The University of Oxford is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. With 20,000+ applicants each year competing for a very limit number of places, we know that the average chance of getting a place is very low compared to other universities.Â
This information is measured through rates for offers and acceptances, something we like to call success rates. These rates give us an amazing insight into which courses at Oxford are the easiest and most difficult to get into, as well as understanding how many applicants got their place in general
In this guide, we’ll be exploring Oxford’s Admissions Statistics report to understand the acceptance rates of every undergraduate course taught there. Let’s get started!
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University of Oxford Acceptances Rates - overall
For those who don’t know, a university’s “acceptance rate” is the percentage of applicants who are admitted to study at said university in a given year. This is calculated as:Â
Number of admitted applicants/Total number of applicants
While acceptance rates are important, it’s also important to consider a university’s offer rate, being the percentage of applicants who receive an offer. This figure will always be a bit higher, as applicants who receive an offer may not actually attend the university if they reject their offer or do not meet the required grades.Â
When it comes to Oxbridge applications (Oxford & Cambridge), many find the offer rates more important as actually getting your offer is usually the hardest part of the application. As you’ll see in the data below, most applicants who receive their offer will end up getting their place.Â
With that in mind, let’s first take a look at the overall acceptance rates at Oxford for the past few years:Â
Oxford Acceptance Rates (2019 - 2022)
2022
Applicants: 23,819
Offers: 3,645
Acceptances: 3,271
Offer Rate: 15.3%
Acceptance Rate: 13.7%
2021
Applicants: 24,819
Offers: 3,645
Acceptances:Â 3,271
Offer Rate: 14.7%
Acceptance Rate: 13.2%
2020
Applicants: 23,414
Offers: 3,932
Acceptances: 3,695
Offer Rate: 16.8%
Acceptance Rate: 15.8%
2019
Applicants: 23,026
Offers: 3,895
Success Rate:Â 3,286
Offer Rate: 16.9%
Acceptance Rate: 14.3%
As we can see, Oxford’s statistics have remained fairly consistent, except for the notable drop in offers and acceptances in 2021 (likely influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic). However, acceptance and offer rates have remained within the 13% – 16% range during this time.
What Are Cambridge's Acceptance Rates?
Compared to Oxford, the University of Cambridge usually has a higher offer and acceptance rate in general as the tend to admit more students. This means that Cambridge is slightly less competitive. Here are the statistics for the 2022 Entry admissions cycle:Â
2022
Applicants: 22,470
Offers: 4,238
Acceptances: 3,544
Offer Rate: 18.9%
Acceptance Rate: 15.8%
The acceptance rate at Cambridge was roughly 2% higher in 2022. However, Cambridge’s success rates have been more inconsistent than Oxford’s, as they reported offer rates of over 23% in both 2019 and 2020. This may partly be due to a sharper increase in applicants during the COVID-19 pandemic.Â
You can see all of the important statistics for Cambridge in our Cambridge Acceptance Rates Guide.
These statistics cover all admissions at Oxford, so they don’t necessarily represent your chances of success on your specific course. Acceptance rates tend to be very different across different degrees, so let’s review the 5 courses at Oxford with the most applicants.
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Oxford Acceptances Rates - Top Five Subjects
There are the five most popular courses taught by Oxford ranked by the number of applicants (based on 2022 Entry admissions). How difficult are they to get into? Let’s find out:Â
Oxford PPE Acceptance Rate
PPE stands for Philosophy, Politics & Economics and is one of Oxford’s most iconic courses due to the amount of famous alumni it produced. It’s not a surprise that was the most applied for Oxford degree in 2022, but with this level of notoriety, one would expect PPE to be highly competitive, so let’s see:
2022
Applicants: 1,997
Offers: 268
Acceptances: 236
Offer Rate:Â 13.4%
Acceptance Rate: 11.8%
Seeing as the course had nearly 2,000 applicants, the offer and acceptance rates are fairly low, although no where near the lowest that we will see at Oxford.Â
Oxford Mathematics Acceptance Rate
Another popular course in the UK, Mathematics at Oxford very in-demand. How do the success rates look?
