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Applicants and applications received by 30 June 2010 - complete tables

Table 1 - Applicants by gender

Year	Female	Male	Total
2010	373,188	287,765	660,953
2009	332,006	260,306	592,312
% change	12.4%	10.5%	11.6%

 

Table 2 - Applicants by declared area of permanent residence

Year	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Rep. of Ireland	Other EU	Non EU	Total
2010	475,303	23,625	43,234	19,412	8,075	37,050	54,254	660,953
2009	429,734	22,839	35,892	17,451	5,973	30,925	49,498	592,312
% change	10.6%	3.4%	20.5%	11.2%	35.2%	19.8%	9.6%	11.6%

 

Table 3 - Applicants by age and declared area of permanent residence (UK, other EU or other overseas)

		Area of Permanent Residence
		UK	Other EU	Non EU	Total
20 years and under	2010	412,773	33,632	38,792	485,197
	2009	381,916	27,235	35,170	444,321
	% change	8.1%	23.5%	10.3%	9.2%
21 to 24 years	2010	66,532	8,455	10,879	85,866
	2009	57,443	7,410	9,877	74,730
	% change	15.8%	14.1%	10.1%	14.9%
25 years and over	2010	82,269	3,038	4,583	89,890
	2009	66,557	2,253	4,451	73,261
	% change	23.6%	34.8%	3.0%	22.7%
Total	2010	561,574	45,125	54,254	660,953
	2009	505,916	36,898	49,498	592,312
	% change	11.0%	22.3%	9.6%	11.6%

 

Table 4 - Applicants having a declared area of permanent residence within the UK; by age and country of residence

		Country of residence
		England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Total
20 years and under	2010	349,207	17,482	30,429	15,655	412,773
	2009	323,395	17,158	26,868	14,495	381,916
	% change	8.0%	1.9%	13.3%	8.0%	8.1%
21 to 24 years	2010	55,827	2,850	5,632	2,223	66,532
	2009	48,533	2,681	4,450	1,779	57,443
	% change	15.0%	6.3%	26.6%	25.0%	15.8%
25 years and over	2010	70,269	3,293	7,173	1,534	82,269
	2009	57,806	3,000	4,574	1,177	66,557
	% change	21.6%	9.8%	56.8%	30.3%	23.6%
Total	2010	475,303	23,625	43,234	19,412	561,574
	2009	429,734	22,839	35,892	17,451	505,916
	% change	10.6%	3.4%	20.5%	11.2%	11.0%

 

Table 5 - Applicants by declared area of permanent residence and country of institution

Area of permanent residence		Country of institution
		England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
England	2010	473,654	42,170	31,484	1,524
	2009	428,307	38,104	30,799	1,469
	% change	10.6%	10.7%	2.2%	3.7%
Wales	2010	14,848	19,486	945	70
	2009	13,122	19,330	926	85
	% change	13.2%	0.8%	2.1%	-17.6%
Scotland	2010	5,306	362	42,139	184
	2009	4,937	318	34,811	161
	% change	7.5%	13.8%	21.1%	14.3%
Northern Ireland	2010	10,162	1,038	5,770	16,749
	2009	9,212	880	5,131	15,016
	% change	10.3%	18.0%	12.5%	11.5%
Rep. of Ireland	2010	5,771	1,424	4,096	2,387
	2009	4,120	1,115	2,949	1,787
	% change	40.1%	27.7%	38.9%	33.6%
Other EU	2010	33,167	2,995	11,653	162
	2009	27,658	2,647	9,237	176
	% change	19.9%	13.1%	26.2%	-8.0%
Non EU	2010	50,963	5,761	10,985	604
	2009	46,309	5,169	9,291	600
	% change	10.0%	11.5%	18.2%	0.7%
Total	2010	593,871	73,236	107,072	21,680
	2009	533,665	67,563	93,144	19,294
	% change	11.3%	8.4%	15.0%	12.4%

 

Table 6 - Applicants by overseas country (> 600 Applicants only)

