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2011 applicant figures - as of 23 May 2011

Data reported as at Monday 23 May 2011 (00:05:05)

The next 2011 applicant figures will be published in September 2011. There will be a statistical media release in July 2011

2011 applicant figures - total applicants and total choices (as of 23 May 2011)

2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Total applicants 637,773 647,008 9,235 1.4%
Total choices 2,657,104 2,776,911 119,807 4.5%


2011 applicant figures - by gender (as of 23 May 2011)
By gender 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Female 361,510 366,409 4,899 1.4%
Male 276,263 280,599 4,336 1.6%
Total 637,773 647,008 9,235 1.4%


2011 applicant figures - by age (as of 23 May 2011)
By age 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
17 and under 13,835 13,784 -51 -0.4%
18 265,382 265,806 424 0.2%
19 140,800 148,650 7,850 5.6%
20 56,674 58,797 2,123 3.7%
21 30,687 31,760 1,073 3.5%
22 21,195 20,683 -512 -2.4%
23 15,460 15,571 111 0.7%
24 11,642 11,865 223 1.9%
25 to 29 34,854 33,896 -958 -2.7%
30 to 39 30,852 30,646 -206 -0.7%
40 and over 16,392 15,550 -842 -5.1%
Total 637,773 647,008 9,235 1.4%


2011 applicant figures - by domicile (as of 23 May 2011)
By domicile 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
UK 545,798 550,147 4,349 0.8%
Other EU 43,212 45,727 2,515 5.8%
Non EU 48,763 51,134 2,371 4.9%
Total 637,773 647,008 9,235 1.4%


2011 applicant figures - UK only, by country - by domicile (as of 23 May 2011)
By UK country 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
England 461,416 464,327 2,911 0.6%
Northern Ireland 19,173 19,843 670 3.5%
Scotland 42,219 42,659 440 1.0%
Wales 22,990 23,318 328 1.4%
Total 545,798 550,147 4,349 0.8%


2011 applicant figures - non-UK only, by country (as of 23 May 2011)
By OS country 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Africa 5,821 5,427 -394 -6.8%
Americas 6,249 6,228 -21 -0.3%
Australasia 478 537 59 12.3%
EU (ex. Eire) 35,329 38,462 3,133 8.9%
Eire 7,883 7,265 -618 -7.8%
Europe (ex.EU) 4,636 4,734 98 2.1%
Far E(ex HK/Mal) 20,693 22,491 1,798 8.7%
Hong Kong 3,539 4,110 571 16.1%
Malaysia 2,861 3,218 357 12.5%
Middle East 4,324 4,247 -77 -1.8%
Other Overseas 162 142 -20 -12.3%
Total 91,975 96,861 4,886 5.3%


2011 applicant figures - UK only, by region - by domicile (as of 23 May 2011)
By UK region 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
East Midlands 36,214 36,126 -88 -0.2%
Eastern 46,904 47,360 456 1.0%
Greater London 87,052 89,195 2,143 2.5%
North East 20,374 20,821 447 2.2%
North West 63,356 63,963 607 1.0%
Northern Ireland 19,173 19,843 670 3.5%
Scotland 42,219 42,659 440 1.0%
South East 74,456 73,810 -646 -0.9%
South West 43,731 43,503 -226 -0.5%
Wales 22,990 23,318 328 1.4%
West Midlands 47,302 47,143 -159 -0.3%
Yorks & The Humber 42,027 42,406 379 0.9%
Total 545,798 550,147 4,349 0.8%


2011 applicant figures - by application month (as of 23 May 2011)
By application month 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
September 10,993 13,380 2,387 21.7%
October 81,185 85,532 4,347 5.4%
November 115,148 138,632 23,484 20.4%
December 159,638 156,270 -3,368 -2.1%
January 210,391 202,554 -7,837 -3.7%
February 15,166 12,413 -2,753 -18.2%
March 22,015 17,893 -4,122 -18.7%
April 13,797 11,737 -2,060 -14.9%
May 9,440 8,597 -843 -8.9%
Total 637,773 647,008 9,235 1.4%


