Applications and acceptances by course, 2012 entry: all domiciles
The table below shows the number of applications and acceptances for each course for 2012 entry, the success rate (the proportion of applicants who got a place), and the number of applicants per place available. The table is repeated below, organised by success rate.
Applications and acceptances by course, 2012 entry: all domiciles
| |
Applications |
Acceptances |
Success rate (%) |
Applicants per place |
| ARTS |
|
| Ancient & Modern History |
74 |
13 |
17.6 |
5.7 |
| Archaeology and Anthropology |
106 |
23 |
21.7 |
4.6 |
| Classical Archaeology & Ancient History |
85 |
17 |
20.0 |
5.0 |
| Classics |
330 |
127 |
38.5 |
2.6 |
| Classics & English |
29 |
5 |
17.2 |
5.8 |
| Classics & Modern Languages |
33 |
7 |
21.2 |
4.7 |
| Computer Science & Philosophy |
26 |
8 |
30.8 |
3.3 |
| Economics & Management |
1,107 |
94 |
8.5 |
11.8 |
| English |
1,268 |
245 |
19.3 |
5.2 |
| English & Modern Languages |
149 |
17 |
11.4 |
8.8 |
| European & Middle Eastern Languages |
36 |
6 |
16.7 |
6.0 |
| Fine Art |
174 |
21 |
12.1 |
8.3 |
| Geography |
416 |
85 |
20.4 |
4.9 |
| History |
1,012 |
227 |
22.4 |
4.5 |
| History & Economics |
87 |
13 |
14.9 |
6.7 |
| History & English |
86 |
10 |
11.6 |
8.6 |
| History & Modern Languages |
81 |
17 |
21.0 |
4.8 |
| History & Politics |
303 |
46 |
15.2 |
6.6 |
| History of Art |
130 |
14 |
10.8 |
9.3 |
| Law |
1,226 |
187 |
15.3 |
6.6 |
| Law/LSE |
301 |
29 |
9.6 |
10.4 |
| Mathematics & Philosophy |
92 |
19 |
20.7 |
4.8 |
| Modern Languages |
567 |
179 |
31.6 |
3.2 |
| Modern Languages & Linguistics |
77 |
25 |
32.5 |
3.1 |
| Music |
218 |
76 |
34.9 |
2.9 |
| Oriental Studies |
159 |
41 |
25.8 |
3.9 |
| Philosophy & Modern Languages |
64 |
18 |
28.1 |
3.6 |
| Philosophy & Theology |
92 |
24 |
26.1 |
3.8 |
| Physics & Philosophy |
123 |
18 |
14.6 |
6.8 |
| PPE |
1,726 |
260 |
15.1 |
6.6 |
| Theology |
105 |
40 |
38.1 |
2.6 |
| Theology & Oriental Studies |
8 |
1 |
12.5 |
8.0 |
| TOTAL ARTS |
10,290 |
1,912 |
18.6 |
5.4 |
| SCIENCES |
|
| Biochemistry |
386 |
101 |
26.2 |
3.8 |
| Biological Sciences |
390 |
108 |
27.7 |
3.6 |
| Biomedical Sciences |
213 |
33 |
15.5 |
6.5 |
| Chemistry |
546 |
181 |
33.2 |
3.0 |
| Computer Science |
139 |
25 |
18.0 |
5.6 |
| Earth Sciences |
154 |
34 |
22.1 |
4.5 |
| Engineering Science |
666 |
156 |
23.4 |
4.3 |
| EEM |
106 |
9 |
8.5 |
11.8 |
| Experimental Psychology |
327 |
64 |
19.6 |
5.1 |
| Human Sciences |
135 |
28 |
20.7 |
4.8 |
| Materials Science (inc. MEM) |
133 |
36 |
27.1 |
3.7 |
| Mathematics |
950 |
172 |
18.1 |
5.5 |
| Mathematics & Computer Science |
117 |
24 |
20.5 |
4.9 |
| Mathematics & Statistics |
160 |
13 |
8.1 |
12.3 |
| Medicine |
1,511 |
155 |
10.3 |
9.7 |
| Physics |
916 |
167 |
18.2 |
5.5 |
| Psychology & Philosophy |
102 |
15 |
14.7 |
6.8 |
| TOTAL SCIENCES |
6,951 |
1,321 |
19.0 |
5.3 |
| TOTAL |
17,241 |
3,233 |
18.8 |
5.3 |
The five large courses (over 70 places) with the lowest success rates (i.e. the highest number of applicants competing for each place available) are (lowest success rate first):
Economics & Management
Medicine
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Law
Mathematics
The five large courses (over 70 places) with the highest success rates (i.e. the lowest number of applicants competing for each place available) are (highest success rate first):
Classics
Music
Chemistry
Modern Languages
Biological Sciences
Shortlisting for interview
The table below shows the proportion of applicants for each course that were shortlisted for interview over the last three years.