Country	2010	2009	Percent change
China	9,393	8,407	11.7%
Ireland	8,075	5,973	35.2%
France	4,402	4,102	7.3%
Germany	4,183	3,772	10.9%
Cyprus	3,745	3,539	5.8%
Hong Kong	3,740	3,333	12.2%
Malaysia	3,157	3,064	3.0%
India	3,035	2,800	8.4%
United States of America	2,974	2,762	7.7%
Singapore	2,819	2,439	15.6%
Lithuania	2,557	1,363	87.6%
Greece	2,463	2,235	10.2%
Nigeria	2,337	2,529	-7.6%
Pakistan	2,197	2,171	1.2%
Romania	2,119	1,262	67.9%
Bulgaria	2,104	1,651	27.4%
Poland	2,095	2,176	-3.7%
Italy	2,068	1,548	33.6%
Canada	1,924	1,764	9.1%
Sweden	1,790	1,477	21.2%
Norway	1,672	1,429	17.0%
Spain	1,502	1,242	20.9%
Saudi Arabia	1,372	1,425	-3.7%
Korea (South)	1,140	961	18.6%
Latvia	1,139	631	80.5%
Brunei	961	796	20.7%
Belgium	947	885	7.0%
Switzerland	888	757	17.3%
Netherlands	847	744	13.8%
United Arab Emirates	811	704	15.2%
Finland	779	618	26.1%
Russia	730	636	14.8%
Kenya	688	662	3.9%
Portugal	639	580	10.2%
Vietnam	621	488	27.3%
Iran	610	582	4.8%
Kazakhstan	601	560	7.3%
All overseas	99,379	86,396	15.0%

 

Table 7 - The number of Choices by 30 June 2010 by JACS 2 subject line and course type (degree, foundation degree or other)

