Maximum student number calculations
From 2011/12, the numbers of full-time, undergraduate students at universities in Wales will be managed for the first time. This page shows how the upper limit figures for Wales are divided between institutions, and how the figures have been calculated.
HEFCW circular W10/11HE Establishment of a ceiling in full-time undergraduate student numbers from 2011/12 notified institutions of our intention to establish a ceiling for full-time undergraduates.
HEFCW circular W10/33HE Guidance on the management of full-time undergraduate student numbers from 2011/12 and subsequent emails to institutions notified them of their individual maximum student numbers.
As a result of regional strategy development in March 2011, these figures have been updated (see HEFCW circular W11/03HE Regional redistribution exercise 2011/12). Further updates were made as a result of redistribution in September 2011 (see HEFCW circular W11/30HE Redistribution exercise 2011/12).
HEFCW circular W11/41HE Control of student numbers: final numbers and guidance for 2011/12 and future arrangements gives the final arrangements for 2011/12 and information about arrangements for 2012/13 and beyond.
The Excel workbook below shows the recalculated maximum numbers for 2011/12 and the method used to calculate them.
