The United Kingdom Foundation Programme Application: Does Current Literature Unfairly Criticize It?

摘要

The application to the United Kingdom foundation programme (UKFP) is a generally uncompetitive process. Across the country, there are 20 foundation schools that a graduate can rank, in order of their preference. Each foundation school will have a specific number of positions available and, depending on a variety of reasons, will receive different levels of application of a first-preference basis. Overall, across the 20 schools, 6998 positions were advertised in 2019, with 7421 first-preference applications made – putting the overall competition ratio at 1.06 applications per position. Of course, while some foundation schools, such as West Midlands North (which received just 117 first-preference applications to its 252 positions) are entirely uncompetitive, others, such as the North Central and East London foundation school (which received 672 first-preference applications to its 337 positions) are far more competitive.