Student Disability Service

Student Disability Service

Student Disability Service 2015/16 Statistics

Number of disabled students attending the University of Edinburgh

Disabled students – percentage of student population

Breakdown of disabled students according to UCAS code

UCAS Categories (Code) / 11/12 / 12/13 / 13/14 / 14/15 / 15/16
SpLD (11) / 1,531 / 1,559 / 1,564 / 1,660 / 1,784
Visual Impairment (2) / 53 / 51 / 47 / 41 / 49
Hearing Impairment (3) / 67 / 78 / 82 / 80 / 78
Mobility Impairment (4) / 83 / 84 / 104 / 95 / 92
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (T) / 43 / 39 / 54 / 71 / 95
Mental Health Problems (6) / 237 / 302 / 358 / 495 / 598
Unseen Disability (7) / 489 / 491 / 513 / 535 / 546
Multiple Disabilities (8) / 69 / 78 / 79 / 92 / 111
A Disability not listed above (96) / 230 / 281 / 278 / 269 / 291
All Disabilities / 2,802 / 2,963 / 3,079 / 3,338 / 3,644

Breakdown of disabled students by College

College / SpLD / Visual / Hearing / Mobility / Autism / Mental
Health / Unseen / Multiple / Not listed / Total / %
Humanities and Social Sciences / 1,177 / 35 / 58 / 64 / 51 / 428 / 359 / 80 / 184 / 2,436 / 67%
Medicine and Vet Medicine / 224 / 4 / 12 / 12 / 6 / 58 / 70 / 11 / 46 / 443 / 12%
Science and Engineering / 383 / 10 / 8 / 16 / 38 / 112 / 117 / 20 / 61 / 765 / 21%
Total / 1,784 / 49 / 78 / 92 / 95 / 598 / 546 / 111 / 291 / 3,644
Percentage students by impairment / 49.0% / 1.3% / 2.1% / 2.5% / 2.6% / 16.4% / 15.0% / 3.0% / 8.0%

Breakdown of students by disability, School and College

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
School/Deanery / SpLD / Visual / Hearing / Mobility / Autism / MentalHealth / Unseen / Multiple / Not listed / Total
Business / 62 / - / 1 / 1 / 2 / 10 / 20 / 2 / 12 / 110
Edinburgh College of Art / 262 / 1 / 6 / 7 / 7 / 45 / 43 / 5 / 15 / 391
Divinity / 32 / - / 1 / 4 / 1 / 16 / 8 / 5 / 4 / 71
Economics / 50 / - / 1 / 2 / 2 / 8 / 13 / - / 5 / 81
Health in Social Science / 35 / 3 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 9 / 26 / 3 / 13 / 97
History and Classics and Archaeology / 121 / 4 / 6 / 5 / 10 / 36 / 27 / 11 / 21 / 241
Law / 52 / 3 / 11 / 1 / 2 / 26 / 25 / 8 / 13 / 141
Literature, Languages and Cultures / 102 / 6 / 7 / 2 / 9 / 80 / 54 / 6 / 22 / 288
Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences / 103 / 4 / - / 9 / 5 / 50 / 43 / 11 / 20 / 245
Moray House School of Education / 172 / 5 / 12 / 8 / 2 / 23 / 35 / 5 / 15 / 277
Social and Political Sciences / 144 / 2 / 3 / 13 / 4 / 84 / 42 / 14 / 16 / 322
HSS General Degree or Visiting Student / 42 / 7 / 6 / 10 / 5 / 41 / 23 / 10 / 28 / 172
College Total / 1,177 / 35 / 58 / 64 / 51 / 428 / 359 / 80 / 184 / 2,436
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
School/Deanery / SpLD / Visual / Hearing / Mobility / Autism / MentalHealth / Unseen / Multiple / Not listed / Total
Medicine (SBCLS, SCSCH, SMCM) / 63 / - / 2 / 2 / - / 7 / 15 / 3 / 13 / 105
Biomedical Sciences / 55 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 20 / 17 / 2 / 7 / 108
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies / 75 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 4 / 19 / 21 / 1 / 14 / 138
Clinical Sciences and Community Health / 18 / 2 / 3 / - / - / 7 / 15 / 3 / 9 / 57
Molecular and Clinical Medicine / 13 / - / 3 / 6 / 1 / 5 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 35
College Total / 224 / 4 / 12 / 12 / 6 / 58 / 70 / 11 / 46 / 443
College of Science and Engineering
School/Deanery / SpLD / Visual / Hearing / Mobility / Autism / MentalHealth / Unseen / Multiple / Not listed / Total
Biological Sciences / 62 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 5 / 19 / 21 / 3 / 12 / 129
Chemistry / 31 / 2 / - / 1 / 2 / 12 / 8 / 1 / 8 / 65
Engineering / 81 / - / 2 / 2 / 3 / 19 / 26 / 3 / 6 / 142
Geosciences / 112 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 5 / 21 / 29 / 4 / 15 / 194
Informatics / 36 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 7 / 23 / 13 / 7 / 5 / 97
Mathematics / 19 / 1 / - / 1 / 4 / 4 / 8 / 2 / 5 / 44
Physics and Astronomy / 42 / 3 / 1 / - / 12 / 14 / 12 / - / 10 / 94
College Total / 383 / 10 / 8 / 16 / 38 / 112 / 117 / 20 / 61 / 765
Total for all Schools / 1,784 / 49 / 78 / 92 / 95 / 598 / 546 / 111 / 291 / 3,644
Percentage students by impairment / 49.0% / 1.3% / 2.1% / 2.5% / 2.6% / 16.4% / 15.0% / 3.0% / 8.0%

