Applications to full-time first degree courses via UCAS from applicants aged 1 9-20
STEM subjects
All subjects
Female
Male
Total
Female
Male
Total
Number
1997
82,947
113,259
196,206
269,444
251,571
521,015
1998
82,568
113,227
195,795
280,956
260,525
541,481
1999
85,841
118,197
204,038
285,449
266,680
552,129
2000
83,289
116,665
199,954
267,239
255,220
522,459
2001
80,974
115,532
196,506
263,833
253,292
517,125
Change in subject coding
2002
81,052
110,857
191,909
258,703
247,489
506,192
2003
84,602
111,508
196,110
271,369
256,044
527,413
2004
91,742j
114,601
206,343
288,370
269,287
557,657
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2005
100,333
123,083
223,416
309,161
288,920
598,081
2006
99,383
120,189
219,572
298,240
276,044
574,284
2007
114,491
136,585
251,076
351,204
320,173
671,377
Change in maximum number of applications
2008
103,066
127,449
230,515
323,668
299,086
622,754
Proportion (Percentage)
1997
42
58
100
52
48
100
1998
42
58
100
52
48
100
1999
42
58
100
52
48
100
2000
42
58
100
51
49
100
2001
41
59
100
51
49
100
Change in subject coding
2002
42
58
100
51
49
100
2003
43
57
100
51
49
100
2004
44
56
100 j
52
48
100
2005
45
55
100
52
48
100
2006
45
55
100
52
48
100
2007
46
54
100
52
48
100
2008
45
55
100
52
48
100
Applications to full-time first degree courses vi a UCAS from applicants aged 21 and over
STEM subjects
All subjects
Female
Male
Total
Female
Male
Total
Number
1997
52,840
74,391
127,231
164,446
164,713
329,159
1998
49,028
66,088
115,116
154,752
149,573
304,325
1999
47,101
59,023
106,124
140,777
132,464
273,241
2000
47,679
58,897
106,576
128,568
120,212
248,780
2001
48,626
62,382
111,008
128,884
127,180
256,064
Change in subject coding
2002
53,375
68,034
121,409
137,169
134,977
272,146
2003
62,412
71,698
134,110
147,196
143,446
290,642
2004
69,806
76,350
146,156
160,453
151,392
311,845
2005
79,366
83,897
163,263
184,848
168,530
353,378
2006
79,885
77,808
157,693
186,528
155,813
342,341
2007
82,744
78,876
161,620
198,601
162,190
360,791
Change in maximum number of applications
2008
79,576
74,446
154,022
187,557
152,867
340,424
Proportion (Percentage)
1997
42
58
100
50
50
100
1998
43
57
100
51
49
100
1999
44
56
100
52
48
100
2000
45
55
100
52
48
100
2001
44
56
100
50
50
100
Change in subject coding
2002
44
56
100
50
50
100
2003
47
53
100
51
49
100
2004
48
52
100
51
49
100
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2005
49
51
100
52
48
100
2006
51
49
100
54
46
100
2007
51
49
100
55
45
100
2008
52
48
100
55
45
100
Notes on UCAS application data:
1. In the academic years 1997/98 to 2007/08 each applicant could make up to six choices on their application form; in 2008 this was decreased to five.
2. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects are defined as the following subject groups:
Medicine and Dentistry, Subjects allied to Medicine, Biological Sciences, Vet Science, Agriculture and related, Physical Sciences, Mathematical and Comp Science, Engineering, Technologies, Architecture, Building and Planning, Combined Sciences. The tables above use this definition.
3. From 2002 entry, UCAS switched from using the Standard Academic Classification of Subjects (SCAS) to the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS). Data reported for 2008 entry use JACS2, an updated version of JACS. For further information see: http://www.ucas.ac.uk/he_staff/datamanagement/jacs/jacs20
4. From 2005, the former Social Work Admissions System (SWAS) was incorporated into the main UCAS system, therefore a small number of Social Work Postgraduate courses will be included in the data from 2005 onwards. Source:
UCAS.