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 93,200 96,440 3,240 3.5%
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine 317,821 359,483 41,662 13.1%
Group C Biological Sciences 213,208 224,745 11,537 5.4%
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related 25,203 27,637 2,434 9.7%
Group F Physical Sciences 90,911 98,218 7,307 8.0%
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci 132,869 140,808 7,939 6.0%
Group H Engineering 128,905 134,415 5,510 4.3%
Group J Technologies 12,095 11,638 -457 -3.8%
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan 48,402 47,863 -539 -1.1%
Group L Social Studies 232,729 238,596 5,867 2.5%
Group M Law 113,807 119,228 5,421 4.8%
Group N Business & Admin studies 299,269 317,963 18,694 6.2%
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation 57,295 60,819 3,524 6.2%
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related 73,818 70,626 -3,192 -4.3%
Group R European Langs, Lit & related 25,429 25,277 -152 -0.6%
Group T Non-European Langs and related 8,259 8,306 47 0.6%
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies 83,994 82,570 -1,424 -1.7%
Group W Creative Arts & Design 283,287 297,744 14,457 5.1%
Group X Education 86,570 93,316 6,746 7.8%
Y Combined arts 70,848 69,312 -1,536 -2.2%
Y Combined sciences 37,339 38,883 1,544 4.1%
Y Combined social sciences 34,094 33,430 -664 -1.9%
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts 106,123 101,096 -5,027 -4.7%
Y Social sciences combined with arts 64,983 62,674 -2,309 -3.6%
Z General, other combined & unknown 16,646 15,824 -822 -4.9%
Total 2,657,104 2,776,911 119,807 4.5%


By OS country (Top 50)
By OS country (Top 50) 2010 entry 2011 entry Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
China 8,218 9,397 1,179 14.3%
Ireland 7,883 7,265 -618 -7.8%
Hong Kong 3,539 4,110 571 16.1%
France 4,110 4,032 -78 -1.9%
Cyprus 3,564 4,022 478 13.8%
Germany 3,978 3,925 -53 -1.3%
Malaysia 2,861 3,218 357 12.5%
Lithuania 2,501 3,209 708 28.3%
Singapore 2,727 3,168 441 16.2%
United States of America 2,820 2,803 -17 -0.6%
Romania 2,007 2,791 784 39.1%
India 2,468 2,659 191 7.7%
Greece 2,258 2,458 200 8.9%
Bulgaria 2,067 2,337 270 13.1%
Italy 1,974 2,315 341 17.3%
Poland 1,996 2,006 10 0.5%
Nigeria 1,990 1,984 -6 -0.3%
Canada 1,782 1,960 178 10.0%
Pakistan 2,014 1,783 -231 -11.5%
Norway 1,495 1,628 133 8.9%
Sweden 1,742 1,614 -128 -7.3%
Spain 1,405 1,608 203 14.4%
Korea (South) 1,082 1,263 181 16.7%
Latvia 1,105 980 -125 -11.3%
Belgium 928 944 16 1.7%
Switzerland 858 892 34 4.0%
Finland 728 876 148 20.3%
Saudi Arabia 1,006 852 -154 -15.3%
Netherlands 809 802 -7 -0.9%
Brunei 900 776 -124 -13.8%
United Arab Emirates 742 773 31 4.2%
Russia 672 726 54 8.0%
Portugal 603 688 85 14.1%
Vietnam 558 650 92 16.5%
Estonia 502 616 114 22.7%
Kenya 629 592 -37 -5.9%
Thailand 499 563 64 12.8%
Austria 474 539 65 13.7%
Slovakia 416 459 43 10.3%
Mauritius 498 444 -54 -10.8%
Denmark 475 443 -32 -6.7%
Sri Lanka 499 443 -56 -11.2%
Czech Republic 403 441 38 9.4%
Kazakhstan 545 429 -116 -21.3%
Turkey 402 421 19 4.7%
Japan 376 405 29 7.7%
Iran 538 400 -138 -25.7%
Hungary 397 395 -2 -0.5%
Australia 352 381 29 8.2%
Luxembourg 348 375 27 7.8%
Overall Total 91,975 96,861 4,886 5.3%


