Editing University of Oxford (section)

=== Admission ===<!-- there is much more to say about the graduate admission -->
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|+ Undergraduate admission statistics
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! 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Admissions Statistical Report June 2024 |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/AnnualAdmissionsStatisticalReport2024.pdf |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref>
! 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Admissions Statistical Report May 2023 |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/AnnualAdmissionsStatisticalReport2023.pdf |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=1 June 2023 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601093612/https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/AnnualAdmissionsStatisticalReport2023.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Admissions Statistical Report May 2022|url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/AnnualAdmissionsStatisticalReport2022.pdf|website=University of Oxford|access-date=19 June 2022|archive-date=26 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626110025/https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/AnnualAdmissionsStatisticalReport2022.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
! 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Admissions Statistical Report May 2021|url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/AnnualAdmissionsStatisticalReport2021.pdf|website=University of Oxford|access-date=10 March 2023|archive-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325093931/https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/AnnualAdmissionsStatisticalReport2021.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
! 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Admissions Statistical Report May 2020|url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/Annual%20Admissions%20Statistical%20Report%202020.pdf|website=University of Oxford|access-date=3 February 2021|archive-date=12 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312145003/https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/Annual%20Admissions%20Statistical%20Report%202020.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''Applications'''
|23,211
|23,819
|24,338
|23,414
|23,020
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''
|16.0
|15.3
|14.6
|16.8
|16.9
|-
| '''Enrolments'''
|3,219
|3,271
|3,298
|3,695
|3,280
|-
| [[Yield (college admissions)|'''Yield (%)''']]
|86.5
|89.7
|92.8
|94.0
|84.3
|-
| '''Applicant/Enrolled Ratio'''
|7.21
|7.28
|7.38
|6.34
|7.02
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 | work=The Complete University Guide | access-date=7 June 2023 | archive-date=25 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125195135/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{n/a}}
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|205
|201
|200
|}
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|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
|-
!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|46|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|18|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|28|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|53|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|31|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:black}}
|}
[[File:Percentage of state-school students at Oxford and Cambridge.png|thumb|upright=1.25|Percentage of state-school students at Oxford and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00616/SN00616.pdf |title=Oxbridge 'Elitism' |date=9 June 2014 |access-date=29 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307043908/http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00616/SN00616.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200203/ldhansrd/vo030605/text/30605w03.htm#30605w03_sbhd2 |title=Acceptances to Oxford and Cambridge Universities by previous educational establishment |access-date=17 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220081811/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200203/ldhansrd/vo030605/text/30605w03.htm#30605w03_sbhd2 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

In common with most British universities, prospective undergraduate students apply through the [[UCAS]] application system, but prospective applicants for the University of Oxford, along with those for medicine, dentistry, and [[University of Cambridge]] applicants, must observe an earlier deadline of 15 October.<ref>{{cite web|title=UCAS Students: Important dates for your diary |quote=15 October 2009 Last date for receipt of applications to Oxford University, [[University of Cambridge]] and courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science or veterinary medicine. |url=http://www.ucas.com/students/importantdates |access-date=23 November 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201114118/http://ucas.com/students/importantdates |archive-date=1 February 2009 }}</ref> The [[Sutton Trust]] maintains that Oxford University and Cambridge University recruit undergraduates disproportionately from 8 schools which accounted for 1,310 Oxbridge places during three years, contrasted with 1,220 from 2,900 other schools.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 December 2018|title=Oxbridge 'over-recruits from eight schools'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-46470838|access-date=22 January 2023|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122190704/https://www.bbc.com/news/education-46470838|url-status=live}}</ref>

