Today students across England, Northen Ireland and Wales are receiving their 2025 exam results for A levels, T Levels and Vocational and Technical Qualifications. This follows last week’s Scottish Highers results.
Becca Gooch, Head of Research at EngineeringUK, comments:
“Congratulations to all the students receiving their exam results today. STEM A Levels offer a vital stepping stone into careers in engineering and technology, so we are pleased to see an increased uptake among some key subjects. This includes maths (+4.4%), physics (+4.3%), and further maths (+7.2%). Design and Technology (D&T) entries were broadly stable (+0.3), although computing is down slightly (-2.8%).
“When looking at the gender breakdown, it’s great to see the 4.3% growth in physics was driven by a 7.9% increase in entries from girls. There was also a 3.3% increase in female entries for D&T, higher than the small increase (0.3%) seen overall. Despite the small overall decline in computing science, there was actually a 3.5% increase in entries from female students. There is of course still more to be done to increase the uptake of STEM subjects among girls, but today's results show things are moving in the right direction.
“For T Levels, we’re delighted to see a 56.2% increase in engineering and technology entries - taking the total to 5,643 young people. It’s positive to see the uptake among girls has increased to 12%, up from 9% last year, although this is still low. This reflects the under-representation of women in engineering and technology - with just 16.9% of the workforce being female.
“We were interested to see if Universities would meet the increase in demand for applications for engineering and technology degrees this year. So we’re delighted to see a 13% increase to 30,020 in accepted applicants for engineering and technology degrees this year, compared to 26,680 in 2024. This is brilliant news for the sector and suggests that efforts to attract more young people into engineering and technology are starting to pay off. With employers in need of more talent, it’s vital that we have a variety of accessible pathways and systems in place to facilitate the increased demand.
“With so much growth and endless opportunities to make a real-world impact, it’s a really exciting time to embark on a career in engineering and technology. From climate change to digital transformation – wherever students’ interests lie and whatever their preferred pathway might be, they can be assured of a rewarding and varied career in engineering and technology.”
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EngineeringUK is a not-for-profit organisation that drives change so more young people choose engineering and technology careers. Our mission is to enable more young people from all backgrounds to be inspired, informed and progress into engineering and technology.
We work closely with our Corporate Members and in partnership with hundreds of organisations. We lead collaborative efforts to improve the impact of all engineering and tech inspiration and careers activities for young people through Tomorrow’s Engineers and managing The Tomorrow’s Engineers Code.
We ignite a passion for STEM among young people from all backgrounds through EUK Education and our school engagement programmes such as The Big Bang. Our careers resources help teachers bring STEM to life through real-world engineering and tech stories via Neon.
Our research and evidence build insight into the current workforce and our future needs. And our evaluations build understanding of what really works to inspire and inform the next generation. We also advocate for policy development in STEM and careers education and workforce planning for engineering and tech.
