Newcastle University said applications were slightly down on last year.
Newcastle University had 18,000 visitors attend its recent open days - 3,500 more than last year.
Both she and her husband taught for many years at Newcastle University.
He was a professor at Newcastle University until his retirement in 1998.
A seminar was held on his work at the University of Newcastle in 2001.
In 1985, she pledged more than £800,000 to the University of Newcastle.
In 1995, the University of Newcastle established a library there.
He went on to study agricultural and food marketing at Newcastle University.
Newcastle University, for example, has recorded one of the biggest rises, up by 24% on last year and reaching a record 18,000 visitors.
A year later he went to the University of Newcastle and studied communications.