Undergraduate Applications, Offers and Acceptances 2016

Engineering

In 2016, demand for Engineering fell by 4.8% compared with 2015 and the number of applicants who received offers decreased by 7.4 %. The offer rate dropped from 88.9% in 2015 to 86.5% in 2016.
Table : Applicants, applicants receiving offers and offer rates, Engineering, 2010-2016

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change 2015-2016 (Ex WA)	Change 2010-2014
Applicants Ex WA	17,212	18,510	19,344	20,747	20,008	19,650 18,694	18,849 17,792	-4.8%	16.2%
Applicants receiving offers Ex WA	14,532	15,527	16,309	17,755	17,275	17,289 16,612	16,251 15,388	-7.4%	18.9%
Offer Rates Ex WA	84.4%	83.9%	84.3%	85.6%	86.3%	88.0% 88.9%	86.2% 86.5%	-2.4 p. p	1.9 p. p

5. Medical Studies

The number of applicants applying for Medical Studies places increased by 6.0% to 7,881 in 2016 and the number of applicants who received offers was down 8.3% to 1,667. The offer rate has remained relatively low in recent years.
Commonwealth supported places for courses in medicine are subject to annual allocations by the Australian Government. Medical Studies is also one of a number of health fields where the supply of places depends not only on the number of university places available, but also on the availability of clinical training placements.
Table : Applicants, applicants receiving offers and offer rates, Medical Studies, 2010-2016

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change 2015-2016 (Ex WA)	Change 2010-2014
Applicants Ex WA	6,051	6,620	7,076	7,249	6,948	7,929 7,437	8,463 7,881	6.0%	14.8%
Applicants receiving offers Ex WA	3,026	3,113	2,817	2,912	3,194	2,712 1,818	2,130 1,667	-8.3%	5.6%
Offer Rates Ex WA	50.0%	47.0%	39.8%	40.2%	46.0%	34.2% 24.4%	25.2% 21.2%	-3.2 p. p	-4.0 p. p

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