2022 cycle
Application deadline data
- 2022 applicant data – 15 October deadline
- 2022 application data – January equal consideration deadline
- 2022 application data – June 30 deadline
2021 cycle
End of cycle
- 2021 UCAS Undergraduate sector-level end of cycle data resources
- 2021 UCAS Undergraduate provider-level end of cycle data resources, and unconditional offer-making provider reports
- 2021 UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group
2021 UCAS verification service report (268.51 KB)
Clearing data
Application deadline data
- 2021 application data – 30 June deadline
- 2021 application data – January equal consideration deadline
- 2021 applicant data – 15 October deadline
Additional insights
- Next Steps: What is the experience of disabled students in education? report (7.66 MB)
Next Steps: What is the experience of disabled students in education? data files (205.62 KB)- Students with disabilities need earlier support to enter higher education – press release
- Full report – Where next? What influences the choices international students make? (7.65 MB)
- Data files for the 'international students report (46.58 KB)
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View the press release – Where next? What influences the choices international students make?
- View the press release – More students ready to take next step despite pandemic
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Offer-making data for figures reported in the press release (3.88 KB)
- Full report – Next steps: Who are the 'future nurses'? (6.86 MB)
- Data files for the 'future nurses' report (40.47 KB)
- Where next? The experience of international students connecting to higher education (627.45 KB)
- View the press release – International students view the UK as a study destination of choice, but need support
2020 cycle
End of cycle
- 2020 End of Cycle Report
- 2020 UCAS Undergraduate sector-level end of cycle data resources
- 2020 UCAS Undergraduate provider-level end of cycle data resources, and unconditional offer-making provider reports
- 2020 UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group
- 2020 UCAS verification service report (271.41 KB)
Clearing data
Application deadline data
- 2020 applicant data – 30 June deadline
- 2020 applicant data – 15 January deadline
- 2020 applicant data – 15 October deadline
Additional insights
- Next steps: What is the experience of LGBT+ students in education? (1.48 MB)
- LGBT+ report data tables (6.38 KB)
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View the press release – LGBT+ freshers looking forward to being open and out at university
- Where next? Who doesn't plan to start a full-time undergraduate degree in autumn? (1.37 MB)
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View the press release – Research shows strong demand for apprenticeships
- Starting the conversation: UCAS report on student mental health (565.91 KB)
- Student mental health report data tables (40.1 KB)
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View the press release – 450% increase in student mental health declarations over last decade
- Where next? Improving the journey to becoming an apprentice (183.86 KB)
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View the press release – Students struggle to access information on apprenticeships
- Where next? What influences the choices school leavers make? (1.56 MB)
- Fixed and fluid degree subjects (64.19 KB)
- What influences the choices school leavers make: data resources (5.71 KB)
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View the press release – One in five students unintentionally block themselves from degree choices
- End of Cycle Report 2020: What happened to the COVID cohort? (1.84 MB)
- What happened to the COVID cohort: Annex A (466.51 KB)
- What happened to the COVID cohort: Annex B (303.74 KB)
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What happened to the COVID cohort: Annex C (440.89 KB)
- Students supported to return to preferred choices – view the press release
Data for figures reported in the return to preferred choices press release (1.22 KB)
- 18 June applicant reply deadline – view the press release
- Data for figures reported in the 18 June 2020 press release (2.29 KB)
- Full report: 15 January deadline analysis (3.25 MB)
- Data for figures used in 15 January 2020 report (3.93 KB)
- View the 15 January deadline analysis press release
- View the 15 January deadline dashboard
2019 cycle
End of cycle
- 2019 End of Cycle Report
- 2019 UCAS Undergraduate sector-level end of cycle data resources
- 2019 UCAS Undergraduate provider-level end of cycle data resources, and unconditional offer-making provider reports
- 2019 UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group
- 2019 UCAS Undergraduate weekly applicant numbers
- 2019 UCAS Verification service report and 2019 UCAS Verification service data files (3.45 KB)
Clearing data
Application deadline data
- 2019 applicant data – 30 June deadline
