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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
|
| 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
|
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|
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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