Applications (Choices) by JACS2 Subject Line and course type - 2011 only
JACS2 Subject Line Degree % chg Found % chg Other % chg
A1 - Pre-clinical Medicine 83,207 4.0%



A2 - Pre-clinical Dentistry 12,538 -3.9%



A9 - Others in Medicine and Dentistry 244


451
B1 - Anatomy,Physiology and Pathology 30,199 11.3% 3
40
B2 - Pharmacology,Toxicology and Pharmacy 31,143 13.2% 282
1
B3 - Complementary Medicine 3,342 6.8% 301
112
B4 - Nutrition 6,763 11.3%

16
B5 - Ophthalmics 4,677 1.9% 199


B6 - Aural and Oral Sciences 5,999 -1.1% 4


B7 - Nursing 156,719 48.6% 6,770 25.8% 49,234 -36.2%
B8 - Medical Technology 14,327 15.8% 2
1
B9 - Others in Subjects allied to Medicine 42,493 17.5% 960 0.5% 4,809 24.4%
BB - Combinations within Subjects allied to Medicine 1,069 13.7% 18
0
C0 - Biological Sciences: any area of study 103




C1 - Biology 29,631 8.2% 82
28
C2 - Botany 166




C3 - Zoology 9,710 4.4% 119
0
C4 - Genetics 2,312 1.3%

0
C5 - Microbiology 2,284 0.8%



C6 - Sports Science 54,077 3.3% 3,443 4.4% 735 -26.1%
C7 - Molecular Biology,Biophysics & Biochem 17,550 25.2% 26
36
C8 - Psychology 94,849 2.8% 108
40
C9 - Others in Biological Sciences 5,934 17.3% 120
23
CC - Combinations within Biological Sciences 3,369 8.1%

0
D1 - Pre-clinical Veterinary Medicine 8,171 0.3%



D3 - Animal Science 5,999 12.6% 3,428 19.3% 272
D4 - Agriculture 4,335 20.0% 2,020 6.3% 377
D5 - Forestry 164
150
16
D6 - Food and Beverage studies 1,166 15.0% 417
19
D7 - Agricultural Sciences 303
0
41
D9 - Others in Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects 229




DD - Combinations within Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects 479
51
0
F0 - Physical Sciences: any area of study 358




F1 - Chemistry 24,709 9.4% 150
43
F2 - Materials Science 27




F3 - Physics 23,666 17.2% 42


F4 - Forensic and Archaeological Science 9,257 4.7% 635 47.0% 174
F5 - Astronomy 1,201 38.5%



F6 - Geology 8,040 2.2%

0
F7 - Science of Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments 6,797 5.1% 273
35
F8 - Physical Geographical Sciences 19,292 2.8% 56
1
F9 - Others in Physical Sciences 656 -26.5% 0


FF - Combinations within Physical Sciences 2,806 -2.5%



G0 - Mathematical & Comp Sci: any area 492 -15.8% 94
3
G1 - Mathematics 41,605 2.8%



G2 - Operational Research 257




G3 - Statistics 870 14.5% 2


G4 - Computer Science 57,920 8.8% 2,762 4.2% 1,348 -14.2%
G5 - Information Systems 13,878 0.3% 877 7.5% 265
G6 - Software Engineering 8,174 15.6% 416
99
G7 - Artificial Intelligence 424
30


G9 - Others in Mathematical & Computer Sci 8




GG - Combinations within Mathematical & Computer Sci 10,957 9.4% 285
42
H0 - Engineering: any area of study 660 23.4% 6


H1 - General Engineering 12,889 -2.2% 163
152
H2 - Civil Engineering 24,709 -1.6% 287
247
H3 - Mechanical Engineering 37,752 9.5% 937 2.2% 119
H4 - Aerospace Engineering 13,615 2.5% 596 -20.4% 49
H5 - Naval Architecture 441
21