2022
Applicants: 1,883
Offers: 187
Acceptances: 173
Offer Rate: 9.9%
Acceptance Rate: 9.2%
As we can see, these success rates are much lower than PPE, although we can see that there’s a smaller different between the offer and acceptance rate. This means that there were fewer applicants who didn’t attend Oxford after receiving an offer.
Oxford Medicine Acceptance Rate
With Medicine being one of the most popular courses across the UK, it’s not surprising to see it in among top five at Oxford, but how competitive was it?
2022
Applicants: 1,864
Offers: 161
Acceptances: 148
Offer Rate: 8.6%
Acceptance Rate: 7.9%
With how competitive medicine is across the whole country, it’s no surprise to see success rates this low. Interestingly, these rates are over 5% lower than the success rates for Cambridge medicine in the same year, mostly due to the fact that Oxford has a much smaller cohort of 148 students versus Cambridge’s 271.Â
Oxford Law Acceptance Rate
Law is another of the most popular courses in the UK, generally seeing more applicants than Medicine overall. However, at Oxford, it’s in fourth place, but is it more competitive?
2022
Applicants: 1,806
Offers: 203
Acceptances: 191
Offer Rate: 11.2%
Acceptance Rate: 10.6%
Oxford sent out more Law offers and accepted more applicants into the course than Medicine, meaning its success rates are noticeably higher. While it’s still not easy to get in, you may have a slighter better chance if you’re applying to Law. These rates are also slightly lower than Cambridge Law, which boasts an 11.8% acceptance rate from a cohort only slightly bigger than Oxford’s.
Oxford Economics & Management Acceptance Rate
Economics is another of the most popular courses in the UK, and Oxford’s take has a unique spin, being both an Economics and Management course. How difficult is it to get onto this course?Â
2022
Applicants: 1,724
Offers: 94
Acceptances: 84
Offer Rate:Â 5.5%
Acceptance Rate: 4.9%
Economics & Management is one of the most competitive courses at Oxford due to its very small cohort size of under 100 students. This is unusual for a major course like this, but it goes to show that you’re application is going to have to really stand out to be apart of the those 5% of successful applicants.Â
All of these courses are pretty competitive, meaning applicants need to work hard to stand out from the 1,000+ other prospective students in a given year. But what about the other courses Oxford offers? Some of these have far fewer applicants, so are they less competitive? Let’s take a look!
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Oxford Acceptances Rates 2022 - A-Z
There are over 40 more courses to cover, so let’s go through them from A – Z
Oxford Ancient & Modern History Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 114
Offers: 29
Acceptances: 27
Offer Rate: 25.4%
Acceptance Rate: 23.7%
Oxford Archaeology & Anthropology Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 132
Offers: 29
Acceptances: 23
Offer Rate: 21.2%
Acceptance Rate: 17.4%
Although these success rates are fairly high by Oxford standards, Cambridge’s Archaeology course had 50% offer rate and 35% acceptance rate, although there were less than half the amount of applicants.Â
Oxford Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 122
Offers: 51
Acceptances: 43
Offer Rate: 41.8%
Acceptance Rate: 35.2%
Oxford Biochemistry Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 807
Offers: 107
Acceptances: 98
Offer Rate: 13.3%
Acceptance Rate: 12.1%
Oxford Biology Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 684
Offers: 124
Acceptances: 110
Offer Rate: 18.1%
Acceptance Rate: 16.1%
Oxford Biomedical Science Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 524
Offers: 46
Acceptances: 45
Offer Rate: 8.8%
Acceptance Rate: 8.6%
Biomedical Science has a relatively low offer rate, but it also has one of the smallest gaps between offers and acceptances, with only 1 offer holder not being admitted in 2022.
