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Undergraduate admissions statistics: Nationality and domicile

  • For entry 2011, 12,107 applications (69.8%) came from those with UK nationality; 1,957 (11.3%) from those with EU (non-UK) nationality, and 3,279 (18.9%) from those with non-EU nationality.
  • For entry 2011, 2,661 (83.5%) of acceptances went to those with UK nationality; 213 (6.7%) to those with EU (non-UK) nationality, and 312 (9.8%) to those with non-EU nationality.
  • Applications from international students have more than doubled over the past ten years.
  • Oxford’s total student body, including postgraduates, has students from over 145 countries and territories.
  • Over a third of Oxford’s total student body (undergraduates and postgraduates across all year groups) - more than 7,500 students out of 20,000 - are citizens of foreign countries: 15% of undergraduates (across all year groups) and 61% of graduate students.
  • 40% of Oxford’s academic staff are citizens of foreign countries, coming from almost 100 different countries and territories.

Applications and acceptances by domicile

 20112010
 ApplicationsAcceptancesSuccess rate (%)ApplicationsAcceptancesSuccess rate (%)
UK12,1072,66122.012,3332,66421.6
EU, not UK1,95721310.91,90619010.0
Outside UK3,2793129.52,90530010.3
Grand Total17,3433,18618.417,1443,15418.4

Candidates outside the UK

The tables below give information about candidates outside of the UK; both those within the EU, and those outside the EU.

Figures are given by both nationality and domicile.

Non-EU applications, offers and acceptances by Nationality & Domicile for October 2011

  Nationality Domicile
  Apps Acceptances Apps Acceptances
   No SR%   No SR%
China 663 69 10.4 577 66 11.4
United States 413 46 11.1 422 45 10.7
Singapore 303 44 14.5 348 47 13.5
Hong Kong 133 12 9.0 296 33 11.1
Canada 162 8 4.9 163 9 5.5
Pakistan 174 10 5.7 161 10 6.2
India 210 16 7.6 138 8 5.8
Malaysia 140 13 9.3 128 11 8.6
South Korea 173 13 7.5 125 12 9.6
Australia 98 19 19.4 72 16 22.2
Switzerland 25 4 16.0 64 6 9.4
Norway 60 6 10.0 62 5 8.1
Nigeria 63 4 6.3 52 3 5.8
United Arab Emirates 3 0 0.0 51 3 5.9
Vietnam 40 1 2.5 39 1 2.6
Thailand 34 6 17.6 36 7 19.4
Russia 65 5 7.7 34 0 0.0
Mauritius 25 2 8.0 24 2 8.3
New Zealand 27 4 14.8 24 5 20.8
Sri Lanka 32 0 0.0 24 0 0.0
Sub-total 2,843 282 9.9 2,840 289 10.2
Others 511 34 6.7 439 23 5.2
Total 3,354 316 10.7 3,279 312 9.5

Listed using top 20 countries by domicile

EU applications, offers and acceptances by Nationality & Domicile for October 2011

  Nationality Domicile
  Apps Acceptances Apps Acceptances
   No SR%   No SR%
Austria 50 4 8.0 52 5 9.6
Belgium 51 1 2.0 66 5 7.6
Bulgaria 79 6 7.6 64 6 9.4
Cyprus 21 0 0.0 29 0 0.0
Czech Republic 51 9 17.6 45 8 17.8
Denmark 47 5 10.6 37 5 13.5
Estonia 18 4 22.2 17 4 23.5
Finland 46 9 19.6 34 6 17.6
France 196 20 10.2 175 19 10.9
Germany 462 61 13.2 439 49 11.2
Greece 37 1 2.7 30 2 6.7
Hungary 25 2 8.0 18 2 11.1
Italy 154 14 9.1 132 11 8.3
Latvia 6 0 0.0 6 0 0.0
Lithuania 31 2 6.5 21 2 9.5
Luxemborg 3 1 33.3 16 3 18.8
Malta 3 0 0.0 5 0 0.0
Netherlands 97 11 11.3 81 11 13.6
Poland 216 22 10.2 174 20 11.5
Portugal 40 1 2.5 36 0 0.0
Republic of Ireland 199 22 11.1 124 8 6.5
Romania 108 19 17.6 100 19 19.0
Slovakia 34 4 11.8 28 5 17.9
Slovenia 13 3 23.1 13 3 23.1
Spain 77 8 10.4 95 8 8.4
Sweden 136 14 10.3 120 12 10.0
Total 2,200 243 11.0 1,957 213 10.9

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