Undergraduate Admissions Statistics - Undergraduate Study

Undergraduate Admissions Statistics 2016 cycle

Published May 2017

Undergraduate Admissions Statistics – 2016 cycle The following tables and charts are produced annually and are intended to provide a statistical analysis of applicants to the Cambridge Colleges. The data has been prepared on behalf of the Admissions Forum of the Cambridge Colleges by the Cambridge Admissions Office (telephone: 01223 333308, email: [email protected]).

Contents Undergraduate admissions statistics are provided in the following categories: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

School/college type Region UCAS tariff Subject College Age Geodemographic classification Ethnicity Disability The admissions process

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These statistics refer to applications made from September 2015 onwards for admission to courses starting in October 2016 or by deferred entry to courses starting in October 2017. Applicants holding a deferred offer from previous admissions rounds are not included. Please note that the statistics also exclude 79 applicants (104 last year) through UCAS who did not submit a Supplementary Application Questionnaire (SAQ) in addition to a UCAS application, as required to complete their submission to the University. The term ‘Home’ now refers to applicants who have indicated in their UCAS application that they are permanently resident in the UK. Where relevant, last year’s figures have been recalculated on this basis. For more information about the UCAS application process please see: www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/apply-and-track. Offer figures refer to applicants who received a conditional or unconditional offer of a place. Acceptance figures include only those applicants who received an unconditional firm offer of a place. It excludes those made conditional offers who were unsuccessful at confirmation. Success rate figures show the proportion of applicants accepted at confirmation. Percentages throughout have been rounded to one decimal place, so values given may not always add up to 100. Please note that the statistics are not intended for use in the University’s return to the Office of Fair Access (OFFA), as they are calculated on a different basis. OFFA reporting is on a year of entry rather than an admissions round basis, and excludes students who withdrew post-confirmation or otherwise did not come into residence at the University. Equivalent tables for the previous application cycle may be found in: www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/undergrad_admissions_statistics_2015_cyle.pdf

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Summary Please note that last year’s figures are shown in italics in brackets. Table 1.1 • • • • •

Applications, offers and acceptances by type of school/college and gender The total number of applications is 16,750 (16,431), an increase of 1.9%. The total number of offers is 4,307 (4,253), an increase of 1.3%. The total number of acceptances is 3,457 (3,449), an increase of 0.2%. The male:female ratio of accepted students is 52:48 (52:48). For applications from Home students attending UK schools/colleges the proportions of acceptances by school/college type are: Maintained 62.5% (62.0%) Independent 37.5% (38.0%)

Table 3.1 •

Applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS tariff scores and gender Of those accepted, 97.0% (97.7%) achieved the equivalent of A*AA (168 UCAS tariff points) or better counting only their best three A Levels excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. The number of unsuccessful applicants who went on to achieve the equivalent of A*AA (168 UCAS tariff points) or better counting only their best three A Levels excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking is 4,832 (5,075).

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Table 7.1 • •

Home applicants, offers and acceptances by HE participation neighbourhood (POLAR3 quintile) The proportion of those accepted whose home postcode has a matching value in the POLAR3 directory and who are in the lowest participation quintile is 3.3% (3.1%). The proportion of those accepted whose home postcode has a matching value in the POLAR3 directory and who are in the lowest two participation quintiles is 10.6% (9.2%). In addition, 0.6% (0.6%) of those accepted had a home postcode with no match or value in the POLAR3 directory.

Table 7.2 •

Home applicants, offers and acceptances by OAC flag The proportion of those accepted whose home postcode has a matching value in the OAC directory and who are in a flagged subgroup is 7.8% (8.1%). In addition, 0.5% (0.3%) of those accepted had a home postcode with no match or value in the OAC directory.

Table 8.1 •

Home applicants, offers and acceptances by ethnic origin The proportion of those accepted whose ethnicity is known and who declare they have an ethnic minority background or other is 21.8% (20.6%). In addition, 0.7% (1.0%) of those accepted chose not to declare their ethnic origin.

Table 9.1 •

Applicants, offers and acceptances by disability The proportion of those accepted who declare they have a disability is 6.2% (5.2%).

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1 Applications, offers and acceptances by school/college type Table 1.1 Applications, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by type of school/college and gender 2016 Applications Female Totals

Type of school/college

Male

%

Maintained Comprehensive School Grammar School Sixth Form College FE and Tertiary Colleges Independent Other and Overseas Subtotals

3,674 1,864 991 586 233 1,510 300 5,484

2,899 1,389 787 509 214 1,268 312 4,479

6,573 3,253 1,778 1,095 447 2,778 612 9,963

39.2 19.4 10.6 6.5 2.7 16.6 3.7 59.5

Maintained Independent Other and Overseas Subtotals Totals

32 348 3,204 3,584 9,068

38 373 2,792 3,203 7,682

70 721 5,996 6,787 16,750

0.4 4.3 35.8 40.5 100.0

Offers Male Female Totals Home applications 1,015 1,007 2,022 440 463 903 367 338 705 154 161 315 54 45 99 570 517 1,087 40 52 92 1,625 1,576 3,201 Other applications 6 4 10 105 106 211 505 380 885 616 490 1,106 2,241 2,066 4,307

