Today, Tuesday 6 January, at 10:30 we will publish the December interim applicant statistics for the 2015 cycle.
This report is provided under strict embargo until 10:30. The media will not receive the release before it is published so please do not make any public comment before the official release.
Key points for this statistical release:
- It reports interim applicant totals in the 2015 UCAS application cycle as at Monday 15 December 2014.
- It covers applicants who have applied for any course, including courses with an October deadline (statistics for those applying to October deadline courses were published in October 2014).
- Statistics are also provided for applicant totals as at the third Monday in December in previous cycles. This is an interim point in the application cycle and, unlike statistics for application deadlines, no direct comparison between cycles is possible.
- The increase between this point and the January deadline has varied each cycle, by between 68% and 91% over the past four cycles.
- The proportional cycle-to-cycle change in applicants recorded at the January deadline is often different to that recorded at this interim point.
Please pass this release onto your communications team or press office and make them aware of our timetable of statistical publications. The December interim report is subject to final minor amendments. If you have any questions, please email communications@ucas.ac.uk.