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Dear Julia

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 18^th August 2021. 
Apologies for the delay in responding to you request.

We have completed the compilation of information in response to your
request for information about admission statistics for the following UCL
Masters programmes for 2019, 2020 and 2021:

o Economics MSc
o Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment MSc
o Health Economics and Decision Science MSc
o Real Estate Economics and Investment Analysis MSc

We can confirm that we do hold some information of the description
specified in your request and this information is provided embedded in
your request below.

Please note: UCL’s Real Estate Economics and Investment Analysis MSc
programme starts in 2022.

Your Request:

 1. Total Number of who applied for the program

Course code Course name 2019 2020 2021
MSc Economics and Policy of Energy &
TMSECOSEAE01 Environment 415 595 685
TMSECOSING01 MSc Economics 930 985 1240
TMSICHSEDS01 MSc Health Economics and Decision Science 255 350 315
MSc Real Estate Economics and Investment
TMSREEAINA01 Analysis N/A N/A 390

 2. Total Number of offers for the program

Course code Course name 2019 2020 2021
MSc Economics and Policy of Energy &
TMSECOSEAE01 Environment 165 200 305
TMSECOSING01 MSc Economics 385 365 295
TMSICHSEDS01 MSc Health Economics and Decision Science 170 110 100
MSc Real Estate Economics and Investment
TMSREEAINA01 Analysis N/A N/A 70

 3. Total Number of Students who accepted the offer

Course code Course name 2019 2020 2021
MSc Economics and Policy of Energy &
TMSECOSEAE01 Environment 115 100 170
TMSECOSING01 MSc Economics 215 200 205
TMSICHSEDS01 MSc Health Economics and Decision Science 125 65 75
MSc Real Estate Economics and Investment
TMSREEAINA01 Analysis N/A N/A 35

 4. Total Number of Students who actually began studying at the University
(Only for the years 2019 and 2020)

Course code Course name 2019 2020
TMSECOSEAE01 MSc Economics and Policy of Energy & Environment 85 80
TMSECOSING01 MSc Economics 140 115
TMSICHSEDS01 MSc Health Economics and Decision Science 95 45

 5. Average GPA of German Students who got an offer

 6. Average GPA of Austrian Students who got an offer

 7. If a GRE Score can be used in the application: The average GRE Score
of German Students who got an offer

 8. If a GRE Score can be used in the application: The average GRE Score
of Austrian Students who got an offer

o With regards to questions 5 – 8 above, average GPA or GRE data from
applicants is not retained.  Details of the minimum entry requirements
for each programme can be found in the prospectus here:
[1]https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-studen...
Please note that UCL will not accept applicants with grades below the
minimum standards.

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•               Numbers of individuals are rounded to the nearest multiple
of five – so if the figure is 102 individuals, this is rounded to 100. Any
number lower than 2.5 is rounded to zero.

•               Percentages that are based on a group of 22 individuals or
less are not provided, and this includes requests for percentile
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We have identified that there is a risk of the identification of
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Section 40(2) of the FOIA allows a public authority to withhold
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