Number of UK University Applications for Medicine Falls, Says UCAS

The number of applicants for medical courses has fallen by 3.3 percent on last year, Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) data show. On Thursday, UCAS published the 2025 early application figures which showed 23,350 applicants had applied to study medicine by the Oct. 15 deadline, compared to 24,150 at the same point in 2023. UCAS said that the decline can be mainly attributed to the falling number of 18-year-olds from the UK applying, with 11,300 applicants, down from 11,750 last year. Overall, the admissions service said that “this year’s decline in medicine applicants represents a continuing trend of falling numbers since the peak demand for healthcare courses seen during the pandemic.”...