Report on HMC Scotland university applications in 2013 Dr KM Greig Hutchesons Grammar School, Glasgow
Contents Introduction... 4 Analysis by University... 5 Table 1: Total applications... 5 Table 2a: Applications to Scotland & UK... 7 Table 2b: Universities in Scotland... 8 Table 2c: Universities in England and Wales... 9 Analysis by Courses... 10 Table 3: Courses by main subject area... 10 Analysis by Subject... 11 Table 4a: Business and Administrative Subjects... 11 Table 4b: Social Studies... 12 Table 4c: Biological Sciences... 13 Table 4d: Engineering... 14 Table 4e: Medicine... 15 Table 4f: Dentistry... 16 Table 4g: Law... 17 Table 4h: Creative Arts & Design... 18 Individual Universities... 19 Table 5a: Edinburgh... 19 Table 5b: Aberdeen... 20 Table 5c: Glasgow... 22 Table 5d: Dundee... 23 Table 5e: Strathclyde... 24 Table 5f: St Andrews... 25 Table 5g: Robert Gordon... 26 Table 5h: Edinburgh Napier... 27 Table 5i: Stirling... 28 Table 5j: Heriot Watt... 29 Table 5k: Glasgow Caledonian... 30 Analysis by year of entry... 31 Table 6: Deferred entries... 31 Case Study 1: Offer rates from different school types... 32 2 P a g e
Table 7a: Scotland... 32 Table 7b: England and Wales... 33 Case Study 2: Geography at Aberdeen... 34 Table 8: Comparison of offer rates by type of school... 34 Case Study 3: Conditional offer rates at Highers schools... 35 Table 9a: Scottish universities in 2013... 35 Table 9b: Scottish universities in 2011... 36 3 P a g e
Introduction I sense that this year s report is more eagerly awaited than the two previous editions. This comes from a widespread feeling based on our own data, and some anecdotal evidence, that the pattern of university admissions offers has continued to change following the watershed year of 2012, when 9000 tuition fees were introduced in England and Wales. Certainly universities themselves view 2012 that way. But how would the changes affect pupils in HMC Scotland schools? Would this year s data show that it is becoming harder for our pupils to get into Scottish universities and yet strangely, easier to get into some top English ones? I am grateful to the 19 schools who sent me their applicant status reports this year, which has resulted in data on 9903 applications to 149 institutions. This has given me something really substantial to work with and I am confident that the resulting tables are meaningful, giving a true picture of the 2013 admission round. The headline results are somewhat surprising and, I think, reassuring. There is no evidence that it is becoming harder for our pupils to enter Scottish universities. Offer rates at Edinburgh and St Andrews have increased substantially from last year, suggesting that the low admissions there in 2012 could perhaps be considered as a muddled response to the 2012 changes, and therefore atypical. It is in our interest to continue to monitor these two universities carefully in the years ahead. Aberdeen is a different story; alone amongst the more popular Scottish universities offer rates there are lower this year. See Tables 2 and 5b for more detailed analysis of this. The picture at English universities is that many show substantially increased offer rates, but there is a longish list of the most selective where offer rates are largely unchanged. I was asked this year to look at some different aspects of the data and so there is a new section at the end titled Case Studies. In these I look firstly at offer rates broken down by school type, so that there are separate tables for schools offering Highers in S5 and applications based on those results (largely the day schools) and schools offering either A Levels or the IB in the U6 (largely the boarding schools). The results show that on the whole pupils at the latter schools have higher or similar offer rates at both Scottish and English universities. In Case Study 2 I look specifically at Geography at Aberdeen, where again A Level/IB schools receive higher offer rates. In Case Study 3 I look at the pattern of Conditional offers given to pupils in Highers schools by Scottish universities in 2013 and in 2011. There are clear differences in approach between the universities, as we already knew. Sadly for those of us running day schools who were hoping to see more conditional offers in the future to help us keep S6 pupils working hard, these conditional offer rates have hardly changed in the last three years. One other change in this report is that I have not waited for Peter Mason s whole HMC survey to be published before issuing this one. Consequently there is no comparison with RUK schools on offer rates or popularity of universities or courses. I decided that having this report early in the session was more important; you will be able to compare these results with the whole HMC picture once Peter s report arrives. 4 P a g e
