Published: December 2024

The University of Edinburgh Overseas Fee Rate admissions statistics 2023 and 2024
The table below shows undergraduate admissions statistics for Overseas fee rate applicants for the 2023 and 2024 admissions cycles.

Our statistics show, by selection area:

 how many undergraduate applications we receive;
 how many offers we make;
 the offer rate (the percentage of applications that receive an offer within a selection area.); and
 how many students we accept (the number of applicants who firmly accepted an unconditional offer (UF) and were expected to enter the University)

Undergraduate admissions statistics are updated annually. The most recent version can be found at https://edin.ac/3YPA4MA.

College School Selection Area Cycle Applications Offers Offer rate Acceptances
AHSS Business School Accounting
23 925 218 24% 60

24 908 365 40% 82

Business Studies
23 2,029 273 13% 60

24 1,676 518 31% 73

International Business
23 285 119 42% 27

24 314 154 49% 37

Edinburgh College of Art Architectural History
23 18 10 56% <5

24 13 9 69% <5
Architecture
23 633 249 39% 43

24 489 261 53% 55

Art*
23 181 80 44% 18
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24 156 90 58% 19
Design and Technology
23 1,308 325 25% 78

24 1,252 337 27% 80

Fine Art*
23 21 6 29% 0

24 26 7 27% 0
History of Art
23 94 81 86% 15

24 115 98 85% 14
History of Art Joint
23 53 31 58% 8

24 35 27 77% 6
Landscape Architecture
23 35 22 63% 5

24 52 29 56% 5
Music
23 84 59 70% <5

24 100 76 76% 14
Edinburgh Futures Institute Edinburgh Futures Institute
23 41 38 93% 13

24 82 75 91% 12
Moray House School of Education and Sport Community Education
23 33 <5 - <5
24 26 <5 - 0
Gaelic
23 7 <5 - <5
24 5 - 0% 0
Physical Education
23 7 - 0% 0
24 7 - 0% 0
Sport and Recreation
Management 23 116 57 49% 17

24 124 89 72% 18
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Sport Science
23 85 65 76% 5

24 71 47 66% <5
School of Divinity Divinity
23 55 48 87% 8

24 67 52 78% 8
School of Economics Economics
23 1,883 755 40% 149

24 1,786 1,072 60% 187

School of Health in Social Science Health, Science and Society
23 73 62 85% 12

24 87 74 85% 8
Nursing
23 113 6 5% <5

24 108 7 6% <5
School of History, Classics and Archaeology Archaeology
23 119 87 73% 15

24 144 101 70% 19

Classics
23 129 93 72% 13

24 119 93 78% 13
History
23 196 161 82% 33

24 190 177 93% 27

History & Politics
23 178 140 79% 29

24 164 147 90% 29

History Joint
23 135 106 79% 21

24 151 101 67% 19

School of Law Global Law
24 150 59 39% 15
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Law
23 741 304 41% 62

24 801 331 41% 77

Law Graduate Entry
23 129 75 58% 23

24 126 96 76% 29
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures Celtic
23 14 5 36% <5
24 18 <5 - <5
Chinese
23 31 12 39% <5

24 18 13 72% <5
English Literature
23 171 81 47% 12

24 141 78 55% 19
English Literature Joint
23 93 42 45% 11

24 73 43 59% 5
French
23 65 34 52% 7

24 63 47 75% 5
German
23 42 21 50% <5

24 39 22 56% <5
Islamic Studies
23 33 16 48% <5

24 33 20 61% <5
Italian
23 17 7 41% <5

24 18 12 67% <5
Japanese
23 20 10 50% <5
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24 14 9 64% <5
Joint Modern European
Languages 23 24 13 54% <5

24 21 14 67% <5
Russian
23 17 9 53% 0

24 14 8 57% <5
Scandinavian Studies
23 12 5 42% <5

24 9 6 67% <5
Scottish Ethnology
23 7 5 71% 0
24 <5 <5 - 0
Scottish Literature
23 <5 <5 - 0
24 6 <5 - 0
Spanish
23 35 17 49% <5

24 28 17 61% <5
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Cognitive Science
Sciences 23 38 27 71% 9

