The applicant picture.
Explore main-scheme applicants, offers and acceptances by university.
Five UCAS application cycles, drawn from UCAS's published end-of-cycle data.
UCAS END-OF-CYCLE DATACycles 2021–20252025 end-of-cycle release
Before interpreting trends · Figures are by UCAS application cycle, not entry year, and acceptances include deferred entry. Applicants are counted once per university, so they cannot be added across universities. Applications are not enrolments or local bed demand.
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UNIVERSITY VIEW
Five-cycle trends
Per university only · counts rounded by UCAS to the nearest 5
Main-scheme applicants
Applicants in the UCAS main scheme
Main-scheme applicants
Accepted applicants
Main-scheme accepted and all-route accepted, shown separately
Accepted applicants (all routes, incl. Clearing and RPA)Main-scheme accepted
Rates
Not shown for groups under 100 main-scheme applicants
Main-scheme offer rate (UCAS)Main-scheme acceptance rate (calculated by PBSAintel)
View underlying values
| Cycle | Main-scheme applicants | Main-scheme applications (up to 5 per applicant) | Main-scheme offers | Main-scheme offer rate (UCAS) | Main-scheme accepted | Main-scheme acceptance rate (calculated by PBSAintel) | Accepted applicants (all routes, incl. Clearing and RPA) |
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READ THE DATA CORRECTLY
Context behind the numbers.
Cycles, not entry years. A cycle runs from the main scheme opening in September to the end of Clearing the following autumn. Acceptances include applicants placed for deferred entry into the following academic year.
Main-scheme measures. UCAS defines the main scheme as its undergraduate scheme in which an applicant can make up to five course choices, open from September to 30 June. Main-scheme applicants and applications come from UCAS's "Main scheme application" rows. UCAS's offer rate is the proportion of main-scheme applications that received an offer, shown as published.
Main-scheme acceptance rate (calculated by PBSAintel). Main-scheme accepted applicants divided by main-scheme applicants, both from the same UCAS "Main scheme application" rows. It measures acceptances, not enrolments, and is not calculated for groups under 100 applicants ("not shown (small group)"). UCAS's own technical notes calculate an acceptance rate only for groups of at least 10 applicants; PBSAintel uses a stricter threshold of 100.
Accepted applicants (all routes). UCAS's "All" rows, which include applicants who went directly to Clearing and records of prior acceptance (RPAs: applicants already holding an accepted offer before entering UCAS). Route categories overlap, so this page never adds main-scheme and other-route rows together.
Rounding and gaps. Counts are shown as published, rounded to the nearest 5. A blank UCAS rate is shown as "not published", not as zero. Missing cycles are never filled.
Domicile, not nationality. Domicile is the declared area of permanent residence. UCAS provider data has no named-country detail. For China and other named countries, see Enrolments (HESA).
Definitions are paraphrased from UCAS, Technical notes and definitions (2025 end-of-cycle release). Figures stay per university: no market or cross-university totals are shown.