Table notes: An applicant has a maximum count of 1 to each 'country of institution'. If an applicant's choices include multiple countries then the applicant is counted once within each 'country of institution' present.
Applications (Choices) by JACS2 Subject Line and course type - 2011 only
(Percentage change not shown where 2011 and 2010 data shows less than 500 applications)
| JACS2 Subject Line |
Degree |
% chg |
Found |
% chg |
Other |
% chg |
| A1 - Pre-clinical Medicine |
83,300 |
3.9% |
|
|
|
|
| A2 - Pre-clinical Dentistry |
12,567 |
-3.9% |
|
|
|
|
| A9 - Others in Medicine and Dentistry |
248 |
|
|
|
460 |
|
| B1 - Anatomy,Physiology and Pathology |
30,491 |
10.9% |
3 |
|
40 |
|
| B2 - Pharmacology,Toxicology and Pharmacy |
31,881 |
12.8% |
310 |
|
4 |
|
| B3 - Complementary Medicine |
3,554 |
5.1% |
339 |
|
130 |
|
| B4 - Nutrition |
6,991 |
10.5% |
|
|
19 |
|
| B5 - Ophthalmics |
4,869 |
3.0% |
211 |
|
|
|
| B6 - Aural and Oral Sciences |
6,052 |
-1.2% |
5 |
|
|
|
| B7 - Nursing |
161,313 |
49.1% |
6,805 |
24.0% |
50,633 |
-37.2% |
| B8 - Medical Technology |
14,597 |
15.5% |
2 |
|
1 |
|
| B9 - Others in Subjects allied to Medicine |
43,543 |
16.8% |
1,058 |
-1.3% |
5,108 |
25.1% |
| BB - Combinations within Subjects allied to Medicine |
1,133 |
14.7% |
21 |
|
0 |
|
| C0 - Biological Sciences: any area of study |
103 |
|
|
|
|
|
| C1 - Biology |
30,066 |
8.3% |
92 |
|
27 |
|
| C2 - Botany |
169 |
|
|
|
|
|
| C3 - Zoology |
9,825 |
4.8% |
119 |
|
0 |
|
| C4 - Genetics |
2,362 |
0.9% |
|
|
0 |
|
| C5 - Microbiology |
2,248 |
-3.5% |
|
|
|
|
| C6 - Sports Science |
55,016 |
3.7% |
3,641 |
4.7% |
763 |
-21.4% |
| C7 - Molecular Biology,Biophysics & Biochem |
17,834 |
25.3% |
26 |
|
38 |
|
| C8 - Psychology |
96,705 |
3.0% |
118 |
|
46 |
|
| C9 - Others in Biological Sciences |
6,076 |
16.2% |
120 |
|
32 |
|
| CC - Combinations within Biological Sciences |
3,447 |
8.7% |
|
|
0 |
|
| D1 - Pre-clinical Veterinary Medicine |
8,192 |
0.5% |
|
|
|
|
| D3 - Animal Science |
6,107 |
12.5% |
3,550 |
19.5% |
297 |
|
| D4 - Agriculture |
4,454 |
19.8% |
2,157 |
5.6% |
413 |
|
| D5 - Forestry |
179 |
|
171 |
|
18 |
|
| D6 - Food and Beverage studies |
1,205 |
14.7% |
447 |
|
24 |
|
| D7 - Agricultural Sciences |
306 |
|
0 |
|
42 |
|
| D9 - Others in Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects |
230 |
|
|
|
|
|
| DD - Combinations within Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects |
492 |
|
63 |
|
0 |
|
| F0 - Physical Sciences: any area of study |
374 |
|
|
|
|
|
| F1 - Chemistry |
24,939 |
9.5% |
153 |
|
47 |
|
| F2 - Materials Science |
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
| F3 - Physics |
23,924 |
17.4% |
44 |
|
|
|
| F4 - Forensic and Archaeological Science |
9,410 |
4.2% |
679 |
50.9% |
177 |
|
| F5 - Astronomy |
1,223 |
40.3% |
|
|
|
|
| F6 - Geology |
8,150 |
2.0% |
|
|
0 |
|
| F7 - Science of Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments |
6,959 |
5.2% |
285 |
|
41 |
|
| F8 - Physical Geographical Sciences |
19,431 |
2.8% |
58 |
|
1 |
|
| F9 - Others in Physical Sciences |
688 |
-25.1% |
0 |
|
|
|
| FF - Combinations within Physical Sciences |
2,849 |
-2.1% |
|
|
|
|
