Dear April,

I am writing to acknowledge your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 received by The University of Manchester today, our reference as per the subject line.

The University will respond to your request within 20 working days.

Kind regards

Sharon

Sharon Glen | Information Officer | Information Governance Office | Directorate of Compliance and Risk |Professional Services | G7 Christie Building | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road | Manchester | M13 9PL | www.manchester.ac.uk

Please contact me via Teams or email as I may not be in the office to take your call.

Have you refreshed your Data Protection & Cyber Security training? Details of how staff can access the new course, are on the following IGO StaffNet page: https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ig...

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Dear April,

I am writing to acknowledge your request under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 received by The University of Manchester today, our reference as
per the subject line.

The University will respond to your request within 20 working days.

Kind regards,

Polly

My usual working days are Wednesday morning, Thursday and Friday.  I
job-share with Paula Egerton who usually works Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday morning. 

Polly Smith | Information Officer | Information Governance Office |
Directorate of Compliance and Risk | Professional Services | G.004 |
Christie Building | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road |
Manchester | M13 9PL | 0161 200 8799| [1]www.manchester.ac.uk.  Please
contact me on Teams or email as I may not be working in the office to take
your call.

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Dear April,

Thank you for your request for information received by The University of
Manchester on 19 May 2023 which was as follows:

I would like to know every undergraduate programme for ucas cycle 2023(for
entry in 2023 or deferred in 2024:

-the programme name

-the number of applications

-the number of offers

Specially, I also want to know the China applications and offers for ucas
cycle 2023

If it is inconvenient for you to disclose the situation of each programme,
please let me know the overall application statistics, such as

2023 UCAS cycle——

Number of applicants:

Number of Offers:

2022 UCAS cycle——

Number of applicants:

Number of Offers:

2021 UCAS cycle——

Number of applicants:

Number of Offers:

The University has now considered your request and I can advise as
follows.

Unfortunately we are unable to provide the requested data in relation to
the UCAS cycle for 2023 as that cycle is not yet complete and we do not
hold the full data for it. However, if we did hold the requested
information (and indeed when we do once the cycle is completed), we would
consider it to be exempt from disclosure by virtue of the listed exemption
at Section 43 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Commercial
interests. This is because we believe disclosure of such detailed
information would impact on the University’s competitive advantage by
giving a new or existing competitor key information about our programmes
which could then impact on our numbers of applications, offers and/or
acceptances. Any disclosure under the FOIA is considered as a disclosure
to the world, so whereas it may not be your intention to use the
information in this way, it would be an important factor in our
considerations.  

The remainder of the data you requested can be found below.

2022 UCAS cycle——

Number of applicants: 90165

Number of Offers: 39395

2021 UCAS cycle——

Number of applicants: 85741

Number of Offers: 40708

Note: the above data is end of cycle data (i.e. number of applications and
offers at the end of the admissions cycle/year).

I hope the above is of use however if you feel that The University of
Manchester has refused access to information to which you are entitled, or
has not dealt with your request appropriately under the FOIA, you have a
right of appeal. 

An appeal in the first instance should be directed to the Information
Governance Office at [1][email address]. You should include:  

·         details of your initial request  

·         any other relevant information  

You must make this appeal within 40 working days from receipt of your
response. We will not accept appeals received after this date, as per the
Freedom of Information Code of Practice, Section 5.3. 

The University will deal with your appeal within a reasonable time, and
will inform you of the projected time scale on receipt of your complaint.
You are also welcome to contact the Information Governance Office with
informal questions about the handling of your request.

After The University’s internal appeals procedure has been exhausted, you
have a further right of appeal to the Information Commissioner’s
Office. Details of this procedure can be found at [2]www.ico.org.uk. 

Kind regards

Sharon

Sharon Glen | Information Officer | Information Governance Office |
Directorate of Compliance and Risk |Professional Services | G7 Christie
Building | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road | Manchester | M13
9PL | [3]www.manchester.ac.uk

Please contact me via Teams or email as I may not be in the office to take
your call.

Have you refreshed your Data Protection & Cyber Security training? Details
of how staff can access the new course, are on the following IGO StaffNet
page: [4]https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ig...

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Dear April,

We have provided the overall totals as requested for that year. It is the 2023 cycle that we haven't provided and that will be available by October 2023.

I trust this clears up any confusion.

Kind regards

Sharon

Sharon Glen | Information Officer | Information Governance Office | Directorate of Compliance and Risk |Professional Services | G7 Christie Building | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road | Manchester | M13 9PL | www.manchester.ac.uk

Please contact me via Teams or email as I may not be in the office to take your call.

Have you refreshed your Data Protection & Cyber Security training? Details of how staff can access the new course, are on the following IGO StaffNet page: https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ig...

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Dear April,

Thank you for your request for information received by The University of
Manchester on 31 May 2023 which was as follows:

For the 2022 UCAS cycle, number of applicants and offers for each Group
，such as：

Group A Medicine and Dentistry

Group B Subjects all to Medicine

Group C Biological Sciences

Group F Physical Sciences

Group G Mathematical Sciences

Group H Engineering

Group I Computer Sciences

Group J Technologies

Group K Architecture, Building and Planning

Group L Social Studies

Group M Law

Group N Business and Admin studies

Group Q Linguistics, Classics and related

Group R European Languages, Literature and Related

Group T Non European Languages and related

Group V History and Philosophical studies

Group W Creative Arts and Design

Group X Education

Group Y Combined arts, social sciences and sciences

Group Z General other combined&unknown

The University has now considered your request and our response can be
found in the table below.

  Application Offer
Group A Medicine and Dentistry 5040 651
Group B Subjects all to Medicine 14058 5520
Group C Biological Sciences 7317 5021
Group F Physical Sciences 4431 3485
Group G Mathematical Sciences 2919 2330
Group H Engineering 9026 6522
Group I Computer Sciences 3807 1602
Group J Technologies 562 482
Group K Architecture, Building and Planning Group 2224 1089
Group L Social Studies Group 7706 4545
Group M Law Group 5676 1952
Group N Business and Admin studies 9228 3859
Group Q Linguistics, Classics and related 1722 1454
Group R European Languages, Literature and Related 407 306
Group T Non European Languages and related 395 258
Group V History and Philosophical studies 2371 2002
Group W Creative Arts and Design 2235 1256
Group X Education 884 490
Group Y Combined arts, social sciences and sciences 10119 6146
Group Z General, other combined & unknown 2185 1103

I hope that this information is of use to you.

Kind regards

Sharon

Sharon Glen | Information Officer | Information Governance Office |
Directorate of Compliance and Risk |Professional Services | G7 Christie
Building | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road | Manchester | M13
9PL | [1]www.manchester.ac.uk

Please contact me via Teams or email as I may not be in the office to take
your call.

Have you refreshed your Data Protection & Cyber Security training? Details
of how staff can access the new course, are on the following IGO StaffNet
page: [2]https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ig...

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