Overall Numbers, including Domicile

Overall numbers

• The number of students admitted in 2023 was 3,219, in line with pre-pandemic levels.

Overall applications to Oxford, offers made and students admitted, all domiciles, 2019–2023

Courses with the highest number of applicants per place (all domiciles, three-year total 2021–2023)

*Including Law/Law with Studies in Europe 

A-level grade profile of UK-domiciled students applying to, receiving offers from and being admitted to Oxford (2023 UK intake)

(A-level bands are based on results data obtained from UCAS and include results from the 2023 and 2022 examination rounds. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking, and candidates with fewer than three A-level results.)

• While three A grades is Oxford’s minimum standard offer for candidates taking A-levels, many courses – particularly in the sciences – require at least one A* grade.
• 53.0% of applicants and 84.1% of admitted students were awarded A*AA or better at A-level.
• 47.0% of admitted students achieved three A* grades or better at A-level^.

^ Across the years 2020-2022 there were variations in the A-Level grades awarded.

Breakdown by Domicile

• Since 2019, applications from UK students and non-EU students have risen, and applications from EU students have fallen.
• UK-domiciled applicants are substantially more likely to receive an offer of a place to study at Oxford than students from outside the UK.
• Since 2019, the proportion of students admitted who are from the UK has risen to 79.5% from 78.8%, whilst the proportion from non-EU countries has increased to 16.8% from 14.1%.
• The proportion of students who applied from the EU fell to 6.8% in 2023 from 12.0% in 2019.
• Oxford does not operate quotas or targets around the nationality or domicile of students admitted to the University. The exception is Medicine, which is subject to a government restriction on the number of students with international fee status who can be admitted each year.
• The highest number of overseas applications and admitted students was from the People’s Republic of China.

Overall applications to Oxford, offers made and students admitted by area of domicile, 2019–2023

Countries with the highest number of applications and students admitted to Oxford, three-year total 2021–2023

Context

UK universities by domicile of students

*Most recent available national data covers 2021 intake: defined as first-year, first-degree, undergraduate students, academic year 2021/22. Excludes those of unknown domicile. See note on HESA data for full citation.