The latest survey of CIFE students' university applications shows that, in 2017 :

  • 1392 students from 19 CIFE colleges entered a UK university
  • University College London knocked Manchester off the top spot for most places gained
  • 49% entered a Times Top 30 University
  • 43% entered a Russell Group University
  • 12 students entered Oxford or Cambridge universities
  • Finance/Business/Management (F/B/M) is the most popular course choice area (22% of the total)
  • 4 course areas account for just over 50% of all students (F/B/M, Humanities, Creative and performing Arts, and Engineering)

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 2017. Russell group universities are shown in green.

University nameNo of CIFE students
University College London69
City University London66
King's College London62
Queen Mary London50
Manchester42
Newcastle38
Oxford Brookes35
Leeds32
Nottingham32
Bristol29
Westminster28
Coventry27
Birmingham27
Exeter26
Warwick25
Aston24
Royal Holloway London24
Leicester23
Reading23
University of the Arts London23
Cardiff22
Kent22
Kingston21
Lancaster21
East Anglia (UEA)20
Sussex20
Brighton19
Southampton19
Durham18
Birkbeck London17
Bath17
Sheffield17
Goldsmiths College London16
Imperial College London16
Nottingham Trent16
Edinburgh16
Essex16
Brunel15
Liverpool14
Ravensbourne13
Loughborough13
York13

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