"The rise in applications only increases the competition.
This resulted in a rise in applications from 18,800 in 2009 to nearly 29,000 last year.
Its dean, Paul Danos, says: "We've had a 65% rise in applications.
Added to this, there has been a 16% year-on-year rise in applications for university.
There was a 27% rise in applications between 2013 and 2014.
Admissions officers say a rise in applications typically coincides with a softening economy.
Executive programs, tailored specifically to working professionals, saw an average rise in applications of 3 percent.
That included a 26% rise in applications from Italians and a 9% rise from Polish nationals in Britain.
The 14% rise in applications for British passports from EU nationals to 15,501 included a 26% rise in applications from Italians and a 9% rise from Polish nationals in Britain.
And with so many American dot-coms becoming dot-gones, officials anticipate a rise in applications from unemployed Silicon Alley types.