| G0 - Mathematical & Comp Sci: any area |
505 |
-13.4% |
110 |
|
3 |
|
| G1 - Mathematics |
42,094 |
2.7% |
|
|
|
|
| G2 - Operational Research |
267 |
|
|
|
|
|
| G3 - Statistics |
902 |
13.5% |
2 |
|
|
|
| G4 - Computer Science |
60,219 |
9.0% |
3,019 |
5.2% |
1,473 |
-14.4% |
| G5 - Information Systems |
14,533 |
0.8% |
929 |
2.1% |
283 |
|
| G6 - Software Engineering |
8,454 |
16.0% |
451 |
|
108 |
|
| G7 - Artificial Intelligence |
435 |
|
31 |
|
|
|
| G9 - Others in Mathematical & Computer Sci |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
| GG - Combinations within Mathematical & Computer Sci |
11,274 |
9.1% |
317 |
|
45 |
|
| H0 - Engineering: any area of study |
698 |
15.8% |
6 |
|
|
|
| H1 - General Engineering |
13,378 |
-2.4% |
184 |
|
190 |
|
| H2 - Civil Engineering |
26,047 |
-0.8% |
314 |
|
277 |
|
| H3 - Mechanical Engineering |
39,565 |
10.5% |
994 |
1.6% |
130 |
|
| H4 - Aerospace Engineering |
14,103 |
2.4% |
629 |
-18.3% |
56 |
|
| H5 - Naval Architecture |
474 |
|
22 |
|
|
|
| H6 - Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
24,285 |
6.5% |
154 |
|
325 |
-37.3% |
| H7 - Production and Manufacturing Engineering |
3,463 |
4.4% |
4 |
|
19 |
|
| H8 - Chemical,Process and Energy Engineering |
12,061 |
11.8% |
7 |
|
36 |
|
| H9 - Others in Engineering |
13 |
|
23 |
|
|
|
| HH - Combinations within Engineering |
3,416 |
4.9% |
158 |
|
37 |
|
| J0 - Technologies: any area of study |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
| J1 - Minerals Technology |
96 |
|
|
|
|
|
| J2 - Metallurgy |
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
| J3 - Ceramics and Glass |
25 |
|
15 |
|
|
|
| J4 - Polymers and Textiles |
329 |
-55.4% |
34 |
|
13 |
|
| J5 - Materials Technology not otherwise spec |
929 |
3.8% |
20 |
|
|
|
| J6 - Maritime Technology |
494 |
-6.4% |
115 |
|
15 |
|
| J7 - Biotechnology |
1,173 |
2.1% |
5 |
|
|
|
| J9 - Others in Technology |
7,446 |
-2.3% |
1,070 |
6.0% |
129 |
|
| JJ - Combinations within Technology |
53 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
| K0 - Architecture,Build & Plan: any area |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
| K1 - Architecture |
30,428 |
3.2% |
194 |
|
35 |
|
| K2 - Building |
13,149 |
-5.5% |
753 |
-14.0% |
775 |
-20.2% |
| K3 - Landscape Design |
616 |
-14.0% |
99 |
|
24 |
|
| K4 - Planning (Urban,Rural and Regional) |
2,843 |
-4.5% |
28 |
|
72 |
|
| K9 - Others in Architecture,Build & Plan |
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
| KK - Combinations within Architecture, Build & Plan |
522 |
-10.3% |
25 |
|
|
|
| L0 - Social Studies: any area of study |
3,816 |
-2.3% |
|
|
3 |
|
| L1 - Economics |
51,446 |
7.1% |
|
|
|
|
| L2 - Politics |
35,883 |
7.5% |
372 |
|
34 |
|
| L3 - Sociology |
26,877 |
6.5% |
88 |
|
209 |
|
| L4 - Social Policy |
4,203 |
19.8% |
1,256 |
4.3% |
405 |
|
| L5 - Social Work |
57,574 |
-4.2% |
2,960 |
15.4% |
19,004 |
5.5% |
| L6 - Anthropology |
4,137 |
-1.1% |
|
|
|
|
| L7 - Human and Social Geography |
15,006 |
-9.4% |
|
|
|
|
| L9 - Others in Social Studies |
2,974 |
28.4% |
257 |
|
1 |
|
| LL - Combinations within Social Studies |
17,806 |
-0.3% |
343 |
|
4 |
|
| M1 - Law by Area |
