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Institution (HE)

UCAS membership is limited to universities and colleges offering higher education courses, and extends to all UK universities (except the OU), most colleges of higher education and a number of colleges of further education. UCAS membership varies from year to year and changes in membership may skew statistics. Usually presented by individual HE institution (Institution name/Institution code) or the region of the university or college (Institution region). (Institution order can be used in the Annual Datasets to order the institutions as for published reports.)

Due to reasons of confidentiality, data available on individual HE institutions is limited. More detailed application and accepted applicant data is sometimes available by Institution region.

Institution (HE) region

HE region shows the Government Office Region in which the university or college is located. (Labelled Institution region in Annual Datasets.)

Before 1998 entry, UCAS presented regional data by Standard Statistical Region, which is not directly comparable with Government Office Region (GOR). Regions most affected by the change include the North (now divided into the North East and North West regions) and the North West (which has been expanded to include the county of Cumbria, formerly in the North). Merseyside, which was previously included in the North West, is now listed independently. East Anglia was redefined and expanded as the Eastern region, including Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Consequently, the South East region became substantially smaller.