Analysis by University Table 1: Total applications. This lists universities by the number of applications received, and gives the number and percentages of offers made. 149 institutions applied for across the UK, only showing top 80 here (121 in 2012, 147 in 2011) Glasgow overtakes Edinburgh as the most popular destination Rank Code Total Offers Offer rate Rank Rank 2012 2011 1 Glasgow G28 1227 835 68.1% 2 3 2 Edinburgh E56 1203 651 54.1% 1 1 3 Aberdeen A20 978 599 61.2% 3 2 4 Dundee D65 640 414 64.7% 4 4 5 St Andrews S36 552 321 58.2% 6 6 6 Strathclyde S78 510 431 84.5% 5 5 7 Heriot-Watt H24 400 330 82.5% 8 10 8 Robert Gordon R36 356 318 89.3% 7 7 9 Stirling S75 328 251 76.5% 10 9 10 Edinburgh Napier E59 323 274 84.8% 9 8 11 Newcastle N21 257 217 84.4% 11 11 12 Glasgow Caledonian G42 218 177 81.2% 12 12 13 Durham D86 209 106 50.7% 13 13 14 Bristol B78 154 111 72.1% 14 15 15 Cambridge C05 140 38 27.1% 19 14 16 Oxford O33 128 23 18.0% 17 17 17 UCL U80 117 72 61.5% 16 23 18 Exeter E84 108 105 97.2% 21 30 19 Leeds L23 107 97 90.7% 15 16 20 York Y50 98 90 91.8% 27 18 21 Manchester M20 90 80 88.9% 20 19 22 Bath B16 83 70 84.3% 24 28 23 KCL K60 81 63 77.8% 25 29 24 Abertay A30 77 70 90.9% 18 22 25 Northumbria N77 77 69 89.6% 22 20 26 Warwick W20 76 68 89.5% 35 26 27 Nottingham N84 74 55 74.3% 30 31 28 ICL I50 69 43 62.3% 28 27 29 LSE L72 68 10 14.7% 36 34 30 Glasgow School of Art G43 67 14 20.9% 29 25 31 Queen Margaret Q25 63 35 55.6% 23 21 32 Loughborough L79 57 50 87.7% 26 32 33 Oxford Brookes O66 57 52 91.2% 33 35 34 West of Scotland U40 55 45 81.8% 32 33 35 Queen's Belfast Q75 39 29 74.4% 31 41 36 Sheffield S18 36 30 83.3% 37 38 5 P a g e
37 Manchester Metropolitan M40 32 27 84.4% 39 40 38 Lancaster L14 30 28 93.3% 43 44 39 Cardiff C15 29 20 69.0% 50 46 40 Liverpool L41 29 16 55.2% 42 37 41 Southampton S27 26 22 84.6% 48 45 42 Scottish Agric College S01 25 22 88.0% 38 47 43 QMUL Q50 24 22 91.7% 34 42 44 Birmingham B32 20 16 80.0% 40 49 45 Leicester L34 19 14 73.7% 65 46 Reading R12 17 16 94.1% 45 50 47 Westminster W50 17 14 82.4% 62 48 East Anglia E14 16 13 81.3% 55 49 Harper Adams H12 16 12 75.0% 63 50 Surrey S85 16 12 75.0% 59 51 Royal Agricultural College R54 15 15 100.0% 52 Keele K12 14 8 57.1% 53 Brighton B72 13 12 92.3% 54 Royal Holloway R72 12 11 91.7% 55 Kent K24 11 7 63.6% 56 UAL U65 11 1 9.1% 57 BUWE B80 10 8 80.0% 58 City C60 10 9 90.0% 59 Highlands & Islands H49 10 9 90.0% 60 Kingston K84 10 10 100.0% 61 Leeds Metropolitan L27 10 8 80.0% 62 Plymouth P60 10 7 70.0% 63 SOAS S09 10 10 100.0% 64 Sussex S90 10 10 100.0% 65 Brunel B84 9 9 100.0% 66 Goldsmiths G56 9 7 77.8% 67 Hull H72 9 9 100.0% 68 Nottingham Trent N91 9 6 66.7% 69 Bangor B06 8 7 87.5% 70 Canterbury C10 8 8 100.0% 71 Derby D39 8 8 100.0% 72 Essex E70 8 8 100.0% 73 Aberystwyth A40 7 7 100.0% 74 Central Lancashire C30 7 7 100.0% 75 Coventry C85 7 5 71.4% 76 Salford S03 7 7 100.0% 77 UWL W05 7 7 100.0% 78 Bath Spa B20 6 6 100.0% 79 Bradford B56 6 5 83.3% 80 East London E28 6 6 100.0% 6 P a g e
Table 2a: Applications to Scotland & UK This shows the geographical split of applications Still a clear preference for university in Scotland overall, but significant differences once school type is taken into account All schools Total % in 2012 in 2011 Scotland 7032 71% 71% 73% Top 30 outside Scotland 2351 24% 25% 22% Other outside Scotland 520 5% 4% 5% 9903 100% Schools offering Highers in S5: post-qualification application Total % Scotland 6112 81% Top 30 outside Scotland 1243 16% Other outside Scotland 189 3% 7544 100% Schools offering A Level or IB in U6: pre-qualification application Total % Scotland 920 39% Top 30 outside Scotland 1108 47% Other outside Scotland 331 14% 2359 100% 7 P a g e
Table 2b: Universities in Scotland Edinburgh and St Andrews offers return to levels of 2011 or better. Aberdeen offer rate significantly down this year, for breakdown of this by faculty see Table 5b Most universities offer rates are fairly stable over the three year period Rank University Code Total Offers Offer rate 2012 2011 1 Glasgow G28 1227 835 68% 68% 71% 2 Edinburgh E56 1203 651 54% 45% 54% 3 Aberdeen A20 978 599 61% 85% 76% 4 Dundee D65 640 414 65% 52% 72% 5 St Andrews S36 552 321 58% 37% 48% 6 Strathclyde S78 510 431 85% 76% 74% 7 Heriot-Watt H24 400 330 83% 87% 82% 8 Robert Gordon R36 356 318 89% 88% 91% 9 Stirling S75 328 251 77% 71% 48% 10 Edinburgh Napier E59 323 274 85% 76% 72% 11 Glasgow Caledonian G42 218 177 81% 73% 81% 12 Abertay A30 77 70 91% 84% 79% 13 Glasgow School of Art G43 67 14 21% 36% 22% 14 Queen Margaret Q25 63 35 56% 73% 66% 15 West of Scotland U40 55 45 82% 85% 89% 16 Scottish Agricultural College B80 25 22 88% 50% 86% 17 Highlands & Islands H49 10 9 90% 86% 67% 7032 4796 68%** 66%** 68% ** denotes statistical difference from previous year at the 5% significance level. 8 P a g e