To allow a more personalised judgement of students, who might otherwise apply for both, undergraduate applicants are not permitted to apply to both Oxford and Cambridge in the same year. The only exceptions are applicants for [[organ scholar]]ships<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.music.ox.ac.uk/assets/files/Chor_Org_Downloads/OrgAwards2009.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822114305/http://www.music.ox.ac.uk/assets/files/Chor_Org_Downloads/OrgAwards2009.pdf | archive-date=22 August 2012 |quote=It is possible for a candidate to enter the comparable competition at Cambridge which is scheduled at the same time of year. |title=Organ Awards Information for Prospective Candidates|publisher=Faculty of Music, University of Oxford |access-date=22 March 2009}}</ref> and those applying to read for a second undergraduate degree.<ref>{{cite web|title=UCAS Students FAQs: Oxford or Cambridge |quote=Is it possible to apply to both Oxford University and the University of Cambridge? |url=http://www.ucas.com/students/applying/faqs/eligibility/faq1 |access-date=23 November 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001013817/http://www.ucas.com/students/applying/faqs/eligibility/faq1 |archive-date=1 October 2009 }}</ref>
Oxford has the lowest offer rate of all Russell Group universities.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/ |title=Which elite universities have the highest offer rates? |work=The Telegraph |date=19 October 2016 |access-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021201613/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/ |archive-date=21 October 2016 |url-status=live |last1=Gurney-Read |first1=Josie }}</ref>

Most applicants choose to apply to one of the individual colleges. For undergraduates, these colleges work with each other to ensure that the best students gain a place somewhere at the university regardless of their college preferences. For postgraduates, all applicants who receive an offer from the university are guaranteed a college place, even if they do not receive a place at their chosen college.<ref>{{cite web |title=How do I choose a college? – Will I be interviewed only at my chosen college? |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses/colleges/how_do_i_choose_a_college/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110064825/http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses/colleges/how_do_i_choose_a_college/index.html |archive-date=10 January 2010 |access-date=23 November 2009 |publisher=University of Oxford |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[Oxford]]}}</ref>

