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Bill Rammell: Information showing the final numbers of applicants who applied for entry in autumn 2006 are shown in the tables. The figures are taken from data collected by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) which are limited to students who apply to full-time undergraduate courses via the UCAS application system. The figures do not therefore cover part-time students, nor those full-time students who apply directly to Higher Education Institutions. Comparable data for students applying for autumn 2007 entry will not be available until January 2008, but early figures published by UCAS show that, by January 15, applicants from England had risen by 7.1 per cent. to 291,000, which is the highest ever number of applicants at this point in the application cycle.

Applicants from England to UCAS by subject group and gender—autumn 2006 entry
Men Women Total

Medicine and Dentistry

6,634

8,047

14,681

Subjects allied to medicine

6,523

23,919

30,442

Biological Sciences

10,808

15,538

26,346

Veterinary science and related

932

2,334

3,266

Physical sciences

6,776

4,135

10,911

Mathematics and Computer studies

14,044

3,533

17,577

Engineering

9,775

962

10,737

Technologies

893

195

1,088

Architecture, Building and Planning

4,085

1,447

5,532

Social Studies

9,354

16,176

25,530

Law

5,156

8,944

14,100

Business and Administrative Studies

17,376

15,135

32,511

Mass Communication and documentation

3,180

4,090

7,270

Linguistics, Classics and related

3,072

7,301

10,373

European Languages and related

1,025

2,460

3,485

Non European languages and related

436

547

983

History and philosophical studies

6,050

5,981

12,031

Creative art and design

17,100

27,291

44,391

Education

1,560

11,496

13,056

Combined courses

9,640

14,200

23,840

No preferred subject group

25,203

24,714

49,917

Total

159,622

198,445

358,067

Source:
UCAS


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Applicants from England to UCAS by subject group and ethnic group—autumn 2006 entry
White Asian Black Mixed Other NK( 1) Total

Medicine and Dentistry

7,887

4,624

896

532

447

295

14,681

Subjects allied to medicine

21,252

4,564

3,025

690

435

476

30,442

Biological Sciences

21,898

1,803

1,268

841

244

292

26,346

Veterinary science and related

3,124

40

20

52

5

25

3,266

Physical sciences

9,727

529

156

259

71

169

10,911

Mathematics and Computer studies

11,521

3,664

1,295

533

276

288

17,577

Engineering

7,604

1,500

955

278

204

196

10,737

Technologies

958

33

49

26

7

15

1,088

Architecture, Building and Planning

4,194

684

316

164

98

76

5,532

Social Studies

17,828

2,574

3,499

904

276

449

25,530

Law

8,783

3,021

1,305

519

259

213

14,100

Business and Administrative Studies

20,618

6,649

3,197

1,024

554

469

32,511

Mass Communication and documentation

5,888

436

480

284

87

95

7,270

Linguistics, Classics and related

9,061

535

162

349

83

183

10,373

European Languages and related

3,140

75

71

108

38

53

3,485

Non European languages and related

805

62

21

51

19

25

983

History and philosophical studies

10,937

334

143

310

85

222

12,031

Creative art and design

38,000

1,863

1,793

1,657

433

645

44,391

Education

11,457

878

336

227

74

84

13,056

Combined courses

19,715

1,704

1,040

757

209

415

23,840

No preferred subject group

26,205

4,313

3484

1,405

593

13,917

49,917

Total

260,602

39,885

23,511

10,970

4,497

18,602

358,067

(1 )NK = applicants whose ethnicity is not known.
Source:
UCAS.

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