Oxford Chemistry Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 896
Offers: 203
Acceptances: 182
Offer Rate: 22.7%
Acceptance Rate: 20.3%
Oxford Classical Archaeology & Ancient History Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 134
Offers: 27
Acceptances: 20
Offer Rate: 20.1%
Acceptance Rate: 14.3%
Oxford Classics Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 269
Offers: 115
Acceptances: 102
Offer Rate: 42.8%
Acceptance Rate: 37.9%
Oxford Classics & English Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 49
Offers: 16
Acceptances: 14
Offer Rate: 32.7%
Acceptance Rate: 28.6%
Oxford Classics & Modern Languages Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 33
Offers: 15
Acceptances: 14
Offer Rate: 45.5%
Acceptance Rate: 42.4%
Oxford Computer Science Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 875
Offers: 53
Acceptances: 44
Offer Rate: 6.1%
Acceptance Rate: 5.0%
As well as its very low offer and acceptance rates, Computer Science at Oxford also had the largest divide between accepted Male and Female applicants, with only 18.5% of those admitted being female (although this data was collected from between 2020 and 2022).Â
Oxford Computer Science & Philosophy Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 121
Offers: 16
Acceptances: 13
Offer Rate: 13.2%
Acceptance Rate: 10.7%
It’s a strange combination on the surface, but applicants for this version of Computer Science were generally more likely to be admitted, although the actual number of offers and acceptances were very low.
Oxford Earth Sciences Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 137
Offers: 41
Acceptances: 35
Offer Rate: 29.9%
Acceptance Rate: 25.5%
Oxford Engineering Science Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 1,110
Offers: 199
Acceptances: 178
Offer Rate: 17.9%
Acceptance Rate: 16.0%
Engineering was Cambridge’s second most popular course in 2022 and had a lower acceptance rate of 12.9%. Although Oxford’s Engineering Sciences degree isn’t quite as revered, it’s still a great option if you’re not as confident in your application.
Oxford English Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 921
Offers: 231
Acceptances: 218
Offer Rate: 25.1%
Acceptance Rate: 23.7%
Oxford’s English Literature & Language course is a bit more in-demand than Cambridge’s offering, which only received 776 applicants in 2022 and only admitted 185.
Oxford English & Modern Languages Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 113
Offers: 29
Acceptances: 28
Offer Rate: 25.7%
Acceptance Rate: 23.7%
Oxford European & Middle Eastern Languages Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 37
Offers: 15
Acceptances: 14
Offer Rate: 40.5%
Acceptance Rate: 37.8%
Oxford Experimental Psychology Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 759
Offers: 152
Acceptances: 140
Offer Rate: 20.0%
Acceptance Rate: 18.4%
Experimental Psychology had the highest percentage of female acceptances for a course in 2022, with 80% of admitted students being female (from 2020 – 2022).Â
Oxford Fine Art Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 242
Offers: 31
Acceptances: 27
Offer Rate: 12.8%
Acceptance Rate: 11.2%
Experimental Psychology had the highest percentage of female acceptances for a course in 2022, with 80% of admitted students being female (from 2020 – 2022).Â
Oxford Geography Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 993
Offers: 253
Acceptances: 231
Offer Rate: 25.5%
Acceptance Rate: 23.3%
Oxford History Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 894
Offers: 243
Acceptances: 218
Offer Rate: 27.2%
Acceptance Rate: 24.1%
Although the success rates are around 5% lower, Oxford sent out roughly 50 more offers for standard History that Cambridge in this application cycle.
Oxford History & Economics Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 148
Offers: 18
Acceptances: 13
Offer Rate: 12.2%
Acceptance Rate: 8.8%
Oxford’s History & Economics course was around 15% more competitive than the standard course despite having just over 15% of the of the applicants. It’s the most competitive variant of History that Oxford offers (in terms of acceptances).Â
Oxford History & English Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 113
Offers: 18
Acceptances: 17
Offer Rate: 15.9%
Acceptance Rate: 15.0%
Oxford History & Modern Languages Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 76
Offers: 19
Acceptances: 18
Offer Rate: 25.0%
Acceptance Rate: 23.7%
Oxford History & Politics Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 420
Offers: 49
Acceptances: 42
Offer Rate: 11.7%
Acceptance Rate: 10.0%
Oxford History Of Art Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 122
Offers: 17
Acceptances: 15
Offer Rate: 13.9%
Acceptance Rate: 12.3%
Oxford Human Sciences Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 218
Offers: 34
Acceptances: 32
Offer Rate: 15.6%
Acceptance Rate: 14.7%
Oxford Law/LSE Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 322
Offers: 34
Acceptances: 31
Offer Rate: 10.6%
Acceptance Rate: 9.6%
Law with LSE (meaning Law Studies in Europe) is slightly more competitive than the standard course and is taught to a much smaller cohort.
