Medicine: Education
(asked on 9th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many medical school places were available in England in each of the last 10 years; and how many applications were made on average per place.
The following table shows the number of entrants to undergraduate medicine courses in England from 2012 to 2022.
Academic year | Entrants |
2012 | 6,190 |
2013 | 5,980 |
2014 | 6,000 |
2015 | 5,880 |
2016 | 5,930 |
2017 | 6,095 |
2018 | 6,800 |
2019 | 7,565 |
2020 | 8,405 |
2021 | 8,485 |
2022 | 7,630 |
Source: Office for Students Medical and Dental Students Survey (2012-2022)
Note: 2022 entrants are based on initial figures and are likely to change.
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service records the number of unique applicants and acceptances to undergraduate medical courses. Based upon this data, there has been an average of 3.2 applicants for each accepted place from 2011 to 2021.