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2011 applicant figures - as of 21 February 2011

Data reported as at Monday 21 February 2011 (00:05:11)

The next 2011 applicant figures will be published on 28 March 2011

2011 applicant figures - total applicants and total choices (as of 21 February 2011)

2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Total applicants 587,857 604,705 16,848 2.9%
Total choices 2,490,025 2,628,121 138,096 5.5%


2011 applicant figures - by gender (as of 21 February 2011)
By gender 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Female 333,835 343,333 9,498 2.8%
Male 254,022 261,372 7,350 2.9%
Total 587,857 604,705 16,848 2.9%


2011 applicant figures - by age (as of 21 February 2011)
By age 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
17 and under 13,050 13,043 -7 -0.1%
18 261,122 261,817 695 0.3%
19 132,627 141,675 9,048 6.8%
20 49,228 52,371 3,143 6.4%
21 25,233 27,051 1,818 7.2%
22 17,441 17,541 100 0.6%
23 12,731 13,311 580 4.6%
24 9,582 10,141 559 5.8%
25 to 29 28,528 28,934 406 1.4%
30 to 39 25,206 25,988 782 3.1%
40 and over 13,109 12,833 -276 -2.1%
Total 587,857 604,705 16,848 2.9%


2011 applicant figures - by domicile (as of 21 February 2011)
By domicile 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
UK 512,829 522,810 9,981 1.9%
Other EU 37,854 42,330 4,476 11.8%
Non EU 37,174 39,565 2,391 6.4%
Total 587,857 604,705 16,848 2.9%


2011 applicant figures - UK only, by country - by domicile (as of 21 February 2011)
By UK country 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
England 432,859 440,362 7,503 1.7%
Northern Ireland 18,651 19,424 773 4.1%
Scotland 39,934 41,005 1,071 2.7%
Wales 21,385 22,019 634 3.0%
Total 512,829 522,810 9,981 1.9%


February 2011 applicant figures - non-UK only, by region (as of 21 February 2011)
By region 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Africa 3,971 3,801 -170 -4.3%
Americas 5,344 5,304 -40 -0.7%
Australasia 428 466 38 8.9%
EU (ex. Eire) 30,341 35,352 5,011 16.5%
Eire 7,513 6,978 -535 -7.1%
Europe (ex.EU) 3,557 3,622 65 1.8%
Far E(ex HK/Mal) 15,183 16,747 1,564 10.3%
Hong Kong 3,208 3,760 552 17.2%
Malaysia 2,282 2,490 208 9.1%
Middle East 3,072 3,257 185 6.0%
Other Overseas 129 118 -11 -8.5%
Total 75,028 81,895 6,867 9.2%


2011 applicant figures - UK only, by region - by domicile (as of 21 February 2011)
By UK region 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
East Midlands 34,237 34,496 259 0.8%
Eastern 43,997 45,004 1,007 2.3%
Greater London 80,310 83,567 3,257 4.1%
North East 19,183 19,789 606 3.2%
North West 59,323 60,462 1,139 1.9%
Northern Ireland 18,651 19,424 773 4.1%
Scotland 39,934 41,005 1,071 2.7%
South East 70,689 70,535 -154 -0.2%
South West 41,312 41,393 82 0.2%
Wales 21,385 22,019 634 3.0%
West Midlands 44,364 44,773 409 0.9%
Yorks & The Humber 39,444 40,343 899 2.3%
Total 512,829 522,810 9,981 1.9%


2011 applicant figures - by application month (as of 21 February 2011)
By application month 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
September 10,999 13,381 2,382 21.7%
October 81,202 85,536 4,334 5.3%
November 115,171 138,638 23,467 20.4%
December 159,668 156,276 -3,392 -2.1%
January 210,364 202,550 -7,814 -3.7%
February 10,453 8,324 -2,129 -20.4%
Total 587,857 604,705 16,848 2.9%