Oxford Material Science Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 145
Offers: 42
Acceptances: 35
Offer Rate: 29.0%
Acceptance Rate: 24.1%
Oxford Mathematics & Computer Science Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 633
Offers: 60
Acceptances: 46
Offer Rate: 9.5%
Acceptance Rate: 7.3%
Oxford Mathematics & Philosophy Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 151
Offers: 19
Acceptances: 17
Offer Rate: 12.6%
Acceptance Rate: 11.3%
Oxford Mathematics & Statistics Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 208
Offers: 8
Acceptances: 5
Offer Rate: 3.8%
Acceptance Rate: 2.4%
Oxford Modern Languages Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 363
Offers: 157
Acceptances: 143
Offer Rate: 43.3%
Acceptance Rate: 39.4%
Oxford Modern Languages & Linguistics Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 88
Offers: 39
Acceptances: 35
Offer Rate: 44.3%
Acceptance Rate: 39.8%
Oxford Music Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 174
Offers: 90
Acceptances: 75
Offer Rate: 51.7%
Acceptance Rate: 43.1%
Oxford Philosophy & Theology Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 162
Offers: 30
Acceptances: 29
Offer Rate: 18.5%
Acceptance Rate: 17.9%
Oxford Philosophy & Modern Languages Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 70
Offers: 22
Acceptances: 21
Offer Rate: 31.4%
Acceptance Rate: 30.0%
Oxford Physics Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 1,605
Offers: 204
Acceptances: 189
Offer Rate: 12.7%
Acceptance Rate: 11.8%
Although missing out on the top 5 most applied for courses by around 100 applicants, Physics is by far the most popular of the core sciences, with 700 more applicants than Chemistry
Oxford Physics & Philosophy Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 180
Offers: 13
Acceptances: 11
Offer Rate: 7.2%
Acceptance Rate: 6.1%
With roughly 11% of the applicants and 5% of the available places of Physics, this variant has noticeably lower success rates.
Oxford PPL Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 274
Offers: 44
Acceptances: 41
Offer Rate: 16.1%
Acceptance Rate: 15.0%
PPL stands for Psychology, Philosophy & Linguistics and had fairly average success rates in 2022 despite the small cohort.Â
Oxford RAMES Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 8
Offers: 3
Acceptances: 1
Offer Rate: 37.5%
Acceptance Rate: 12.5%
RAMES stands for Religion & Asian & Middle Eastern Studies and was by far the least popular course at Oxford in 2022. With just 1 accepted student out of 8 applicants (as well as the largest divide between offer and acceptance rate out of any Oxford course this year), it also has a fairly unfavourable acceptance rate. Despite these admissions statistics, the course continues to be open for applications.Â
Oxford Theology & Religion Acceptance Rate
Applicants: 113
Offers: 48
Acceptances: 46
Offer Rate: 42.5%
Acceptance Rate: 40.7%
That’s the acceptance rate for every undergraduate course at Oxbridge. Now it’s time to unpack this information and see what we can learn.Â
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Oxford Acceptances Rates - What Can We Learn?
Before we continue, it’s important to note that all of this data and more can be found in the Oxford Admissions Statistical Report for 2022 admissions, as well the corresponding public Tableau page. If you want to explore all the data further, be sure to check out these documents.Â
With that in mind, let’s look at some of the most important and interesting details we can learn from this data.
Oxford's Most Competitive & Least Competitive Courses
If you’re undecided about what you want to study, you may be keen to learn which courses are the easiest and hardest to get into. Bear in mind that no course at Oxford is “easy” to get into, but some certainly are less competitive due to fewer applicants or more places.
