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2011 applicant figures - as of 18 April 2011

Data reported as at Monday 18 April 2011 (00:05:05)

The next 2011 applicant figures will be published May 2011

2011 applicant figures - total applicants and total choices (as of 18 April 2011)

2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Total applicants 620,897 633,811 12,914 2.1%
Total choices 2,603,870 2,732,223 128,353 4.9%


2011 applicant figures - by gender (as of 18 April 2011)
By gender 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Female 352,456 359,446 6,989 2.0%
Male 268,441 274,365 5,924 2.2%
Total 620,897 633,811 12,914 2.1%


2011 applicant figures - by age (as of 18 April 2011)
By age 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
17 and under 13,563 13,555 -8 -0.1%
18 263,945 264,681 736 0.3%
19 138,183 146,734 8,551 6.2%
20 54,212 56,800 2,588 4.8%
21 28,867 30,160 1,293 4.5%
22 19,946 19,614 -332 -1.7%
23 14,557 14,838 281 1.9%
24 10,889 11,328 439 4.0%
25 to 29 32,659 32,251 -408 -1.2%
30 to 39 28,856 29,128 272 0.9%
40 and over 15,220 14,722 -498 -3.3%
Total 620,897 633,811 12,914 2.1%


2011 applicant figures - by domicile (as of 18 April 2011)
By domicile 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
UK 534,549 541,657 7,108 1.3%
Other EU 41,677 44,663 2,986 7.2%
Non EU 44,671 47,491 2,820 6.3%
Total 620,897 633,811 12,914 2.1%


2011 applicant figures - UK only, by country - by domicile (as of 18 April 2011)
By UK country 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
England 451,609 456,768 5,159 1.1%
Northern Ireland 19,008 19,729 721 3.8%
Scotland 41,440 42,178 738 1.8%
Wales 22,492 22,982 490 2.2%
Total 534,549 541,657 7,108 1.3%


April 2011 applicant figures - non-UK only, by country (as of 18 April 2011)
By OS country 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Africa 5,246 4,851 -395 -7.5%
Americas 5,947 5,905 -42 -0.7%
Australasia 462 511 49 10.6%
EU (ex. Eire) 33,907 37,482 3,575 10.5%
Eire 7,770 7,181 -589 -7.6%
Europe (ex.EU) 4,249 4,378 129 3.0%
Far E(ex HK/Mal) 18,680 20,838 2,158 11.6%
Hong Kong 3,432 4,019 587 17.1%
Malaysia 2,660 2,988 328 12.3%
Middle East 3,846 3,863 17 0.4%
Other Overseas 149 138 -11 -7.4%
Total 86,348 92,154 5,806 6.7%


2011 applicant figures - UK only, by region - by domicile (as of 18 April 2011)
By UK region 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
East Midlands 35,624 35,655 31 0.1%
Eastern 45,929 46,613 684 1.5%
Greater London 84,781 87,348 2,567 3.0%
North East 19,956 20,503 547 2.7%
North West 61,862 62,837 975 1.6%
Northern Ireland 19,008 19,729 721 3.8%
Scotland 41,440 42,178 738 1.8%
South East 73,144 72,763 -381 -0.5%
South West 42,868 42,857 -9 0.0%
Wales 22,492 22,982 490 2.2%
West Midlands 46,314 46,408 94 0.2%
Yorks & The Humber 41,131 41,784 653 1.6%
Total 534,549 541,657 7,108 1.3%


2011 applicant figures - by application month (as of 18 April 2011)
By application month 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
September 10,993 13,379 2,386 21.7%
October 81,190 85,533 4,343 5.3%
November 115,156 138,633 23,477 20.4%
December 159,657 156,274 -3,383 -2.1%
January 210,400 202,559 -7,841 -3.7%
February 15,170 12,410 -2,760 -18.2%
March 22,004 17,887 -4,117 -18.7%
April 6,327 7,136 809 12.8%
Total 620,897 633,811 12,914 2.1%


