Where will a Downe House education take your daughter?
Every year, students from the Upper Sixth leave us to take up places at top universities and institutions across the world.
Highlights from 2025:
– 87% secured places at their first-choice universities
– 90% joined Russell Group universities
– 36% progressed to QS World Top 50 universities
– 26% gained places at Oxbridge and top London universities
– 16% chose overseas universities
Subjects & Specialisms:
– 31% pursued STEM disciplines (up from 24% in 2024) including 10% in Medicine, Dentistry & Medical Sciences
– Social Sciences: 23%
– Politics, Economics, Policy & Management: 21% (down from 34% in 2024)
– International focus (including study abroad): 26%
Our students continue to demonstrate ambition and excellence, securing places at some of the most prestigious institutions across the globe.
Results 2025
University destinations
Girls in our Class of 2025 were successful in securing university places in the UK and overseas for a wide range of courses, reflecting the diverse achievements and interests of this year group. We are hugely proud of their achievements and wish them every success in the next phase of their adventure in education.
Where more than one student is taking a course, the number is shown.
University/Institution |
Course |
| Architectural Association | Foundation Year |
| University of Bath | Economics, Politics with Economics |
| University of Birmingham | Biomedical Sciences, Politics and International Relations |
| University of Bristol | Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Biology and Immunology, International Social and Public Policy, International Social and Public Policy with Study Abroad, Law |
| University of Cambridge | English, Natural Sciences |
| Durham University | Business and Management with Study Abroad, Chemistry, History, Modern Languages and Cultures (with year abroad), Sociology |
| The University of Edinburgh | History of Art (2), History of Art and English Literature, Classics, Neuroscience |
| European University Cyprus | Dentistry |
| University of Exeter | Archaeology, Art History & Visual Culture, Art History & Visual Culture and English, Biological Sciences, Business and Management, Conservation Biology and Ecology with Study Abroad, English Literature and Modern Languages, Flexible Combined Honors, International Relations |
| University of Glasgow | History and Politics |
| Goldsmiths, University of London | Music |
| Imperial College London | Chemistry with Molecular Physics, Maths |
| King’s College London | Biomedical Sciences, Digital Media and Culture, Geography, Philosophy, Politics and Economics |
| Kingston University London | Art Foundation |
| University of Leeds | Social Policy with Sociology and Crime |
| University of Liverpool | International Relations with German |
| London College of Communication (UAL) | Media, Design and Screen (Foundation) |
| Loughborough University | Geography |
| London School of Economics (LSE) | Language, Culture and Society, Management, PPE |
| The University of Manchester | Chemistry with Industrial Experience, English Literature, Modern Language and Business & Management (Chinese), Modern Language and Business & Management (Spanish) |
| Newcastle University | Film Practices, Food Business Management and Marketing, Sociology |
| University of Nottingham | English Literature and History of Art |
| University of Oxford | Engineering, English Language and Literature, Fine Art, Music |
| Oxford Brookes University | Business and Management, History of Art, History of Art and Archaeology |
| Queen Mary University of London | Medicine |
| Royal Agricultural University | Rural Land Management |
| Semmelweiss University, Hungary | Medicine |
| SOAS University of London | Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities with Foundation Year |
| University of St Andrews | German and Philosophy (with year abroad) |
| University of Sussex | International Business (with professional placement year) |
| The New School (Parsons), USA | Fashion Management (2) |
| University College London (UCL) | Ancient World, English, French and German, Global Humanitarian Studies, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence |
| University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Liberal Arts |
| University of East Anglia (UEA) | Drama and Creative Writing |
| University of Hong Kong (HKU) | Medicine |
| University of the Arts London (UAL) | Production Arts for Screen |
| University of Wisconsin Madison, USA | Liberal Arts |
| University of York | Psychology in Education |