Table 2c: Universities in England and Wales Quite obvious increases in offer rate from most universities except Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Bath, ICL, LSE and Queen s Belfast. Rank University Code Total Offers Offer rate 2012 2011 1 Newcastle N21 257 217 84% 78% 64% 2 Durham D86 209 106 51% 50% 47% 3 Bristol B78 154 111 72% 65% 40% 4 Cambridge C05 140 38 27% 32% 16% 5 Oxford O33 128 23 18% 27% 23% 6 UCL U80 117 72 62% 51% 41% 7 Exeter E84 108 105 97% 95% 79% 8 Leeds L23 107 97 91% 78% 74% 9 York Y50 98 90 92% 90% 80% 10 Manchester M20 90 80 89% 82% 76% 11 Bath B16 83 70 84% 84% 82% 12 KCL K60 81 63 78% 65% 33% 13 Northumbria N77 77 69 90% 92% 73% 14 Warwick W20 76 68 89% 75% 66% 15 Nottingham N84 74 55 74% 71% 55% 16 ICL I50 69 43 62% 63% 69% 17 LSE L72 68 10 15% 26% 23% 18 Loughborough L79 57 50 88% 91% 70% 19 Oxford Brookes O66 57 52 91% 76% 59% 21 Queen's Belfast Q75 39 29 74% 74% 92% 21 Sheffield S18 36 30 83% 81% 76% 22 Manchester Metropolitan M40 32 27 84% 54% 67% 30 Lancaster L14 30 28 93% 94% 100% 24 Cardiff C15 29 20 69% 78% 27% 39 Liverpool L41 29 16 55% 71% 48% 26 Southampton S27 26 22 85% 100% 83% 27 QMUL Q50 24 22 92% 73% 44% 28 Birmingham B32 20 16 80% 82% 68% 29 Leicester L34 19 14 74% 100% 75% 30 Reading R12 17 16 94% 69% 84% 2351 1659 71%** 68%** 56% Other in UK 520 429 83% 80% 75% ** denotes statistical difference from previous year at the 5% significance level. 9 P a g e
Analysis by Courses Table 3: Courses by main subject area As identified by UCAS/JACS main subject codes No great changes to the overall pattern of offers here, but Social Studies and Physical Sciences becoming more popular Rank Code Subject area Total Offers Offer 2012 2011 Rate Rank Rate Rank Rate 1 L Social Studies 1306 921 71% 2 64% 2 64% 2 N Business & Administrative Studies 1283 988 77% 1 74% 1 71% 3 H Engineering 1017 749 74% 3 80% 4 79% 4 C Biological Sciences 919 659 72% 5 71% 3 69% 5 M Law 734 562 77% 7 78% 6 79% 6 F Physical Sciences 677 499 74% 10 73% 8 75% 7 V Historical & Philosophical Studies 669 475 71% 4 68% 9 64% 8 A Medicine & Dentistry 626 202 32% 6 33% 5 35% 9 G 10 W 11 B 12 Q Mathematical & Computer Sciences 434 342 79% 12 77% 12 74% Creative Arts & Design 432 247 57% 9 54% 7 48% Subjects allied to Medicine 418 295 71% 8 64% 10 69% Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 385 260 68% 11 63% 11 63% 13 R European Languages, Literature & related 276 199 72% subjects 13 68% 13 65% 14 X Education 178 96 54% 16 40% 15 44% 15 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects 174 99 57% 15 52% 17 49% 16 K Architecture, Building & Planning 143 113 79% 14 73% 14 70% Mass 17 P Communications & Documentation 93 60 65% 17 87% 16 66% 18 J Technologies 61 53 87% 18 71% 18 79% 19 T 20 Y Eastern, Asiatic, African, American & Australasian Languages, Literature & related subjects 43 37 86% 19 79% 19 76% Combined & General Courses 20 19 95% 20 83% 20 50% 9888 6875 70% 67% 66% 10 P a g e
Analysis by Subject Table 4a: Business and Administrative Subjects Includes Business, Accountancy, Management & Entrepreneurship. Rank Business & Admin Subjects Total Offers Rate 1 Edinburgh Napier E59 127 119 94% 2 Robert Gordon R36 115 107 93% 3 Edinburgh E56 110 35 32% 4 Strathclyde S78 105 77 73% 5 Heriot-Watt H24 100 77 77% 6 Glasgow G28 96 73 76% 7 Glasgow Caledonian G42 84 76 90% 8 Aberdeen A20 70 34 49% 9 Dundee D65 65 51 78% 10 Stirling S75 60 51 85% 11 Newcastle N21 34 30 88% 12 Queen Margaret Q25 26 16 62% 13 Northumbria N77 20 14 70% 14 Abertay A30 18 16 89% 15 Manchester Metropolitan M40 16 15 94% 16 Oxford Brookes O66 14 12 86% 17 St Andrews S36 11 7 64% 18 LSE L72 10 2 20% 19 Bath B16 10 8 80% 20 Warwick W20 10 7 70% 21 Loughborough L79 8 4 50% 22 Manchester M20 8 8 100% 23 Exeter E84 8 8 100% 24 Westminster W50 8 7 88% 25 Lancaster L14 7 7 100% 26 KCL K60 7 4 57% 27 Brighton B72 6 6 100% 28 Bristol B78 6 5 83% 29 West of Scotland U40 5 5 100% 30 Durham D86 5 5 100% 31 QMUL Q50 5 4 80% 32 York Y50 5 5 100% 33 Leeds Metropolitan L27 4 4 100% 34 City C60 4 4 100% 35 Highlands & Islands H49 3 3 100% 36 Central Lancashire C30 3 3 100% 37 Reading R12 2 2 100% 38 UAL U65 2 0 0% 39 Kent K24 2 1 50% 40 Leeds L23 2 2 100% 1201 914 76% 11 P a g e
Table 4b: Social Studies Includes Economics, Politics, International Relations, Sociology, Social Anthropology & Geography often in combination with other subject areas. Rank Social Studies Total Offers Offer rate 1 Glasgow G28 193 125 65% 2 Edinburgh E56 164 91 55% 3 Aberdeen A20 142 92 65% 4 St Andrews S36 105 59 56% 5 Dundee D65 76 60 79% 6 Stirling S75 49 46 94% 7 Newcastle N21 48 46 96% 8 Durham D86 41 17 41% 9 Strathclyde S78 33 26 79% 10 LSE L72 33 6 18% 11 Heriot-Watt H24 31 29 94% 12 Exeter E84 26 26 100% 13 Oxford O33 26 5 19% 14 Cambridge C05 24 7 29% 15 Leeds L23 22 22 100% 16 York Y50 21 19 90% 17 Warwick W20 20 20 100% 18 Bath B16 20 16 80% 19 Bristol B78 19 11 58% 20 Manchester M20 19 19 100% 21 UCL U80 17 11 65% 22 Oxford Brookes O66 16 16 100% 23 Robert Gordon R36 13 13 100% 24 Glasgow Caledonian G42 13 11 85% 25 Nottingham N84 12 12 100% 26 KCL K60 11 9 82% 27 Loughborough L79 10 9 90% 28 Leicester L34 8 8 100% 29 Northumbria N77 7 7 100% 30 Edinburgh Napier E59 7 7 100% 31 QMUL Q50 6 6 100% 32 Lancaster L14 4 4 100% 33 Abertay A30 4 4 100% 34 Sheffield S18 4 4 100% 35 Kent K24 4 2 50% 36 Cardiff C15 4 3 75% 37 Surrey S85 4 3 75% 38 Essex E70 3 3 100% 39 Canterbury C10 3 3 100% 40 Queen's Belfast Q75 2 2 100% 1264 879 70% 12 P a g e
