Undergraduate Admissions Statistics: 2012 entry

These tables are produced annually by the Undergraduate Admissions Office of the University of Oxford.

You can find information on various statistics by following the links on the left.

Statistics for previous years can be found by following the link on the right.

The content of these pages has been reproduced in the pdf Undergraduate Admissions Statistics 2012.

The data in the tables refers to candidates who applied in October 2011, irrespective of the year for which they were seeking admission. It does not include candidates holding deferred offers from the 2010 exercise.

More than 17,000 people applied to Oxford for 2012 entry. Oxford has around 3,000 places.

Nearly 45,000 people a year achieved AAA at A-level nationally in 2010. The number of A grades at A-level has grown by over 58% in 10 years. Applications to Oxford have increased by 55% in the last 10 years.
[Source: UCAS; Joint Council for Qualifications; Oxford University data]

Oxford is committed to recruiting the best candidates, irrespective of their age, colour, disability, ethnic origin, marital status, nationality, national origin, parental status, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, social background or educational background.

• The total number of applicants in December 2011 was 17,241. This was an decrease of .5 per cent from the corresponding figure of 17,343 in December 2010.
• The total number of acceptances was 3,233. This 3,233 includes 71 places for deferred entry in October 2013.
• 11,832 applications (68.6%) came from those with UK nationality; 1,939 (11.2%) from those with EU (non-UK) nationality, and 3,470 (20.1%) from those with non-EU nationality.
• 2,695 (83.4%) of acceptances went to those with UK nationality; 189 (5.8%) to those with EU (non-UK) nationality, and 349 (10.8%) to those with non-EU nationality.
• Of UK students attending maintained or independent schools or colleges in the UK, 57.5% of places went to applicants from the state (maintained) sector and 42.5% to applicants from the independent sector.
• For all candidates of all domiciles, 47.0% of places went to those from the state (maintained) sector, 37.5% to the independent sector, and 15.6% to ‘other’ (e.g. individual applicants and those applying from overseas).