The height of 18-year-olds applying for engineering levels in Great Britain

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According to the British admission service of universities of potential students dealing with engineering, they turn to engineering courses in terms of increasing number, while avoiding teaching and nursing.

Data published by UCAS on Thursday showed that almost 217,000 applications were submitted to engineering and technological courses, which is an increase of 14 % of 189 560 last year.

However, applications for teaching and nursing were the lowest since the data report in 2019, falling by 11 percent and 2 percent over the past year, respectively to 3140 and 30 550, respectively.

About 80 percent of students usually apply to the January date.

The data is provided as a number of universities Cruk basic scientific courses AND Run personnel check -in programs In the face of growing financial pressure and growing discrepancies between the upper and lower level institutions.

UCAS data has shown that the lower level institutions are still losing the highest level universities attracting students.

Applications for universities in Great Britain increased by 4.3 percent over the past year, reaching a record 1.25 MN in January 2025, while universities with a lower ranking recorded a 3.1 % decrease.

The decrease in institutions with a lower position was caused by a decrease in 7.4 percent in bachelor’s applications from lucrative foreign students, despite the overall increase in foreign applicants by 2.7 percent throughout the sector.

Universities in Great Britain are becoming more and more dependent on foreign students to connect their financial shortages.

Despite the increase in the number of foreign students, changes in the visa principles have led to a sharp decline in recent years of postgraduate from outside Great Britain, who constitute about three quarters of new foreign students.

Record 323 360 British 18-year-olds submitted applications to the January date, which is an increase of 2 percent at the same time last year, but the applications of applications have still dropped because the increase is lower than the population growth in this age group.

The increase in candidates for engineering courses was the second year of two -digit growth.

Jamie Cater, employment manager and skills in Trade Body Make UK, said that the growth was “encouraging news” for the producers of Great Britain. “With the increase in the demand for technical skills at the level of graduates, it increases in response to digitization and pressure to zero net in the entire industry, this is a positive sign that companies will be able to recruit highly qualified employees they need for the future.”

He added, however, that the university diploma was not the only available option to acquire these skills, and “the internship route remains highly valued by producers.”

The demand for nursing and didactic courses fell in the fourth in a row, asking questions about the government’s obligation to deal with the recruitment crisis in both competitions.

Nicola Ranger, secretary general and general director of Royal College of Nursing, said that students were discouraged from nursing through low initial salaries and “broken model of education” that left their debt.

“These numbers are devastating for the nursing profession and a hammer blow for the planned government of NHS,” she said.

“Ministers must start an urgent, fully financed recruitment campaign for students this spring to reverse this situation from September consumption.”