Joint Academic Coding System (JACS 2) Subject Line	Degree 2010	Percent change	Found. degree 2010	Percent change	Other 2010	Percent change
B7 - Nursing	108,177	61.5%	5,486	41.7%	80,684	27.1%
W2 - Design studies	96,231	34.8%	6,483	25.1%	726	-22.2%
M1 - Law by Area	94,327	3.1%	85		42
C8 - Psychology	93,845	16.2%	106		73
A1 - Pre-clinical Medicine	80,182	14.5%
N2 - Management studies	68,550	10.7%	1,768	81.9%	2,413	-2.9%
NN - Combinations within Business & Admin Studies	61,463	7.3%	1,495	16.3%	1,013	3.3%
Q3 - English studies	60,882	5.7%	23		26
L5 - Social Work	60,093	27.0%	2,564	36.2%	18,008	56.9%
N1 - Business studies	56,521	4.6%	1,800	14.6%	1,558	15.8%
G4 - Computer Science	55,259	11.2%	2,870	19.1%	1,721	1.5%
C6 - Sports Science	53,064	15.7%	3,476	12.4%	971	-7.4%
X1 - Training Teachers	52,701	12.4%	639	32.8%	103
V1 - History by Period	50,215	6.8%	9		50
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with arts/humanities	49,601	9.2%	2,229	16.3%	146
W4 - Drama	49,301	8.7%	3,107	17.7%	1,235	12.9%
L1 - Economics	48,028	-2.3%
Y Combs of languages with arts/humanities	41,695	6.2%			65
G1 - Mathematics	40,972	8.9%
Y Combs of science/engineering with arts/humanities/languages	38,880	14.4%	5,838	31.5%	344
N8 - Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport	38,262	19.4%	4,391	23.6%	1,983	-4.7%
B9 - Others in Subjects allied to Medicine	37,286	19.3%	1,072	52.1%	4,084	36.5%
W6 - Cinematics and Photography	36,304	17.4%	4,587	48.0%	469
H3 - Mechanical Engineering	35,792	13.5%	978	7.8%	184
N4 - Accounting	35,699	9.7%	284		138
L2 - Politics	33,394	14.1%	22		73
X3 - Academic studies in Education	29,656	21.2%	1,830	17.8%	92
K1 - Architecture	29,484	3.8%	186		34
Y Combs of science/engineering with social studies/bus/law	29,289	4.9%	1,273	7.3%	184
B2 - Pharmacology,Toxicology and Pharmacy	28,272	10.2%	221		27
C1 - Biology	27,770	12.7%	84		29
B1 - Anatomy,Physiology and Pathology	27,500	24.8%			90
H2 - Civil Engineering	26,267	4.8%	294		309
P3 - Media studies	26,244	6.4%	1,484	9.4%	146
W1 - Fine Art	25,759	39.9%	760	10.6%	162
W3 - Music	25,265	15.8%	2,319	6.2%	437
L3 - Sociology	25,247	15.9%	97		292
H6 - Electronic and Electrical Engineering	22,793	6.0%	198		518	-4.4%
F1 - Chemistry	22,768	16.5%	145		24
Y Combs of soc studies/law with business	21,705	0.7%	102		15
F3 - Physics	20,372	11.9%	37
Y Combs of arts/humanities	20,215	11.4%	385		83
Y Combs of phys/math science with social studies/bus/law	19,802	-0.1%	518	22.7%	46
N5 - Marketing	19,336	2.4%	677	22.0%	136
F8 - Physical Geographical Sciences	18,897	5.5%	44		64
LL - Combinations within Social Studies	17,858	3.9%	286		50
P5 - Journalism	17,485	22.8%	424		55
Z Combs of 3 subjects, or other general courses	17,015	0.6%	35		127
Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences	16,963	16.4%	1,173	68.5%	84
L7 - Human and Social Geography	16,559	13.4%
M9 - Others in Law	15,747	26.8%	159		78
WW - Combinations within Creative Arts and Design	15,051	5.2%	1,758	15.6%	202
G5 - Information Systems	14,411	15.8%	910	-3.1%	455
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with languages	14,284	0.9%			6
C7 - Molecular Biology,Biophysics & Biochem	14,236	11.4%	17		34
K2 - Building	13,918	-6.7%	876	25.1%	971	-9.1%
H4 - Aerospace Engineering	13,778	18.1%	770	-6.8%	44
H1 - General Engineering	13,700	13.1%	145		218
Y Combs of soc studies/law	13,116	16.1%	224		17
A2 - Pre-clinical Dentistry	13,083	11.2%
B8 - Medical Technology	12,641	30.5%	63
Y Combs of phys/math science with arts/humanities/languages	11,557	19.0%	610	40.9%	206
RR - Combinations within European Langs,Lit and related	11,037	8.1%
H8 - Chemical,Process and Energy Engineering	10,784	7.1%	6		45
GG - Combinations within Mathematical & Computer Sci	10,335	13.6%	255		35
V5 - Philosophy	9,928	6.0%
Y Combs of languages	9,516	9.9%
C3 - Zoology	9,375	37.3%	144		24
F4 - Forensic and Archaeological Science	9,030	20.7%	450		219
W5 - Dance	8,569	17.6%	393		159
D1 - Pre-clinical Veterinary Medicine	8,154	13.4%
F6 - Geology	7,988	10.8%			18
J9 - Others in Technology	7,623	12.2%	1,009	14.5%	236
VV - Combinations within Hist & Philosophical studies	7,516	5.7%	19		11
G6 - Software Engineering	7,291	18.0%	415		150
V3 - History by Topic	7,265	4.9%	19
Y Combs of sciences with engineering/technology	6,962	11.0%	233		66
N3 - Finance	6,735	-5.5%	9		32
F7 - Science of Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments	6,617	18.4%	238		45
B4 - Nutrition	6,327	8.1%			30
B6 - Aural and Oral Sciences	6,125	17.3%	3
Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences with phys/math sciences	6,032	1.7%	103		47
V6 - Theology and Religious studies	5,961	11.2%	33		28
D3 - Animal Science	5,427	18.3%	2,970	32.3%	363
C9 - Others in Biological Sciences	5,231	23.8%	90		96
Q8 - Classical studies	5,044	-1.7%			1
