University of Edinburgh admissions statistics by selection area, 2024–2025

Q: What is the offer rate for Chinese applicants at Edinburgh?

In the 2025 cycle, applicants in the group "Fee status: Overseas" made 30,217 applications and received 18,445 offers, 61.0% per application, against 52.5% across all three fee statuses: 8.5 percentage points higher than all applicants. The gap differs by course and by year; see the comparison above. Totals exclude 16 cells the university suppressed (5 or fewer each).

Q: Does Edinburgh publish figures by nationality?

No. Edinburgh publishes by fee status (Scotland, rest of the UK / Republic of Ireland, Overseas). Overseas fee status covers international applicants of every nationality, not only Chinese applicants, and a Chinese national who has lived in the UK for years may have Home fee status.

Q: What is a selection area?

Edinburgh assesses groups of related programmes together as a selection area. One area can cover several programmes; the tooltip on the chart lists them. The figures count applications, not applicants.

In the 2025 cycle, Edinburgh received 68,851 applications and made 36,180 offers across all selection areas and all three fee statuses: 52.5% per application. Applicants in the group "Fee status: Overseas" made 30,217 applications and received 18,445 offers, 61.0% per application, 8.5 percentage points higher than all applicants in that cycle. Totals exclude 16 cells the university suppressed (5 or fewer each).

Cycles: 2024–2025, 2 cycles (latest: 2025 cycle)
Breakdown: 87 selection areas
Groups: Fee status: Scotland; Fee status: rest of UK / Republic of Ireland; Fee status: Overseas
Source: The University of Edinburgh — Scotland / RUK-ROI / Overseas Fee Rate admissions statistics 2024 and 2025 (published November 2025), and Selection areas 2024 and 2025 (published March 2026) · accessed 2026-10-29
Suppression: Values under 5 are suppressed by Edinburgh and shown here as <5.

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2025 cycle · Offer rate · 74 selection areas

Fee status: Overseas

Offer rate, per application 1 more row matches but cannot be plotted because a figure is suppressed (<5) or not published. It is in the table below.

Edinburgh Futures Institute

Year by year · Offer rate

Fee status: OverseasFee status: rest of UK / Republic of IrelandFee status: Scotland

Cycle	Overseas	rest of UK / Republic of Ireland	Scotland	Overseas: applications
2025	94.3%	73.4%	71.4%	88
2024	91.5%	68.1%	75.0%	82

All figures (2025 cycle)

Every row of the chart is here, including rows whose rate cannot be computed. <5 = suppressed by the university (5 or fewer), * = rate not computable because a figure is suppressed, — = not published.