Table 4c: Biological Sciences Includes Biology, Marine Biology, Zoology, Sports Science, Biochemistry & Psychology. Rank Biological Sciences Total Offers Rate 1 Glasgow G28 141 99 70% 2 Edinburgh E56 119 88 74% 3 Aberdeen A20 110 69 63% 4 Stirling S75 88 48 55% 5 Dundee D65 67 54 81% 6 St Andrews S36 60 35 58% 7 Edinburgh Napier E59 45 35 78% 8 Strathclyde S78 42 30 71% 9 Heriot-Watt H24 33 33 100% 10 Abertay A30 25 22 88% 11 Newcastle N21 15 14 93% 12 Glasgow Caledonian G42 15 8 53% 13 Durham D86 13 9 69% 14 Queen Margaret Q25 13 6 46% 15 West of Scotland U40 12 8 67% 16 Robert Gordon R36 10 5 50% 17 Oxford O33 8 2 25% 18 UCL U80 7 7 100% 19 York Y50 7 7 100% 20 Bath B16 5 5 100% 21 Bristol B78 4 3 75% 22 Northumbria N77 4 3 75% 23 Nottingham N84 4 3 75% 24 Manchester Metropolitan M40 4 3 75% 25 Leeds L23 3 3 100% 26 Queen's Belfast Q75 3 3 100% 27 Sheffield S18 3 3 100% 28 Bangor B06 3 3 100% 29 Cambridge C05 2 1 50% 30 Exeter E84 2 1 50% 31 Manchester M20 2 2 100% 32 Warwick W20 2 2 100% 33 ICL I50 2 2 100% 34 Oxford Brookes O66 2 2 100% 35 Lancaster L14 2 2 100% 36 Cardiff C15 2 2 100% 37 Liverpool L41 2 2 100% 38 Leicester L34 2 2 100% 39 East Anglia E14 2 2 100% 40 Sussex S90 2 2 100% 887 630 71% 13 P a g e
Table 4d: Engineering Includes Civil, Mechanical, Product Design, Electrical & Electronic and Chemical Engineering. Rank Engineering Total Offers Rate 1 Heriot-Watt H24 135 100 74% 2 Strathclyde S78 116 106 91% 3 Glasgow G28 114 76 67% 4 Aberdeen A20 108 57 53% 5 Edinburgh E56 107 67 63% 6 Robert Gordon R36 56 45 80% 7 Edinburgh Napier E59 34 33 97% 8 Bath B16 31 26 84% 9 ICL I50 31 16 52% 10 Cambridge C05 28 4 14% 11 Loughborough L79 23 21 91% 12 Newcastle N21 21 18 86% 13 Bristol B78 20 18 90% 14 Dundee D65 17 15 88% 15 Manchester M20 15 13 87% 16 UCL U80 13 10 77% 17 West of Scotland U40 11 11 100% 18 Warwick W20 10 10 100% 19 Glasgow School of Art G43 10 5 50% 20 Southampton S27 9 9 100% 21 Durham D86 8 8 100% 22 Leeds L23 8 8 100% 23 Oxford O33 7 1 14% 24 Nottingham N84 7 5 71% 25 Glasgow Caledonian G42 6 6 100% 26 Exeter E84 6 6 100% 27 Surrey S85 6 6 100% 28 Sheffield S18 5 5 100% 29 Cardiff C15 5 5 100% 30 Harper Adams H12 5 3 60% 31 Brunel B84 5 5 100% 32 Oxford Brookes O66 4 3 75% 33 Lancaster L14 3 3 100% 34 Queen's Belfast Q75 2 1 50% 35 Liverpool L41 2 2 100% 36 Birmingham B32 2 1 50% 37 City C60 2 2 100% 38 Kingston K84 2 2 100% 39 Leicester L34 1 0 0% 40 QMUL Q50 1 1 100% 996 733 74% 14 P a g e
Table 4e: Medicine St Andrews becoming more difficult to gain entry to, other Scottish medical schools offer rates have largely returned to 2011 levels. Rank Medicine Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 1 Aberdeen A20 110 49 45% 35% 44% 2 Dundee D65 110 26 24% 28% 28% 3 Edinburgh E56 84 30 36% 19% 39% 4 St Andrews S36 78 26 33% 41% 51% 5 Glasgow G28 73 25 34% 45% 36% 6 Newcastle N21 19 6 32% 33% 18% 7 Oxford O33 16 3 19% 14% 20% 8 Cambridge C05 9 3 33% 11% 12% 9 Queen's Belfast Q75 9 3 33% 67% 100% 10 Keele K12 9 3 33% 50% 20% 11 UCL U80 4 0 0% 20% 0% 12 Liverpool L41 4 1 25% 50% 43% 13 KCL K60 3 3 100% 0% 0% 14 Nottingham N84 3 1 33% 50% 63% 15 Bristol B78 3 1 33% 50% 0% 16 Leeds L23 3 0 0% 0% 30% 17 ICL I50 3 1 33% 33% 33% 18 Birmingham B32 3 1 33% 33% 100% 19 BSMS B74 3 0 0% 0% 0% 20 Cardiff C15 2 0 0% 50% 50% 21 HYMS H75 1 1 100% 50% 50% 22 Sheffield S18 1 0 0% 100% 20% 23 Peninsula P37 0 0 0% 50% 24 QMUL Q50 0 0 50% 0% 550 183 33% 32% 36% 15 P a g e
Table 4f: Dentistry Lower offers from both Glasgow and Dundee this year. This is becoming as difficult as Medicine to gain entry to. Rank Dentistry Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 1 Glasgow G28 14 6 43% 67% 39% 2 Dundee D65 13 5 38% 67% 62% 3 Newcastle N21 9 1 11% 8% 0% 4 Sheffield S18 5 0 0% 0% 0% 5 KCL K60 4 1 25% 0% 0% 6 Cardiff C15 3 0 0% 100% 17% 7 Bristol B78 3 0 0% 0% 0% 8 Manchester M20 1 0 0% 50% 0% 9 Birmingham B32 1 1 100% 0% 0% 10 QMUL Q50 0 0 0% 25% 11 Leeds L23 0 0 0% 0% 53 14 26% 45% 26% 16 P a g e
Table 4g: Law Aberdeen more difficult this year, otherwise offer rates are quite high. Rank Law Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 1 Aberdeen A20 110 85 77% 100% 97% 2 Edinburgh E56 76 44 58% 36% 59% 3 Glasgow G28 73 63 86% 78% 88% 4 Dundee D65 72 64 89% 91% 100% 5 Strathclyde S78 51 51 100% 91% 96% 6 Stirling S75 25 22 88% 80% 95% 7 Newcastle N21 23 20 87% 82% 68% 8 Robert Gordon R36 23 23 100% 88% 93% 9 Durham D86 19 11 58% 45% 38% 10 Edinburgh Napier E59 18 17 94% 78% 92% 11 Oxford O33 18 4 22% 50% 17% 12 UCL U80 16 7 44% 43% 25% 13 Bristol B78 16 16 100% 100% 100% 14 KCL K60 13 5 38% 50% 0% 15 Cambridge C05 13 5 38% 75% 29% 16 LSE L72 13 2 15% 0% 25% 17 Exeter E84 11 11 100% 100% 80% 18 York Y50 11 7 64% 100% 75% 19 Glasgow Caledonian G42 7 7 100% 100% 91% 20 Warwick W20 7 5 71% 0% 50% 21 Nottingham N84 6 6 100% 50% 40% 22 QMUL Q50 5 4 80% 67% 20% 23 Abertay A30 3 3 100% 50% 50% 24 Reading R12 3 3 100% 100% 25 Leeds L23 2 2 100% 100% 100% 26 Leicester L34 2 2 100% 100% 100% 27 Sussex S90 2 2 100% 100% 28 Kent K24 1 1 100% 100% 100% 29 Brunel B84 1 1 100% 100% 30 Manchester Met M40 1 0 0% 100% 0% 31 Kingston K84 1 1 100% 0% 32 City C60 0 0 0% 33 Keele K12 0 0 100% 34 Birmingham City B25 0 0 100% 35 Buckingham B90 0 0 100% 100% 36 Canterbury C10 0 0 100% 37 East London E28 0 0 100% 38 Essex E70 0 0 100% 39 Lancaster L14 0 0 100% 40 Leeds Metropolitan L27 0 0 100% 642 494 77% 78% 81% 17 P a g e
