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Agriculture and food (Agriculture, food and related studies) offer rates at 12 UK universities, 2025 UCAS cycle
In the 2025 UCAS main scheme (per application), the median agriculture, food and related studies offer rate (often called the acceptance rate) across the 8 universities with data here (at least 20 applications each) was 85.0%; for applicants from outside the UK and EU it was 83.4%. Small sample: only 12 of the 43 universities here have this group, so one or two of them can move the median.
What is the agriculture and food acceptance rate (offer rate) at each university?
Sorted by applications, largest first; click a header to re-sort. Brackets mean fewer than 20 applications: the rate is unstable and left out of the sorting and the median. University names link to all of that university's data.
| University | Offers | Outside UK and EU: applications | Outside UK and EU: offers | Accepted applicants (people) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nottingham 780 applications | 780 | 600 | 76.9% | 155 | 95 | 61.3% | 60 |
| University of Reading 515 applications | 515 | 445 | 86.4% | 110 | 90 | 81.8% | 90 |
| Newcastle University 400 applications | 400 | 340 | 85.0% | 40 | 20 | 50.0% | 105 |
| Queen's University Belfast 370 applications | 370 | 275 | 74.3% | 30 | 20 | 66.7% | 45 |
| University of Liverpool 305 applications | 305 | 270 | 88.5% | 40 | 35 | 87.5% | 55 |
| University of Surrey 265 applications | 265 | 225 | 84.9% | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | 40 |
| University of Leeds 205 applications | 205 | 165 | 80.5% | 100 | 85 | 85.0% | 40 |
| University of Glasgow 80 applications | 80 | 75 | 93.8% | 40 | 35 | 87.5% | 5 |
| Heriot-Watt University 15 applications | 15 | 10 | (66.7%) | — | — | — | 5 |
| University of Sheffield 15 applications | 15 | 10 | (66.7%) | — | — | — | 0 |
| University of Kent 10 applications | 10 | 5 | (50.0%) | — | — | — | 5 |
| University of St Andrews 5 applications | 5 | 5 | (100.0%) | — | — | — | 0 |
- Small sample: only 12 of the 43 universities here have 2025 figures for this group, 8 of them with at least 20 applications. One or two universities can move the median, so do not read it as a UK-wide picture.
- UCAS rounds every count to the nearest 5 (a 0 may be 1 or 2). The rates here are worked out from the rounded counts, so they can differ from UCAS's own rates, most for small numbers.
- Offer rate = offers ÷ applications, main scheme only (by the 30 June deadline). Applications count choices, up to five per person; accepted applicants count people, including those placed through Clearing, so they are shown as a count and not divided by applications.
- “Outside the UK and EU” goes by domicile (where the applicant normally lives), not nationality or fee status. UCAS does not split this table by country, so it does not mean Chinese applicants.
- This is a subject group (HECoS CAH level 1), not a single course. It includes agriculture, food science, animal science, forestry (examples, not a full list), and courses within a group can differ a lot.
- The all-applicants median covers the 8 universities in this table with at least 20 applications (43 on this site in all), not the whole UK. A low offer rate means strong competition, not a better or worse course; read it with the number of applications.
Sources and definitions
- UCAS — Undergraduate end of cycle data resources 2025, provider-level (main scheme applicants, applications, offers and acceptances by provider, domicile and HECoS subject group) · accessed 2026-11-03
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What is the acceptance rate (offer rate) for agriculture and food at UK universities?
In the 2025 UCAS main scheme (per application), the median agriculture, food and related studies offer rate (often called the acceptance rate) across the 8 universities with data here (at least 20 applications each) was 85.0%; for applicants from outside the UK and EU it was 83.4%. Small sample: only 12 of the 43 universities here have this group, so one or two of them can move the median. In UK data "acceptance rate" can also mean the admit rate (students placed ÷ applications); see the glossary.
Which courses does this subject group cover?
UCAS publishes these figures by subject group (HECoS CAH level 1), not by course. This group includes agriculture, food science, animal science, forestry (examples, not a full list). Courses within a group can differ a lot, so check the university's own page for a particular course.
Are there figures for Chinese applicants?
Not in this table. UCAS splits these figures by domicile (UK, EU, outside the UK and EU), not by country or nationality, so "outside the UK and EU" does not mean Chinese applicants. UK-wide (UCAS, all universities): in the 2025 UCAS cycle, applicants domiciled in mainland China made 155,130 main-scheme applications, offer rate 69.3%; Hong Kong SAR 24,430, 66.1%. Seven universities publish their own course- or department-level figures; see the admissions statistics overview.