Breakdown of students by disability and degree level

UCAS Categories (Code) / UG / PGT / PGR / Total
SpLD (11) / 1,431 / 222 / 131 / 1,784
Visual Impairment (2) / 32 / 12 / 5 / 49
Hearing Impairment (3) / 35 / 32 / 11 / 78
Mobility Impairment (4) / 61 / 15 / 16 / 92
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (T) / 67 / 17 / 11 / 95
Mental Health Problems (6) / 420 / 115 / 63 / 598
Unseen Disability (7) / 366 / 102 / 78 / 546
Multiple Disabilities (8) / 68 / 26 / 17 / 111
A Disability not listed above (96) / 168 / 91 / 32 / 291
All Disabilities / 2,648 / 632 / 364 / 3,644

Breakdown of students by disability and degree level as a percentage of total disabled student population

UCAS Categories (Code) / UG / PGT / PGR / Total
SpLD (11) / 39% / 6% / 4% / 49%
Visual Impairment (2) / 1% / 0.3% / 0.1% / 1%
Hearing Impairment (3) / 1% / 0.9% / 0.3% / 2%
Mobility Impairment (4) / 2% / 0.4% / 0.4% / 3%
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (T) / 2% / 0.5% / 0.3% / 3%
Mental Health Problems (6) / 12% / 3% / 2% / 16%
Unseen Disability (7) / 10% / 3% / 2% / 15%
Multiple Disabilities (8) / 2% / 1% / 0% / 3%
A Disability not listed above (96) / 5% / 2% / 1% / 8%
All Disabilities / 73% / 17% / 10% / 100%

Breakdown of international and EU disabled students (last 5 years)

Undergraduate
2011/12 / 2012/13 / 2013/14 / 2014/15 / 2015/16
EU / 96 / 98 / 108 / 125 / 126
Overseas / 208 / 266 / 293 / 305 / 314
Taught Postgraduate
2011/12 / 2012/13 / 2013/14 / 2014/15 / 2015/16
EU / 45 / 68 / 34 / 34 / 51
Overseas / 86 / 96 / 67 / 75 / 120
Research Postgraduate
2011/12 / 2012/13 / 2013/14 / 2014/15 / 2015/16
EU / 25 / 30 / 30 / 27 / 38
Overseas / 54 / 52 / 53 / 58 / 67