The available information is shown in the table. 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.
Year of Entry Applications for : 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Physics at Russell Group Institutions 7,096 7,069 6,439 7,028 7,664 Non-Russell Group Institutions3 5,746 5,929 5,024 5,765 5,681 Total 72,842 72,998 11,463 72,793 73,345 Chemistry at Russell Group Institutions 5,621 5,641 5,762 7,149 7,813 Non-Russell Group Institutions3 7,302 6,898 7,361 7,153 7,353 Total 72,923 72,539 73,723 74,302 75,766 MolecularBiology, Biophysics and Biochemistry4 at Russell Group Institutions 4,823 4,711 4,465 4,658 4,109 Non-Russell Group Institutions3 3,758 3,810 3,987 4,197 4,039 Total 8,587 8,527 8,452 8,855 8,748 Psychology at Russell Group Institutions 15,392 16,641 15,535 15,540 14,937 Non-Russell Group Institutions3 39,898 45,181 44,170 49,562 48,490 Total 55,290 67,822 59,705 65,702 63,427 Sports Science at Russell Group Institutions 843 1,441 1,404 1,497 1,434 Non-Russell Group Institutions3 29,795 32,367 32,542 36,174 39,626 Total 30,638 33,808 33,946 37,677 47,060 1 Applicants to UCAS can submit up to six applications, in this table students have been counted once for each application they submit. 2 Maintained sector institutions are Comprehensive Schools, Further/Higher Education Institutions, Grammar Schools, Sixth Form Centres, Sixth Form Colleges, Other Maintained Institutions and Other Institutions. 3 Includes all other HE and FE institutions covered by the UCAS application system, other than Russell-Group institutions. 4 Subject figures for Biochemistry can only be displayed as the overall group Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry. Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)