You should apply to the subject that you’re most interested in, but having a better understanding of these things may still influence your decision somewhat, so let’s take a look:
Hardest Oxford Courses To Get Into
Firstly, let’s look at the courses with lowest offer and acceptance rates:
Lowest Offer Rates At Oxford 2022
| Course | Applicants | Offers | Offer Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics & Statistics | 208 | 8 | 3.8% |
| Economics & Management | 1,724 | 94 | 5.5% |
| Computer Science | 875 | 53 | 6.1% |
| Physics & Philosophy | 180 | 13 | 7.2% |
| Medicine | 1,864 | 161 | 8.6% |
Lowest Acceptance Rates At Oxford 2022
| Course | Applicants | Acceptances | Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics & Statistics | 208 | 5 | 2.4% |
| Economics & Management | 1,724 | 84 | 4.9% |
| Computer Science | 875 | 44 | 5.0% |
| Physics & Philosophy | 180 | 11 | 6.1% |
| Mathematics & Computer Science | 633 | 46 | 7.3% |
This data shows that Mathematics & Statistics is the most competitive course at Oxford, with a staggeringly low 3.8% offer rate and 2.4% acceptance rate – the lowest of any Oxbridge course in 2022. However, this is partly due to it it being a more niche course combination with fewer places.
The same cannot be said for some of the other courses on this list, including very popular courses like Medicine, Computer Sciences and – the second most competitive course at Oxford – Economics & Management. Being one of the most applied for Oxford courses, E&M’s success rates are held back by the very limited number of places available on the course.Â
Easiest Oxford Courses To Get Into
On the opposite end, let’s look at the courses with the highest offer and acceptance rates:
Highest Offer Rates At Oxford 2022
| Course | Applicants | Offers | Offer Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | 174 | 90 | 51.7% |
| Classics & Modern Languages | 33 | 15 | 45.5% |
| Modern Languages & Linguistics | 88 | 39 | 44.3% |
| Modern Languages | 363 | 157 | 43.3% |
| Classics | 269 | 115 | 42.8% |
Highest Acceptance Rates At Oxford 2022
| Course | Applicants | Acceptances | Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | 174 | 75 | 43.1% |
| Classics & Modern Languages | 33 | 14 | 42.4% |
| Theology & Religion | 113 | 46 | 40.7% |
| Modern Languages & Linguistics | 88 | 35 | 39.8% |
| Modern Languages | 363 | 143 | 39.4% |
Typically, courses with higher success rates are more niche with fewer applicants. This is certainly true here, with none of the entries hitting more than 400 applicants.Â
Music tops the list here with the highest offer and acceptance rates seen across both universities in 2022, being the only course to send offers to more than half of its applicants. Material and Earth Sciences are the only STEM courses to appear on the lists for either university, likely due to their much more specialised subjects.Â
This information is incredibly useful for those planning on applying to any of these subjects, but let’s look at a few more general data points to see what we can learn about how Oxford tackles their admissions process.
Oxford Acceptance Rates: State Vs Private School
One major talking point surrounding Oxbridge admissions has been the differences between admissions of students from State/Maintained Schools and Private/Independent Schools, as well as the proportionality compared to student numbers in the UK. Previously there were complaints about how many applicants from state schools were being admitted, but it’s now standard to see a much higher percentage of state school applicants being admitted over private school.