Table 4h: Creative Arts & Design Includes Fine Art, Graphic Design, Fashion, Product Design, Art & Design, Music and Drama Rank Creative Arts Total Offers Rate 1 Edinburgh E56 61 14 23% 2 Dundee D65 49 28 57% 3 Glasgow School of Art G43 44 5 11% 4 Robert Gordon R36 31 26 84% 5 Edinburgh Napier E59 26 14 54% 6 Glasgow G28 16 9 56% 7 Northumbria N77 16 16 100% 8 Glasgow Caledonian G42 16 13 81% 9 Aberdeen A20 12 9 75% 10 Heriot-Watt H24 12 10 83% 11 Leeds L23 9 5 56% 12 Strathclyde S78 9 7 78% 13 UAL U65 8 1 13% 14 West of Scotland U40 7 6 86% 15 York Y50 6 6 100% 16 Nottingham Trent N91 5 3 60% 17 Manchester Metropolitan M40 4 2 50% 18 Durham D86 4 4 100% 19 Queen Margaret Q25 3 2 67% 20 Newcastle N21 3 1 33% 21 Bristol B78 3 3 100% 22 CSSD C35 3 1 33% 23 Rose Bruford R51 3 0 0% 24 Westminster W50 3 2 67% 25 Creative Arts C93 3 2 67% 26 Lancaster L14 2 1 50% 27 Manchester M20 2 2 100% 28 University College Falmouth F33 2 1 50% 29 Queen's Belfast Q75 2 2 100% 30 Kingston K84 1 1 100% 31 Oxford O33 1 0 0% 32 RWCMD R86 1 1 100% 33 De Montfort D26 1 1 100% 34 Abertay A30 0 0 35 QMUL Q50 0 0 36 Aberystwyth A40 0 0 37 Birmingham City B25 0 0 38 Brunel B84 0 0 39 Chester C55 0 0 442 210 48% 18 P a g e
Individual Universities In the tables which follow, the final column gives Offer Rate. Table 5a: Edinburgh Considerable improvement of offer rates in subject areas where 2012 was a difficult year, such as Social Studies and Law. Edinburgh Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 L Social Studies 164 91 55% 38% 55% C Biological Sciences 119 88 74% 57% 68% N Business & Administrative Studies 110 35 32% 37% 31% H Engineering 107 67 63% 61% 60% M Law 99 53 54% 35% 55% F Physical Sciences 92 62 67% 62% 60% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 92 58 63% 54% 77% A Medicine & Dentistry 85 30 35% 19% 38% W Creative Arts & Design 61 14 23% 28% 38% B Subjects allied to Medicine 49 31 63% 59% 66% X Education 45 24 53% 52% 44% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 45 36 80% 76% 63% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 36 15 42% 40% 71% R European Languages, Literature etc 36 15 42% 50% 59% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 30 12 40% 50% 35% K Architecture, Building & Planning 16 13 81% 50% 56% T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 7 5 71% 60% 60% P Mass Communications & Documentation 6 0 0% J Technologies 4 2 50% 25% 67% Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 1203 651 54% 45% 54% 19 P a g e
Table 5b: Aberdeen Noticeable drops in offer rate in many subjects, particularly Social Studies, Law, Engineering, Business, Physical Sciences. For differences by type of school see additional table on next page. Aberdeen Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 L Social Studies 142 92 65% 100% 83% M Law 114 87 76% 100% 95% A Medicine & Dentistry 110 49 45% 35% 44% C Biological Sciences 110 69 63% 90% 73% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 68 50 74% 96% 89% H Engineering 108 57 53% 91% 93% N Business & Administrative Studies 70 34 49% 84% 69% F Physical Sciences 91 53 58% 90% 71% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 29 23 79% 95% 85% B Subjects allied to Medicine 26 19 73% 95% 91% R European Languages, Literature etc 28 21 75% 86% 79% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 25 14 56% 82% 64% X Education 33 18 55% 33% 68% W Creative Arts & Design 12 9 75% 60% 67% K Architecture, Building & Planning 7 2 29% 100% 40% J Technologies 1 1 100% 100% T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 3 1 33% 100% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 1 0 0% P Mass Communications & Documentation 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 978 599 61% 85% 76% 20 P a g e
Clear differences in offer rates in all subjects, but not consistently one way Overall harder to gain entry to Aberdeen from an A Level/IB school. From A/IB school From Highers school Aberdeen from A/IB school Diff Total Offers Rate Rate L Social Studies 23 17 74% 63% 11% M Law 12 11 92% 75% 17% A Medicine & Dentistry 6 1 17% 46% -29% C Biological Sciences 15 8 53% 64% -11% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 11 9 82% 72% 10% H Engineering 14 4 29% 56% -27% N Business & Administrative Studies 9 7 78% 44% 34% F Physical Sciences 20 4 20% 69% -49% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 7 4 57% 86% -29% B Subjects allied to Medicine 3 0 0% 83% -83% R European Languages, Literature etc 4 4 100% 71% 29% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 2 0 0% 61% -61% X Education 2 0 0% 58% -58% W Creative Arts & Design 1 1 100% 73% 27% K Architecture, Building & Planning 5 1 20% 50% -30% J Technologies 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 1 0 0% 50% -50% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Mass Communications & Documentation 0 0 P Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 135 71 53%** 63% -10% ** This value is statistically lower at the 5% significance level compared with the 63% offer rate to candidates from Highers schools. 21 P a g e
