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Applicants preferred subject choice and accepted applicants subject of acceptance

Applicants

Subject group (JACS)	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
A Medicine and dentistry	16,753	19,982	22,039	21,590	21,393
B Subjects allied to medicine	30,510	35,060	41,441	42,195	41,696
C Biological sciences	34,142	33,501	35,614	34,282	36,128
D Veterinary sciences, agriculture and related subjects	4,723	4,450	4,703	4,523	5,111
F Physical sciences	13,666	13,281	14,384	14,499	15,567
G Mathematical and computer sciences	30,532	26,255	26,250	24,722	25,102
H Engineering	21,426	22,270	22,858	21,138	22,599
J Technologies	1,391	1,504	1,512	1,630	1,837
K Architecture, building and planning	6,698	7,753	9,103	9,202	10,322
L Social Studies	27,248	31,215	37,109	36,627	39,416
M Law	20,760	22,419	22,206	20,644	21,649
N Business and administrative studies	53,370	52,879	55,277	52,717	57,451
P Mass communications and documentation	9,084	9,167	10,528	9,303	10,000
Q Linguistics, Classics and related studies	11,522	12,158	12,907	12,583	13,177
R European languages, literature and related studies	3,989	3,979	4,498	4,581	4,639
T Non-European languages and related studies	1,472	1,435	1,439	1,205	1,221
V Historical and philosophical studies	13,305	14,039	15,579	14,652	14,842
W Creative arts and design	51,333	53,778	59,547	55,970	60,988
X Education	14,788	15,656	17,307	17,078	18,260
Combined sciences	2,130	1,932	2,151	2,262	2,874
Combined social sciences	2,875	2,885	2,760	2,501	2,578
Combined arts	9,112	9,256	9,849	8,996	9,687
Sciences combined with social sciences or arts	10,398	9,778	10,298	10,047	10,646
Social sciences combined with arts	7,050	7,167	7,621	7,008	7,716
General, other combined and unknown	2,088	1,981	1,567	1,546	1,677
No preferred subject group	76,102	72,248	73,608	74,803	77,919
Total	476,467	486,028	522,155	506,304	534,495

Accepted applicants

Subject group (JACS)	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
A Medicine and dentistry	8,615	8,944	9,008	9,146	9,057
B Subjects allied to medicine	22,050	24,041	26,711	26,710	27,719
C Biological sciences	29,775	29,884	32,967	31,321	33,321
D Veterinary sciences, agriculture and related subjects	4,150	4,105	4,541	4,455	4,496
F Physical sciences	14,453	13,953	15,074	15,012	15,810
G Mathematical and computer sciences	28,871	25,571	25,624	24,164	24,622
H Engineering	21,725	21,962	22,059	20,986	21,914
J Technologies	2,311	2,499	2,466	2,663	2,914
K Architecture, building and planning	6,986	7,780	8,779	8,654	9,441
L Social Studies	25,108	26,884	30,320	29,552	31,876
M Law	17,890	18,690	19,210	18,525	19,799
N Business and administrative studies	46,254	45,848	48,580	47,436	50,573
P Mass communications and documentation	9,033	9,056	10,002	9,201	9,857
Q Linguistics, Classics and related studies	10,744	10,991	11,855	11,324	11,791
R European languages, literature and related studies	3,841	3,889	4,220	4,023	4,214
T Non-European languages and related studies	2,162	2,113	1,935	1,691	1,780
V Historical and philosophical studies	12,539	12,966	14,096	12,985	13,390
W Creative arts and design	39,242	41,112	45,070	42,848	46,631
X Education	11,213	12,177	13,378	13,203	13,980
Combined sciences	5,539	5,497	6,269	6,398	5,374
Combined social sciences	5,382	5,123	5,125	4,919	6,900
Combined arts	11,669	11,467	12,589	11,863	12,455
Sciences combined with social sciences or arts	17,834	17,103	18,798	17,889	18,693
Social sciences combined with arts	10,470	10,293	10,821	10,403	11,059
General, other combined and unknown	6,451	5,596	5,872	5,519	5,764
Total	374,307	377,544	405,369	390,890	413,430

