2015 applicant figures (interim) – November

At 10:30 tomorrow, Thursday 27 November, we will publish the November interim applicant statistics for the 2015 cycle.

 is provided under strict embargo until 10:00 on 27 November 2014. The media will not receive the release before it is published and please do not make any public comment before then.

Key points for this statistical release:

• It reports interim applicant totals in the 2015 UCAS application cycle as at Monday 17 November 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 November 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.
• In recent cycles, applicant totals have increased by around 300% between the November interim comparison point and the January deadline. The increase between this point and the January deadline has varied each cycle.
• The proportional cycle to cycle change in applicants recorded at the January deadline is often different to that recorded at this interim point.

Please let your communications team/press office know about this release and the timetable. The November interim report is subject to final minor amendments. If you have any questions, please email communications@ucas.ac.uk. 

Our next statistical release will be the 2014 End of Cycle Report. Please note the revised publication date of Friday 19 December for the report, which you will also receive before it is published.