All figures (2025 cycle)
Selection area	College / School	Overseas fees				RUK / ROI fees				Scotland fees
Selection area	College / School	Applications	Offers	Offer rate	Acceptances (UF)	Applications	Offers	Offer rate	Acceptances (UF)	Applications	Offers	Offer rate	Acceptances (UF)
Accounting	AHSS / Business School	976	651	66.7%	97	303	147	48.5%	31	500	128	25.6%	41
Business Studies	AHSS / Business School	1,783	907	50.9%	119	539	235	43.6%	55	601	111	18.5%	47
International Business	AHSS / Business School	335	217	64.8%	32	193	84	43.5%	19	231	51	22.1%	20
Architectural History	AHSS / Edinburgh College of Art	17	17	100.0%	<5	12	5	41.7%	0	10	5	50.0%	<5
Architecture	AHSS / Edinburgh College of Art	490	325	66.3%	59	435	219	50.3%	47	353	88	24.9%	36
Art*	AHSS / Edinburgh College of Art	175	108	61.7%	18	390	127	32.6%	50	323	56	17.3%	28
Design and Technology	AHSS / Edinburgh College of Art	1,194	499	41.8%	86	1,701	264	15.5%	87	1,511	175	11.6%	96
Fine Art*	AHSS / Edinburgh College of Art	42	12	28.6%	0	105	47	44.8%	18	96	20	20.8%	6
History of Art	AHSS / Edinburgh College of Art	92	78	84.8%	7	216	168	77.8%	55	42	29	69.0%	10
History of Art Joint	AHSS / Edinburgh College of Art	55	41	74.5%	9	73	57	78.1%	20	28	6	21.4%	<5
Landscape Architecture	AHSS / Edinburgh College of Art	46	30	65.2%	11	52	28	53.8%	<5	45	33	73.3%	16
Music	AHSS / Edinburgh College of Art	105	78	74.3%	19	171	118	69.0%	11	315	118	37.5%	33
Edinburgh Futures Institute	AHSS / Edinburgh Futures Institute	88	83	94.3%	11	64	47	73.4%	15	21	15	71.4%	12
Community Education	AHSS / Moray House School of Education and Sport	20	<5	*	0	<5	<5	*	<5	31	16	51.6%	11
Gaelic	AHSS / Moray House School of Education and Sport	7	<5	*	0	7	<5	*	0	63	12	19.0%	<5
Physical Education	AHSS / Moray House School of Education and Sport	9	0	0.0%	0	13	<5	*	0	410	167	40.7%	95
Sport and Rec Man	AHSS / Moray House School of Education and Sport	162	122	75.3%	19	133	44	33.1%	8	136	55	40.4%	19
Sport Science	AHSS / Moray House School of Education and Sport	88	74	84.1%	6	169	91	53.8%	15	261	139	53.3%	39
Divinity	AHSS / School of Divinity	51	44	86.3%	6	323	291	90.1%	62	86	56	65.1%	22
Economics	AHSS / School of Economics	1,960	1,489	76.0%	249	758	290	38.3%	67	358	166	46.4%	71
Health, Science and Society	AHSS / School of Health in Social Science	142	122	85.9%	13	20	17	85.0%	<5	26	21	80.8%	9
Nursing	AHSS / School of Health in Social Science	143	17	11.9%	5	161	34	21.1%	6	321	106	33.0%	38
Archaeology	AHSS / School of History, Classics and Archaeology	131	110	84.0%	11	156	97	62.2%	15	72	35	48.6%	9
Classics	AHSS / School of History, Classics and Archaeology	109	91	83.5%	6	425	341	80.2%	67	151	81	53.6%	25
History	AHSS / School of History, Classics and Archaeology	192	170	88.5%	23	613	471	76.8%	112	206	135	65.5%	48
History Joint	AHSS / School of History, Classics and Archaeology	157	129	82.2%	25	133	88	66.2%	31	84	49	58.3%	19
History & Politics	AHSS / School of History, Classics and Archaeology	166	154	92.8%	26	307	83	27.0%	28	107	58	54.2%	25
Global Law	AHSS / School of Law	149	77	51.7%	16	105	40	38.1%	15	53	18	34.0%	10
Law	AHSS / School of Law	835	405	48.5%	77	587	137	23.3%	30	1,104	318	28.8%	141
Law Graduate Entry	AHSS / School of Law	151	85	56.3%	23	155	119	76.8%	52	6	<5	*	0
Celtic	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	20	10	50.0%	0	25	15	60.0%	5	19	8	42.1%	<5
Chinese	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	17	14	82.4%	<5	74	57	77.0%	13	42	24	57.1%	15
English Literature	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	173	110	63.6%	22	690	342	49.6%	65	194	132	68.0%	32
English Literature Joint	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	92	68	73.9%	11	228	151	66.2%	34	104	67	64.4%	23
French	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	58	37	63.8%	5	270	195	72.2%	53	115	61	53.0%	16
German	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	33	23	69.7%	<5	142	96	67.6%	26	50	25	50.0%	6
Islamic Studies	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	40	21	52.5%	<5	134	91	67.9%	31	28	8	28.6%	<5
Italian	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	10	7	70.0%	<5	71	54	76.1%	19	21	5	23.8%	<5
Japanese	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	15	8	53.3%	0	61	33	54.1%	12	46	16	34.8%	10
Modern European Languages	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	17	10	58.8%	0	280	217	77.5%	45	107	65	60.7%	19
Russian	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	20	11	55.0%	<5	72	48	66.7%	9	19	11	57.9%	6
Scandinavian Studies	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	9	6	66.7%	<5	20	11	55.0%	6	11	5	45.5%	<5
Scottish Ethnology	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	<5	<5	*	0	<5	0	*	0	21	14	66.7%	7
Scottish Literature	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	—	—	—	—	<5	<5	*	<5	18	11	61.1%	6
Spanish	AHSS / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	36	30	83.3%	<5	225	139	61.8%	34	111	54	48.6%	21
Cognitive Science	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	50	44	88.0%	5	48	43	89.6%	16	23	19	82.6%	8
English Language	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	35	29	82.9%	<5	30	22	73.3%	<5	20	9	45.0%	5
English Language & Linguistics	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	24	15	62.5%	<5	60	54	90.0%	16	21	13	61.9%	<5
English Language & Literature	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	160	121	75.6%	10	118	53	44.9%	12	48	27	56.3%	7
Linguistics	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	85	68	80.0%	10	86	72	83.7%	17	27	12	44.4%	<5
Philosophy	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	108	95	88.0%	10	179	127	70.9%	30	55	33	60.0%	12
Philosophy & English Literature	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	36	33	91.7%	5	72	36	50.0%	9	26	14	53.8%	6
Philosophy Joint	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	127	113	89.0%	24	156	69	44.2%	17	33	15	45.5%	<5
Philosophy & Politics	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	102	96	94.1%	18	127	56	44.1%	14	35	11	31.4%	5
Philosophy & Psychology	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	48	39	81.3%	6	82	33	40.2%	8	22	8	36.4%	<5
Psychology BSc	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	808	575	71.2%	78	554	119	21.5%	24	394	164	41.6%	52
Psychology MA	AHSS / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	194	142	73.2%	21	85	16	18.8%	5	66	29	43.9%	15
International Relations	AHSS / School of Social and Political Science	500	375	75.0%	73	362	53	14.6%	17	182	54	29.7%	23
Politics	AHSS / School of Social and Political Science	131	103	78.6%	20	250	75	30.0%	23	125	64	51.2%	25
Politics Philosophy and Economics	AHSS / School of Social and Political Science	328	216	65.9%	21	296	116	39.2%	18	58	42	72.4%	24
Social Anthropology	AHSS / School of Social and Political Science	139	126	90.6%	14	192	121	63.0%	36	84	41	48.8%	18
Social Policy	AHSS / School of Social and Political Science	259	226	87.3%	41	98	54	55.1%	16	115	69	60.0%	17
Social Work	AHSS / School of Social and Political Science	43	9	20.9%	0	58	9	15.5%	<5	193	83	43.0%	19
Sociology	AHSS / School of Social and Political Science	410	365	89.0%	50	190	101	53.2%	26	205	105	51.2%	46
Sustainable Development	AHSS / School of Social and Political Science	87	76	87.4%	12	68	38	55.9%	17	36	20	55.6%	9
Biomedical Sciences**	MVM / Edinburgh Medical School	1,248	635	50.9%	58	755	279	37.0%	59	782	610	78.0%	139
Medical Sciences	MVM / Edinburgh Medical School	123	70	56.9%	7	23	14	60.9%	<5	76	63	82.9%	15
Medicine**	MVM / Edinburgh Medical School	669	66	9.9%	23	526	181	34.4%	75	688	414	60.2%	191
Veterinary Medicine	MVM / Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies	554	176	31.8%	103	596	70	11.7%	34	159	78	49.1%	46
Biological Sciences	CSE / School of Biological Sciences	1,720	1,144	66.5%	174	852	451	52.9%	67	594	380	64.0%	100
Chemistry	CSE / School of Chemistry	754	628	83.3%	83	607	299	49.3%	52	277	218	78.7%	64
Chemical Engineering	CSE / School of Engineering	751	579	77.1%	59	354	197	55.6%	18	198	149	75.3%	42
Civil Engineering	CSE / School of Engineering	278	185	66.5%	22	208	122	58.7%	11	219	155	70.8%	20
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering	CSE / School of Engineering	266	111	41.7%	19	75	54	72.0%	13	132	74	56.1%	16
Electrical Engineering	CSE / School of Engineering	1,484	822	55.4%	140	157	127	80.9%	16	206	84	40.8%	21
Engineering General	CSE / School of Engineering	370	309	83.5%	32	204	119	58.3%	15	91	50	54.9%	17
Mechanical Engineering	CSE / School of Engineering	1,425	936	65.7%	79	701	299	42.7%	41	546	231	42.3%	58
Structural Engineering with Architecture	CSE / School of Engineering	102	59	57.8%	9	72	51	70.8%	10	76	46	60.5%	14
BSc Geography	CSE / School of Geosciences	60	39	65.0%	7	231	100	43.3%	11	172	95	55.2%	28
Ecological Sciences	CSE / School of Geosciences	268	178	66.4%	24	105	71	67.6%	17	103	69	67.0%	19
Geology and Geophysics	CSE / School of Geosciences	327	246	75.2%	25	252	193	76.6%	19	169	120	71.0%	29
MA Geography	CSE / School of Geosciences	59	51	86.4%	<5	335	204	60.9%	38	145	126	86.9%	39
Informatics	CSE / School of Informatics	2,942	1,204	40.9%	159	740	239	32.3%	44	747	299	40.0%	130
Mathematics	CSE / School of Mathematics	1,724	867	50.3%	154	853	371	43.5%	68	436	269	61.7%	96
Physics	CSE / School of Physics and Astronomy	1,009	784	77.7%	111	774	412	53.2%	72	451	342	75.8%	105