Acceptances and success rates Female Totals % Success rate (%)

%

Male

46.9 21.0 16.4 7.3 2.3 25.2 2.1 74.3

795 337 304 114 40 502 27 1,324

800 349 279 135 37 454 44 1,298

1,595 686 583 249 77 956 71 2,622

46.1 19.8 16.9 7.2 2.2 27.7 2.1 75.8

24.3 21.1 32.8 22.7 17.2 34.4 11.6 26.3

0.2 4.9 20.5 25.7 100.0

5 89 373 467 1,791

3 86 279 368 1,666

8 175 652 835 3,457

0.2 5.1 18.9 24.2 100.0

11.4 24.3 10.9 12.3 20.6

The ‘Other and Overseas’ category consists largely of applicants at schools and colleges outside the UK, but includes applicants from a variety of non-school/college institutions within the UK. Academies in England are counted within the Comprehensive School category if their admissions policy is non-selective, or the Grammar School category if their admissions policy is selective. For applications from Home students attending UK schools/colleges the proportions of acceptances by school/college type are: Maintained Independent

62.5% (62.0% in the previous cycle) 37.5% (38.0% in the previous cycle)


Table 1.2 UK schools/colleges submitting Home applicants, and receiving offers and acceptances to Cambridge in any of the last three years (2014-2016) Type of school/college Maintained Comprehensive School Grammar School Sixth Form College FE and Tertiary Colleges Independent Totals

Applications 2,217 1,652 230 103 232 528 2,745

Offers 1,352 952 213 87 100 381 1,733

Acceptances 1,158 787 206 80 85 362 1,520

Academies in England are counted within the Comprehensive School category if their admissions policy is non-selective, or the Grammar School category if their admissions policy is selective.


2 Applications, offers and acceptances by region Table 2.1 Applications, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by region 2016 Region of domicile Northern Ireland North East Wales Scotland Yorkshire & The Humber West Midlands East Midlands South West North West Eastern South East Greater London Overseas (outside UK) Totals

Applications No. % 154 0.9 253 1.5 276 1.6 332 2.0 595 3.6 597 3.6 598 3.6 678 4.0 811 4.8 1,278 7.6 2,036 12.2 2,355 14.1 6,787 40.5 16,750 100.0

Offers No. 43 87 71 67 176 183 183 219 261 411 726 774 1,106 4,307

% 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.6 4.1 4.2 4.2 5.1 6.1 9.5 16.9 18.0 25.7 100.0

Acceptances and success rates No. % Success rate (%) 33 1.0 21.4 68 2.0 26.9 57 1.6 20.7 55 1.6 16.6 140 4.0 23.5 151 4.4 25.3 143 4.1 23.9 188 5.4 27.7 215 6.2 26.5 325 9.4 25.4 597 17.3 29.3 650 18.8 27.6 835 24.2 12.3 3,457 100.0 20.6

The regions listed are based on applicants’ Area of Permanent Residence (APR) code, as provided by UCAS. Number of applications to Cambridge by region 2016 Northern Ireland North East Wales Scotland Yorkshire & The Humber West Midlands East Midlands South West Overseas (outside UK) North West

Eastern

South East Greater London


Success rate by region 2016 South East South West Greater London North East North West Eastern West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire & The Humber Northern Ireland Wales Scotland Overseas (outside UK) 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%


Table 2.2 Applications, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by country 2016 Country of domicile China Hong Kong Singapore United States of America France Germany Malaysia Italy India Spain Poland Canada Romania Ireland Pakistan Hungary Korea (South) Australia Belgium Switzerland Sweden Cyprus (European Union) Greece Netherlands Bulgaria Other EU Other International Totals

Applications No. % 671 9.9 496 7.3 479 7.1 347 5.1 315 4.6 299 4.4 292 4.3 269 4.0 205 3.0 203 3.0 193 2.8 180 2.7 166 2.4 162 2.4 159 2.3 127 1.9 125 1.8 117 1.7 111 1.6 104 1.5 101 1.5 89 1.3 83 1.2 81 1.2 80 1.2 426 6.3 907 13.4 6,787 100.0

Offers No. 124 113 99 40 37 48 43 33 17 22 44 14 36 18 11 34 27 28 21 16 14 22 11 10 14 81 129 1,106

% 11.2 10.2 9.0 3.6 3.3 4.3 3.9 3.0 1.5 2.0 4.0 1.3 3.3 1.6 1.0 3.1 2.4 2.5 1.9 1.4 1.3 2.0 1.0 0.9 1.3 7.3 11.7 100.0