H6 - Electronic and Electrical Engineering 22,694 6.9% 146
285
H7 - Production and Manufacturing Engineering 3,356 3.1% 3
18
H8 - Chemical,Process and Energy Engineering 11,751 12.3% 7
27
H9 - Others in Engineering 12
22


HH - Combinations within Engineering 3,279 4.3% 138
34
J0 - Technologies: any area of study 0




J1 - Minerals Technology 95




J2 - Metallurgy 61




J3 - Ceramics and Glass 25
13


J4 - Polymers and Textiles 319 -55.6% 29
4
J5 - Materials Technology not otherwise spec 898 4.1% 19


J6 - Maritime Technology 469
107
12
J7 - Biotechnology 1,140 4.3% 3


J9 - Others in Technology 7,266 -2.3% 1,011 9.5% 119
JJ - Combinations within Technology 48
0


K0 - Architecture,Build & Plan: any area 0




K1 - Architecture 29,496 2.9% 185
28
K2 - Building 12,581 -6.4% 674 -14.7% 715 -18.0%
K3 - Landscape Design 588 -15.5% 78
16
K4 - Planning (Urban,Rural and Regional) 2,828 -0.3% 22
71
K9 - Others in Architecture,Build & Plan 53




KK - Combinations within Architecture,Build & Plan 504 -11.3% 24


L0 - Social Studies: any area of study 3,802 -2.0%

3
L1 - Economics 50,312 6.9%



L2 - Politics 35,012 7.3% 366
33
L3 - Sociology 26,258 6.1% 79
199
L4 - Social Policy 4,104 19.5% 1,205 5.6% 390
L5 - Social Work 56,001 -4.4% 2,574 16.7% 18,387 5.5%
L6 - Anthropology 4,068 -1.4%



L7 - Human and Social Geography 14,902 -9.9%



L9 - Others in Social Studies 2,873 29.8% 243
1
LL - Combinations within Social Studies 17,487 -0.3% 294
3
M1 - Law by Area 95,053 4.2% 190
23
M2 - Law by Topic 4,360 1.8% 206
48
M9 - Others in Law 16,573 7.7% 200
69
MM - Combinations within Law 2,374 6.2% 128
4
N0 - Business & Admin studies: any area 67




N1 - Business studies 58,793 8.1% 1,864 14.6% 1,811 24.2%
N2 - Management studies 71,506 8.5% 2,208 39.7% 2,148 -3.9%
N3 - Finance 7,635 19.5% 7
7
N4 - Accounting 36,195 5.6% 258
52
N5 - Marketing 20,534 9.8% 659 -0.5% 129
N6 - Human Resource Management 3,643 10.1% 9
10
N7 - Office Skills 82
58


N8 - Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport 37,175 0.2% 3,877 -6.5% 1,537 -18.2%
N9 - Others in Business & Admin Studies 3,195 7.4% 21


NN - Combinations within Business & Admin Studies 62,531 5.2% 932 -34.1% 1,020 5.7%
P1 - Information Services 630 -8.7% 0
0
P2 - Publicity studies 2,758 17.7%

15
P3 - Media studies 26,593 4.1% 1,754 22.2% 127
P4 - Publishing 290
71


P5 - Journalism 19,157 11.8% 449
52
P9 - Others in Mass Comms & Documentation 3,495 -12.6% 13


PP - Combinations within Mass Comms & Documentation 5,289 8.6% 84
42
Q1 - Linguistics 2,782 0.9% 0


Q2 - Comparative Literary studies 716 -14.3%



Q3 - English studies 56,974 -5.4% 36
2
Q4 - Ancient Language studies 49




Q5 - Celtic studies 776 6.6%

6
Q6 - Latin studies 49




Q7 - Classical Greek studies 13




Q8 - Classical studies 4,955 -1.4%

0
Q9 - Others in Linguistics,Classics & related 348




QQ - Combinations within Linguistics,Classics & related 3,920 5.7%



R0 - European Langs,Lit & related: any area 562 0.0%



R1 - French studies 4,090 -1.0%



R2 - German studies 1,521 4.2%



R3 - Italian studies 300




R4 - Spanish studies 2,492 10.3%



R5 - Portuguese studies 11




R6 - Scandinavian studies 67




R7 - Russian and East European studies 450 -20.2%



R8 - European studies 573 24.6% 2
0
R9 - Others in European Langs,Lit and related 5,368 15.2%



