Undergraduate Admissions Statistics 2009 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.

The data in the tables refers to candidates who applied in October 2008, irrespective of the year for which they were seeking admission. It does not include candidates holding deferred offers from the 2007 exercise.

More than 15,000 people applied to Oxford for 2009 entry (this number has climbed to more than 17,000 for 2010 and 2011 entry). Oxford has 3,200 places.

Nearly 36,000 people achieve AAA at A-level nationally. The number of A grades at A-level has grown by around 73% in 10 years. Applications to Oxford have increased by 84% in the last 10 years.
[Source: UCAS; Department of Education; Oxford University data]

All Oxford colleges are 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 2008 was 15,277. This was an increase of 14.1 per cent over the corresponding figure of 13,388 in December 2007 and was at that time the largest number ever recorded.
• The total number of acceptances was 3,202. This 3,202 includes 168 places for deferred entry in October 2010.
• 10,523 applications (68.9%) came from those with UK nationality; 1,903 (12.5%) from those with EU (non-UK) nationality, and 2,851(18.7%) from those with non-EU nationality.
• 2,671(83.4%) of acceptances went to those with UK nationality; 226 (7.1%) to those with EU (non-UK) nationality, and 305 (9.5%) to those with non-EU nationality.
• Of UK students attending maintained or independent schools or colleges in the UK, 53.9% of places went to applicants from the state (maintained) sector and 46.1% to applicants from the independent sector.
• For all candidates of all domiciles, 46.3% of places went to those from the state (maintained) sector, 42.1% to the independent sector, and 11.6% to ‘other’ (e.g. individual applicants and those applying from overseas).