98,295 |
4.2% |
211 |
|
23 |
|
| M2 - Law by Topic |
4,508 |
2.1% |
222 |
|
53 |
|
| M9 - Others in Law |
16,971 |
7.8% |
207 |
|
75 |
|
| MM - Combinations within Law |
2,426 |
6.5% |
138 |
|
5 |
|
| N0 - Business & Admin studies: any area |
74 |
|
|
|
|
|
| N1 - Business studies |
61,106 |
8.1% |
2,072 |
15.1% |
1,946 |
24.9% |
| N2 - Management studies |
74,385 |
8.5% |
2,368 |
33.9% |
2,313 |
-4.1% |
| N3 - Finance |
8,084 |
20.0% |
8 |
|
10 |
|
| N4 - Accounting |
37,765 |
5.8% |
257 |
|
56 |
|
| N5 - Marketing |
21,313 |
10.2% |
686 |
1.3% |
134 |
|
| N6 - Human Resource Management |
3,953 |
12.0% |
8 |
|
12 |
|
| N7 - Office Skills |
86 |
|
67 |
|
|
|
| N8 - Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport |
38,528 |
0.7% |
4,137 |
-5.8% |
1,613 |
-18.7% |
| N9 - Others in Business & Admin Studies |
3,384 |
8.0% |
26 |
|
|
|
| NN - Combinations within Business & Admin Studies |
64,873 |
5.5% |
1,020 |
-31.8% |
1,048 |
3.5% |
| P1 - Information Services |
651 |
-8.7% |
0 |
|
0 |
|
| P2 - Publicity studies |
2,836 |
17.5% |
|
|
15 |
|
| P3 - Media studies |
27,483 |
4.7% |
1,852 |
24.8% |
138 |
|
| P4 - Publishing |
298 |
|
80 |
|
|
|
| P5 - Journalism |
19,562 |
11.9% |
470 |
|
53 |
|
| P9 - Others in Mass Comms & Documentation |
3,606 |
-11.6% |
13 |
|
|
|
| PP - Combinations within Mass Comms & Documentation |
5,445 |
8.8% |
88 |
|
44 |
|
| Q1 - Linguistics |
2,842 |
0.8% |
0 |
|
|
|
| Q2 - Comparative Literary studies |
729 |
-13.9% |
|
|
|
|
| Q3 - English studies |
57,721 |
-5.2% |
41 |
|
3 |
|
| Q4 - Ancient Language studies |
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Q5 - Celtic studies |
793 |
7.5% |
|
|
6 |
|
| Q6 - Latin studies |
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Q7 - Classical Greek studies |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Q8 - Classical studies |
4,972 |
-1.4% |
|
|
0 |
|
| Q9 - Others in Linguistics, Classics & related |
382 |
|
|
|
|
|
| QQ - Combinations within Linguistics, Classics & related |
3,974 |
5.5% |
|
|
|
|
| R0 - European Langs, Lit & related: any area |
567 |
0.0% |
|
|
|
|
| R1 - French studies |
4,112 |
-1.2% |
|
|
|
|
| R2 - German studies |
1,539 |
4.3% |
|
|
|
|
| R3 - Italian studies |
306 |
|
|
|
|
|
| R4 - Spanish studies |
2,525 |
10.3% |
|
|
|
|
| R5 - Portuguese studies |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
| R6 - Scandinavian studies |
70 |
|
|
|
|
|
| R7 - Russian and East European studies |
454 |
-20.5% |
|
|
|
|
| R8 - European studies |
589 |
23.5% |
2 |
|
0 |
|
| R9 - Others in European Langs,Lit and related |
5,400 |
14.7% |
|
|
|
|
| RR - Combinations within European Langs, Lit and related |
9,939 |
-9.9% |
|
|
|
|
| T1 - Chinese studies |
897 |
8.5% |
|
|
|
|
| T2 - Japanese studies |
1,728 |
0.6% |
|
|
|
|
| T3 - South Asian studies |
136 |
|
|
|
|
|
| T4 - Other Asian studies |
143 |
|
|
|
|
|
| T5 - African studies |
123 |
|
|
|
|
|
| T6 - Modern Middle-Eastern studies |
570 |
-23.5% |
|
|
|
|
| T7 - American studies |
2,926 |
1.4% |
|
|
|
|
| T9 - Others in non-European Langs & related |
1,605 |
-1.1% |
|
|
|
|
| TT - Combinations within non-European Langs & related |
299 |
|
|
|
|
|
| V1 - History by Period |
