies 58.8; Business 48.5

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