Acceptances and success rates No. % Success rate (%) 100 12.0 14.9 92 11.0 18.5 74 8.9 15.4 20 2.4 5.8 29 3.5 9.2 33 4.0 11.0 34 4.1 11.6 23 2.8 8.6 12 1.4 5.9 15 1.8 7.4 36 4.3 18.7 7 0.8 3.9 28 3.4 16.9 13 1.6 8.0 7 0.8 4.4 31 3.7 24.4 24 2.9 19.2 16 1.9 13.7 19 2.3 17.1 16 1.9 15.4 11 1.3 10.9 22 2.6 24.7 6 0.7 7.2 8 1.0 9.9 11 1.3 13.8 60 7.2 14.1 88 10.5 9.7 835 100.0 12.3

This table lists the top 25 countries outside the UK submitting applications to Cambridge. The countries listed are based on applicants’ Area of Permanent Residence (APR) code. Countries submitting fewer applications than those in the top 25 are aggregated as ‘Other EU’ or ‘Other International’ at the bottom of the table.


3 Applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS tariff score Table 3.1 Applications, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by UCAS tariff score and gender 2016 Applicants achieving three or more A Levels by the end of the 2016 admissions cycle UCAS Tariff Score/A Level Grades Male 168 A*A*A* 160 A*A*A 152 A*A*B 152 A*AA 144 136 128 120 112 104 96 88 80 72 64 48 Subtotals

373 418 30 364 299 137 69 32 13 11 3 2 0 1 0 1 1,753

% 6.8 7.6 0.5 6.6 5.4 2.5 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.8

Applications Female % 423 565 44 547 432 193 113 53 23 11 9 4 2 2 0 0 2,421

9.6 12.8 1.0 12.4 9.8 4.4 2.6 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 54.9

Total

%

796 983 74 911 731 330 182 85 36 22 12 6 2 3 0 1 4,174

8.0 9.9 0.7 9.2 7.4 3.3 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.0

Offers Male % Female % Total Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 195 12.2 256 16.8 451 155 9.7 292 19.1 447 7 0.4 11 0.7 18 119 7.5 189 12.4 308 55 3.4 111 7.3 166 14 0.9 22 1.4 36 2 0.1 12 0.8 14 1 0.1 4 0.3 5 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 548 34.3 899 58.8 1,447

%

Male

%

14.4 14.3 0.6 9.9 5.3 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.3

189 145 6 108 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 472

14.6 11.2 0.5 8.3 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.4

Acceptances Female % 251 287 8 170 44 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 764

19.8 22.7 0.6 13.4 3.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 60.4

Total

%

440 432 14 278 67 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,236

17.2 16.9 0.5 10.9 2.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 48.2

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table continued from previous page UCAS Tariff Score/A Level Grades Male 168 A*A*A* 160 A*A*A 152 A*A*B 152 A*AA 144 136 128 120 112 104 96 88 80 72 64 48 Subtotals Totals

1,560 819 51 606 348 171 99 55 25 14 8 5 3 2 1 0 3,767 5,520

% 28.3 14.8 0.9 11.0 6.3 3.1 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.2 100.0

Applications Female % 722 427 26 343 231 118 63 23 19 9 2 4 0 2 0 0 1,989 4,410

16.4 9.7 0.6 7.8 5.2 2.7 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 45.1 100.0

Total

%

Male

2,282 1,246 77 949 579 289 162 78 44 23 10 9 3 4 1 0 5,756 9,930

23.0 12.5 0.8 9.6 5.8 2.9 1.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 58.0 100.0

776 188 5 55 17 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,049 1,597

Offers Female % Sciences 48.6 415 27.2 11.8 125 8.2 0.3 5 0.3 3.4 55 3.6 1.1 21 1.4 0.3 5 0.3 0.1 3 0.2 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 65.7 629 41.2 100.0 1,528 100.0 %

Total

%

Male

%

1,191 313 10 110 38 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,678 3,125

38.1 10.0 0.3 3.5 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 53.7 100.0

683 124 2 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 825 1,297

52.7 9.6 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 63.6 100.0

Acceptances Female % 376 93 2 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 501 1,265

29.7 7.4 0.2 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 100.0

Total

%

1,059 217 4 42 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,326 2,562

41.3 8.5 0.2 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 51.8 100.0

In this table the three highest A Level grades in all subjects, excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking, are used for scoring purposes. The UCAS tariff score refers to the scoring system where at A Level A* = 56, A = 48, B = 40, C = 32, D = 24, E = 16. More information about the UCAS tariff is available at: www.ucas.com/advisers/guides-and-resources/tariff-2017.