Table 5c: Glasgow Although Glasgow has increased in popularity in recent years, offer rates have remained largely the same. Glasgow Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 L Social Studies 193 125 65% 59% 59% C Biological Sciences 141 99 70% 56% 68% H Engineering 114 76 67% 75% 86% F Physical Sciences 105 76 72% 55% 77% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 100 76 76% 89% 88% N Business & Administrative Studies 96 73 76% 65% 69% A Medicine & Dentistry 87 31 36% 53% 37% M Law 80 67 84% 81% 87% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 64 43 67% 79% 79% B Subjects allied to Medicine 53 42 79% 59% 84% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 46 32 70% 76% 81% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 44 25 57% 46% 58% R European Languages, Literature etc 42 33 79% 91% 91% X Education 29 17 59% 57% 57% W Creative Arts & Design 16 9 56% 82% 63% P Mass Communications & Documentation 9 5 56% 100% 25% J Technologies 6 6 100% 60% 91% K Architecture, Building & Planning 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 1225 835 68% 68% 71% 22 P a g e
Table 5d: Dundee Medicine and Dentistry are becoming more difficult to gain entry to (see Tables 4e and 4f). Dundee Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 A Medicine & Dentistry 124 31 25% 37% 31% L Social Studies 76 60 79% 37% 92% M Law 72 64 89% 91% 100% C Biological Sciences 67 54 81% 64% 95% N Business & Administrative Studies 65 51 78% 68% 91% W Creative Arts & Design 49 28 57% 44% 38% B Subjects allied to Medicine 42 31 74% 67% 87% F Physical Sciences 40 32 80% 60% 56% X Education 25 10 40% 18% 24% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 18 6 33% 19% 90% H Engineering 17 15 88% 70% 88% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 17 5 29% 50% 95% K Architecture, Building & Planning 16 15 94% 90% 78% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 10 10 100% 50% 95% R European Languages, Literature etc 1 1 100% 100% T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 1 1 100% 100% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 P Mass Communications & Documentation 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 640 414 65% 52% 72% 23 P a g e
Table 5e: Strathclyde Increased offer rates in most subjects this year. Strathclyde Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 H Engineering 116 106 91% 80% 78% N Business & Administrative Studies 105 77 73% 64% 73% M Law 54 54 100% 88% 97% C Biological Sciences 42 30 71% 74% 60% L Social Studies 33 26 79% 84% 66% B Subjects allied to Medicine 30 28 93% 81% 85% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 26 20 77% 88% 95% F Physical Sciences 24 23 96% 67% 92% X Education 21 14 67% 25% 33% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 18 16 89% 88% 31% R European Languages, Literature etc 10 10 100% 100% 60% W Creative Arts & Design 9 7 78% 83% 86% K Architecture, Building & Planning 8 8 100% 83% 82% J Technologies 7 7 100% 100% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 6 4 67% P Mass Communications & Documentation 1 1 100% A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 510 431 85% 75% 74% 24 P a g e
Table 5f: St Andrews Overall offer rates significantly up except in Medicine and Dentistry. St Andrews Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 L Social Studies 105 59 56% 24% 36% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 84 52 62% 42% 39% A Medicine & Dentistry 78 26 33% 41% 51% F Physical Sciences 75 48 64% 46% 70% C Biological Sciences 60 35 58% 50% 52% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 46 32 70% 55% 63% R European Languages, Literature etc 40 31 78% 11% 42% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 39 23 59% 29% 48% N Business & Administrative Studies 11 7 64% 75% 29% P Mass Communications & Documentation 8 5 63% 0% 14% B Subjects allied to Medicine 4 2 50% 0% 0% T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 2 1 50% 0% 67% H Engineering 0 0 M Law 0 0 X Education 0 0 W Creative Arts & Design 0 0 K Architecture, Building & Planning 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 552 321 58% 37% 48% 25 P a g e
Table 5g: Robert Gordon Very similar to last year Robert Gordon Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 N Business & Administrative Studies 115 107 93% 96% 96% H Engineering 56 45 80% 96% 100% B Subjects allied to Medicine 44 36 82% 76% 82% M Law 33 33 100% 91% 96% W Creative Arts & Design 31 26 84% 58% 80% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 22 22 100% 100% 100% K Architecture, Building & Planning 18 18 100% 95% 94% L Social Studies 13 13 100% 100% 57% P Mass Communications & Documentation 12 11 92% 86% 100% C Biological Sciences 10 5 50% 67% 71% F Physical Sciences 2 2 100% 100% 100% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 0 0 A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 R European Languages, Literature etc 0 0 Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 X Education 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 356 318 89% 88% 91% 26 P a g e