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 93,208 96,472 3,264 3.5%
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine 309,303 352,629 43,326 14.0%
Group C Biological Sciences 210,336 222,221 11,885 5.7%
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related 24,647 27,182 2,535 10.3%
Group F Physical Sciences 89,699 97,422 7,723 8.6%
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci 129,659 138,075 8,416 6.5%
Group H Engineering 124,758 130,614 5,856 4.7%
Group J Technologies 11,773 11,306 -467 -4.0%
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan 47,137 46,850 -287 -0.6%
Group L Social Studies 228,140 234,790 6,650 2.9%
Group M Law 111,298 116,743 5,445 4.9%
Group N Business & Admin studies 289,444 309,120 19,676 6.8%
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation 56,204 59,803 3,599 6.4%
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related 73,178 70,124 -3,054 -4.2%
Group R European Langs, Lit & related 25,263 25,061 -202 -0.8%
Group T Non-European Langs and related 8,151 8,216 65 0.8%
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies 83,354 82,119 -1,235 -1.5%
Group W Creative Arts & Design 278,640 294,180 15,540 5.6%
Group X Education 85,334 92,364 7,030 8.2%
Y Combined arts 70,042 68,597 -1,445 -2.1%
Y Combined sciences 36,654 38,204 1,550 4.2%
Y Combined social sciences 33,272 32,817 -455 -1.4%
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts 104,144 99,763 -4,381 -4.2%
Y Social sciences combined with arts 64,039 61,941 -2,098 -3.3%
Z General, other combined & unknown 16,193 15,610 -583 -3.6%
Total 2,603,870 2,732,223 128,353 4.9%


By OS country (Top 50)
By OS country (Top 50) 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
China 6,969 8,470 1,501 21.5%
Ireland 7,770 7,181 -589 -7.6%
Hong Kong 3,432 4,019 587 17.1%
France 3,831 3,884 53 1.4%
Cyprus (European Union) 3,307 3,826 519 15.7%
Germany 3,783 3,809 26 0.7%
Lithuania 2,437 3,155 718 29.5%
Singapore 2,629 3,077 448 17.0%
Malaysia 2,660 2,988 328 12.3%
Romania 1,870 2,682 812 43.4%
United States of America 2,683 2,658 -25 -0.9%
India 2,217 2,426 209 9.4%
Greece 2,129 2,353 224 10.5%
Bulgaria 2,040 2,315 275 13.5%
Italy 1,917 2,265 348 18.2%
Poland 1,961 1,945 -16 -0.8%
Canada 1,696 1,853 157 9.3%
Nigeria 1,726 1,748 22 1.3%
Pakistan 1,931 1,675 -256 -13.3%
Sweden 1,712 1,591 -121 -7.1%
Spain 1,322 1,580 258 19.5%
Norway 1,321 1,431 110 8.3%
Korea (South) 1,028 1,227 199 19.4%
Latvia 1,069 961 -108 -10.1%
Belgium 909 939 30 3.3%
Switzerland 835 875 40 4.8%
Finland 718 845 127 17.7%
Netherlands 774 794 20 2.6%
Brunei 868 740 -128 -14.7%
United Arab Emirates 688 739 51 7.4%
Saudi Arabia 837 733 -104 -12.4%
Russia 639 671 32 5.0%
Portugal 559 665 106 19.0%
Estonia 485 607 122 25.2%
Vietnam 523 606 83 15.9%
Kenya 596 566 -30 -5.0%
Thailand 481 549 68 14.1%
Austria 464 528 64 13.8%
Slovakia 408 450 42 10.3%
Czech Republic 394 435 41 10.4%
Denmark 461 432 -29 -6.3%
Mauritius 481 423 -58 -12.1%
Kazakhstan 480 398 -82 -17.1%
Japan 356 393 37 10.4%
Turkey 373 392 19 5.1%
Hungary 388 387 -1 -0.3%
Sri Lanka 444 375 -69 -15.5%
Luxembourg 341 374 33 9.7%
Iran 462 366 -96 -20.8%
Australia 341 363 22 6.5%
Overall Total 86,348 92,154 5,806 6.7%


