Record Student Intake For Liverpool Universities
by Andrew Redfern @ 4th September 2008 11:34 pm
2009 student life will see a record numbers of students coming into the Merseyside area in the coming month as more young people than ever pick Liverpool as their first choice to study.
Liverpool John Moores is expecting 6,000 new full-time undergraduates which is up by 10% on student numbers recorded this time last year.
Over at Liverpool Hope University, which admits a fixed number of 1,600 new undergraduates, the number of postgraduates is higher than ever, a total of 600.
Applications at the University of Liverpool are also up, with 28,632 applications having to be whittled down to 4,600 new undergraduates.
Edge Hill University is also expecting a bumper crop of students, with admissions across all three faculties at an all time high.
Liverpool Hope has seen more students put the university as their first choice, with a 70% increase in international students from EU countries.
They have also seen an increase in transfer applications from existing students wanting to complete their degree in Liverpool.
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