2013-2014 Undergraduate Admissions Statistics

Below are summaries of the numbers of undergraduate applications made through UCAS during the 2013/14 entry admissions cycle. These applications were for
immediate entry in 2013 or for deferred entry in 2014.
Figures in each table are given for:

Applications: the total number of applications;

Offers: the number of offers;
Acceptances: the number of applicants who firmly accepted an unconditional offer (UF) and were expected to enter the University; and
Offer Rate: the percentage chance of an offer being made against an application i.e. 100 x (Offers / Applications)

Table 1: Total applications for immediate entry in 2013 or deferred entry in 2014 to the University and to each College.
College
Humanities & Social Science
Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
Science & Engineering
UNIVERSITY

Applications
32,943
4,813
13,142
50,898

Offers
10,288
959
7,717
18,964

Acceptances
3,292
452
1,683
5,427

Offer
Rate
31.2%
19.9%
58.7%
37.3%

Table 2: Applications by subject area for applicants eligible for 'home' fees
College
School
Humanities and Social Science
Business School

Subject area
Business Studies

Edinburgh College of Art

Architecture
Art
Design
Fine Art
History of Art
History of Art Joint
Landscape Architecture
Music

Applications
27,658
2,320

Offers
7,090
436

Acceptances
2,568
166

Offer Rate
25.6%
18.8%

6,758
992
1,215
3,063
428
284
102
101
573

1,006
212
153
248
35
123
39
67
129

437
76
81
145
21
43
12
23
36

14.9%
21.4%
12.6%
8.1%
8.2%
43.3%
38.2%
66.3%
22.5%

2,650
54
535
1,225
323
513

757
27
175
285
98
172

318
18
100
117
29
54

28.6%
50.0%
32.7%
23.3%
30.3%
33.5%

327

235

74

71.9%

1,576

364

124

23.1%

809

71

33

8.8%

Archaeology
Classics
Economic & Social History
History
History Joint
History & Politics
Scottish History

2,274
130
508
116
1,028
188
274
30

933
53
247
60
421
48
84
20

290
22
64
20
126
18
29
10

41.0%
40.8%
48.6%
51.7%
41.0%
25.5%
30.7%
66.7%

Law

1,492

320

163

21.4%

Asian Studies
Celtic
English Literature
English Literature Joint
French
German
Islamic Studies
Italian
Modern European Languages
Modern European Languages & European Union Studies
Portuguese
Russian
Scandinavian Studies
Scottish Ethnology
Scottish Literature

3,980
378
41
1,008
320
490
156
183
84
652
182
11
71
67
27
16

1,383
124
8
239
99
192
90
85
49
225
65
<5
33
17
11
10

440
41
5
69
47
70
28
21
23
43
20
<5
11
9
<5
<5

34.7%
32.8%
19.5%
23.7%
30.9%
39.2%
57.7%
46.4%
58.3%
34.5%
35.7%
46.5%
25.4%
40.7%
65.2%

Moray House School of Education

Community Education
Physical Education
Primary Education
Sport and Recreation Management
Sport Science
School of Divinity

Divinity

School of Economics

Economics

School of Health in Social Science

Nursing

School of History, Classics and Archaeology

School of Law
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

Spanish

294

134

44

45.6%

Cognitive Science
English Language
English Language & Linguistics
English Language & Literature
Linguistics
Philosophy
Philosophy & English Literature
Philosophy Joint
Philosophy & Politics
Philosophy & Psychology
Psychology BSc
Psychology MA

2,818
47
137
56
200
137
267
126
154
125
93
613
863

939
16
65
23
52
75
108
42
73
57
37
88
297

286
8
27
8
14
25
32
19
23
26
8
20
76

33.3%
34.0%
47.4%
41.1%
26.0%
54.7%
40.4%
33.3%
51.3%
45.6%
39.8%
14.4%
34.4%

International Relations
Politics
Social Anthropology
Social Policy
Social Work
Sociology
Sustainable Development

2,653
855
437
376
154
333
414
84

646
116
119
167
47
51
108
38

237
47
45
47
26
20
39
13

24.3%
13.6%
27.2%
44.4%
30.5%
15.3%
26.1%
45.2%

Medicine

3,871
2,068

614
301

322
199

15.9%
14.6%

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

Veterinary Medicine

1,013

118

73

11.6%

School of Biomedical Sciences

Medical Sciences

629

179

40

28.5%

School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health

Oral Health Sciences

161

16

10

9.9%

10,521
2,358

5,685
1,543

1,412
385

54.0%
65.4%

822

526

126

64.0%

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Science

School of Social and Political Science

Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Science & Engineering

School of Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

School of Chemistry

Chemistry

Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Engineering General
Mechanical Engineering

2,597
570
392
472
198
965

1,218
325
217
261
89
326

271
78
46
67
16
64

46.9%
57.0%
55.4%
55.3%
44.9%
33.8%

Ecological Sciences
Geography BSc
Geography MA
Geology and Geophysics

1,766
155
290
762
559

767
110
131
202
324

220
37
32
65
86

43.4%
71.0%
45.2%
26.5%
58.0%

School of Informatics

Informatics

1,009

498

132

49.4%

School of Mathematics

Mathematics

854

531

118

62.2%

School of Physics and Astronomy

Physics

1,115

602

160

54.0%

Applications

Offers

Acceptances

Offer Rate

389

33

18

8.5%

School of Engineering

School of Geosciences

Table 3: Applications to Medicine from international full fee applicants

College
School
Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

Subject area

Medicine

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The figures above are final end-of-cycle figures from a snapshot taken on 1 October 2013.
All figures refer to numbers of applications, not numbers of applicants. An applicant may make more than one application to the University via UCAS.
Where there are 5 or fewer applications, offers or accepts this is indicated as "<6".
"Home" fee students: This includes students who qualify for the SEU and the RUK fee rates. There are a limited number of SEU fee rate places funded by the Scottish
Government for students from Scotland and other European Union countries and there is competition for these places on popular programmes.
International students: applicants who meet or are predicted to meet the minimum entry requirements are likely to be made an offer for all programmes, with the
exception of Medicine. The number of medicine places for international students is limited by UK Government restrictions to 7 percent of the total medicine entrants.
Consequently, international entry to medicine is also extremely competitive.

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