RR - Combinations within European Langs,Lit and related 9,841 -10.3%



T1 - Chinese studies 881 9.9%



T2 - Japanese studies 1,707 0.9%



T3 - South Asian studies 129




T4 - Other Asian studies 135




T5 - African studies 116




T6 - Modern Middle-Eastern studies 544 -21.6%



T7 - American studies 2,907 1.6%



T9 - Others in non-European Langs & related 1,595 -1.4%



TT - Combinations within non-European Langs & related 292




V1 - History by Period 50,116 0.5% 6
2
V2 - History by Area 623 32.0%



V3 - History by Topic 6,845 -4.8% 16


V4 - Archaeology 2,421 -6.1% 17
0
V5 - Philosophy 9,441 -4.3%



V6 - Theology and Religious studies 5,581 -4.4% 24
17
V9 - Others in Hist & Philosophical studies 591 11.9%



VV - Combinations within Hist & Philosophical studies 6,849 -7.9% 21
0
W0 - Creative Arts & Design: any area 300




W1 - Fine Art 28,128 10.4% 659 -10.6% 96
W2 - Design studies 100,048 5.4% 6,348 1.8% 765 13.3%
W3 - Music 26,191 5.5% 2,203 -0.5% 300
W4 - Drama 49,085 0.4% 3,160 3.8% 1,286 6.5%
W5 - Dance 8,820 3.7% 485
180
W6 - Cinematics and Photography 39,073 9.4% 4,296 -3.9% 374
W7 - Crafts 1,890 -1.8% 290
26
W8 - Imaginative Writing 3,662 8.3% 24
0
W9 - Others in Creative Arts and Design 2,118 41.9% 590 2.4% 12
WW - Combinations within Creative Arts and Design 15,409 3.3% 1,794 7.2% 132
X1 - Training Teachers 54,088 3.3% 578 4.1% 62
X2 - Research and Study Skills in Education 48
16


X3 - Academic studies in Education 33,615 15.6% 2,067 28.2% 70
X9 - Others in Education 166
252


XX - Combinations within Education 2,187 1.5% 167


Y Combs of arts/humanities 19,775 -0.3% 362
1
Y Combs of engin/tech/building studies 898 -11.6% 25
9
Y Combs of engineering/technology 1,725 15.3% 29


Y Combs of languages 8,906 -5.0%



Y Combs of languages with arts/humanities 40,257 -2.1%

11
Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences 18,126 9.1% 1,210 10.5% 102
Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences with phys/math sciences 5,739 -2.7% 89
52
Y Combs of phys/math science with arts/humanities/languages 10,940 -2.9% 631 8.6% 125
Y Combs of phys/math science with social studies/bus/law 17,079 -11.8% 251
20
Y Combs of phys/math sciences 3,912 0.6%

71
Y Combs of science/engineering with arts/humanities/languages 38,126 -0.6% 5,628 1.0% 257
Y Combs of science/engineering with social studies/bus/law 26,924 -5.8% 978 -17.3% 137
Y Combs of sciences with engineering/technology 6,656 -1.2% 200
40
Y Combs of soc studies/law 13,600 6.4% 302
3
Y Combs of soc studies/law with business 19,433 -7.4% 91
1
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with arts/humanities 46,844 -3.9% 2,136 3.2% 118
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with languages 13,576 -3.2%

0
Z Combs of 3 subjects, or other general courses 15,531 -5.8% 48
114
Z Other courses not elsewhere classified 127
3
1
Total 2,604,853 5.8% 81,399 6.4%
-23.6%

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