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Applications( 1) from female UK domiciled pupils to Russell Group and non-Russell Group( 2) institutions in the UK by subject of study and type of school( 3)
	Year of entry
Type of school	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
All Maintained( 4) schools (including grammar schools)
Physics
At Russell Group Institutions	1,358	1,333	1,068	1,292	1,384
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	1,071	1,057	785	1,019	916
Total	2,429	2,390	1,853	2,377	2,300
Chemistry
At Russell Group Institutions	2,278	2,149	2,202	2,519	2,920
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	3,245	2,983	3,167	2,831	2,879
Total	5,523	5,732	5,369	5,350	5,799
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry( 5)
At Russell Group Institutions	2,707	2,459	2,388	2,353	2,166
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	2,132	2,014	2,226	2,285	2,123
Total	4,839	4,473	4,614	4,638	4,289
Psychology
At Russell Group Institutions	12,505	13,500	12,455	12,455	12,014
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	32,351	36,437	35,564	39,761	39,204
Total	44,856	49,937	48,019	52,276	57,278
Sports Science
At Russell Group Institutions	288	494	553	572	511
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	10,010	11,274	11,389	12,723	13,313
Total	70,298	11,768	11,942	73,295	73,824
Grammar schools
Physics
At Russell Group Institutions	231	283	193	235	253
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	147	186	98	125	112
Total	378	469	297	360	365
Chemistry
At Russell Group Institutions	362	367	367	440	473
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	210	257	279	284	275
Total	572	624	646	724	748
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry( 5)
At Russell Group Institutions	421	319	354	297	271
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	177	166	199	160	173
Total	598	485	553	457	444
Psychology
At Russell Group Institutions	1,455	1,569	1,546	1,688	1,374
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	2,348	2,443	2,411	2,751	2,371
Total	3,803	4,012	3,957	4,439	3,745
Sports Science
At Russell Group Institutions	9	39	54	52	29
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	348	481	515	549	470
Total	357	520	569	607	499
Independent schools
Physics
At Russell Group Institutions	444	400	320	322	347
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	215	201	151	147	186
Total	659	607	477	469	533
Chemistry
At Russell Group Institutions	509	545	487	623	653
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	269	315	310	334	337
Total	778	860	797	957	990
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry( 5)
At Russell Group Institutions	474	593	565	459	466
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	178	262	257	214	226
Total	652	855	822	673	692
Psychology
At Russell Group Institutions	2,114	2,626	2,318	2,164	1,888
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	2,610	2,846	2,712	2,917	2,578
Total	4,724	5,472	5,030	5,081	4,466
Sports Science
At Russell Group Institutions	45	84	99	138	116
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	701	634	825	936	824
Total	746	718	924	1,074	940
(1) Applicants to UCAS can submit up to six applications, in this table students have been counted once for each application they submit. (2 )Includes all other HE and FE institutions covered by the UCAS application system, other than Russell-Group institutions. (3 )Excludes a small amount of students with an unknown school type. (4 )Maintained sector institutions are comprehensive schools, further/higher education institutions, grammar schools, sixth form centres, sixth form colleges, other maintained institutions and other institutions. (5 )Subject figures for Biochemistry can only be displayed as the overall group Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry. Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)

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