24 53 37 70% 11
English Language
23 23 17 74% 5

24 51 39 76% <5
English Language & Linguistics
23 30 23 77% 8

24 16 10 63% <5
English Language & Literature
23 107 67 63% 9

24 135 112 83% 19

Linguistics
23 113 84 74% 22
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24 107 93 87% 13
Philosophy
23 107 78 73% 21

24 100 81 81% 11
Philosophy & English Literature
23 34 17 50% <5

24 22 13 59% <5
Philosophy & Politics
23 70 58 83% 9

24 118 104 88% 16

Philosophy & Psychology
23 65 26 40% <5

24 53 33 62% 6
Philosophy Joint
23 122 82 67% 15

24 131 87 66% 16
Psychology BSc
23 988 347 35% 45

24 725 408 56% 70

Psychology MA
23 205 67 33% 10

24 168 94 56% 21
School of Social and Political Science International Relations
23 586 310 53% 64

24 441 310 70% 65

Politics
23 89 78 88% 11

24 111 94 85% 20
Politics Philosophy and Economics
23 418 89 21% 7

24 337 188 56% 28

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Social Anthropology
23 128 107 84% 11

24 120 100 83% 12

Social Policy
23 291 113 39% 23

24 258 158 61% 18

Social Work
23 37 5 14% <5

24 36 6 17% <5
Sociology
23 597 246 41% 60

24 562 317 56% 56

Sustainable Development
23 101 59 58% 14

24 84 72 86% 7
MVM Deanery of Biomedical Sciences Biomedical Sciences**
23 1,185 265 22% 26

24 1,137 278 24% 25

Medical Sciences
23 98 60 61% 8

24 96 60 63% 5
Edinburgh Medical School Medicine**
23 721 47 7% 20

24 599 47 8% 20
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Veterinary Medicine***
23 950 225 24% 129

24 1,118 266 24% 141

CSE School of Biological Sciences Biological Sciences
23 1,628 815 50% 99

24 1,571 945 60% 151

School of Chemistry Chemistry
23 703 597 85% 68
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24 783 581 74% 94

School of Engineering Chemical Engineering
23 465 349 75% 31

24 567 442 78% 63

Civil Engineering
23 307 203 66% 22

24 336 228 68% 30

Electrical Engineering
23 1,333 565 42% 101

24 1,542 571 37% 147

Engineering General
23 238 175 74% 15

24 301 229 76% 30

Mechanical Engineering
23 784 482 61% 44

24 984 579 59% 50

School of Geosciences BSc Geography
23 41 31 76% <5

24 55 36 65% <5
Ecological Sciences
23 271 172 63% 23

24 263 165 63% 18

Geology and Geophysics
23 269 222 83% 22

24 263 176 67% 24

MA Geography
23 71 66 93% 5

24 64 55 86% 7
School of Informatics Informatics
23 2,671 858 32% 145

24 2,891 1,001 35% 170

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School of Mathematics Mathematics
23 1,469 570 39% 94

24 1,571 652 42% 139

School of Physics and Astronomy Physics
23 993 703 71% 83

24 1,028 739 72% 110

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Notes on the data tables

UCAS cycles run from 1 September in one year to 30 September in the following year so, for example, the
2023 cycle ran from 1 September 2022 to 30 September 2023 with applicants being considered either for
immediate entry in September 2023 or deferred entry in 2024.

The figures do not include PGDE applicants applying via UCAS; Master of Social Work (MSW) applicants
applying via UCAS, visiting undergraduates, or the very small number of direct entrants, e.g. to Clinical
Medicine.

Please note that all figures refer to applications, not applicants, as one applicant may make more than one
application to the same institution.

Numbers are shown as <5 where disclosing these low numbers could enable individuals to be identified.
This would breach the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998. Where these low
numbers link to calculation of the offer rate, the offer rate is not shown.

Notes on specific selection areas

*Art includes the BA (Hons) Fine Art. The MA (Hons) Fine Art applications appear under Fine Art.

**Each year a small number of unsuccessful applicants for Medicine are offered the chance to apply for
Biomedical Sciences instead. These applications appear under Biomedical Sciences instead of Medicine.

***These figures included cover undergraduate applications submitted through UCAS and applications for
Veterinary Medicine that are received via VMCAS (Veterinary Medical College Application Service) and
other Partnerships.

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