Applications to study nursing are down 20% for next year.
In 2015 alone, a record 592,290 applications to study were submitted to Ucas.
"In 2007 we had 7,500 applications to study in Europe.
Applications to study modern foreign languages at university have also dropped 57% in the last decade.
Clinicians' applications to study in English- speaking countries demonstrate their improved confidence.
In the UK alone, applications to study the subject at university have grown by a quarter over the past decade.
There have been sharp falls in applications to study for subjects including creative arts, architecture and mass communications, figures show.
"We are getting a huge increase in the number of applications to study at Bloomsbury from people who are living out towards Stratford," he says.
Key dates: Applications to study medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or science courses, and all applications to Oxford or Cambridge, must be made to Ucas by 15 October.
In 1996, it was said that 70% of applications to study at the local John Moores University identified Cream as a key attraction in the city.