Applicants - expressed as percentages

Subject group (JACS)	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
A Medicine and dentistry	3.5%	4.1%	4.2%	4.3%	4.0%
B Subjects allied to medicine	6.4%	7.2%	7.9%	8.3%	7.8%
C Biological sciences	7.2%	6.9%	6.8%	6.8%	6.8%
D Veterinary sciences, agriculture and related subjects	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	1.0%
F Physical sciences	2.9%	2.7%	2.8%	2.9%	2.9%
G Mathematical and computer sciences	6.4%	5.4%	5.0%	4.9%	4.7%
H Engineering	4.5%	4.6%	4.4%	4.2%	4.2%
J Technologies	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
K Architecture, building and planning	1.4%	1.6%	1.7%	1.8%	1.9%
L Social Studies	5.7%	6.4%	7.1%	7.2%	7.4%
M Law	4.4%	4.6%	4.3%	4.1%	4.1%
N Business and administrative studies	11.2%	10.9%	10.6%	10.4%	10.7%
P Mass communications and documentation	1.9%	1.9%	2.0%	1.8%	1.9%
Q Linguistics, Classics and related studies	2.4%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%
R European languages, literature and related studies	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%
T Non-European languages and related studies	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
V Historical and philosophical studies	2.8%	2.9%	3.0%	2.9%	2.8%
W Creative arts and design	10.8%	11.1%	11.4%	11.1%	11.4%
X Education	3.1%	3.2%	3.3%	3.4%	3.4%
Combined sciences	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	1.8%
Combined social sciences	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
Combined arts	1.9%	1.9%	1.9%	1.8%	0.5%
Sciences combined with social sciences or arts	2.2%	2.0%	2.0%	2.0%	2.0%
Social sciences combined with arts	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%
General, other combined and unknown	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
No preferred subject group	16.0%	14.9%	14.1%	14.8%	14.6%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Accepted applicants - expressed as percentages

Subject group (JACS)	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
A Medicine and dentistry	2.3%	2.4%	2.2%	2.3%	2.2%
B Subjects allied to medicine	5.9%	6.4%	6.6%	6.8%	6.7%
C Biological sciences	8.0%	7.9%	8.1%	8.0%	8.1%
D Veterinary sciences, agriculture and related subjects	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%
F Physical sciences	3.9%	3.7%	3.7%	3.8%	3.8%
G Mathematical and computer sciences	7.7%	6.8%	6.3%	6.2%	6.0%
H Engineering	5.8%	5.8%	5.4%	5.4%	5.3%
J Technologies	0.6%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%
K Architecture, building and planning	1.9%	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%	2.3%
L Social Studies	6.7%	7.1%	7.5%	7.6%	7.7%
M Law	4.8%	5.0%	4.7%	4.7%	4.8%
N Business and administrative studies	12.4%	12.1%	12.0%	12.1%	12.2%
P Mass communications and documentation	2.4%	2.4%	2.5%	2.4%	2.4%
Q Linguistics, Classics and related studies	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%
R European languages, literature and related studies	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%
T Non-European languages and related studies	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%
V Historical and philosophical studies	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%	3.3%	3.2%
W Creative arts and design	10.5%	10.9%	11.1%	11.0%	11.3%
X Education	3.0%	3.2%	3.3%	3.4%	3.4%
Combined sciences	1.5%	1.5%	1.6%	1.6%	3.0%
Combined social sciences	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%	1.3%	1.7%
Combined arts	3.1%	3.0%	3.1%	3.0%	1.3%
Sciences combined with social sciences or arts	4.8%	4.5%	4.6%	4.6%	4.5%
Social sciences combined with arts	2.8%	2.7%	2.7%	2.7%	2.7%
General, other combined and unknown	1.7%	1.5%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

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