Dr James Knapton
Information Compliance Officer
Muge Zhang
By email
Reference: FOI-2019-146
21 March 2019
Dear Muge Zhang,
Your request was received on 27 February 2019 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’).
You asked for:
1. the number of applicants to PhD in Philosophy during academic years 2016-17, 2017-18,
2018-19
2. the number of offers made to PhD in Philosophy during academic years 2016-17, 2017-18,
2018-19
The requested information is as follows:
Academic
Number of
Number of
year
applicants
offers
2016-17
55
6
2017-18
62
10
2018-19
54
15
Total
171
31
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James Knapton