Applicants for university courses in the UK this year marked a 6.7% increase compared to 2007 and Bulgaria recorded the biggest percentage change among overseas applicants, BBC reported, citing official data.

Some 26,517 more people applied for university courses in the UK this year than in 2007, admissions service Ucas said.

A total of 421,824 people had applied for a full-time undergraduate course by the main deadline of 15 January. There were another 8,665 who previously would have applied separately for nursing and midwifery diploma courses.

The biggest percentage change among overseas applicants was in Bulgaria, up by more than 111% from 400 to 845. Among the home nations, Wales stood out by having a 10.7% fall in the number of applicants.

"These figures show that for the second year running we are seeing strong growth in the level of applications for undergraduate courses," Ucas chief executive Anthony McClaran commented, as cited by the BBC.

"These figures provide an encouraging indication for the likely position in the summer and, of course, there will still be thousands more applications between now and then," he added.

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