International Admissions Statistics - Medicine (A100)

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Dear Cardiff University,

Under the Freedom Information Act, please could I request data relating to both 2020 and 2021 application cycles to Medicine (A100) please?

1) How many international applicants applied for the undergraduate medicine course?
2) How many international applicants were offered an interview?
3) How many international applicants were successful in receiving an offer?
4) What was the UCAT threshold for international applicants in 2020 and 2021 cycles?
5) Could a breakdown of Countries represented throughout international applications be shared please?

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Yours faithfully,

Elizabeth Bailey

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Dear Elizabeth Bailey

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 10
October 2022.

For ease of reference, I have reproduced your question(s) below and set
out our corresponding response(s).

Under the Freedom Information Act, please could I request data relating to
both 2020 and 2021 application cycles to Medicine (A100) please?

 

 1. How many international applicants applied for the undergraduate
medicine course?

2020/21 – 400

2021/22 - 508

 2. How many international applicants were offered an interview?

2020/21 – 120

2021/22 – 73

 3. How many international applicants were successful in receiving an
offer?

2020/21 – 52

2021/22 - 49

 4. What was the UCAT threshold for international applicants in 2020 and
2021 cycles?

A100 Applicants International 2020/1   2021/2
Interview Lowest 1840   1840
Interview Highest 3040   3050

 

 5. Could a breakdown of Countries represented throughout international
applications be shared please?

Please see attached spreadsheet.

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