2026 cycle applicant figures – January deadline

Applications for music courses had to be submitted to UCAS by 2 October 2025. Applications for most undergraduate dance, drama or musical theatre courses had to be submitted by 14 January 2026, for earlier years the equivalent date was 29 January 2025, 31 January 2024, 25 January 2023,  26 January 2022, 29 January 2021 and 15 January for others. 

Further information

Technical notes and definitions can be found above in the help section of the dashboard.

A small number of applications have been reclassified in the subject group breakdown, meaning that this release will not match figures in previous releases for the subject group breakdown.

CSV versions of the data are available below: