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Higher Education: Admissions

Answer

The latest available information is shown in the following table. The figures are taken from data collected by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and they show the previous school type of students who were accepted for entry to full-time undergraduate courses via the UCAS application system, in each year since 2002. The figures do not therefore cover part-time students, nor those full-time students who apply directly to Higher Education Institutions. Comparable figures for earlier years are not held centrally.

Applicants from the UK accepted for entry to full-time undergraduate courses in physics and chemistry—by previous school type, years of entry 2002 to 2007
	Year of entry
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Physics courses:
Maintained sector¹	2,140	2,080	1,879	2,050	2,148	2,353
Independent schools	341	362	338	3m	321	391
Unknown²	245	200	218	285	154	161
Total	2;726	2,642	2,435	2,654	2,623	2,905
Chemistry courses:
Maintained sector¹	2,209	2,128	2,205	2,501	2,616	2,808
Independent schools	356	352	355	410	433	494
Unknown²	327	318	237	280	218	228
Total	2,892	2,798	2,797	3,191	3,267	3,130
¹ Includes accepted applicants from comprehensive schools, FE/HE institutions, grammar schools, sixth form colleges, sixth form centres, other maintained establishments, and other establishments.
² Includes accepted applicants who did not provide details of their previous school type.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

474 c1618-20W; 198662

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Higher education Science

Link

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