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Education and teaching offer rates at 24 UK universities, 2025 UCAS cycle
In the 2025 UCAS main scheme (per application), the median education and teaching offer rate (often called the acceptance rate) across the 24 universities with data here (at least 20 applications each) was 78.5%; for applicants from outside the UK and EU it was 83.6% (the 21 with at least 20 such applications). G5 (all applicants): Cambridge 33.3%, UCL 85.0%.
What is the education and teaching 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 Strathclyde 3,560 applications | 3,560 | 1,520 | 42.7% | 60 | 30 | 50.0% | 760 |
| University of Glasgow 3,040 applications | 3,040 | 1,070 | 35.2% | 100 | 15 | 15.0% | 480 |
| University of Edinburgh 2,240 applications | 2,240 | 625 | 27.9% | 65 | 10 | 15.4% | 375 |
| University of Aberdeen 1,665 applications | 1,665 | 990 | 59.5% | 65 | 25 | 38.5% | 440 |
| University of Dundee 1,080 applications | 1,080 | 540 | 50.0% | 30 | 10 | 33.3% | 205 |
| University College London G5 1,030 applications | 1,030 | 875 | 85.0% | 795 | 720 | 90.6% | 210 |
| University of Manchester 855 applications | 855 | 705 | 82.5% | 575 | 515 | 89.6% | 95 |
| University of Bristol 845 applications | 845 | 635 | 75.1% | 385 | 315 | 81.8% | 90 |
| Durham University 805 applications | 805 | 525 | 65.2% | 275 | 230 | 83.6% | 115 |
| University of Birmingham 720 applications | 720 | 575 | 79.9% | 305 | 285 | 93.4% | 105 |
| Swansea University 700 applications | 700 | 440 | 62.9% | 15 | 5 | (33.3%) | 190 |
| University of Reading 615 applications | 615 | 340 | 55.3% | 35 | 20 | 57.1% | 110 |
| University of York 535 applications | 535 | 495 | 92.5% | 95 | 85 | 89.5% | 135 |
| University of Leeds 480 applications | 480 | 410 | 85.4% | 265 | 230 | 86.8% | 70 |
| University of Sussex 470 applications | 470 | 290 | 61.7% | 45 | 35 | 77.8% | 75 |
| University of Warwick 410 applications | 410 | 330 | 80.5% | 260 | 225 | 86.5% | 25 |
| University of Southampton 355 applications | 355 | 320 | 90.1% | 230 | 215 | 93.5% | 35 |
| Cardiff University 235 applications | 235 | 215 | 91.5% | 35 | 35 | 100.0% | 35 |
| University of East Anglia 230 applications | 230 | 200 | 87.0% | 15 | 10 | (66.7%) | 50 |
| Newcastle University 215 applications | 215 | 185 | 86.0% | 55 | 50 | 90.9% | 20 |
| University of Nottingham 185 applications | 185 | 155 | 83.8% | 70 | 60 | 85.7% | 15 |
| University of Bath 175 applications | 175 | 135 | 77.1% | 30 | 20 | 66.7% | 25 |
| University of Cambridge G5 165 applications | 165 | 55 | 33.3% | 110 | 20 | 18.2% | 35 |
| Queen's University Belfast 160 applications | 160 | 135 | 84.4% | 10 | 10 | (100.0%) | 20 |
- 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.
- UCAS publishes by subject group (HECoS CAH level 1), not by course, and courses within a group can differ a lot.
- The all-applicants median covers the 24 universities in this table with at least 20 applications, and the outside-UK-and-EU median the 21 of them with at least 20 such 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 education and teaching at UK universities?
In the 2025 UCAS main scheme (per application), the median education and teaching offer rate (often called the acceptance rate) across the 24 universities with data here (at least 20 applications each) was 78.5%; for applicants from outside the UK and EU it was 83.6% (the 21 with at least 20 such applications). G5 (all applicants): Cambridge 33.3%, UCL 85.0%. In UK data "acceptance rate" can also mean the admit rate (students placed ÷ applications); see the glossary.
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.