PP - Combinations within Mass Comms & Documentation	5,004	7.0%	154		41
B5 - Ophthalmics	4,726	4.4%	157
R9 - Others in European Langs,Lit and related	4,709	15.3%
M2 - Law by Topic	4,415	-7.7%	208		34
L6 - Anthropology	4,181	13.8%
R1 - French studies	4,164	0.0%
P9 - Others in Mass Comms & Documentation	4,079	2.0%	21
Y Combs of phys/math sciences	3,932	9.5%			73
L0 - Social Studies: any area of study	3,906	52.1%			3
QQ - Combinations within Linguistics,Classics & related	3,767	9.6%
D4 - Agriculture	3,719	31.1%	2,043	29.1%	360
N6 - Human Resource Management	3,529	1.5%	10		12
L4 - Social Policy	3,509	12.1%	1,204	27.5%	319
W8 - Imaginative Writing	3,501	12.9%	35		18
B3 - Complementary Medicine	3,382	14.0%	437		42
H7 - Production and Manufacturing Engineering	3,317	4.0%	6		25
HH - Combinations within Engineering	3,255	13.5%	190		47
CC - Combinations within Biological Sciences	3,170	16.8%			1
N9 - Others in Business & Admin Studies	3,132	19.2%	7
K4 - Planning (Urban,Rural and Regional)	2,976	-17.4%	54		73
FF - Combinations within Physical Sciences	2,910	12.4%
T7 - American studies	2,886	7.6%
Q1 - Linguistics	2,819	18.9%	2
V4 - Archaeology	2,610	5.6%	51		2
P2 - Publicity studies	2,413	-0.5%			24
C4 - Genetics	2,340	8.5%			3
C5 - Microbiology	2,329	10.9%
L9 - Others in Social Studies	2,317	3.5%	161		19
R4 - Spanish studies	2,289	12.9%
MM - Combinations within Law	2,279	16.0%	101		4
XX - Combinations within Education	2,186	79.5%	173
W7 - Crafts	1,957	24.3%	280		44
T2 - Japanese studies	1,717	21.8%
T9 - Others in non-European Langs & related	1,623	-0.7%
W9 - Others in Creative Arts and Design	1,543	2.5%	623	8.9%	2
Y Combs of engineering/technology	1,540	-2.2%	34
R2 - German studies	1,476	0.2%
J7 - Biotechnology	1,149	25.0%
D6 - Food and Beverage studies	1,051	3.4%	412		31
Y Combs of engin/tech/building studies	1,047	-4.6%	26
BB - Combinations within Subjects allied to Medicine	988	10.0%	19		6
F9 - Others in Physical Sciences	918	5.2%	2
J5 - Materials Technology not otherwise spec	895	16.1%	29
F5 - Astronomy	872	16.3%
Q2 - Comparative Literary studies	847	65.1%
T1 - Chinese studies	827	5.2%
G3 - Statistics	795	-0.4%
T6 - Modern Middle-Eastern studies	745	29.6%
Q5 - Celtic studies	738	28.6%			5
J4 - Polymers and Textiles	737	-34.1%	9		3
K3 - Landscape Design	716	6.4%	119		22
P1 - Information Services	713	6.3%	3		8
H0 - Engineering: any area of study	603	3.6%	9
G0 - Mathematical & Comp Sci: any area	583	-4.1%
KK - Combinations within Architecture,Build & Plan	582	-20.6%	41
R7 - Russian and East European studies	571	16.1%
R0 - European Langs,Lit & related: any area	567	0.5%
V9 - Others in Hist & Philosophical studies	535	-9.0%
J6 - Maritime Technology	528	-5.2%	95		21
H5 - Naval Architecture	488		42
V2 - History by Area	480
R8 - European studies	477	-50.7%	11		1
G7 - Artificial Intelligence	403		10
DD - Combinations within Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects	394		38		2
Q9 - Others in Linguistics,Classics & related	362
W0 - Creative Arts & Design: any area	361
F0 - Physical Sciences: any area of study	354
P4 - Publishing	338		130
TT - Combinations within non-European Langs & related	294
D7 - Agricultural Sciences	292		1		29
R3 - Italian studies	280
G9 - Others in Mathematical & Computer Sci	202
G2 - Operational Research	196
X9 - Others in Education	187		316
D9 - Others in Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects	184
D5 - Forestry	162		201		9
C0 - Biological Sciences: any area of study	133
T5 - African studies	133
T3 - South Asian studies	103
C2 - Botany	102
N0 - Business & Admin studies: any area	101
J1 - Minerals Technology	93
T4 - Other Asian studies	83
N7 - Office Skills	78		30
R6 - Scandinavian studies	77
X2 - Research and Study Skills in Education	74		42
Q6 - Latin studies	63
Q4 - Ancient Language studies	61
JJ - Combinations within Technology	51		1
J2 - Metallurgy	47
F2 - Materials Science	46
K9 - Others in Architecture,Build & Plan	41
A9 - Others in Medicine and Dentistry	31				94
Q7 - Classical Greek studies	18
K0 - Architecture,Build & Plan: any area	16
H9 - Others in Engineering	15		12
R5 - Portuguese studies	12
J0 - Technologies: any area of study	11
Z Other courses not elsewhere classified	4
Grand Total	2,517,100	13.2%	81,354	24.7%	124,326	25.4%

 

Table notes - Foundation Year courses are accounted for as Degree. 'Other' includes HND, HNC, Certificates of H.E., Diplomas of H.E. (including those in social work, midwifery and nursing) and some postgraduate courses in social work. Percentage change is not shown if both the number of 2010 choices AND the number of 2009 choices is less than 500.

Table 8 - Foundation degree applicants and number of choices

	Applicants	Choices
2010	54,836	81,354
2009	45,749	65,258
Percent change	19.9%	24.7%

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