Applicants shortlisted for interview by course, 2010–12
| |
2012 |
2011 |
2010 |
| Shortlisted (%) |
Shortlisted (%) |
Shortlisted (%) |
| ARTS | |
|
| Ancient & Modern History |
59.5 |
68.0 |
73.2 |
| Archaeology/Anthropology |
62.3 |
82.6 |
88.0 |
| Classical Arch & Ancient History |
87.1 |
89.7 |
92.6 |
| Classics |
96.1 |
95.9 |
96.6 |
| Classics & English |
79.3 |
91.9 |
82.4 |
| Classics & Modern Languages |
93.9 |
91.9 |
96.8 |
| Computer Science & Philosophy |
61.5 |
- |
- |
| Economics & Management |
29.2 |
29.8 |
34.0 |
| English |
63.2 |
66.6 |
66.4 |
| English & Modern Languages |
68.5 |
68.9 |
65.8 |
| European & Mid Eastern Languages |
75.0 |
79.7 |
84.2 |
| Fine Art |
25.9 |
25.5 |
32.9 |
| Geography |
77.6 |
92.4 |
96.1 |
| History |
70.1 |
70.7 |
73.1 |
| History & Economics |
48.3 |
56.5 |
56.8 |
| History & English |
55.8 |
60.2 |
68.5 |
| History & Modern Languages |
70.4 |
76.3 |
71.4 |
| History & Politics |
54.5 |
57.8 |
63.2 |
| History of Art |
33.8 |
41.3 |
47.7 |
| Law |
48.1 |
40.1 |
53.0 |
| Law/LSE |
42.9 |
46.5 |
46.6 |
| Mathematics & Philosophy |
52.2 |
48.5 |
56.2 |
| Modern Languages |
87.8 |
90.3 |
90.2 |
| Modern Languages & Linguistics |
84.4 |
92.5 |
85.9 |
| Music |
94.5 |
85.3 |
90.4 |
| Oriental Studies |
88.1 |
86.2 |
81.5 |
| Philosophy & Modern Languages |
87.5 |
80.0 |
85.4 |
| Philosophy & Theology |
90.2 |
81.1 |
78.2 |
| Physics & Philosophy |
44.7 |
45.7 |
43.8 |
| PPE |
45.8 |
45.9 |
48.6 |
| Theology |
91.4 |
80.2 |
88.2 |
| Theology & Oriental Studies |
50.0 |
83.3 |
85.7 |
| ARTS OVERALL |
58.5 |
58.9 |
62.5 |
| SCIENCES | |
|
| Biochemistry |
83.9 |
83.3 |
94.8 |
| Biological Sciences |
80.3 |
73.5 |
82.7 |
| Biomedical Sciences |
56.8 |
59.1 |
- |
| Chemistry |
95.4 |
96.2 |
97.2 |
| Computer Science |
59.0 |
52.3 |
52.4 |
| Earth Science |
85.1 |
90.4 |
92.6 |
| Engineering Science |
65.6 |
57.8 |
61.7 |
| EEM |
45.3 |
45.4 |
46.0 |
| Experimental Psychology |
53.5 |
57.5 |
55.1 |
| Human Sciences |
85.9 |
92.8 |
92.5 |
| Materials Science |
69.2 |
73.8 |
75.2 |
| Mathematics |
51.4 |
51.7 |
59.8 |
| Mathematics & Statistics |
60.0
|
56.7 |
72.0 |
| Mathematics & Computer Science |
56.4 |
66.3 |
72.5 |
| Medicine |
28.5 |
30.1 |
31.4 |
| Physics |
48.7 |
49.3 |
51.2 |
| Psychology & Philosophy # |
56.9 |
55.0 |
59.8 |
| SCIENCE OVERALL |
56.7 |
56.7 |
60.6 |
| TOTAL |
57.8 |
58.0 |
61.7 |
# Data from previous years includes Physiology & Psychology and Physiology & Philosophy applicants.
This data is obtained by subtracting the number of people not short-listed in November from the total number of applicants.
