INFORMATION COMPLIANCE TEAM
University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD
Ref: 202408-707
21 August 2024
Reply to request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
Your ref
Email of 6 August 2024
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I would like to know the details of undergraduate admission by colleges and domicile, could
you please tell me about the data as follows:
1.How many students were offered by each colleges in 2024 entry 2.How many Chinese
students were offered by each colleges in 2024 entry 3.How many students (and chinese
students) are offered to each course in each college?
Request
ps. 2024 entry means applying in 2023 and enrolling in 2024 Below is an example of the
form:
1.college/course/applications/offers（all students）
2.college/course/applications/offers（Chinese）
Dear Michelle
I write in reply to your email requesting the information detailed above.
The information requested will be included in the annual statistics on undergraduate admissions published in
May 2025 which are part of the University’s Publication Scheme. We are therefore refusing your request under
section 22 of the FOIA. Section 22 provides that information is exempt from disclosure where there is an
intention on the part of the public authority or another body to publish it at a future date, and where it is
reasonable in all the circumstances to maintain the publication schedule.
The exemption in section 22 is a qualified exemption that requires the University to weigh the public interest in
disclosing the information requested, which is presumed from FOIA, against the public interest in maintaining
the exemption.
We recognise that there is a general public interest in the disclosure of information relating to the University’s
admissions process and immediate disclosure of the information would contribute to that interest. However, the
question to be decided is whether the public interest will be better served by disclosing the information now, or
later, in accordance with the publication schedule. Our view is that the public interest would be better served
by adhering to the publication schedule. Disclosing the information in isolation from other information relating
to the [YEAR] admissions cycle would undermine the purpose of the University’s publication scheme. This
scheme provides for the publication of a wide range of information relating to each admissions cycle, which
presents a more complete and accurate picture than the piecemeal disclosure of separate items of admissions
data.
The information requested will be published on this page
Admissions statistics | University of Oxford
Data for 2023 and previous admissions data can be found at this link:
Workbook: University of Oxford - Student
Statistics (tableau.com)
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THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER
If, after the internal review, you are still dissatisfied, you have the right under FOIA to apply to the Information
Commissioner for a decision as to whether your request has been dealt with in accordance with the FOIA. You
can do this online using the
Information Commissioner’s complaints portal.
Yours sincerely
FOI Oxford
Information Compliance Team
