The latest survey of CIFE students' university applications shows that, in 2018:
- 1601 students from 24 CIFE colleges entered a UK university
- King's College, London, replaced University College, London for the University with the most places gained
- 53% entered a Times Top 30 University (up from 49%)
- 44% entered a Russell Group University (up from 43%)
- 19 students entered Oxford or Cambridge universities (up from 12 in 2017)
- One third of all students entered a London university
- 23% are studying Finance/Business/Management (22% in 2017) - the most popular course choice for the fourth year running
Our congratulations to those students and to the teachers who helped them succeed!
The table below shows the universities accepting the most CIFE students in 2018. Russell group universities are shown in green.
University name | No of CIFE students |
King’s College, London | 69 |
City, London | 65 |
University College, London | 64 |
Westminster | 54 |
Exeter | 53 |
Newcastle | 49 |
Bristol | 45 |
Queen Mary, London | 43 |
Nottingham | 41 |
Manchester | 40 |
Royal Holloway | 38 |
Warwick | 35 |
Cardiff | 33 |
Oxford Brookes | 32 |
Coventry | 30 |
Leeds | 30 |
University of the Arts, London | 30 |
East Anglia | 28 |
Leicester | 27 |
Sussex | 27 |
Edinburgh | 26 |
Durham | 25 |
Goldsmiths | 25 |
Surrey | 25 |
Liverpool | 24 |
Bath | 23 |
Aston | 21 |
Kent | 21 |
Nottingham Trent | 21 |
Southampton | 21 |
Birmingham | 20 |
Brunel | 20 |
Essex | 20 |
York | 20 |
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