Applications (Choices) by JACS2 Subject Line and course type - 2011 only
JACS2 Subject Line Degree % chg Found % chg Other % chg
A1 - Pre-clinical Medicine 83,264 4.0%



A2 - Pre-clinical Dentistry 12,511 -3.9%



A9 - Others in Medicine and Dentistry 243


450
B1 - Anatomy,Physiology and Pathology 29,953 10.9% 3
41
B2 - Pharmacology,Toxicology and Pharmacy 30,703 13.8% 273
2
B3 - Complementary Medicine 3,197 17.6% 277
108
B4 - Nutrition 6,640 11.6%

16
B5 - Ophthalmics 4,596 1.8% 193


B6 - Aural and Oral Sciences 5,958 -1.1% 4


B7 - Nursing 153,233 48.9% 6,724 26.7% 48,333 -34.7%
B8 - Medical Technology 14,103 16.0% 2
1
B9 - Others in Subjects allied to Medicine 41,775 18.3% 898 9.9% 4,551 24.3%
BB - Combinations within Subjects allied to Medicine 1,028 16.7% 17
0
C0 - Biological Sciences: any area of study 102




C1 - Biology 29,372 8.6% 81
15
C2 - Botany 162




C3 - Zoology 9,646 4.3% 117
0
C4 - Genetics 2,272 2.3%

0
C5 - Microbiology 2,258 1.3%



C6 - Sports Science 53,520 3.7% 3,344 5.8% 721 -25.6%
C7 - Molecular Biology,Biophysics & Biochem 17,340 25.6% 26
33
C8 - Psychology 93,766 2.9% 105
39
C9 - Others in Biological Sciences 5,830 17.9% 118
22
CC - Combinations within Biological Sciences 3,332 9.0%

0
D1 - Pre-clinical Veterinary Medicine 8,160 0.5%



D3 - Animal Science 5,939 12.8% 3,321 19.8% 249
D4 - Agriculture 4,247 20.7% 1,953 8.7% 351
D5 - Forestry 158
143
16
D6 - Food and Beverage studies 1,139 17.7% 400
18
D7 - Agricultural Sciences 301
0
38
D9 - Others in Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects 229




DD - Combinations within Vet Sci, Ag & related subjects 469
51
0
F0 - Physical Sciences: any area of study 350




F1 - Chemistry 24,525 9.6% 141
42
F2 - Materials Science 27




F3 - Physics 23,538 17.7% 42


F4 - Forensic and Archaeological Science 9,162 6.5% 617
165
F5 - Astronomy 1,192 40.1%



F6 - Geology 7,958 2.1%

0
F7 - Science of Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments 6,684 7.6% 267
31
F8 - Physical Geographical Sciences 19,210 3.2% 54
0
F9 - Others in Physical Sciences 629 -29.2% 0


FF - Combinations within Physical Sciences 2,788 -2.8%



G0 - Mathematical & Comp Sci: any area 481
84
3
G1 - Mathematics 41,320 3.2%



G2 - Operational Research 260




G3 - Statistics 841 15.7% 0


G4 - Computer Science 56,567 9.6% 2,539 2.1% 1,299 -12.9%
G5 - Information Systems 13,547 0.2% 833 7.5% 255
G6 - Software Engineering 8,002 16.3% 394
94
G7 - Artificial Intelligence 419
30


G9 - Others in Mathematical & Computer Sci 8




GG - Combinations within Mathematical & Computer Sci 10,783 10.2% 274
42
H0 - Engineering: any area of study 631 24.2% 6


H1 - General Engineering 12,591 -1.5% 157
142
H2 - Civil Engineering 23,989 -1.5% 268
237
H3 - Mechanical Engineering 36,870 9.7% 908 1.3% 116
H4 - Aerospace Engineering 13,306 3.2% 571 -20.7% 48
H5 - Naval Architecture 432
21