4 Applications, offers and acceptances by subject Table 4.1 Applications, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by subject 2016 Applications Degree programme Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Architecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classics Classics (4 years) Economics Education English Geography History History of Art Human, Social, & Political Sciences Land Economy Law Linguistics Modern & Medieval Languages Music Philosophy Theology & Religious Studies Subtotals Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Medicine Medicine Graduate Course Natural Sciences Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Veterinary Medicine Subtotals Totals

Offers

No. % No. % Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 65 0.4 31 0.7 360 2.1 49 1.1 121 0.7 49 1.1 146 0.9 93 2.2 32 0.2 16 0.4 1,183 7.1 189 4.4 105 0.6 43 1.0 726 4.3 219 5.1 322 1.9 120 2.8 607 3.6 232 5.4 102 0.6 32 0.7 1,070 6.4 234 5.4 248 1.5 67 1.6 1,048 6.3 256 5.9 113 0.7 42 1.0 385 2.3 198 4.6 130 0.8 71 1.6 200 1.2 57 1.3 100 0.6 57 1.3 7,063 42.2 2,055 47.7 Sciences 719 4.3 124 2.9 2,351 14.0 414 9.6 1,312 7.8 527 12.2 1,274 7.6 290 6.7 363 2.2 27 0.6 2,943 17.6 703 16.3 497 3.0 91 2.1 228 1.4 76 1.8 9,687 57.8 2,252 52.3 16,750 100.0 4,307 100.0

Acceptances and success rates Success No. % rate (%) 21 44 38 78 11 164 31 190 97 199 26 182 56 217 38 176 61 48 43 1,720

0.6 1.3 1.1 2.3 0.3 4.7 0.9 5.5 2.8 5.8 0.8 5.3 1.6 6.3 1.1 5.1 1.8 1.4 1.2 49.8

32.3 12.2 31.4 53.4 34.4 13.9 29.5 26.2 30.1 32.8 25.5 17.0 22.6 20.7 33.6 45.7 46.9 24.0 43.0 24.4

99 337 256 269 23 618 75 60 1,737 3,457

2.9 9.7 7.4 7.8 0.7 17.9 2.2 1.7 50.2 100.0

13.8 14.3 19.5 21.1 6.3 21.0 15.1 26.3 17.9 20.6

Mathematics includes those applying for Mathematics and Mathematics with Physics. The courses in Chemical Engineering, Management Studies and Manufacturing Engineering can be taken only after Part I in another subject. Applications and acceptances for these courses are recorded under the first year subjects taken by the applicants involved.


Table 4.2 Applications, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by subject and gender 2016 Degree programme

Male

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Architecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classics Classics (4 years) Economics Education English Geography History History of Art Human, Social, & Political Sciences Land Economy Law Linguistics Modern & Medieval Languages Music Philosophy Theology & Religious Studies Subtotals

26 150 48 57 11 786 25 204 112 290 22 338 136 444 30 119 72 114 47 3,031

Applications Offers % Female % Male % Female Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 40.0 39 60.0 10 32.3 21 41.7 210 58.3 17 34.7 32 39.7 73 60.3 18 36.7 31 39.0 89 61.0 38 40.9 55 34.4 21 65.6 8 50.0 8 66.4 397 33.6 113 59.8 76 23.8 80 76.2 8 18.6 35 28.1 522 71.9 66 30.1 153 34.8 210 65.2 37 30.8 83 47.8 317 52.2 109 47.0 123 21.6 80 78.4 7 21.9 25 31.6 732 68.4 74 31.6 160 54.8 112 45.2 37 55.2 30 42.4 604 57.6 99 38.7 157 26.5 83 73.5 11 26.2 31 30.9 266 69.1 61 30.8 137 55.4 58 44.6 43 60.6 28 57.0 86 43.0 32 56.1 25 47.0 53 53.0 24 42.1 33 42.9 4,032 57.1 812 39.5 1,243

%

Male

67.7 65.3 63.3 59.1 50.0 40.2 81.4 69.9 69.2 53.0 78.1 68.4 44.8 61.3 73.8 69.2 39.4 43.9 57.9 60.5

8 16 14 35 6 98 6 58 31 93 5 56 32 83 11 55 34 26 18 685

Acceptances % Female 38.1 36.4 36.8 44.9 54.5 59.8 19.4 30.5 32.0 46.7 19.2 30.8 57.1 38.2 28.9 31.3 55.7 54.2 41.9 39.8

13 28 24 43 5 66 25 132 66 106 21 126 24 134 27 121 27 22 25 1,035

% 61.9 63.6 63.2 55.1 45.5 40.2 80.6 69.5 68.0 53.3 80.8 69.2 42.9 61.8 71.1 68.8 44.3 45.8 58.1 60.2



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Degree programme

Male

Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Medicine Medicine Graduate Course Natural Sciences Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Veterinary Medicine Subtotals Totals