Table 5h: Edinburgh Napier Another increase in offer rate from last year, otherwise very similar. Edinburgh Napier Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 N Business & Administrative Studies 127 119 94% 82% 76% C Biological Sciences 45 35 78% 78% 65% H Engineering 34 33 97% 95% 87% W Creative Arts & Design 26 14 54% 53% 48% M Law 24 21 88% 75% 82% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 16 16 100% 86% 82% P Mass Communications & Documentation 12 1 8% 100% 43% B Subjects allied to Medicine 9 6 67% 43% 55% K Architecture, Building & Planning 8 7 88% 100% 100% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 8 8 100% 100% 88% L Social Studies 7 7 100% 67% 80% R European Languages, Literature etc 5 5 100% 75% 67% F Physical Sciences 2 2 100% 100% 67% A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 V Historical & Philosophical Studies 0 0 X Education 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 323 274 85% 76% 72% 27 P a g e
Table 5i: Stirling Another rise in offer rate from last year, fairly consistent across all subjects Stirling Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 C Biological Sciences 88 48 55% 53% 41% N Business & Administrative Studies 60 51 85% 80% 51% L Social Studies 49 46 94% 80% 28% M Law 33 28 85% 85% 89% F Physical Sciences 22 20 91% 57% 47% V Historical & Philosophical Studies 22 18 82% 84% 75% X Education 14 5 36% 40% 13% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 12 10 83% 33% 56% P Mass Communications & Documentation 9 7 78% 100% 33% Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 9 9 100% 100% 50% B Subjects allied to Medicine 5 5 100% 100% 0% R European Languages, Literature etc 5 4 80% 75% 67% A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 H Engineering 0 0 J Technologies 0 0 K Architecture, Building & Planning 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 W Creative Arts & Design 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 328 251 77% 71% 48% 28 P a g e
Table 5j: Heriot Watt Their very popular Engineering course is becoming slightly harder to gain entry to. Heriot Watt Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 H Engineering 135 100 74% 80% 85% N Business & Administrative Studies 100 77 77% 88% 73% F Physical Sciences 34 31 91% 88% 100% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 34 31 91% 89% 77% C Biological Sciences 33 33 100% 100% 90% L Social Studies 31 29 94% 93% 92% W Creative Arts & Design 12 10 83% 57% 67% R European Languages, Literature etc 11 9 82% 100% 60% K Architecture, Building & Planning 9 9 100% 100% 100% J Technologies 1 1 100% 100% A Medicine & Dentistry 0 0 B Subjects allied to Medicine 0 0 D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 M Law 0 0 P Mass Communications & Documentation 0 0 Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 V Historical & Philosophical Studies 0 0 X Education 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 400 330 83% 87% 82% 29 P a g e
Table 5k: Glasgow Caledonian Fairly consistent overall picture, 2012 was perhaps an atypical year. Glasgow Caledonian Total Offers Rate 2012 2011 N Business & Administrative Studies 84 76 90% 78% 86% B Subjects allied to Medicine 38 24 63% 36% 71% W Creative Arts & Design 16 13 81% 80% 78% C Biological Sciences 15 8 53% 100% 64% L Social Studies 13 11 85% 63% 82% G Mathematical & Computer Sciences 12 10 83% 71% 100% J Technologies 11 9 82% 67% 71% K Architecture, Building & Planning 8 8 100% 100% 67% M Law 7 7 100% 100% 92% H Engineering 6 6 100% 86% 80% P Mass Communications & Documentation 4 3 75% 100% 92% A Medicine & Dentistry 1 0 0% 100% 0% F Physical Sciences 1 1 100% 100% 100% D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture etc 0 0 Q Linguistics, Classics & related subjects 0 0 R European Languages, Literature etc 0 0 T Eastern, Asiatic & etc Languages 0 0 V Historical & Philosophical Studies 0 0 X Education 0 0 Y Combined & General Courses 0 0 Z Miscellaneous 0 0 216 176 81% 73% 81% 30 P a g e
Analysis by year of entry Table 6: Deferred entries There continues to be a much smaller percentage of Scottish pupils taking a GAP year compared to the RUK. Total number of applications 9903 For 2013 9712 For 2014 191 Percentage of deferred Entries 2013 from Scotland 1.9% Percentage of deferred Entries 2012 from Scotland 2.4% Percentage of deferred Entries 2012 from all UK 8.9% Percentage of deferred Entries 2011 from Scotland 4.3% Percentage of deferred Entries 2011 from all UK 6.6% Percentage of deferred Entries 2010 from all UK 10.7% 31 P a g e
