Request for postgraduate admission statistics

The request was successful.

Dear Imperial College London,

I am writing to request the following data for Postgraduate admission statistics for 2020 intke and 2021 intke.

MSc Advanced Aeronautical Engineering
MSc Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Flow Management and Fluid-Structure Interaction
MSc Composites: the Science, Technology and Engineering Application of Advanced Composites
MSc Human and Biological Robotics
MRes Medical Device Design and Entrepreneurship
MSc Applied Computational Science and Engineering
MSc Metals and Energy Finance
MSc Advanced Materials Science and Engineering
MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering
MSc Sustainable Energy Futures

1. The number of applicants
2. The number of offers
3. The number of Chinese applicants
4. The number of offers for Chinese applicants

Many thanks

Yours faithfully,

Sha Wang

IMPFOI, Imperial College London

Dear Sha Wang

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request below, and two similar requests dated 6th July, our references IMPFOI-21-346 and IMPFOI-21-347. We have combined these three requests. Please find below the College's response to your questions.

"...for 2020 intake and 2021 intake [for programmes listed below].

1. The number of applicants
2. The number of offers"

Imperial College is planning to publish postgraduate admission statistics for all postgraduate programmes.

This will include:
• Number of applicants, offers and places confirmed
• Admissions Rate by Nationality

We expect that this information will be available on the transparency pages of our website by the end of July 2021. Information that is intended for future publication is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act by virtue of Section 22 of the Act. The published figures will be updated annually. Please note that information for 2021 intake will be available in January.

"3. The number of Chinese applicants
4. The number of offers for Chinese applicants"

Please see the figures below per programme for the numbers of applicants and offers where the primary nationality is Chinese. The figures are for 2020 entry. As advised above, figures for 2021 entry will not be available until January.

MSc Advanced Aeronautical Engineering

Applications: 129; Offers: 45

MSc Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Flow Management and Fluid-Structure Interaction

Applications: 57; Offers: 30

MSc Composites: the Science, Technology and Engineering Application of Advanced Composites

Applications: 61; Offers: 33

MSc Human and Biological Robotics

Applications: 114; Offers: 30

MRes Medical Device Design and Entrepreneurship

Applications: 18; Offers: *

MSc Applied Computational Science and Engineering

Applications: 195; Offers: 104

MSc Metals and Energy Finance

Applications: 55; Offers: 15

MSc Advanced Materials Science and Engineering

Applications: 322; Offers: 147

MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering

Applications: 342: Offers: 33

MSc Sustainable Energy Futures

Applications: 95; Offers: *

MSc Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure

Applications: 82; Offers: 35

MSc Engineering Fluid Mechanics for the Offshore, Coastal and Built Environments

Applications: 54; Offers: 30

MSc Transport

Applications: 129; Offers: 46

MSc Concrete Structures

Applications: 32; Offers: 6

MSc Earthquake Engineering

Applications: 21; Offers: *

MSc General Structural Engineering

Applications: 121; Offers: 45

MSc Soil Mechanics

Applications: 28; Offers: 16

MSc Soil Mechanics with Environmental Geotechnics

Applications: 14; Offers: *

MSc Soil Mechanics with Engineering Seismology

Applications: 11; Offers: *

MSc Soil Mechanics with Engineering Geology

Applications: Not applicable; Offers: Not applicable

MSc Hydrology and Water Resources Management

Applications: 53; Offers: 11

MSc Structural Steel Design

Applications: 34; Offers: 8

MSc Environmental Engineering

Applications: 198; Offers: 66

Please note that figures of five or fewer have been replaced by an asterisk. This is because it may otherwise be possible to identify individuals from the data being provided. This information is therefore exempt from disclosure under Section 40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act.

If you are unhappy with the way that we have handled your request, you can ask us to conduct a review. Please make your representation in writing within 40 days of the date you received this response. If you remain dissatisfied with how Imperial College has handled your request you may then approach the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Imperial College London

show quoted sections