- 2019 applicant data – 15 January deadline
- 2019 applicant data – 15 October deadline
Additional insights
- Full report: Unconditional offers – an update for 2019 (456.45 KB)
- Data for figures used in the 2019 unconditional offers report (5.73 KB)
- View the press release – Update on unconditional offer-making for 2019
- Full report: UK application rates by January 2019 deadline (1013.57 KB)
- Data for figures used in the January 2019 report (113.02 KB)
- View the press release – First rise in university applications for three years
- Full report: Assessment of UCAS applicants to courses with a 15 October deadline (169.53 KB)
- View the press release – Record number of applicants for ‘early deadline’ university courses
2018 cycle
End of cycle
- 2018 End of Cycle Report
- UCAS Undergraduate end of cycle data resources
- 2018 UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group
- 2018 UCAS Undergraduate unconditional offer-making provider reports
- 2018 UCAS Undergraduate weekly applicant numbers
- 2018 UCAS Verification service report and 2018 UCAS Verification service data files (9.09 KB)
Clearing data
Application deadline data
- 2018 applicant data – 30 June deadline
- 2018 applicant data – 24 March deadline
- 2018 applicant data – 15 January deadline
- 2018 applicant data – 15 October deadline
Additional insights
- Full report: MEM – technical report (1.28 MB)
- MEM – summary report (136.15 KB)
- Annex – MEM model output (257.5 KB)
- Data for figures used in the report (6.64 KB)
- Full report: Unconditional offers – an update for 2018 (267.72 KB)
- Data for figures used in the report (1.77 KB)
- View the press release – increase in unconditional offers made to young people in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
- Full report: Admissions patterns for mature applicants (3.41 MB)
- Data for figures used in the report (23.93 KB)
- View the press release – Mature students: local, focused, and female
- The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) and demand for full-time undergraduate higher education (529.85 KB)
- TEF report – model output (1.19 MB)
- Full report: UK application rates by January 2018 deadline (3.86 MB)
- Data for figures used in the January 2018 report (72.24 KB)
- Full report: Assessment of UCAS applicants to courses with 15 October deadline (948.41 KB)
- Data figures used in the 15 October deadline report (10.09 KB)
- View the press release – Number of applicants to October deadline university courses reaches highest recorded, UCAS figures reveal
2017 cycle
End of cycle
- 2017 End of Cycle Report
- UCAS Undergraduate end of cycle data resources
- Equality and entry rates data explorers
Clearing data
- Full report: Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances for the 2017 cycle, four weeks after A level results day (991.56 KB)
- Data for figures used in the 2017 acceptances report (7.6 KB)
Application deadline data
- 2017 applicant data – 30 June deadline
- 2017 applicant data – 24 March deadline
- 2017 applicant data – 15 January deadline
- 2017 applicant data – 15 October deadline
Additional insights
- Full report: UK application rates by January 2017 deadline (979.3 KB)
- Data for figures used in the January 2017 report (72.8 KB)
- Figures used in the January 2017 report (3.43 MB)
- Application rate data explorer for parliamentary constituencies
- Application rates data explorer
2016 cycle
End of cycle
- 2016 End of Cycle Report (2.58 MB)
- 2016 End of Cycle Report data files (164.36 KB)
- 2016 End of Cycle Report figures (8.09 MB)
- Entry rate data explorer for parliamentary constituencies
- Equality and entry rates data explorer
Clearing data
- Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances for the 2016 cycle, four weeks after A level results day (224.51 KB)
- Analysis tables (331.69 KB)
Application deadline data
- 2016 applicant data – 30 June deadline
- 2016 applicant figures – May 2016 (interim)
- 2016 applicant figures – April 2016 (interim)
- 2016 applicant data – 24 March deadline
- 2016 applicant figures – February 2016 (interim)
- 2016 applicant data – 15 January deadline
- 2016 applicant figures – December 2015 (interim)
- 2016 applicant figures – November 2015 (interim)
- 2016 applicant data – 15 October deadline
Additional insights
- Full report: Factors associated with predicted and achieved A level attainment (230.33 KB)
- Data for figures used in the report (19.61 KB)
- Figures used in report (1.36 MB)
- Full report: UK application rates by the January deadline
- Data for figures used in the report
- Figures used in the report
- Application rate data explorer for parliamentary constituencies
2015 cycle
End of cycle
(This is a revised version of the report, issued 12 February 2016. Revisions have been made to the data for qualification combinations in Figures 100, 103, and 104 where the rates for applicants holding A levels and BTECs in combination were understated in the original report. Trends through time, and result interpretation, are not affected.)