50,448 |
0.5% |
8 |
|
2 |
|
| V2 - History by Area |
633 |
31.9% |
|
|
|
|
| V3 - History by Topic |
6,916 |
-4.8% |
19 |
|
|
|
| V4 - Archaeology |
2,447 |
-6.2% |
18 |
|
0 |
|
| V5 - Philosophy |
9,566 |
-3.6% |
|
|
|
|
| V6 - Theology and Religious studies |
5,672 |
-4.8% |
40 |
|
19 |
|
| V9 - Others in Hist & Philosophical studies |
604 |
12.9% |
|
|
|
|
| VV - Combinations within Hist & Philosophical studies |
6,917 |
-8.0% |
22 |
|
0 |
|
| W0 - Creative Arts & Design: any area |
328 |
|
|
|
|
|
| W1 - Fine Art |
28,455 |
10.5% |
708 |
-6.8% |
107 |
|
| W2 - Design studies |
101,675 |
5.7% |
6,638 |
2.4% |
828 |
14.0% |
| W3 - Music |
26,651 |
5.5% |
2,294 |
-1.1% |
327 |
|
| W4 - Drama |
49,486 |
0.4% |
3,240 |
4.3% |
1,314 |
6.4% |
| W5 - Dance |
8,950 |
4.4% |
517 |
31.6% |
195 |
|
| W6 - Cinematics and Photography |
39,822 |
9.7% |
4,273 |
-6.8% |
401 |
|
| W7 - Crafts |
1,935 |
-1.1% |
296 |
|
27 |
|
| W8 - Imaginative Writing |
3,787 |
8.2% |
25 |
|
0 |
|
| W9 - Others in Creative Arts and Design |
2,178 |
41.2% |
627 |
0.6% |
14 |
|
| WW - Combinations within Creative Arts and Design |
15,671 |
4.1% |
1,833 |
4.3% |
142 |
|
| X1 - Training Teachers |
54,536 |
3.5% |
679 |
6.3% |
76 |
|
| X2 - Research and Study Skills in Education |
64 |
|
34 |
|
|
|
| X3 - Academic studies in Education |
34,443 |
16.1% |
2,321 |
26.8% |
81 |
|
| X9 - Others in Education |
169 |
|
281 |
|
|
|
| XX - Combinations within Education |
2,222 |
1.6% |
266 |
|
|
|
| Y Combs of arts/humanities |
20,172 |
-0.2% |
382 |
|
1 |
|
| Y Combs of engin/tech/building studies |
934 |
-10.8% |
28 |
|
10 |
|
| Y Combs of engineering/technology |
1,782 |
15.7% |
27 |
|
|
|
| Y Combs of languages |
9,015 |
-5.3% |
|
|
|
|
| Y Combs of languages with arts/humanities |
40,857 |
-2.0% |
|
|
13 |
|
| Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences |
18,495 |
9.0% |
1,262 |
7.6% |
113 |
|
| Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences with phys/math sciences |
5,916 |
-1.9% |
93 |
|
54 |
|
| Y Combs of phys/math science with arts/humanities/languages |
11,203 |
-3.1% |
660 |
8.2% |
128 |
|
| Y Combs of phys/math science with social studies/bus/law |
17,559 |
-11.3% |
278 |
-46.3% |
18 |
|
| Y Combs of phys/math sciences |
3,986 |
1.4% |
|
|
73 |
|
| Y Combs of science/engineering with arts/humanities/languages |
38,765 |
-0.3% |
5,798 |
-0.7% |
266 |
|
| Y Combs of science/engineering with social studies/bus/law |
27,678 |
-5.5% |
1,048 |
-17.7% |
144 |
|
| Y Combs of sciences with engineering/technology |
6,916 |
-0.7% |
232 |
|
42 |
|
| Y Combs of soc studies/law |
13,915 |
6.1% |
316 |
|
4 |
|
| Y Combs of soc studies/law with business |
20,074 |
-7.5% |
104 |
|
3 |
|
| Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with arts/humanities |
47,846 |
-3.5% |
2,308 |
3.5% |
122 |
|
| Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with languages |
13,892 |
-2.7% |
|
|
0 |
|
| Z Combs of 3 subjects, or other general courses |
15,880 |
-6.7% |
54 |
|
125 |
|
| Z Other courses not elsewhere classified |
146 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
| Total |
2,667,376 |
6.0% |
86,170 |
5.9% |
94,263 |
-24.2% |