621 1,854 972 580 153 1,718 98 41 6,037 9,068

Applications % Female 86.4 78.9 74.1 45.5 42.1 58.4 19.7 18.0 62.3 54.1

98 497 340 694 210 1,225 399 187 3,650 7,682

% 13.6 21.1 25.9 54.5 57.9 41.6 80.3 82.0 37.7 45.9

Male Sciences 102 311 405 160 8 413 14 16 1,429 2,241

Offers % Female 82.3 75.1 76.9 55.2 29.6 58.7 15.4 21.1 63.5 52.0

22 103 122 130 19 290 77 60 823 2,066

%

Male

17.7 24.9 23.1 44.8 70.4 41.3 84.6 78.9 36.5 48.0

86 259 211 149 6 369 12 14 1,106 1,791

Acceptances % Female 86.9 76.9 82.4 55.4 26.1 59.7 16.0 23.3 63.7 51.8

13 78 45 120 17 249 63 46 631 1,666

% 13.1 23.1 17.6 44.6 73.9 40.3 84.0 76.7 36.3 48.2

Mathematics includes those applying for Mathematics and Mathematics with Physics. The courses in Chemical Engineering, Management Studies and Manufacturing Engineering can be taken only after Part I in another subject. Applications and acceptances for these courses are recorded under the first year subjects taken by the applicants involved.


Applications by subject and gender 2016 Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Architecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classics Classics (4 years) Economics Education English Geography History History of Art Human, Social, & Political Sciences Land Economy Law Linguistics Modern & Medieval Languages Music Philosophy Theology & Religious Studies Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Medicine Medicine Graduate Course Natural Sciences Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Veterinary Medicine 100%

50%

Female


0%

50%

Male

100%

Offers by subject and gender 2016 Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Architecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classics Classics (4 years) Economics Education English Geography History History of Art Human, Social, & Political Sciences Land Economy Law Linguistics Modern & Medieval Languages Music Philosophy Theology & Religious Studies Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Medicine Medicine Graduate Course Natural Sciences Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Veterinary Medicine 100%

50%

Female

0%

50%

100%

Male


Acceptances by subject and gender 2016 Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Architecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classics Classics (4 years) Economics Education English Geography History History of Art Human, Social, & Political Sciences Land Economy Law Linguistics Modern & Medieval Languages Music Philosophy Theology & Religious Studies Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Medicine Medicine Graduate Course Natural Sciences Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Veterinary Medicine 100%

50%

Female


0%

50%

Male

100%

Table 4.3 Applications, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by subject and school type 2016

Degree programme Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Architecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classics Classics (4 years) Economics Education English Geography History History of Art Human, Social, & Political Sciences Land Economy Law Linguistics Modern & Medieval Languages Music Philosophy Theology & Religious Studies Subtotals

Applications Home Home Maintained Independent 28 120 36 31 23 349 31 374 187 329 26 364 57 329 47 195 50 90 38 2,704

15 62 33 86 1 189 18 199 90 167 33 190 53 91 16 146 52 42 43 1,526

Offers All Home Home Others* Maintained Independent Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 22 14 9 175 24 13 52 17 16 29 24 55 8 10 0 642 62 53 53 18 13 151 128 64 45 70 39 110 135 74 42 10 13 510 116 46 138 20 17 618 93 40 48 22 9 44 104 77 28 28 38 68 30 15 19 26 23 2,802 951 614

All Others*

Home Maintained

Acceptances Home Independent

All Others*

8 12 16 14 6 74 12 27 11 23 9 71 30 121 11 17 5 12 8 487

11 22 12 18 6 55 12 108 54 111 10 94 15 78 20 90 26 25 18 785

5 12 15 51 0 49 11 60 34 71 10 36 15 36 9 71 32 13 20 550

5 10 11 9 5 60 8 22 9 17 6 51 26 101 9 15 3 10 5 382



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Degree programme Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Medicine Medicine Graduate Course† Natural Sciences Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Veterinary Medicine Subtotals Totals

Applications Home Home Maintained Independent 278 819 723 438 14 1,285 209 103 3,869 6,573

69 293 134 201 6 462 49 38 1,252 2,778

All Others* 370 1,237 450 623 301 1,192 230 85 4,488 7,290

Home Maintained Sciences 57 161 278 152 0 330 47 46 1,071 2,022

Offers Home Independent

All Others*

Home Maintained

Acceptances Home Independent

All Others*

15 88 81 100 1 155 12 21 473 1,087

52 165 166 37 23 217 30 9 699 1,186

48 138 108 144 0 294 40 38 810 1,595

13 71 49 94 1 153 9 16 406 956

38 128 99 31 19 170 24 6 515 897

Mathematics includes those applying for Mathematics and Mathematics with Physics. The courses in Chemical Engineering, Management Studies and Manufacturing Engineering can be taken only after Part I in another subject. Applications and acceptances for these courses are recorded under the first year subjects taken by the applicants involved. * The ‘All Others’ category includes Home applicants not at UK schools and colleges and all other applicants at any type of institution. † While most applicants for the Medicine Graduate Course apply to Cambridge for entry directly following study at an HE institution, some applicants undertake further science A Level study at UK schools or colleges and are categorised accordingly above. Such applicants are recorded in this table for completeness but omitted from the charts that follow as their number is so small.


Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Number of Home applications from UK schools/colleges 2016 Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Architecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classics Classics (4 years) Economics Education English Geography History History of Art Human, Social, & Political Sciences Land Economy Law Linguistics Modern & Medieval Languages Music Philosophy Theology & Religious Studies 400

300

200

Home Maintained

100

0

100

200

300

Home Independent


Number of Home offers from UK schools/colleges 2016 Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Architecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classics Classics (4 years) Economics Education English Geography History History of Art Human, Social, & Political Sciences Land Economy Law Linguistics Modern & Medieval Languages Music Philosophy Theology & Religious Studies 100

50

Home Maintained


0

50

Home Independent

100

Number of Home acceptances from UK schools/colleges 2016 Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Architecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classics Classics (4 years) Economics Education English Geography History History of Art Human, Social, & Political Sciences Land Economy Law Linguistics Modern & Medieval Languages Music Philosophy Theology & Religious Studies 100

50

Home Maintained

0

50

100

Home Independent


Sciences Number of Home applications from UK schools/colleges 2016 Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Medicine Natural Sciences Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Veterinary Medicine 1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0

Home Maintained

200

400

600

Home Independent

Number of Home offers from UK schools/colleges 2016 Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Medicine Natural Sciences Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Veterinary Medicine 300

100

200

0

Home Maintained

100

200

Home Independent

Number of Home acceptances from UK schools/colleges 2016 Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Medicine Natural Sciences Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Veterinary Medicine 300

200

100

Home Maintained


0

100

200

Home Independent

5 Applications, offers and acceptances by College Table 5.1 Proportion of Home applications, offers and acceptances to Cambridge from the maintained sector by College 2016 College Christ's Churchill Clare Corpus Christi Downing Emmanuel Fitzwilliam Girton Gonville and Caius Homerton Hughes Hall* Jesus King’s Lucy Cavendish* Magdalene Murray Edwards Newnham Pembroke Peterhouse Queens’ Robinson St Catharine’s St Edmund’s* St John’s Selwyn Sidney Sussex Trinity Trinity Hall Wolfson* Open offers Totals

Applications 433 407 491 284 337 483 298 255 391 269 35 492 602 45 232 121 162 511 200 629 229 426 26 568 350 308 415 297 55 9,351

% Maintained 74.4 84.8 71.9 64.4 67.7 66.9 74.5 78.0 59.6 78.4 94.3 62.6 85.2 82.2 65.9 88.4 72.2 65.9 66.5 69.0 75.1 65.3 80.8 61.3 69.1 61.7 69.2 66.0 87.3 70.3

Offers 113 142 145 74 112 136 123 123 144 145 12 145 98 6 84 100 130 123 63 158 128 131 10 163 112 105 146 109 21 8 3,109

% Maintained 67.3 70.4 66.2 58.1 67.0 66.2 63.4 70.7 58.3 70.3 66.7 66.2 74.5 66.7 64.3 74.0 66.2 63.4 65.1 67.7 68.0 61.8 40.0 46.6 72.3 65.7 54.8 65.1 76.2 62.5 65.0

Acceptances 94 87 126 60 96 110 101 107 132 124 8 123 81 5 69 80 96 109 51 123 106 110 7 137 89 85 128 91 16 2,551

% Maintained 66.0 67.8 64.3 61.7 65.6 65.5 62.4 68.2 55.3 68.5 62.5 62.6 74.1 60.0 63.8 71.3 61.5 62.4 60.8 64.2 61.3 55.5 42.9 46.0 71.9 63.5 53.1 59.3 75.0 62.5

The College of application in the data above is defined as the applicant’s first choice College (or, in the case of an open applicant, the College to which the applicant was allocated) regardless of subsequent transfers through the pools. The figures include only Home applicants who applied from a school or college in the UK and show the percentage of applications and acceptances by College from the maintained sector, including FE institutions. * The majority of applicants to the four Mature Colleges apply from institutions other than UK schools and colleges, or independently of a school or college. Relevant applications and acceptances are counted in this table, but differences of one or two applicants can have a disproportionate effect on the percentages year-on-year and no particular conclusion should be drawn from this.


