Overall Numbers, including Domicile

Overall numbers

• The number of students admitted in 2022 was 3,271, in line with pre-pandemic levels.
• The number of applications dropped slightly in 2022, though remain above pre-pandemic levels.
• Applications have increased by over 10% since 2018.

Overall applications to Oxford, offers made and students admitted, all domiciles, 2018–2022

Courses with the highest number of applicants per place (all domiciles, three-year total 2020–2022)

*Philosophy, Politics and Economics
**Including Law/Law with Studies in Europe 

A-level grade profile of UK-domiciled students applying to, receiving offers from and being admitted to Oxford (2022 UK intake)

(A-level bands are based on results data obtained from UCAS and include results from the 2022 and 2021 examination rounds. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking, and candidates with fewer than three A-level results.)

• While three A grades is Oxford’s minimum standard offer for candidates taking A-levels, many courses – particularly in the sciences – require at least one A* grade.
• More than 66.9% of applicants and almost 91.2% of admitted students were awarded A*AA or better at A-level.
• 60.8% of admitted students achieved three A* grades or better at A-level.

Breakdown by Domicile

• Since 2018, applications from UK students and non-EU students have risen, and applications from EU students have fallen.
• UK-domiciled applicants are substantially more likely to receive an offer of a place to study at Oxford than students from outside the UK.
• Since 2018, the proportion of students admitted who are from the UK has risen to 79.4% from 77.6%, whilst the proportion from non-EU countries has increased to 16.8% from 14.1%.
• The proportion of students who applied from the EU fell to 7.5% in 2022 from 12.5% in 2018.
• Oxford does not operate quotas or targets around the nationality or domicile of students admitted to the University. The exception is Medicine, which is subject to a government restriction on the number of students with international fee status who can be admitted each year.
• The highest number of overseas applications and admitted students was from the People’s Republic of China.

Overall applications to Oxford, offers made and students admitted by area of domicile, 2018–2022

Countries with the highest number of applications and students admitted to Oxford, three-year total 2020–2022

Context

UK universities by domicile of students

*Most recent available national data covers 2020 intake: defined as first-year, first-degree, undergraduate students, academic year 2020/21. Excludes those of unknown domicile. See note on HESA data for full citation.