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considering university choices

Unsurprisingly the vast majority of St. Clare's graduates move on to Higher Education degree courses, most commonly in the UK.

Rankings: There is no official overall ranking system of universities in the UK. British newspapers devise their own systems which take into account different factors. At St. Clare's we have chosen to use the system devised by The Times newspaper alongside the similar format used by The Guardian newspaper.

The Times Guide to Good Universities combines ratings for the following factors into a total: Teaching assessment, research assessment, entry standards, staff-student ratio, library/computing spending, facilities spending, First and Upper Second Class degrees awarded, graduate destinations; efficiency. The Guardian combines ratings for the factors listed below: Teaching Quality Assessment, Entry qualifications, Spending per student, Staff-Student Ratio, Value-added, Student Destinations, Inclusiveness.

Course Ranking: University Departments and Courses are inspected regularly and ranked nationally. When choosing a university, the ranking of a particular course is as important as the university's overall ranking.

University Destinations 2003 and 2004:
In 2003, 16 students took up places at a University ranked in the top 10 by The Times 2004 Good University Guide. Unusually no students took up places in the United States.
In 2004, 22 students took up places at a University ranked in the top 10 by The Times 2005 Good University Guide. Four students took up places in the United States and 2 in Canada.

Over the past 2 years the list of universities which are accepting St. Clare's graduates is impressive;

Universities accepting St. Clare's graduates
Oxford Durham North Eastern University
London School of Economics St Andrew's Boston
University College London Birmingham McGill University
Imperial College London Edinburgh Vienna University
Warwick Bristol Beijing University
King's College London Bath Pavia University Italy
Architecture Academy London Stanford University Melbourne University
London College of Fashion Wellesley College Seoul University
Nottingham Bates College  
The range of subjects students are reading is extensive including;
Medicine Engineering Languages
Law Computer Sciences Literature
Biomedical Sciences Architecture Management
Philosophy Mathematics Politics
Business Economics Psychology
Anthropology and Sociology Fashion Art

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