Number of Home applications from UK schools/colleges 2016 Christ’s Churchill Clare Corpus Christi Downing Emmanuel Fitzwilliam Girton Gonville and Caius Homerton Hughes Hall Jesus King’s Lucy Cavendish Magdalene Murray Edwards Newnham Pembroke Peterhouse Queens’ Robinson St Catharine’s St Edmund’s St John’s Selwyn Sidney Sussex Trinity Trinity Hall Wolfson 500

400

300

200

Home Maintained


100

0

100

200

Home Independent

300

Number of Home offers from UK schools/colleges 2016 Christ’s Churchill Clare Corpus Christi Downing Emmanuel Fitzwilliam Girton Gonville and Caius Homerton Hughes Hall Jesus King’s Lucy Cavendish Magdalene Murray Edwards Newnham Pembroke Peterhouse Queens’ Robinson St Catharine’s St Edmund’s St John’s Selwyn Sidney Sussex Trinity Trinity Hall Wolfson Open offers 100

50

Home Maintained

0

50

100

Home Independent


Number of Home acceptances from UK schools/colleges 2016 Christ’s Churchill Clare Corpus Christi Downing Emmanuel Fitzwilliam Girton Gonville and Caius Homerton Hughes Hall Jesus King’s Lucy Cavendish Magdalene Murray Edwards Newnham Pembroke Peterhouse Queens’ Robinson St Catharine’s St Edmund’s St John’s Selwyn Sidney Sussex Trinity Trinity Hall Wolfson 100

50

Home Maintained


0

50

Home Independent

100

6 Applicants, offers and acceptances by age Table 6.1 Applicants, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by age* 2016 Age Under 18 18 19 20 21 and over Totals

Applicants No. 660 9,977 3,875 845 1,364 16,721

Offers % 3.9 59.7 23.2 5.1 8.2 100.0

No. 91 2,835 976 150 255 4,307

% 2.1 65.8 22.7 3.5 5.9 100.0

Acceptances and success rates No. % Success rate (%) 67 1.9 10.2 2,261 65.4 22.7 812 23.5 21.0 125 3.6 14.8 192 5.6 14.1 3,457 100.0 20.7

* expected age on 1 October of year of entry This data relates to applicants (who may apply for up to five courses in their UCAS application) rather than the total number of applications made by applicants. Applicants to Cambridge are usually permitted to make only one application to the University in any given year, the sole exception to this rule being those wishing to be considered for both the standard Medicine and Graduate Medicine courses.


7 Applicants, offers and acceptances by geodemographic classification Table 7.1 Home applicants, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by POLAR3 quintile 2016 POLAR3 quintile 5 4 3 2 1 Unknown Totals

Applicants No. % 4,791 48.2 2,270 22.8 1,424 14.3 891 9.0 502 5.0 72 0.7 9,950 100.0

Offers No. 1,714 690 396 256 126 19 3,201

% 53.5 21.6 12.4 8.0 3.9 0.6 100.0

Acceptances and success rates No. % Success rate (%) 1,467 55.9 30.6 562 21.4 24.8 301 11.5 21.1 192 7.3 21.5 85 3.2 16.9 15 0.6 20.8 2,622 100.0 26.4

This data relates to applicants (who may apply for up to five courses in their UCAS application) rather than the total number of applications made by applicants. Applicants to Cambridge are usually permitted to make only one application to the University in any given year, the sole exception to this rule being those wishing to be considered for both the standard Medicine and Graduate Medicine courses. POLAR3 is a classification of UK postcode areas showing the participation of young people in higher education (HE), where 5 signifies the highest-participation neighbourhood quintile and 1 the lowest. More information about POLAR3 is available at: www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/POLAR/.

Table 7.2 Home applicants, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by OAC flag 2016 OAC flag Flagged Unflagged Unknown Totals

Applicants No. % 1,215 12.2 8,661 87.0 74 0.7 9,950 100.0

Offers No. 293 2,892 16 3,201

% 9.2 90.3 0.5 100.0

Acceptances and success rates No. % Success rate (%) 204 7.8 16.8 2,406 91.8 27.8 12 0.5 16.2 2,622 100.0 26.4

This data relates to applicants (who may apply for up to five courses in their UCAS application) rather than the total number of applications made by applicants. Applicants to Cambridge are usually permitted to make only one application to the University in any given year, the sole exception to this rule being those wishing to be considered for both the standard Medicine and Graduate Medicine courses. OAC (Output Area Classification) data provides information about the dominant socio-demographic characteristics of an applicant’s residential neighbourhood. Applicants are flagged if they live in a neighbourhood whose characteristics are often associated with relative disadvantage and low Cambridge application rates. More information about OAC is available at: www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/geographicalproducts/areaclassifications.


