UCAS - Decision time

Decision time

Decision times are worked out by measuring the time taken (days) between UCAS receiving the application form and the institution returning the first decision about the application. Decision times show data for simultaneous applications only.

Time taken between UCAS receiving an application and the institution returning the first decision about the application
Average decision times (days)	Home				Overseas
Institution Region (England)	2008	2009	2010	2011	2008	2009	2010	2011
North East	50	50	51	55	50	51	53	50
Yorks & Humberside	41	42	45	48	37	39	42	41
North West	44	43	45	48	38	38	40	40
East Midlands	42	40	46	48	40	39	43	45
West Midlands	47	46	49	55	55	52	51	54
Eastern	52	49	46	49	58	55	55	57
Greater London	54	54	59	58	57	57	62	62
South East	45	44	49	52	45	44	47	48
South West	49	51	52	54	49	53	51	52
Institution Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2008	2009	2010	2011
England	47	47	50	52	49	49	52	52
Scotland	55	50	58	73	54	48	54	64
Wales	46	43	44	48	43	40	41	44
Northern Ireland	47	40	43	48	53	51	46	52

Average decision times given in days for home and overseas applications
Average decision times (days)	Home				Overseas
JACS Subject Group	2008	2009	2010	2011	2008	2009	2010	2011
Group A Medicine & Dentistry	118	111	112	118	113	103	106	111
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine	58	58	61	62	49	47	53	55
Group C Biological Sciences	35	34	35	42	44	42	43	48
Group D Vet Sci, Ag & related	70	65	69	65	75	64	72	65
Group F Physical Sciences	45	44	47	48	48	48	51	52
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci	40	39	39	43	48	47	49	50
Group H Engineering	45	44	44	46	42	42	44	44
Group J Technologies	45	43	47	53	41	40	47	47
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan	43	45	47	49	57	59	62	62
Group L Social Studies	50	48	51	53	51	52	51	55
Group M Law	40	36	39	41	49	48	52	51
Group N Business & Admin studies	31	30	32	35	37	37	38	40
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation	39	38	40	47	44	42	44	47
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related	48	47	47	50	56	51	53	59
Group R European Langs, Lit & related	50	53	54	54	54	53	59	59
Group T Non-European Langs and related	41	39	40	44	51	54	49	57
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies	45	45	47	48	58	54	57	61
Group W Creative Arts & Design	51	53	67	68	53	54	68	69
Group X Education	59	59	58	62	57	60	55	56
Y Combined arts	44	42	44	49	50	50	51	55
Y Combined sciences	39	38	40	44	48	45	46	47
Y Combined social sciences	32	30	32	36	40	41	38	43
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts	38	38	41	47	48	47	46	51
Y Social sciences combined with arts	44	43	46	50	55	55	56	57
Z General, other combined & unknown	56	58	57	58	63	59	63	75

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