A series of short videos are available to accompany the 2015 End of Cycle Report. These videos, recorded by current and graduate members of the UCAS Data Scientist Internship Programme, focus on specific areas of the report and highlight the key findings. View the 2015 End of Cycle Report videos.
Clearing data
- Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances for the 2015 cycle, four weeks after A level results day
- Data tables
- UK country flows infographic
Application deadline data
- 2015 applicant data – 30 June deadline
- 2015 applicant figures – May 2015 (interim)
- 2015 applicant figures – April 2015 (interim)
- 2015 applicant data – 24 March deadline
- 2015 applicant figures – February 2015 (interim)
- 2015 applicant data – 15 January deadline
- 2015 applicant figures – December 2014 (interim)
- 2015 applicant figures – November 2014 (interim)
- 2015 applicant data – 15 October deadline
Additional insights
- Personal data use survey results – applicants respond to survey asking for feedback on how their data is used and shared
- Personal data use survey data tables
- Personal data use survey data response files
- Personal data use survey comments
- Full report: UK application rates by January 2015 deadline
- Data for the figures used in the January 2015 report
- Figures used in the January 2015 report
2014 cycle
End of cycle
Our 2014 End of Cycle Report analyses the entire applications cycle and provides the most detailed understanding to date of admissions to higher education.
Here you can find:
(This is a revised version of the report issued 27 March 2015. Revisions have been made to the data for some geographical areas. Most revisions were very small except for some areas in London. Trends through time, and result interpretation, are not affected.)
Clearing data
- Interim assessment of UCAS acceptances for the 2014 cycle, four weeks after A level results day
- 2014 cycle acceptance data tables
- 2014 cycle acceptance nfographic
Application deadline data
- 2014 applicant data – 30 June deadline
- 2014 applicant figures – May 2014 (interim)
- 2014 applicant figures – April 2014 (interim)
- 2014 applicant data – 24 March deadline
- 2014 applicant figures – February 2014 (interim)
- 2014 applicant data – 15 January deadline
- 2014 applicant figures – December 2013 (interim)
- 2014 applicant figures – November 2013 (interim)
- 2014 applicant data – 15 October deadline
Additional insights
- Full report: UK application rates by January 2014 deadline
- Data for the figures used in the January 2014 report
- Figures used in the January 2014 report
2013 cycle
End of cycle
Our 2013 End of Cycle Report analyses the entire applications cycle and provides a detailed understanding of admissions to higher education.
Here you can find:
- the full 2013 End of Cycle report
- data for the figures used in the 2013 End of Cycle report
- figures used in the 2013 End of Cycle report
- end of 2013 cycle assessment of UCAS acceptances by intended entry year, country of institution and qualifications held.
Clearing data
Application deadline data
- 2013 applicant data – 30 June deadline
- 2013 applicant figures – May 2013 (interim)
- 2013 applicant figures – April 2013 (interim)
- 2013 applicant data – 24 March deadline
- 2013 applicant figures – February 2013 (interim)
- 2013 applicant data – 15 January deadline
- 2013 applicant figures – December 2012 (interim)
- 2013 applicant figures – November 2012 (interim)
- 2013 applicant data – 15 October deadline
Additional insights
- UCAS demand report – media release – March deadline 2013
- UCAS demand report 2013 – March deadline 2013
- UCAS demand report 2013 figures – March deadline 2013
2012 cycle
End of cycle
The annual End of Cycle Report gives an overview of the key analytical issues in the undergraduate application cycle.
Here you can find:
- the full 2012 End of Cycle report
- data for the figures used in the 2012 End of Cycle report
- figures used in the 2012 End of Cycle report
- 2012 end of cycle assessment of UCAS acceptances