Fee status is not nationality

Overseas fee status covers international applicants of every nationality, not only Chinese applicants; a Chinese national who has lived in the UK for years may have Home fee status.
Figures count applications, not applicants. PGDE, MSW, visiting students and a very small number of direct entrants are excluded.
Asterisks after a name are the university's footnotes: *Art includes the BA (Hons) Fine Art; **unsuccessful Medicine applicants offered Biomedical Sciences instead are counted under Biomedical Sciences; ***Veterinary Medicine includes VMCAS and other partnership applications.

Sources

The University of Edinburgh — Scotland / RUK-ROI / Overseas Fee Rate admissions statistics 2024 and 2025 (published November 2025), and Selection areas 2024 and 2025 (published March 2026) · accessed 2026-10-29

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FAQ

What is the offer rate for Chinese applicants at Edinburgh?

In the 2025 cycle, applicants in the group "Fee status: Overseas" made 30,217 applications and received 18,445 offers, 61.0% per application, against 52.5% across all three fee statuses: 8.5 percentage points higher than all applicants. The gap differs by course and by year; see the comparison above. Totals exclude 16 cells the university suppressed (5 or fewer each).

Does Edinburgh publish figures by nationality?

No. Edinburgh publishes by fee status (Scotland, rest of the UK / Republic of Ireland, Overseas). Overseas fee status covers international applicants of every nationality, not only Chinese applicants, and a Chinese national who has lived in the UK for years may have Home fee status.

What is a selection area?

Edinburgh assesses groups of related programmes together as a selection area. One area can cover several programmes; the tooltip on the chart lists them. The figures count applications, not applicants.