Increase in university applications

Demand for university places has bounced back, with 35% of 18-year-olds in England applying for a university place this year (up 4% on last year), while in London this rose to 44%.  The total is just 3,500 lower than the all-time high reached in 2011, when young people scrambled to start a degree course before higher fees took effect.  Girls continue to seek university places in much higher numbers than boys: 333,700 to 246,300.  There were big increases in applications for engineering (11%), computer sciences (13%) and biological sciences (8%)  However, demand for European languages fell by 5%, and for non-European languages by 6%.  Architecture also slipped slightly by 2%; surprisingly Law also dropped, but only by 1%.  [ source:  GTassociates ]