8 Applicants, offers and acceptances by ethnicity Table 8.1 Home applicants, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by ethnic origin and gender 2016 Ethnicity Black or Black British – Caribbean Black or Black British – African Other Black background Asian or Asian British – Indian Asian or Asian British – Pakistani Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi Chinese Other Asian background Mixed – White and Black Caribbean Mixed – White and Black African Mixed – White and Asian Other mixed background Other ethnic background White Unknown Totals

Male 29 111 6 351 103 41 160 129 30 25 150 65 92 3,908 278 5,478

Applicants Female Total 25 54 117 228 14 20 157 508 50 153 32 73 114 274 89 218 34 64 23 48 141 291 77 142 53 145 3,330 7,238 216 494 4,472 9,950

% 0.5 2.3 0.2 5.1 1.5 0.7 2.8 2.2 0.6 0.5 2.9 1.4 1.5 72.7 5.0 100.0

Male 7 23 0 114 25 4 53 26 9 7 46 21 32 1,223 35 1,625

Offers Female Total 5 12 14 37 4 4 57 171 14 39 7 11 47 100 22 48 11 20 6 13 54 100 29 50 22 54 1,252 2,475 32 67 1,576 3,201

% 0.4 1.2 0.1 5.3 1.2 0.3 3.1 1.5 0.6 0.4 3.1 1.6 1.7 77.3 2.1 100.0

Male 2 20 0 100 22 3 49 21 5 7 39 19 29 998 10 1,324

Acceptances and success rates Female Total % Success rate (%) 3 5 0.2 9.3 11 31 1.2 13.6 3 3 0.1 15.0 52 152 5.8 29.9 13 35 1.3 22.9 6 9 0.3 12.3 43 92 3.5 33.6 16 37 1.4 17.0 10 15 0.6 23.4 6 13 0.5 27.1 47 86 3.3 29.6 25 44 1.7 31.0 16 45 1.7 31.0 1,039 2,037 77.7 28.1 8 18 0.7 3.6 1,298 2,622 100.0 26.4

This data relates to applicants (who may apply for up to five courses in their UCAS application) rather than the total number of applications made by applicants. Applicants to Cambridge are usually permitted to make only one application to the University in any given year, the sole exception to this rule being those wishing to be considered for both the standard Medicine and Graduate Medicine courses.


9 Applicants, offers and acceptances by disability Table 9.1 Applicants, offers and acceptances to Cambridge by disability 2016 Applicants Disability Autistic spectrum disorder or Asperger's Syndrome Blind or partially sighted Deaf or serious hearing impairment Long standing illness (e.g. diabetes, epilepsy, heart condition) Mental health condition Specific learning difficulty (e.g. dyslexia, dyspraxia) Physical impairment or mobility difficulties Other disability or medical condition Two or more of the above No disability declared Totals

No. 98 22 17 101 207 359 27 140 67 15,683 16,721

% 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.2 2.1 0.2 0.8 0.4 93.8 100.0

Offers No. 39 4 4 28 57 81 10 36 16 4,032 4,307

% 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.3 1.9 0.2 0.8 0.4 93.6 100.0

Acceptances and success rates No. % Success rate (%) 31 0.9 31.6 3 0.1 13.6 4 0.1 23.5 20 0.6 19.8 38 1.1 18.4 68 2.0 18.9 9 0.3 33.3 30 0.9 21.4 13 0.4 19.4 3,241 93.8 20.7 3,457 100.0 20.7

This data relates to applicants (who may apply for up to five courses in their UCAS application) rather than the total number of applications made by applicants. Applicants to Cambridge are usually permitted to make only one application to the University in any given year, the sole exception to this rule being those wishing to be considered for both the standard Medicine and Graduate Medicine courses.


10 The admissions process Table 10.1 Progress of applicants through the admissions process 2016 Applications Type of school/college

Direct

Home Maintained Home Independent All Others* Subtotals

5,881 2,576 5,647 14,104

Home Maintained Home Independent All Others* Subtotals Totals

213 131 349 693 14,797

Offers Acceptances Winter via Winter Summer by Offering via Summer Open Pooled Direct Pool Pooled College Pool Applications for entry in 2016 468 1,530 1,526 409 161 1,482 43 67 931 835 175 50 882 11 1,369 1,172 914 185 77 801 27 1,904 3,633 3,275 769 288 3,165 81 Applications for deferred entry in 2017 11 52 60 27 12 69 1 4 42 59 18 10 62 1 34 77 60 39 3 77 1 49 171 179 84 25 208 3 1,953 3,804 3,454 853 313 3,373 84

* The ‘All Others’ category includes Home applicants not at UK schools and colleges and all other applicants at any type of institution. Applications: • Applicants to Cambridge can choose to make a direct application to a College of their choice or to make an open application, where the application is allocated to a College by computer algorithm. • Applicants may be placed in the Winter Pool by the College to which they applied (or were allocated in the case of open applicants) for a number of reasons, summarised here: www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/decisions. Offers: • Direct offers are those made by the College to which applicants applied (or were allocated in the case of open applicants), regardless of whether the application was placed in the Winter Pool. • Offers made via the Winter Pool are those made to pooled applicants by a College other than that to which they applied (or were allocated). • Offer-holders may sometimes be placed in the Summer Pool by their offering College if, following the publication of examination results, they have narrowly missed the conditions of their offer. Acceptances: • Acceptances may be made by the offering College, regardless of whether the application was placed in the Summer Pool, or by a College other than that which made the original offer via the Summer Pool.