Case Study 1: Offer rates from different school types Table 7a: Scotland Overall it is significantly easier to gain entry to Scottish universities from an A Level/IB school. This is particularly true for Glasgow and Robert Gordon. However Aberdeen, Edinburgh Napier, SAC, Queen Margaret and West of Scotland are easier to gain entry to from a Highers school. Rank University Highers schools A Level / IB schools Code Total Offers Rate Total Offers Rate 1 Glasgow G28 1050 673 64% 177 162 92%** 2 Edinburgh E56 1045 571 55% 158 80 51% 3 Aberdeen A20 843 528 63%** 135 71 53% 4 St Andrews S36 468 268 57% 84 53 63% 5 Dundee D65 574 368 64% 66 46 70% 6 Heriot-Watt H24 346 284 82% 54 44 81% 7 Edinburgh Napier E59 272 235 86%** 51 39 76% 8 Stirling S75 279 214 77% 49 37 76% 9 Robert Gordon R36 315 278 88% 41 40 98%** 10 Glasgow Caledonian G42 187 152 81% 31 25 81% 11 Strathclyde S78 479 403 84% 31 28 90% 12 Abertay A30 65 59 91% 12 11 92% 13 Scottish Agricultural College S01 14 14 100%** 11 8 73% 14 Glasgow School of Art G43 58 11 19% 9 3 33% 15 Queen Margaret Q25 58 34 59%** 5 1 20% 16 West of Scotland U40 50 43 86%** 5 2 40% 6103 4135 68% 919 650 71%** ** denotes statistical difference at the 5% significance level. 32 P a g e
Table 7b: England and Wales Generally much easier to gain entry from an A Level/IB school. Rank University Code Total Offers Rate Total Offers Rate 1 Newcastle N21 163 131 80% 94 86 91%** 2 Bristol B78 75 47 63% 79 64 81%** 3 Durham D86 130 61 47% 79 45 57% 4 Exeter E84 39 38 97% 69 67 97% 5 UCL U80 52 36 69% 65 36 55% 6 Leeds L23 44 41 93% 63 56 89% 7 Manchester M20 32 26 81% 58 54 93%** 8 Oxford Brookes O66 5 5 100% 52 47 90% 9 Cambridge C05 99 30 30% 41 8 20% 10 York Y50 57 53 93% 41 37 90% 11 Bath B16 44 36 82% 39 34 87% 12 Northumbria N77 39 36 92% 38 33 87% 13 Loughborough L79 21 19 90% 36 31 86% 14 Warwick W20 40 38 95%** 36 30 83% 15 Nottingham N84 40 24 60% 34 31 91%** 16 Oxford O33 95 17 18% 33 6 18% 17 KCL K60 50 40 80% 31 23 74% 18 ICL I50 39 23 59% 30 20 67% 19 LSE L72 39 8 21% 29 2 7% 21 Manchester Met M40 10 9 90% 22 18 82% 21 Cardiff C15 9 7 78% 20 13 65% 22 Leicester L34 3 2 67% 16 12 75% 30 QMUL Q50 8 8 100% 16 14 88% 24 Sheffield S18 20 14 70% 16 16 100%** 39 Lancaster L14 16 16 100% 14 12 86% 26 Southampton S27 12 9 75% 14 13 93% 27 Westminster W50 3 2 67% 14 12 86% 28 Harper Adams H12 3 1 33% 13 11 85%** 29 Birmingham B32 8 5 63% 12 11 92% 30 Reading R12 5 5 100% 12 11 92% 1200 787 66% 1116 853 76%** Other in UK 241 178 74% 324 279 86%** ** denotes statistical difference at the 5% significance level. 33 P a g e
Case Study 2: Geography at Aberdeen Table 8: Comparison of offer rates by type of school Significantly easier to gain entry to Geography from an A Level/IB school than from a Highers school. From A Level/IB schools, Geography at 87% is higher than the overall Social Studies figure of 74% and much higher than the 53% overall rate for the university (see Table 5b, second part). All schools Total Offers Rate Geography 33 23 70% Geography joint Honours 40 27 68% 73 50 68% Highers schools Geography 26 17 65% Geography joint Honours 32 20 63% 58 37 64% A Level / IB schools Geography 7 6 86% Geography joint Honours 8 7 88% 15 13 87%** ** denotes statistical difference at the 5% significance level. 34 P a g e
Case Study 3: Conditional offer rates at Highers schools Table 9a: Scottish universities in 2013 In these tables the final column gives the number of conditional offers as a percentage of the offers made. Data from Highers schools shows that universities have quite different strategies on giving conditional offers. St Andrews gives the highest percentage of unconditional offers Rank University Code Total Offers Offer rate Cond % Cond 1 St Andrews S36 468 268 57% 18 7% 2 Glasgow School of Art G43 58 11 19% 1 9% 3 Edinburgh E56 1045 571 55% 92 16% 4 Glasgow G28 1050 673 64% 150 22% 5 Aberdeen A20 843 528 63% 142 27% 6 Dundee D65 574 368 64% 126 34% 7 Stirling S75 279 214 77% 90 42% 8 Heriot-Watt H24 346 284 82% 123 43% 9 Strathclyde S78 479 403 84% 187 46% 10 Highlands & Islands H49 9 8 89% 4 50% 11 Queen Margaret Q25 58 34 59% 19 56% 12 Glasgow Caledonian G42 187 152 81% 90 59% 13 Robert Gordon R36 315 278 88% 170 61% 14 Edinburgh Napier E59 272 235 86% 147 63% 15 West of Scotland U40 50 43 86% 29 67% 16 Abertay A30 65 59 91% 41 69% 17 Scottish Agricultural College S01 14 14 100% 11 79% 6112 4143 68% 1440 35% 35 P a g e
Table 9b: Scottish universities in 2011 Surprisingly (disappointingly?) there is very little difference between the percentages of conditional offers in 2013 and 2011. If anything, more conditional offers were given in 2011. Rank University Code Total Offers Rate Cond % Cond 1 St Andrews S36 438 213 49% 14 7% 2 Glasgow School of Art G43 63 14 22% 3 21% 3 Edinburgh E56 1054 581 55% 128 22% 4 Aberdeen A20 909 701 77% 231 33% 5 Queen Margaret Q25 75 50 67% 18 36% 6 Glasgow G28 891 621 70% 230 37% 7 Strathclyde S78 570 420 74% 162 39% 8 Dundee D65 673 489 73% 191 39% 9 West of Scotland U40 44 39 89% 18 46% 10 Scottish Agricultural College S01 18 15 83% 8 53% 11 Stirling S75 271 133 49% 72 54% 12 Robert Gordon R36 326 300 92% 168 56% 13 Abertay A30 77 62 81% 35 56% 14 Heriot-Watt H24 237 196 83% 111 57% 15 Highlands & Islands H49 7 5 71% 3 60% 16 Edinburgh Napier E59 312 229 73% 141 62% 17 Glasgow Caledonian G42 195 163 84% 111 68% 6160 4231 69% 1644 39% 36 P a g e