Dr James Knapton
Information Compliance Officer
R Aron
By email
Reference: FOI-2019-312
20 May 2019
Dear R Aron,
Your request was received on 22 April 2019 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’).
You asked:
I ask you to, for the the past 5 admissions cycles, to reveal the application numbers and offer
rates for the courses MPhil Economics and MPhil Economic Research for applicants of UK
Citizenship, US Citizenship, and Chinese Citizenship. Where dual nationality is held please
mark the students down in both categories.
The requested information is attached.
Please note that the attached document should not be copied, reproduced or used except in
accordance with the law of copyright.
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Yours sincerely,
James Knapton
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Master of Philosophy in Economic Research
China
No of applications
37
31
53
54
54
No of offers made
16
16
20
20
24
United Kingdom
No of applications
26
23
27
43
28
No of offers made
13
12
15
23
19
United States
No of applications
17
8
18
20
21
No of offers made
7
1
6
7
9
Other
No of applications
151
158
181
189
181
No of offers made
72
77
69
92
80
Total
231
220
279
306
284
Master of Philosophy in Economics
China
No of applications
81
54
77
101
125
No of offers made
15
19
21
29
40
United Kingdom
No of applications
95
90
87
89
77
No of offers made
37
43
38
39
37
United States
No of applications
18
16
14
19
12
No of offers made
6
3
2
5
6
Other
No of applications
244
217
242
222
219
No of offers made
72
69
87
56
82
Total
438
377
420
431
433
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