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Universities: Admissions

Question for Department for Education

UIN 42449, tabled on 31 March 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of university applications in the last five years.

Answered on

9 April 2025

There has been a 5.9% increase in the number of main scheme UCAS applications between 2020 and 2024.

Main scheme applications for UK students are up 7.7% but down 0.7% for international students.