DMU in the UK's top 10 universities for growth, according to latest UCAS figures

Figures released by UCAS show that De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) was the UK’s sixth fastest-growing university last year for home and EU students, with its business and media courses seeing the biggest rise in acceptances in the country.

Of the more than half-a-million people accepted on to courses at universities across the UK in 2015, more than ever were choosing to study at DMU.

A report compiled by UCAS shows that, out of all UK universities, DMU had the sixth biggest rise out in the number of new home and EU students accepted on to courses during 2015.

More students were choosing DMU’s business courses, too, with the university seeing the highest overall growth in business acceptances in the country and the second largest applications growth among UK applicants.

The story was exactly the same with DMU’s media courses, which again saw the highest overall growth in acceptances and the second largest applications growth.

There were further successes in subjects allied to medicine, where DMU saw the largest growth in applications among nearby regional institutions.

For law and social studies courses, DMU was among the top 10 universities for growth in both applications and acceptances among home and EU applicants.

Mel Fowler, Director of Marketing and Communications at DMU, said: “Given this was the first year without cap on student numbers, it really is incredible to be amongst the strongest performers in the sector.

“The sector gets more competitive all the time so for DMU to have performed so strongly is testament to our academic excellence and the quality of student experience we offer.”

Overall, more than half a million students were accepted on to courses across UK universities in 2015, a national record.

A total of 532,500 acceptances were made in institutions – three per cent higher than previous years.

The growth in acceptances was driven by 18 year olds rather than mature candidates, highlighting the ongoing reliance on young participation and exposure to the demographic dip.

UCAS’ Chief Executive Mary Curnock Cook said: “Differences in access to higher education between rich and poor are at historic lows.

“But with further increases in the gap between men and women entering higher education, we can now see clearly that concentrating outreach efforts on young men, particularly White men, would make a significant contribution to diminishing the rich-poor gap.”