Applicant volume by month Cumulative applicant volume by month
Applications (Choices) by JACS2 Subject Group
JACS2 Subject Group 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Group A Medicine & Dentistry 93,928 97,233 3,305 3.5%
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine 292,093 336,668 44,575 15.3%
Group C Biological Sciences 204,588 216,082 11,494 5.6%
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related 23,714 26,369 2,655 11.2%
Group F Physical Sciences 88,081 95,721 7,640 8.7%
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci 124,175 132,620 8,445 6.8%
Group H Engineering 116,894 123,507 6,613 5.7%
Group J Technologies 11,159 10,648 -511 -4.6%
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan 44,465 44,608 143 0.3%
Group L Social Studies 217,826 225,579 7,753 3.6%
Group M Law 106,886 111,533 4,647 4.3%
Group N Business & Admin studies 270,394 289,144 18,750 6.9%
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation 53,935 57,583 3,648 6.8%
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related 71,884 69,021 -2,863 -4.0%
Group R European Langs, Lit & related 24,835 24,685 -150 -0.6%
Group T Non-European Langs and related 7,862 7,947 85 1.1%
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies 81,759 80,959 -800 -1.0%
Group W Creative Arts & Design 259,944 282,456 22,512 8.7%
Group X Education 83,426 89,465 6,039 7.2%
Y Combined arts 68,765 66,986 -1,779 -2.6%
Y Combined sciences 34,718 36,151 1,433 4.1%
Y Combined social sciences 31,792 31,410 -382 -1.2%
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts 99,813 96,596 -3,217 -3.2%
Y Social sciences combined with arts 61,818 60,134 -1,684 -2.7%
Z General, other combined & unknown 15,271 15,016 -255 -1.7%
Total 2,490,025 2,628,121 138,096 5.5%


Applications (Choices) by JACS2 Subject Line and course type - 2011 only
JACS2 Subject Line Degree % chg Found % chg Other % chg
A1 - Pre-clinical Medicine 83,948 3.9%



A2 - Pre-clinical Dentistry 12,526 -3.6%



A9 - Others in Medicine and Dentistry 228


527 366.4%
B1 - Anatomy,Physiology and Pathology 29,226 11.0% 1
43
B2 - Pharmacology,Toxicology and Pharmacy 29,916 14.9% 242
0
B3 - Complementary Medicine 2,947 20.7% 251
41
B4 - Nutrition 6,414 12.5%

13
B5 - Ophthalmics 4,413 1.8% 182


B6 - Aural and Oral Sciences 5,882 0.0% 4


B7 - Nursing 145,092 48.1% 6,529 27.4% 46,245 -31.4%
B8 - Medical Technology 13,641 17.7% 2


B9 - Others in Subjects allied to Medicine 39,947 18.7% 771 25.0% 3,942 21.5%
BB - Combinations within Subjects allied to Medicine 912 11.1% 12
0
C0 - Biological Sciences: any area of study 101




C1 - Biology 28,646 8.8% 75
10
C2 - Botany 162




C3 - Zoology 9,532 4.0% 111
0
C4 - Genetics 2,182 3.7%

0
C5 - Microbiology 2,179 2.9%



C6 - Sports Science 52,080 3.2% 3,127 9.5% 662 -25.1%
C7 - Molecular Biology,Biophysics & Biochem 16,670 26.0% 26
27
C8 - Psychology 91,509 2.8% 91
35
C9 - Others in Biological Sciences 5,511 19.6% 116
21
CC - Combinations within Biological Sciences 3,209 6.9%

0
D1 - Pre-clinical Veterinary Medicine 8,354 2.0%



D3 - Animal Science 5,723 11.6% 3,115 23.4% 228
D4 - Agriculture 4,093 22.6% 1,767 13.8% 298
D5 - Forestry 150
131
15
D6 - Food and Beverage studies 1,092 15.2% 345
13
D7 - Agricultural Sciences 298
0
27
D9 - Others in Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects 216




DD - Combinations within Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects 459
45
0
F0 - Physical Sciences: any area of study 331




F1 - Chemistry 24,159 9.6% 114
43
F2 - Materials Science 27




F3 - Physics 23,260 17.8% 39


F4 - Forensic and Archaeological Science 8,971 6.6% 578 50.9% 139
F5 - Astronomy 1,171 37.8%



F6 - Geology 7,748 1.5%

0
F7 - Science of Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments 6,445 7.7% 243
24
F8 - Physical Geographical Sciences 19,058 3.3% 49
0
F9 - Others in Physical Sciences 599 -26.7% 0


FF - Combinations within Physical Sciences 2,723 -2.9%



G0 - Mathematical & Comp Sci: any area 460 -18.1% 35
1
G1 - Mathematics 40,665 3.4%



