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Undergraduate admissions statistics: Nationality and domicile

  • For entry 2012, 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.
  • For entry 2012, 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.
  • 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 8,000 students out of 20,000 - are citizens of foreign countries: 16% 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

 20122011
 ApplicationsAcceptancesSuccess rate (%)ApplicationsAcceptancesSuccess rate (%)
UK11,8322,69522.812,1072,66122.0
EU, not UK1,9391899.71,95721310.9
Outside EU3,47034910.13,2793129.5
Grand Total17,2413,23318.817,3433,18618.4

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 2012

  Nationality Domicile
  Apps Acceptances Apps Acceptances
   No SR%   No SR%
China 562 91 16.2 503 80 15.9
United States 389 34 8.7 428 34 7.9
Singapore 321 44 13.7 386 59 15.3
Hong Kong 161 18 11.2 379 45 11.9
Canada 203 10 4.9 181 3 1.7
Malaysia 176 20 11.4 171 20 11.7
India 183 15 8.2 154 14 9.1
Pakistan 135 2 1.5 129 1 0.8
South Korea 147 14 9.5 128 16 12.5
Australia 106 17 16.0 109 18 16.5
Switzerland 25 1 4.0 78 6 7.7
Norway 38 3 7.9 46 3 6.5
Russia 42 3 7.1 43 4 9.3
Thailand 31 2 6.5 41 4 9.8
United Arab Emirates 2 0 0.0 37 2 5.4
Nigeria 34 1 2.9 33 1 3.0
Kenya 22 0 0.0 32 1 3.1
Indonesia 36 3 8.3 32 3 9.4
Vietnam 31 3 9.7 31 2 6.5
Turkey 26 2 7.7 27 2 7.4
Sub-total 2,670 283 10.6 2,968 318 10.7
Others 800 66 8.3 502 31 6.2
Total 3,470 349 10.1 3,470 349 10.1

Listed using top 20 countries by domicile.

EU applications, offers and acceptances by Nationality & Domicile for October 2012

  Nationality Domicile
  Apps Acceptances Apps Acceptances
   No SR%   No SR%
Aland Islands  0  0  0 1  0 0.0
Austria 52 5 9.6 55 6 10.9
Belgium 34 1 2.9 81 4 4.9
Bulgaria 66 7 10.6 64 8 12.5
Cyprus 21 2 9.5 29 3 10.3
Czech Republic 39 5 12.8 50 4 8.0
Denmark 40 4 10.0 42 4 9.5
Estonia 16  0 0.0 16  0 0.0
Finland 30 2 6.7 27 2 7.4
France 151 13 8.6 205 20 9.8
Germany 326 43 13.2 343 42 12.2
Gibraltar 2  0 0.0 7 2 28.6
Greece 35 4 11.4 40 4 10.0
Hungary 24 1 4.2 27 1 3.7
Italy 160 3 1.9 173 5 2.9
Latvia 9 1 11.1 11 1 9.1
Lithuania 22 1 4.5 21 1 4.8
Luxembourg 4  0 0.0 21 4 19.0
Malta 2  0 0.0 4  0 0.0
Netherlands 78 15 19.2 82 16 19.5
Poland 170 17 10.0 171 18 10.5
Portugal 30 2 6.7 35 2 5.7
Republic of Ireland 85 4 4.7 80 3 3.8
Reunion  0 0
 0 1  0 0.0
Romania 100 10 10.0 100 10 10.0
Slovakia 38 2 5.3 35 2 5.7
Slovenia 9 2 22.2 9 2 22.2
Spain 76 9 11.8 97 14 14.4
Sweden 111 13 11.7 112 11 9.8
Sub-total 1,730 166 9.6 1,939 189 9.7
Others 209 23 11.0 0 0  0.0
Total 1,939 189 9.7 1,939 189 9.7

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