Undergraduate shortlisting is based on achieved and predicted exam results, school references, and, in some subjects, written admission tests or candidate-submitted written work. Approximately 60% of applicants are shortlisted, although this varies by subject. If a large number of shortlisted applicants for a subject choose one college, then students who named that college may be reallocated randomly to under-subscribed colleges for the subject. The colleges then invite shortlisted candidates for interview, where they are provided with food and accommodation for around three days in December. Most undergraduate applicants will be individually interviewed by academics at more than one college. In 2020 interviews were moved online,<ref>{{cite news |title=Oxford University will interview prospective candidates online |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-53242810 |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=30 June 2020 |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214152040/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-53242810 |url-status=live }}</ref> and they will remain online until at least 2027.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hedström-Blake |first1=Alexandra |title=Oxford admissions interviews to stay online |url=https://cherwell.org/2023/05/20/oxford-interviews-stay-online/ |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]] |date=20 May 2023 |archive-date=11 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211215451/https://cherwell.org/2023/05/20/oxford-interviews-stay-online/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Undergraduate offers are sent out in early January, with each offer usually being from a specific college. One in four successful candidates receives an offer from a college that they did not apply to. Some courses may make "open offers" to some candidates, who are not assigned to a particular college until [[A Level]] results day in August.<ref>{{cite web |title=Open Offer Scheme |url=http://www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/aspsite/index.asp?pageid=462 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606054422/http://www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/aspsite/index.asp?pageid=462 |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=23 November 2009 |publisher=Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[Oxford]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Open Offer Scheme |url=http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduates/faqs/faq-admissions |publisher=Department of Physics, University of Oxford |access-date=27 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707214158/http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduates/faqs/faq-admissions |archive-date=7 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The university has come under criticism for the number of students it accepts from private schools;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/dec/12/oxford-cambridge-state-school-admissions-failure |title=Oxford and Cambridge condemned over failure to improve state school access |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=12 December 2015 |access-date=2 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302164546/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/dec/12/oxford-cambridge-state-school-admissions-failure |archive-date=2 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> for instance, [[Laura Spence Affair|Laura Spence]]'s rejection from the university in 2000 led to widespread debate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Is Oxbridge elitist? |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/764767.stm |date=31 May 2000 |access-date=9 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531132009/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/764767.stm |archive-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, the University of Oxford gave 59% of offers to UK students to students from state schools, while about 93% of all UK pupils and 86% of post-16 UK pupils are educated in state schools.<ref name="BBC state" /><ref name="OU Facts">{{cite web |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/facts-and-figures/admissions-statistics/undergraduate-students/current/school-type?wssl=1 |title=School type |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916090455/https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/facts-and-figures/admissions-statistics/undergraduate-students/current/school-type?wssl=1 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Post16Ind">{{cite news |last=Garner |first=Richard |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/number-of-pupils-attending-independent-schools-in-britain-on-the-rise-figures-show-10215959.html |title=Number of pupils attending independent schools in Britain on the rise, figures show |work=[[The Independent]] |date=1 May 2015 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160530/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/number-of-pupils-attending-independent-schools-in-britain-on-the-rise-figures-show-10215959.html |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, 64% of UK applicants were from state schools and the university notes that state school students apply disproportionately to oversubscribed subjects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://public.tableau.com/views/UoO_UG_Admissions/SchoolType?%3Aembed=y&%3Adisplay_count=yes&%3AshowTabs=y&%3AshowVizHome=no|title=University of Oxford UG Application Statistics 2016 entry Applications by School Type|publisher=University of Oxford|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303225409/https://public.tableau.com/views/UoO_UG_Admissions/SchoolType?%3Aembed=y&%3Adisplay_count=yes&%3AshowTabs=y&%3AshowVizHome=no|archive-date=3 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The proportion of students coming from state schools has been increasing. From 2015 to 2019, the state proportion of total UK students admitted each year was: 55.6%, 58.0%, 58.2%, 60.5% and 62.3%.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Annual Admissions Statistical Report: May 2020 |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/Annual%20Admissions%20Statistical%20Report%202020.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312145003/https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/Annual%20Admissions%20Statistical%20Report%202020.pdf |archive-date=12 March 2021 |access-date=3 February 2021 |website=University of Oxford (ox.ac.uk) }}</ref> Oxford University spends over £6&nbsp;million per year on outreach programs to encourage applicants from underrepresented demographics.<ref name="BBC state">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37250916|title=Oxford University to have 'most state school students for decades'|work=[[BBC]]|last=Coughlon|first=Sean|date=2 September 2016|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315114119/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37250916|archive-date=15 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018 the university's annual admissions report revealed that eight of Oxford's colleges had accepted fewer than three black applicants in the past three years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44221469|title=Oxford failing on diversity says Lammy|date=23 May 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=23 May 2018|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523093208/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44221469|archive-date=23 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[David Lammy]] said, "This is social apartheid and it is utterly unrepresentative of life in modern Britain."<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 October 2017|first1=Richard |last1=Adams |first2=Helena |last2=Bengtsson |title=Oxford accused of 'social apartheid' as colleges admit no black students|url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/19/oxford-accused-of-social-apartheid-as-colleges-admit-no-black-students|access-date=22 January 2023|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=15 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115013546/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/19/oxford-accused-of-social-apartheid-as-colleges-admit-no-black-students|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Oxford had increased its proportion of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students to record levels.<ref name="Yeomans">{{Cite news|last=Yeomans|first=Emma|date=5 February 2021 |title=Oxford University accepts over 100 black students|language=en|work=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/oxford-university-accepts-over-100-black-students-cngl73kpw |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 February 2021|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205024035/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oxford-university-accepts-over-100-black-students-cngl73kpw}}</ref><ref name="inews.co.uk-2021">{{Cite web|date=4 February 2021|title=Oxford University: Proportion of black and minority ethnic students rises to record high |first1=Will |last1=Hazell |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/education/oxford-university-black-minority-ethnic-students-record-high-858051|access-date=5 February 2021|website=inews.co.uk|language=en|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204140054/https://inews.co.uk/news/education/oxford-university-black-minority-ethnic-students-record-high-858051|url-status=live}}</ref> The number of BAME undergraduates accepted to the university in 2020 rose to 684 students, or 23.6% of the UK intake, up from 558 or 22% in 2019; the number of Black students was 106 (3.7% of the intake), up from 80 students (3.2%).<ref name="inews.co.uk-2021" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dunne|first=John|date=4 February 2021|title=Oxford University accepts record number of ethnic minority students|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/oxford-university-ethnic-minority-students-b918678.html|access-date=5 February 2021|website=Evening Standard |language=en|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204185038/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/oxford-university-ethnic-minority-students-b918678.html|url-status=live}}</ref> UCAS data also showed that Oxford is more likely than comparable institutions to make offers to ethnic minority and socially disadvantaged pupils.<ref name="Yeomans" />