H6 - Electronic and Electrical Engineering 21,784 7.7% 142
254
H7 - Production and Manufacturing Engineering 3,283 2.7% 3
18
H8 - Chemical,Process and Energy Engineering 11,470 13.1% 7
26
H9 - Others in Engineering 12
21


HH - Combinations within Engineering 3,136 3.7% 134
31
J0 - Technologies: any area of study 0




J1 - Minerals Technology 94




J2 - Metallurgy 52




J3 - Ceramics and Glass 24
12


J4 - Polymers and Textiles 316
29
2
J5 - Materials Technology not otherwise spec 850 6.0% 17


J6 - Maritime Technology 451
101
11
J7 - Biotechnology 1,083 2.7% 3


J9 - Others in Technology 7,135 -2.6% 975 10.9% 110
JJ - Combinations within Technology 41
0


K0 - Architecture,Build & Plan: any area 0




K1 - Architecture 28,951 3.2% 182
26
K2 - Building 12,327 -5.9% 608 -16.6% 668 -17.8%
K3 - Landscape Design 567 -14.9% 71
12
K4 - Planning (Urban,Rural and Regional) 2,781 1.7% 20
67
K9 - Others in Architecture,Build & Plan 52




KK - Combinations within Architecture,Build & Plan 495
23


L0 - Social Studies: any area of study 3,802 -2.1%

3
L1 - Economics 49,653 7.2%



L2 - Politics 34,608 7.8% 316
32
L3 - Sociology 25,886 6.4% 72
190
L4 - Social Policy 4,021 21.7% 1,178 6.4% 385
L5 - Social Work 55,021 -3.8% 2,353 20.8% 17,808 6.2%
L6 - Anthropology 4,029 -1.0%



L7 - Human and Social Geography 14,833 -10.6%



L9 - Others in Social Studies 2,810 29.6% 241
1
LL - Combinations within Social Studies 17,292 0.1% 253
3
M1 - Law by Area 92,980 4.3% 184
23
M2 - Law by Topic 4,239 1.1% 199
45
M9 - Others in Law 16,331 8.1% 192
63
MM - Combinations within Law 2,358 7.1% 125
4
N0 - Business & Admin studies: any area 63




N1 - Business studies 57,205 8.6% 1,809 18.6% 1,751 27.2%
N2 - Management studies 69,614 9.2% 2,101 42.4% 2,080 -2.8%
N3 - Finance 7,324 20.3% 7
6
N4 - Accounting 34,859 6.0% 245
53
N5 - Marketing 20,069 10.4% 650 1.4% 124
N6 - Human Resource Management 3,515 11.6% 6
9
N7 - Office Skills 81
56


N8 - Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport 36,311 0.4% 3,702 -5.9% 1,505 -17.4%
N9 - Others in Business & Admin Studies 3,071 6.6% 20


NN - Combinations within Business & Admin Studies 60,981 5.6% 896 -35.4% 1,007 6.6%
P1 - Information Services 616 -8.7% 0
0
P2 - Publicity studies 2,677 17.2%

15
P3 - Media studies 26,122 4.1% 1,715 24.6% 119
P4 - Publishing 285
68


P5 - Journalism 18,922 12.3% 443
52
P9 - Others in Mass Comms & Documentation 3,433 -12.9% 12


PP - Combinations within Mass Comms & Documentation 5,202 9.6% 82
40
Q1 - Linguistics 2,747 1.3% 0


Q2 - Comparative Literary studies 699 -14.4%



Q3 - English studies 56,570 -5.3% 36
2
Q4 - Ancient Language studies 49




Q5 - Celtic studies 774 7.5%

6
Q6 - Latin studies 49




Q7 - Classical Greek studies 13




Q8 - Classical studies 4,941 -1.4%

0
Q9 - Others in Linguistics,Classics & related 341




QQ - Combinations within Linguistics,Classics & related 3,897 6.4%



R0 - European Langs,Lit & related: any area 561 0.7%



R1 - French studies 4,050 -1.2%



R2 - German studies 1,508 4.6%



R3 - Italian studies 296




R4 - Spanish studies 2,448 8.8%



R5 - Portuguese studies 11




R6 - Scandinavian studies 67




R7 - Russian and East European studies 446




R8 - European studies 563 25.1% 2
0
R9 - Others in European Langs,Lit and related 5,321 14.7%