G2 - Operational Research 236




G3 - Statistics 785 16.1% 0


G4 - Computer Science 53,935 10.2% 2,238 4.7% 1,137 -14.5%
G5 - Information Systems 12,848 1.1% 739 4.4% 251
G6 - Software Engineering 7,672 16.1% 344
86
G7 - Artificial Intelligence 412
27


G9 - Others in Mathematical & Computer Sci 8




GG - Combinations within Mathematical & Computer Sci 10,474 11.1% 240
27
H0 - Engineering: any area of study 556 28.4% 6


H1 - General Engineering 12,062 1.3% 134
123
H2 - Civil Engineering 22,677 -1.4% 252
204
H3 - Mechanical Engineering 35,197 10.3% 849 6.3% 107
H4 - Aerospace Engineering 12,921 5.0% 539 -23.2% 34
H5 - Naval Architecture 409
16


H6 - Electronic and Electrical Engineering 19,698 8.1% 134
226
H7 - Production and Manufacturing Engineering 3,184 2.6% 3
9
H8 - Chemical,Process and Energy Engineering 11,005 14.8% 7
27
H9 - Others in Engineering 13
20


HH - Combinations within Engineering 2,944 3.8% 125
26
J0 - Technologies: any area of study 0




J1 - Minerals Technology 89




J2 - Metallurgy 46




J3 - Ceramics and Glass 18
8


J4 - Polymers and Textiles 311 -50.8% 26
1
J5 - Materials Technology not otherwise spec 764 -1.8% 13


J6 - Maritime Technology 422
92
9
J7 - Biotechnology 1,027 0.8% 3


J9 - Others in Technology 6,818 -2.7% 874 10.2% 95
JJ - Combinations within Technology 32
0


K0 - Architecture,Build & Plan: any area 0




K1 - Architecture 27,753 3.9% 180
23
K2 - Building 11,718 -5.4% 530 -12.1% 592 -11.5%
K3 - Landscape Design 536 -12.3% 59
7
K4 - Planning (Urban,Rural and Regional) 2,604 2.3% 12
60
K9 - Others in Architecture,Build & Plan 48




KK - Combinations within Architecture,Build & Plan 466 -13.7% 20


L0 - Social Studies: any area of study 3,782 -3.6%

3
L1 - Economics 47,952 6.4%



L2 - Politics 33,694 8.8% 228
38
L3 - Sociology 24,941 7.8% 59
174
L4 - Social Policy 3,630 25.2% 1,093 4.5% 362
L5 - Social Work 53,230 -2.1% 2,014 25.8% 16,012 7.6%
L6 - Anthropology 3,902 -1.6%



L7 - Human and Social Geography 14,727 -10.3%



L9 - Others in Social Studies 2,515 24.5% 222
1
LL - Combinations within Social Studies 16,793 0.9% 205
2
M1 - Law by Area 88,729 3.6% 167
19
M2 - Law by Topic 4,019 0.0% 191
40
M9 - Others in Law 15,739 8.2% 178
54
MM - Combinations within Law 2,277 6.7% 117
3
N0 - Business & Admin studies: any area 46




N1 - Business studies 54,200 8.6% 1,601 21.5% 1,597 26.1%
N2 - Management studies 65,305 9.5% 1,940 52.8% 1,921 -1.8%
N3 - Finance 6,562 21.5% 7
6
N4 - Accounting 31,517 6.9% 201
63
N5 - Marketing 19,038 11.0% 610 1.5% 104
N6 - Human Resource Management 3,173 11.1% 5
7
N7 - Office Skills 78
53


N8 - Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport 34,445 0.3% 3,381 -5.0% 1,401 -17.5%
N9 - Others in Business & Admin Studies 2,824 22.1% 17


NN - Combinations within Business & Admin Studies 57,273 4.5% 822 -36.7% 947 5.7%
P1 - Information Services 596 -7.5% 0
0
P2 - Publicity studies 2,556 17.2%

24
P3 - Media studies 25,088 4.3% 1,605 21.3% 113
P4 - Publishing 276
64


P5 - Journalism 18,521 12.7% 434
51
P9 - Others in Mass Comms & Documentation 3,288 -12.3% 10


PP - Combinations within Mass Comms & Documentation 4,839 7.9% 80
38
Q1 - Linguistics 2,646 1.2% 0


