UCAS Undergraduate 2019 End of Cycle Report
2021
More students ready to take next step despite pandemic – press release published 8 July 2021
2020
Students supported to return to preferred choices – press release published 11 September 2020
18 June applicant reply deadline – press release published 25 June 2020
15 January deadline analysis – published 6 February 2020
Full report: 15 January deadline analysis (3.25 MB)
Data for figures used in the 2020 report (3.93 KB)- View the press release.
- View the 15 January deadline dashboard.
2019
Unconditional offers – an update for 2019 – published 30 July 2019
- Full report: Unconditional offers – an update for 2019 (456.45 KB)
- Data for figures used in the report (5.73 KB)
- View the press release: Update on unconditional offer-making for 2019.
UK application rates by the January 2019 deadline – published 7 February 2019
- Full report: UK application rates by January 2019 deadline (1013.57 KB)
- Data for figures used in the 2019 report (113.02 KB)
- View the press release: First rise in university applications for three years.
15 October deadline applicant statistics for the 2019 entry cycle – published 31 October 2018
- Full report: Assessment of UCAS applicants to courses with a 15 October deadline (169.53 KB)
- View the press release: Record number of applicants for ‘early deadline’ university courses.
2018
Multiple equality measures (MEM) report – published 10 October 2018
- Full report: MEM – technical report (1.28 MB)
- MEM – summary report (136.15 KB)
- Annex — MEM model output (257.5 KB)
- Data for figures used in the report (6.64 KB)
Unconditional offers report – published 26 July 2018
- Full report: Unconditional offers – an update for 2018 (267.72 KB)
- Data for figures used in the report (1.77 KB)
- View the press release: Increase in unconditional offers made to young people in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Admissions patterns for mature applicants (2017 cycle) – published 5 July 2018
- Full report: Admissions patterns for mature applicants (3.41 MB)
- Data for figures used in the report (23.93 KB)
- View the press release: Mature students – local, focused, and female.
The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) and demand for full-time undergraduate higher education – published 21 June 2018
- The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) and demand for full-time undergraduate higher education (529.85 KB)
- TEF report – model output (1.19 MB)
UK application rates by the January 2018 deadline – published 5 February 2018
- Full report: UK application rates by January 2018 deadline (3.86 MB)
- Data for figures used in the 2018 report (72.24 KB)
15 October deadline applicant statistics for the 2018 entry cycle — published 26 October 2017
- Full report: Assessment of UCAS applicants to courses with 15 October deadline (948.41 KB)
- Data figures used in the 15 October deadline report (10.09 KB)
- View the press release: Number of applicants to October deadline university courses reaches highest recorded, UCAS figures reveal.
2017
Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances for the 2017 cycle, 4 weeks after A level results day — published 18 September 2017
- Full report: Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances for the 2017 cycle, four weeks after A level results day (991.56 KB)
- Data for figures used in the report (7.6 KB)
- See the full set of daily Clearing analysis reports 2017.
UK application rates by the January 2017 deadline – published 2 February 2017
- Full report: UK application rates by January 2017 deadline (979.3 KB)
- Data for figures used in the 2017 report (72.8 KB)
- Figures used in the 2017 report (3.43 MB)
- Application rate data explorer for parliamentary constituencies
- Application rates data explorer
2016
UCAS Undergraduate 2016 End of Cycle Report
Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances by intended entry year, country of institution and qualifications held (2016 cycle, 4 weeks after A level results) — published 29 September 2016
- How to read the analysis tables (224.51 KB)
- Analysis tables (331.69 KB)
Factors associated with predicted and achieved A level attainment – published 4 August 2016
- Full report: Factors associated with predicted and achieved A level attainment (230.33 KB)
- Data for figures used in the report (19.61 KB)
- Figures used in report (1.36 MB)
UK application rates by the January 2016 deadline – published 4 February 2016
- Full report: UK application rates by the January deadline
- Data for figures used in the report
- Figures used in the report
- Application rate data explorer for parliamentary constituencies
To accompany the 2016 January deadline analysis report 'UK application rates by the January deadline' a series of short videos are available. These videos, recorded by current and graduate members of the UCAS Data Scientist Internship Programme, focus on specific areas of the report and highlight the key findings. View the 2016 January deadline analysis report videos.
2015
Personal data use survey results, applicants respond to survey asking for feedback on how their data is used and shared – published 8 October 2015.
Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances by intended entry year, country of institution and qualifications held (2015 cycle, 4 weeks after A level results) — published 24 September 2015
UK application rates by country, region, constituency, sex, age and background – published 30 January 2015
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2014
Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances by intended entry year, country of institution and qualifications held (2014 cycle, 4 weeks after A level results) — published 23 September 2014
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Analysis of application rates at the main January deadline — published 31 Janaury 2014
- UK application rates by country, region, sex, age and background (2014 cycle, January deadline)
- data for the figures used in the report
- figures used in the report
2013
Interim and end of cycle assessment reports 2013 entry
- End of cycle assessment of UCAS acceptances by intended entry year, country of institution and qualifications held - published 23 January 2014.
- Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances by intended entry year, country of institution and qualifications held (2013 cycle, 4 weeks after A level results) - published 24 September 2013.
(These tables have now been superseded by the 2014-15 interim release. The newer tables include a minor adjustment (around 0.3%) for the 2013-14 entry year figures.)
Demand for full-time undergraduate higher education (2013 cycle, March deadline)
Detailed analysis of trends in applicant demand for higher education — published 23 July 2013.
UK application rates by country, sex, age and background (2013 cycle, January deadline)
Initial analysis of application rates at the main January deadline — published 30 January 2013.
2012
2012 End of Cycle assessment of UCAS acceptances by intended entry year, country of institution and qualifications held
UK and EU domiciled UCAS acceptances by intended academic year of entry through data available at the end of each cycle — published 18 January 2013
UK and EU domiciled UCAS acceptances by intended academic year of entry through data available four weeks after A level results day — published 14 September 2012
How have applications for full-time undergraduate higher education in the UK changed in 2012?
Applicant application behaviour across the UK in the 2012 admissions cycle compared to previous years with an in-depth look at tuition fees in 2012 — published 9 July 2012
Initial analysis of application rates at the main January deadline in 2012 — published 30 January 2012