FIGURES just released by the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) show the University of Chester to be the fourth highest university in terms of growing popularity out of all the UK’s 318 institutions providing higher education.
According to the latest statistics, the university has also gained the highest increase in applications for degree courses of any North West university, with an additional 4,153 applicants this year, a rise of 21.6% on the same time in 2010.
Professor Tim Wheeler, the university’s vice chancellor, said: “The UCAS data demonstrates a significant success story for Chester and Warrington, in addition to the university itself.
“Students contribute immeasurably to the economic and cultural life of the two areas and a regular, steady influx of talented new blood reinforces their energy and diversity.”
Although the number of applications for entry in 2011 has risen to 23,387, and is expected to reach 25,000 by the end of the current admissions cycle, there are just 2,450 places available, a similar total to those over the past two years.