Oxford State School Application Statistics 2022
Applicants: 9,965
% of Total Applicants:Â 68.4%
Offers: 1,851
% of Total Offers:Â 66.0%
Acceptances: 1,678
% of Total Acceptances: 64.5%
Acceptance Rate:Â 17.0%
Oxford Private School Application Statistics 2022
Applicants: 3,855
% of Total Applicants: 26.5%
Offers: 815
% of Total Offers:Â 29.0%
Acceptances: 785
% of Total Acceptances: 30.2%
Acceptance Rate:Â 20.0%
This data only covers home applicants and excludes 5.1% of applicants from other backgrounds. From the data, we can see that state school applicants outnumber private schools by around 15% in each metric. This is to be expected, since state school applicants far outnumber private schools in the UK, but it is also worth noting that private school applicants had a 3% higher acceptance rate overall.Â
There are a number of reasons as to why this may be the case, but at least we can we can dispel the myth that “No one at Oxbridge is from State Schools”.Â
Oxford Acceptance Rates: International Applications
Although there’s a financial incentive for universities to admit more international applications, overseas applicants are generally in for a rougher time when applying to Oxbridge. This could be for a number of reasons, but it seems that both universities generally have a preference to admit those living in the UK.Â
Below are the overall figures for UK, EU and Non-EU applicants in 2022:
Oxford UK Applications 2022
Applicants: 14,569
% of Total Applicants:Â 61.2%
Offers: 2,806
% of Total Offers:Â 77.0%
Acceptances: 2,596
% of Total Acceptances: 79.4%
Acceptance Rate:Â 18.0%
Oxford EU Applications 2022
Applicants: 1,787
% of Total Applicants: 7.5%
Offers: 163
% of Total Offers:Â 4.5%
Acceptances: 124
% of Total Acceptances: 3.8%
Acceptance Rate:Â 7.0%
Oxford Non-EU Applications 2022
Applicants: 7,463
% of Total Applicants: 31.3%
Offers: 676
% of Total Offers:Â 18.5%
Acceptances: 551
% of Total Acceptances: 16.8%
Acceptance Rate:Â 7.0%
Here, we can see that UK applicants made up the vast majority of applications offers and acceptances. When combining all international applicants, they made up 38.8% of applicants, 23.0% of offer holders and 20.6% of accepted students, just over 1/5.Â
We can see this disparity most in the difference in acceptance rates, with UK applicants having an acceptance rate of 18% and non-UK applicants having just 7.0%. We’ve already explored which colleges at Oxford had the highest and lowest success rates, with that data lining up well with this figure. While Oxford accepts applicants from most countries in the world, there are a few that stand out on top in terms of applicants and admissions:Â
Top 10 Countries For International Oxford Admissions (2020 - 2022) - Applications
| Country | Applications (2020-2022) |
|---|---|
| China | 6,558 |
| USA | 2,706 |
| India | 1,820 |
| Singapore | 1,682 |
| Hong Kong | 1,318 |
| Germany | 967 |
| Canada | 821 |
| Malaysia | 811 |
| France | 694 |
| Poland | 683 |
Top 10 Countries for International Oxford Admissions (2020 - 2022) - Admitted Students
| Country | Admitted Students (2020-2022) | Acceptance Rate (2020 – 2022) |
|---|---|---|
| China | 500 | 7.6% |
| Singapore | 221 | 13.2% |
| USA | 164 | 6.0% |
| Hong Kong | 150 | 11.4% |
| Poland | 74 | 10.8% |
| Germany | 67 | 6.9% |
| India | 65 | 3.6% |
| Romania | 61 | NA (Data Unavailable) |
| Australia | 55 | NA (Data Unavailable) |
| France | 53 | 7.6% |
As you can see, over this 3-year period, the countries with the most applicants and admitted students are roughly the same, with a few outliers.Â
The countries at the top are all ones that you would expect to see bringing in lots of applications, including China and the United States of America, although Singapore is also a major contributor to Oxbridge applications (Singapore applicants had the best success rate for both Oxford and Cambridge applicants, according to the data available).Â
One thing that remains consistent between Oxford and Cambridge international applications is that these larger countries that bring in the most applications usually have very low success rates, as the number of admitted students doesn’t tend to be proportional to how many apply. This goes to show just how competitive international Oxford applications can be.Â
The country with the lowest success rate on this list was India, with just 3.6% of its 1820 applicants being admitted. While applicants from India should still apply to Oxford if you are certain that you want to study there, it’s important to consider these success rates so that you can work to make your application truly stand out or seek support from an external source.Â
Now that you have a better sense of the success rates at Oxford, you should use this data to help you in the application process. While it may be helpful to consider when choosing your course, it’s always a better idea to choose the course that you’re more interested in as having a genuine desire to study will elevate your application, especially during the interviews.
No matter how high or low the acceptance rate is on your chosen course, it’s still important that you put as much effort as you can into your application, as it’s still highly competitive to get into any Oxford or Cambridge course. Even in the least competitive courses at Oxbridge, you have a less than 50% chance to be admitted, so your application needs to be up to the Oxbridge standard either way.Â
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