Editing SOAS University of London (section)

==Student life==
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|+UCAS Admission Statistics
!
!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
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| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 6,410
| 5,950
| 5,715
| 5,300
| 5,790
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| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 1,675
| 1,650
| 1,465
| 1,395
| 1,370
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| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 3.8
| 3.6
| 3.9
| 3.8
| 4.2
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 92.6
| 91.2
| 90.0
| 89.1
| 78.0
|-
| '''[[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}}</ref>
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| {{n/a}}
| 140
| 140
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|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
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!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
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|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|20|%|2||background:red}}
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|[[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|52|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:blue}}
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|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|24|%|2||background:gray}}
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! 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>
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|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|62|%|2||background:purple}}
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|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:orange}}
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|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|4|%|2||background:black}}
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In {{HESA year}}, there were {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=10007780}} undergraduate students.<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref> In 2012, 41% of students were over 21 and 60% were female.<ref name="university.which.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://university.which.co.uk/institutions/school-of-oriental-and-african-studies-university-of-london-s09 |title=School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (S09) – Which? University |publisher=University.which.co.uk |access-date=8 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923200910/http://university.which.co.uk/institutions/school-of-oriental-and-african-studies-university-of-london-s09 |archive-date=23 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the QS World University Rankings, SOAS hosts international students from 140 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/universities/soas-university-london |title=QS World University Rankings |publisher=topuniversities.co.uk |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510132205/http://www.topuniversities.com/universities/soas-university-london |archive-date=10 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

SOAS is renowned for its political scene and radical socialist politics and was voted the most politically active university in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in the Which? University 2012. Recent campaigns include students for social change, women's liberty and justice for cleaners.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://university.which.co.uk/advice/top-political-unis-as-voted-by-students |title=Top political unis... as voted by students – Which? University |publisher=University.which.co.uk |date=10 September 2012 |access-date=8 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222145642/http://university.which.co.uk/advice/top-political-unis-as-voted-by-students |archive-date=22 December 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The SOAS Student Union was established in 1927, and has a long history of activism: campaigning against the introduction of both student loans and later student fees; raising funds for the Algerian victims of the [[Algerian War|Algerian War of Independence]] against France in 1959; and successfully campaigning for the school to divest from fossil fuels. The SU bar became an established live music venue by the 1970s and was where [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] played their first UK gig in 1989.<ref>John Hollingworth, [https://blogs.soas.ac.uk/archives/2016/12/21/academics-agents-and-activists-a-history-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies-1916-2016-4/ Academics, Agents and Activists: A history of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1916-2016], SOAS University of London, 21 December 2016.</ref> The SOAS Marxist Society holds frequent events and encourages student voter registration.

Located in the heart of Bloomsbury, many University of London schools and institutes are close by, including [[Birkbeck, University of London|Birkbeck]], the [[Institute of Education]], [[London Business School]], the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]], the [[Royal Veterinary College]], the [[School of Advanced Study]], [[Senate House (University of London)|Senate House Library]] and [[University College London]].

===Sports===
[[File:SOAS Rugby Team Pic.jpg|thumb|SOAS Men's Rugby Union Team following a victory against the [[London School of Economics]] at [[Regent's Park]]]]
SOAS has multiple smaller sports teams competing in a variety of local and national leagues, as well as occasional international tournaments. SOAS clubs compete in inter-university fixtures in the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport]] (BUCS) competition in a range of sports, including basketball, football, hockey, netball, rugby union and tennis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soasunion.org/activities/sports/|title=Sports Clubs|website=soasunion.org|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> SOAS also participates in an annual North London Varsity tournament against [[London Metropolitan University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soasunion.org/activities/sports/varsity2018/|title=Varsity 2018|website=soasunion.org|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>

===On-campus jobs===
Some programs help students to work part-time on campus alongside their full-time study. 
* Education Co-Creator Internship: This is a 64-hour scheme for SOAS undergraduates interested in the education sector. Students work on an innovative project in collaboration with SOAS staff to improve services at their own university.
* Santander [[Micro-internship]]: This is a remote 60-hour Santander Universities initiative, targeted towards SOAS students looking to develop an entrepreneurial career. As part of this program, students are typically assigned to a start-up or NGO.
* Student Ambassador: In this job, SOAS students promote their university to high school students.
* Campus Brand Ambassador roles: Depending on availability, students may also take up a job to represent employers such as [[CMS (law firm)|CMS]], [[Clyde & Co]], [[BDO Global|BDO]], Vantage, [[Dentons]], [[PwC]], [[Barbri]], [[Linklaters]], [[Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer|Freshfields]], and [[Bryan Cave|BCLP]] on campus. SOAS is not responsible for recruiting for this role – it is the respective external employer or a recruitment agency.
The School of Finance and Management has also partnered with learning platform Practera to offer a Virtual Industry Project, a two-week remote work-based learning experience to give students a taste of consulting roles.

===Student housing===
[[File:DinwiddyHouse.jpg|thumb|The courtyard of Dinwiddy House]]
SOAS operates two halls of residence in central London, both owned by Sanctuary Student Housing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sanctuary-students.com/student-accommodation/london |title=Sanctuary Students London – Information for SOAS Students |publisher=sanctuary-students.com |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=10 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325201847/https://sanctuary-students.com/student-accommodation/london |archive-date=25 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The primary accommodation for undergraduates is Dinwiddy House, which is located on [[Pentonville Road]]. This contains 510 single en-suite rooms arranged in small cluster flats of around six rooms each. The halls are located within minutes of [[King's Cross St Pancras tube station]] and the Vernon Square campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smsstudent.co.uk/dinwiddyhouse.asp |title=Sanctuary Management Services London – Dinwiddy House |publisher=Smsstudent.co.uk |date=1 July 2007 |access-date=16 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419025941/http://www.smsstudent.co.uk/dinwiddyhouse.asp |archive-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A few minutes walk from Dinwiddy House and also on the Pentonville Road is Paul Robeson House, the second hall of residence. This was opened in 1998, and is named after the African-American musician [[Paul Robeson]] who studied at SOAS in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/centenary/alumni-profiles/1930s/paul-robeson.html|title=About SOAS – Alumni profiles: !930s|publisher=SOAS University of London}}</ref> This accommodation is occupied by postgraduate students, and those attending the international SOAS Summer schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smsstudent.co.uk/paulrobesonhouse.asp |title=Sanctuary Management Services London – Paul Robeson House for SOAS Students |publisher=Smsstudent.co.uk |date=1 July 2007 |access-date=16 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416025856/http://www.smsstudent.co.uk/paulrobesonhouse.asp |archive-date=16 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

SOAS students are eligible to apply for places in the University of London intercollegiate halls of residence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lon.ac.uk/halls.html |title=University of London – Intercollegiate Halls |publisher=Lon.ac.uk |date=26 March 2010 |access-date=26 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503014525/http://www.lon.ac.uk/halls.html |archive-date=3 May 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority of these are based in Bloomsbury such as Canterbury Hall, Commonwealth Hall, College Hall, [[Connaught Hall, London|Connaught Hall]], [[Hughes Parry Hall, London|Hughes Parry Hall]], [[International Hall, London|International Hall]] and [[International Students House, London|International Students House]], while further afield are [[Nutford House, London|Nutford House]] in [[Marble Arch]] and Lillian Penson Hall in [[Paddington]]. A number of SOAS postgraduate students also apply for student accommodation at Goodenough College. Wood Green Hall is another accommodation in North London that reserves places for SOAS students annually.