Q2 - Comparative Literary studies 656 -13.2%



Q3 - English studies 55,775 -5.1% 31
2
Q4 - Ancient Language studies 46




Q5 - Celtic studies 762 7.9%

6
Q6 - Latin studies 48




Q7 - Classical Greek studies 13




Q8 - Classical studies 4,920 -0.8%



Q9 - Others in Linguistics,Classics & related 318




QQ - Combinations within Linguistics,Classics & related 3,798 4.9%



R0 - European Langs,Lit & related: any area 564 0.5%



R1 - French studies 3,948 -1.3%



R2 - German studies 1,442 3.5%



R3 - Italian studies 294




R4 - Spanish studies 2,390 9.7%



R5 - Portuguese studies 10




R6 - Scandinavian studies 67




R7 - Russian and East European studies 443 -16.6%



R8 - European studies 537 26.1% 2
0
R9 - Others in European Langs,Lit and related 5,253 14.2%



RR - Combinations within European Langs,Lit and related 9,735 -9.9%



T1 - Chinese studies 792 16.1%



T2 - Japanese studies 1,649 0.1%



T3 - South Asian studies 100




T4 - Other Asian studies 119




T5 - African studies 95




T6 - Modern Middle-Eastern studies 490 -20.8%



T7 - American studies 2,863 3.4%



T9 - Others in non-European Langs & related 1,554 -2.3%



TT - Combinations within non-European Langs & related 285




V1 - History by Period 49,473 1.4% 4
1
V2 - History by Area 605 34.4%



V3 - History by Topic 6,671 -4.3% 13


V4 - Archaeology 2,271 -3.6% 13
0
V5 - Philosophy 9,266 -3.6%



V6 - Theology and Religious studies 5,394 -3.7% 5
13
V9 - Others in Hist & Philosophical studies 559 21.8%



VV - Combinations within Hist & Philosophical studies 6,655 -9.7% 16
0
W0 - Creative Arts & Design: any area 183




W1 - Fine Art 26,776 16.8% 579 -4.6% 75
W2 - Design studies 95,461 11.6% 5,447 9.7% 592 12.8%
W3 - Music 25,139 6.2% 1,976 3.7% 265
W4 - Drama 47,815 1.8% 2,823 5.3% 1,144 6.2%
W5 - Dance 8,487 4.4% 418
162
W6 - Cinematics and Photography 36,928 11.0% 3,941 3.4% 304
W7 - Crafts 1,702 1.4% 254
23
W8 - Imaginative Writing 3,416 7.2% 24
0
W9 - Others in Creative Arts and Design 1,895 54.8% 518 7.7% 7
WW - Combinations within Creative Arts and Design 14,416 4.0% 1,572 6.7% 114
X1 - Training Teachers 54,415 3.0% 447
38
X2 - Research and Study Skills in Education 30
6


X3 - Academic studies in Education 30,241 15.0% 1,651 42.1% 64
X9 - Others in Education 160
200


XX - Combinations within Education 2,123 -1.4% 90


Y Combs of arts/humanities 18,637 -0.8% 335
4
Y Combs of engin/tech/building studies 843 -11.4% 25
7
Y Combs of engineering/technology 1,651 20.2% 28


Y Combs of languages 8,717 -5.3%

0
Y Combs of languages with arts/humanities 39,285 -2.5%

8
Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences 17,348 9.0% 1,125 16.1% 87
Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences with phys/math sciences 4,943 -5.4% 82
36
Y Combs of phys/math science with arts/humanities/languages 10,435 -1.5% 588 22.0% 117
Y Combs of phys/math science with social studies/bus/law 16,284 -11.6% 248
19
Y Combs of phys/math sciences 3,816 1.5%

60
Y Combs of science/engineering with arts/humanities/languages 36,900 0.3% 5,131 6.7% 226
Y Combs of science/engineering with social studies/bus/law 25,695 -3.6% 821 -15.6% 132
Y Combs of sciences with engineering/technology 5,918 -2.3% 161
21
Y Combs of soc studies/law 12,996 6.5% 279
2
Y Combs of soc studies/law with business 18,048 -6.4% 84
1
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with arts/humanities 44,986 -3.0% 1,825 4.0% 103
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with languages 13,220 -2.6%

0
Z Combs of 3 subjects, or other general courses 14,777 -2.4% 40
99
Z Other courses not elsewhere classified 104




Total 2,474,414 6.5% 71,597 10.9% 82,110 -20.4%

Note:Percentage change not shown where 2011 and 2010 data shows less than 500 applications

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