Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) Statistics, 2005 Entry

It includes information on accepted applicants at Welsh institutions and Welsh domiciled applicants accepted at UK institutions. UK-wide figures were published by UCAS in January.

Key results for 2005 entry are:

• 21,653 applicants were accepted by Welsh institutions. This was a 4 per cent increase on 2004 and 24 per cent higher than 1996.
• 16,863 Welsh domiciled applicants were accepted by UK institutions – a 5 per cent increase on 2004 and 27 per cent higher than in 1996;
• 62 per cent of the successful Welsh domiciled applicants were accepted by Welsh institutions, 1 percentage point higher than in 2004 and 8 percentage points higher than in 1996.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5043
Email: post16ed.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

Provisional 2006 entry: October 2006
Final 2006 entry: March 2007 (exact dates will appear on Due Out Soon page)