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Females: Science

Answer

The available information is shown in the following tables. The figures are taken from data collected by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) which are limited to students who apply to full-time undergraduate courses via the UCAS application system. The figures do not therefore cover part-time students, nor those full-time students who apply directly to Higher Education Institutions.

Acceptances from female UK domiciled pupils to Russell Group and non-Russell Group² institutions in the UK by subject of study and type of school³
	Year of entry
Type of school	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
All maintained4 schools (including grammar schools)
Physics
at Russell Group Institutions	230	218	177	232	224
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	153	145	111	136	136
Total	383	363	288	368	360
Chemistry
At Russell Group Institutions	444	403	409	454	513
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	519	503	486	493	524
Total	963	906	895	947	7,037
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry5
At Russell Group Institutions	435	393	374	401	337
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	295	308	335	372	369
Total	730	701	709	773	706
Psychology
At Russell Group Institutions	1,435	1,338	1,333	1,363	1,396
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	5,375	5,996	5,988	6,746	6,675
Total	6,870	7,334	7,321	8,109	8,071
Sports Science
At Russell Group Institutions	38	70	72	58	55
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	1,813	1,952	2,042	2,412	2,419
Total	1,851	2,022	2,114	2,470	2,474
Grammar schools
Physics
At Russell Group Institutions	41	49	31	39	44
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	18	23	9	13	10
Total	59	72	40	52	54
Chemistry
At Russell Group Institutions	58	56	62	73	72
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	36	40	33	40	41
Total	94	96	95	113	113
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry5
At Russell Group Institutions	61	40	47	52	41
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	27	27	36	24	22
Total	88	67	83	76	63
Psychology
At Russell Group Institutions	235	185	222	231	207
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	314	383	382	445	357
Total	549	568	604	676	564
Sports Science
At Russell Group Institutions	1	7	9	11	8
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	52	76	83	94	67
Total	53	83	92	105	75
Independent schools
Physics
At Russell Group Institutions	77	64	55	48	59
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	26	19	15	22	18
Total	103	83	70	70	77
Chemistry
At Russell Group Institutions	83	101	87	111	108
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	44	36	36	57	60
Total	127	137	123	168	168
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry5
At Russell Group Institutions	80	95	99	109	83
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	25	36	34	25	32
Total	105	131	133	134	115
Psychology
At Russell Group Institutions	260	329	315	288	283
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	386	394	398	420	373
Total	646	723	713	708	656
Sports Science
At Russell Group Institutions	12	17	18	25	20
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	107	98	125	150	137
Total	119	115	143	175	157

Applications¹ from female UK domiciled pupils to Russell Group and non-Russell Group² institutions in the UK by subject of study and type of school³
	Year of entry
Type of school	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
All Maintained4 schools (including grammar schools)
Physics
At Russell Group Institutions	1,358	1,333	1,068	1,292	1,384
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	1,071	1,057	785	1,019	916
Total	2,429	2,390	1,853	2,377	2,300
Chemistry
At Russell Group Institutions	2,278	2,149	2,202	2,519	2,920
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	3,245	2,983	3,167	2,831	2,879
Total	5,523	5,732	5,369	5,350	5,799
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry5
At Russell Group Institutions	2,707	2,459	2,388	2,353	2,166
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	2,132	2,014	2,226	2,285	2,123
Total	4,839	4,473	4,614	4,638	4,289
Psychology
At Russell Group Institutions	12,505	13,500	12,455	12,455	12,014
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	32,351	36,437	35,564	39,761	39,204
Total	44,856	49,937	48,019	52,276	57,278
Sports Science
At Russell Group Institutions	288	494	553	572	511
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	10,010	11,274	11,389	12,723	13,313
Total	70,298	11,768	11,942	73,295	73,824
Grammar schools
Physics
At Russell Group Institutions	231	283	193	235	253
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	147	186	98	125	112
Total	378	469	297	360	365
Chemistry
At Russell Group Institutions	362	367	367	440	473
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	210	257	279	284	275
Total	572	624	646	724	748
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry5
At Russell Group Institutions	421	319	354	297	271
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	177	166	199	160	173
Total	598	485	553	457	444
Psychology
At Russell Group Institutions	1,455	1,569	1,546	1,688	1,374
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	2,348	2,443	2,411	2,751	2,371
Total	3,803	4,012	3,957	4,439	3,745
Sports Science
At Russell Group Institutions	9	39	54	52	29
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	348	481	515	549	470
Total	357	520	569	607	499
Independent schools
Physics
At Russell Group Institutions	444	400	320	322	347
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	215	201	151	147	186
Total	659	607	477	469	533
Chemistry
At Russell Group Institutions	509	545	487	623	653
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	269	315	310	334	337
Total	778	860	797	957	990
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry5
At Russell Group Institutions	474	593	565	459	466
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	178	262	257	214	226
Total	652	855	822	673	692
Psychology
At Russell Group Institutions	2,114	2,626	2,318	2,164	1,888
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	2,610	2,846	2,712	2,917	2,578
Total	4,724	5,472	5,030	5,081	4,466
Sports Science
At Russell Group Institutions	45	84	99	138	116
Non-Russell Group Institutions²	701	634	825	936	824
Total	746	718	924	1,074	940
¹ Applicants to UCAS can submit up to six applications, in this table students have been counted once for each application they submit.
² Includes all other HE and FE institutions covered by the UCAS application system, other than Russell-Group institutions.
³ Excludes a small amount of students with an unknown school type.
4 Maintained sector institutions are comprehensive schools, further/higher education institutions, grammar schools, sixth form centres, sixth form colleges, other maintained institutions and other institutions.
5 Subject figures for Biochemistry can only be displayed as the overall group Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry.
Source:
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

142983; 461 c2003-8W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Women Science

Link

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