Recently, UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) was officially announcedFinal UK undergraduate application data for the 2023 academic yearReport!
Note: UCAS is a public service that provides a unified recruitment service to all universities in the UK. All students who want to apply for an undergraduate in the UK will have to apply to the school through UCAS.
*Derived from UCAS
The report covers UCAS applications filed during the application season from September 2022 to January 2023Number of students, acceptance rate, application overview of each major, and number of offersand other information, which is of great reference significance for future English-book applications.
So, what are the key points we need to focus on in this report?
1. The number of applications and the acceptance rate both declined
01Number of applicants
According to published data, in 2023A total of 752,025 people submitted UK undergraduate applications through UCAS, a decrease of 9,715 or 12%。
*Derived from UCAS
*Derived from UCAS
Of these, 554,465 were admitted, a decrease of 8,710 from the previous year (563,175), and the overall acceptance rate was 737%, also compared to 2022 (73.).9%). The actual enrollment rate is 358%。
02 Number of applications
UCAS received 2,977,020 applications (more than 70,000 fewer than last year) and issued 1,984,115 offers, with an overall offer rate of 666%。
*Derived from UCAS
It is worth mentioningAlthough the total number of applicants is declining, the decline is mainly in the UK, while the number of international students is at a new high
2. The number of international students applying has broken records
In the 2023 application cycle, the total number of international applicants is 152,100, an increase of 2,260 from the previous year, accounting for about 1 5 of the total number of UCAS applicantsIt is the application cycle with the largest number of applicants in the past decade
The increase was mainly due to non-EU students, which reached 128,965 (an increase of 25%), breaking the record again.
*Derived from UCAS
However, instead of increasing the number of international applicants, the number of admissions has decreased. The number of international students admitted in the 2023 application cycle is 71,570, a decrease of 3% from the previous cycleThe number of non-EU students admitted was 61,005, a decrease of 23%。
*Derived from UCAS
The clues can also be seen from the number of offers issued. UK universities received 618,030 applications from international students and issued 341,090 offers, with an overall offer rate of 552%；In the case of a drop in offer rates,The final acceptance rate for international students has also reached the lowest level in the past decade, at only 471%
It can be seen that the competition for international students is still fierce.
3. The admission rate of students from Chinese mainland is 524%
Globally, Chinese mainland students remain the main force of undergraduate applications at UK universities, with a total of 33,195 students applying in the 2023 application cycle (33,660 last year).For three consecutive years, it has exceeded 30,000, accounting for 21 of the total number of international applicants8%
*Derived from UCAS
In the end, 17,405 (18,500 last year) Chinese mainland students were admitted, with an acceptance rate of 524%。
Compared with 2022, the number of students admitted to Chinese mainland and the acceptance rate have decreased. In addition, the student offer rate is 581%, which is lower than the overall offer rate (66.).6%), which is higher than the offer rate of international students (55.).2%）。
4. What are the popular majors?
Judging from the number of applications, the top 5 most popular majors are:Medicine, Business, Social Sciences, Design & Performing Arts, and Computing
*Derived from UCAS
The number of applications for medical majors was 400,145, and 192,215 offers were issued, with an offer rate of about 480％；
The number of applications for business majors was 380,920, and 283,560 offers were issued, with an offer rate of about 744％；
The number of applications for social science majors was 331,675, and 237,070 offers were issued, with an offer rate of about 714％；
The number of applications for the Design and Performing Arts program was 261,785, and 151,510 offers were issued, with an offer rate of about 579％；
The number of applications for computer science majors was 195,205, and 135,210 offers were issued, with an offer rate of about 693％。
Summary
The English application is becoming more and more intense, if you want to hit G5, "Wang Man Aihua" and other famous schools, not onlyIt requires excellent academic Xi and targeted background preparation, as well as a clear choice of institution and the field of expertise
It is recommended that students prepare in advance to make the offer more stable.
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