RR - Combinations within European Langs,Lit and related 9,788 -10.3%



T1 - Chinese studies 857 11.2%



T2 - Japanese studies 1,704 1.2%



T3 - South Asian studies 120




T4 - Other Asian studies 132




T5 - African studies 105




T6 - Modern Middle-Eastern studies 519 -22.1%



T7 - American studies 2,906 2.1%



T9 - Others in non-European Langs & related 1,581 -1.9%



TT - Combinations within non-European Langs & related 292




V1 - History by Period 49,868 0.5% 5
2
V2 - History by Area 617 33.0%



V3 - History by Topic 6,805 -4.4% 14


V4 - Archaeology 2,399 -4.8% 14
0
V5 - Philosophy 9,442 -3.6%



V6 - Theology and Religious studies 5,524 -4.1% 17
15
V9 - Others in Hist & Philosophical studies 587 15.8%



VV - Combinations within Hist & Philosophical studies 6,792 -8.3% 18
0
W0 - Creative Arts & Design: any area 270




W1 - Fine Art 27,981 11.0% 639 -11.1% 91
W2 - Design studies 99,142 5.8% 6,144 4.1% 726 16.0%
W3 - Music 25,824 5.8% 2,105 2.4% 285
W4 - Drama 48,757 0.6% 3,098 5.8% 1,243 6.7%
W5 - Dance 8,730 4.2% 469
172
W6 - Cinematics and Photography 38,589 9.8% 4,202 -2.9% 363
W7 - Crafts 1,855 -1.7% 279
26
W8 - Imaginative Writing 3,579 8.7% 24
0
W9 - Others in Creative Arts and Design 2,047 49.4% 567 4.8% 7
WW - Combinations within Creative Arts and Design 15,102 3.0% 1,736 8.4% 128
X1 - Training Teachers 54,024 3.5% 539
55
X2 - Research and Study Skills in Education 44
12


X3 - Academic studies in Education 32,969 16.2% 1,933 35.3% 67
X9 - Others in Education 166
243


XX - Combinations within Education 2,165 1.3% 147


Y Combs of arts/humanities 19,460 0.0% 349
1
Y Combs of engin/tech/building studies 884 -11.6% 25
9
Y Combs of engineering/technology 1,699 16.0% 29


Y Combs of languages 8,835 -5.2%



Y Combs of languages with arts/humanities 39,941 -2.0%

11
Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences 17,908 9.3% 1,184 11.3% 100
Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences with phys/math sciences 5,586 -3.1% 85
46
Y Combs of phys/math science with arts/humanities/languages 10,879 -0.9% 619 14.4% 113
Y Combs of phys/math science with social studies/bus/law 16,904 -11.4% 262
19
Y Combs of phys/math sciences 3,876 0.6%

67
Y Combs of science/engineering with arts/humanities/languages 37,690 -0.6% 5,472 2.1% 254
Y Combs of science/engineering with social studies/bus/law 26,502 -5.3% 918 -16.9% 131
Y Combs of sciences with engineering/technology 6,490 -1.2% 180
36
Y Combs of soc studies/law 13,423 6.9% 294
3
Y Combs of soc studies/law with business 19,007 -6.9% 89
1
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with arts/humanities 46,295 -3.5% 2,041 0.6% 116
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with languages 13,489 -2.8%

0
Z Combs of 3 subjects, or other general courses 15,338 -4.4% 45
108
Z Other courses not elsewhere classified 121
2


Total 2,565,633 6.1% 78,366 8.0% 88,224 -22.5%

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