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Acceptances from UK domiciled pupils known to be in socio-economic classes 4-7 to Russell Group and Non-Russell Group( 1) Institutions in the UK by subject of study: year of entry 2002 - 06
	Year of entry
Subject of study	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Physics
Number
at Russell Group Institutions	321	289	287	301	280
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	265	251	204	235	234
Total	586	540	491	536	514
Percentage
at Russell Group Institutions	54.8	53.5	58.5	56.2	54.5
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	45.2	46.5	41.5	43.8	45.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Chemistry
Number
at Russell Group Institutions	301	299	315	344	338
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	435	405	358	399	383
Total	736	704	673	743	721
Percentage
at Russell Group Institutions	40.9	42.5	46.8	46.3	46.9
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	59.1	57.5	53.2	53.7	53.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry( 2)
Number
at Russell Group Institutions	228	199	183	197	191
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	171	190	213	217	218
Total	399	389	396	414	409
Percentage
at Russell Group Institutions	57.1	51.2	46.2	47.6	46.7
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	42.9	48.8	53.8	52.4	53.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Psychology
Number
at Russell Group Institutions	431	385	379	405	384
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	2,235	2,523	2,446	2,725	2,557
Total	2,666	2,908	2,825	3,130	2,941
Percentage
at Russell Group Institutions	16.2	13.2	13.4	12.9	13.1
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	83.8	86.8	86.6	87.1	86.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Sports Science
Number
at Russell Group Institutions	38	42	40	46	30
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	1,910	2,126	2,141	2,471	2,420
Total	7,948	2,168	2,181	2,517	2,450
Percentage
at Russell Group Institutions	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.2
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	98.0	98.1	98.2	98.2	98.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Biological Sciences Excluding Biochemistry
Number
at Russell Group Institutions	632	601	552	542	469
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	1,209	1,192	1,114	1,130	964
Total	1,841	1,793	1,666	1,672	1,433
Percentage
at Russell Group Institutions	34.3	33.5	33.1	32.4	32.7
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	65.7	66.5	66.9	67.6	67.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Other Science Subjects
Number
at Russell Group Institutions	4,770	4,870	4,861	5,060	4,833
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	19,651	19,176	18,595	19,487	17,998
Total	24,421	24,046	23,456	24,547	22,831
Percentage
at Russell Group Institutions	19.5	20.3	20.7	20.6	21.2
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)	80.5	79.7	79.3	79.4	78.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
(1) Includes all other HE and FE institutions covered by the UCAS application system, other than Russell-Group institutions. (2 )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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