University of Aberdeen - Demographic Data
The University of Aberdeen monitors various measures of recruitment, experience, progression and completion for various demographic categories (e.g. gender, ethnicity, disability, SIMD20) in our student population through reports and dashboards.
These include:
Admissions: Gender Monitoring by Level of Study
Undergraduate Entrants
Sex | Entry Year | Applications | Offers | Accepted | Ever Registered | Rejected |
Female | 2021/22 | 10477 | 6894 | 2118 | 1981 | 2963 |
2022/23 | 9429 | 6818 | 1999 | 1886 | 2155 | |
2023/24 | 8315 | 6179 | 1780 | 1624 | 1677 | |
Male | 2021/22 | 6604 | 4743 | 1217 | 1138 | 1566 |
2022/23 | 6702 | 5039 | 1187 | 1120 | 1431 | |
2023/24 | 6026 | 4514 | 1108 | 1004 | 1239 | |
% Female | 2021/22 | 61% | 59% | 64% | 64% | 65% |
2022/23 | 58% | 58% | 63% | 63% | 60% | |
2023/24 | 58% | 58% | 62% | 62% | 58% |
Postgraduate Taught & Research Entrants
Sex | Entry Year | Applications | Offers | Accepted | Ever Registered | Rejected |
Female | 2021/22 | 12312 | 9815 | 3374 | 1722 | 1514 |
2022/23 | 16724 | 11719 | 3833 | 1546 | 3324 | |
2023/24 | 15727 | 11246 | 3578 | 1286 | 3016 | |
Male | 2021/22 | 17407 | 12855 | 4765 | 1720 | 3002 |
2022/23 | 23009 | 15134 | 5081 | 1472 | 5152 | |
2023/24 | 24018 | 15785 | 5063 | 1179 | 5665 | |
% Female | 2021/22 | 41% | 43% | 41% | 50% | 34% |
2022/23 | 42% | 44% | 43% | 51% | 39% | |
2023/24 | 40% | 42% | 41% | 52% | 35% |