CamDATA: course information and statistics

Postgraduate data

Applications, offers, admissions and awards data for the last two academic years will be provided as soon as possible.

This page provides data for the postgraduate cohort as a whole, including:

For details of a particular Master of Philosophy (MPhil) or Master of Studies (MSt) programme please choose from the list below.


Information is provided about the types of postgraduate degrees that are offered at the University.

You may also like to visit the Graduate Admissions website

Applications, offers and admissions

All postgraduate applications

Includes MPhil applications.

YearApplicationsUKUK %EUEU %OtherOther %
2006-710,7781,82917.0 %1,75316.3 %7,19666.8 %
2005-610,5621,81517.2 %1,74916.6 %6,99866.3 %
2004-510,9652,05918.8 %1,55514.2 %7,35167.0 %

All postgraduate offers

Includes MPhil offers.
'Offers %' represents the percentage of applicants being offered places.

YearOffersOffers %UKUK %EUEU %OtherOther %
2006-74,37440.6 %1,17226.8 %76617.5 %2,43655.7 %
2005-64,12939.1 %1,10826.8 %83820.3 %2,18352.9 %
2004-54,37239.9 %1,24928.6 %75817.3 %2,36554.1 %

All postgraduate admissions

Includes MPhil admissions.
'Admissions %' represents the percentage of applicants taking up places.

YearAdmissionsAdmissions %UKUK %EUEU %OtherOther %
2006-72,50023.2 %85134.0 %48619.4 %1,16346.5 %
2005-62,42523.0 %79232.7 %55222.8 %1,08144.6 %
2004-52,11919.3 %83339.3 %35716.8 %92943.8 %

MPhil applications

YearApplicationsUKUK %EUEU%OtherOther %
2006-75,80788915.3 %81114.0 %4,11870.9 %
2005-65,96794715.9 %83614.0 %4,18470.1 %
2004-55,88899416.9 %75712.9 %4,13770.3 %

MPhil offers

YearOffersOffers %UKUK %EUEU %OtherOther %
2006-72,14737.0 %52624.5 %37217.3 %1,24958.2 %
2005-62,32138.9 %61326.4 %35415.3 %1,35458.3 %
2004-52,08735.4 %57727.6 %32915.8 %1,18156.6 %

MPhil admissions

YearAdmisionsAdmissions %UKUK %EUEU %OtherOther %
2006-71,23721.3 %35028.3 %23519.0 %65252.7 %
2005-61,29021.6 %40931.7 %20415.8 %67752.5 %
2004-55689.6 %18532.6 %10318.1 %28049.3 %

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Awards

PhD awards

Awards are expressed as percentages of the number of students.

YearStudentsPass %Other degree awarded %Fail %
2006-799699.8 %0.2 %None
2005-61,01299.9 %0.1 %None
2004-588399.2 %0.1 %0.7 %

The "other degree awarded" category represents PhD students who have been awarded another degree (e.g. MPhil, Postgraduate Certificate) in lieu of a PhD.

MPhil awards

Awards are expressed as percentages of the number of students.

YearStudentsPass %Fail %
2006-71,29499.0 %1.0 %
2005-61,24799.4 %0.6 %
2004-51,16099.1 %0.9 %

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Destinations of non-PhD students

Destination data is derived from the national "Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal Survey" undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

Known destinations

Percentage of graduating students who responded to the survey.

YearQualificationGraduating studentsRespondentsRespondents %
2007-8Postgraduate excluding PhD2,3211,61869.7 %
2006-7Postgraduate excluding PhD2,3291,31856.6 %
2005-6Postgraduate excluding PhD2,39897840.8 %

Destinations summarised by year

Destinations are expressed as a percentage of the number of graduating students that responded.

 2005-62006-72007-8
DestinationDestination countDestination %Destination countDestination %Destination countDestination %
Employment69971.5 %86065.3 %1,07666.5 %
Further study22923.4 %37428.4 %43326.8 %
Still seeking employment or work222.2 %382.9 %533.3 %
Travelling or unavailable for work282.9 %463.5 %563.5 %

Further study destinations summarised by type of study and year

Destinations are expressed as a percentage of the number of graduate students who responded to say that they were undertaking further study.

 2005-62006-72007-8
DestinationDestination countDestination %Destination countDestination %Destination countDestination %
Further study - degree by research17978.2 %25267.4 %30971.4 %
Further study - degree by taught course3816.6 %10828.9 %8619.9 %
Further study - legal training114.8 %102.7 %306.9 %
Further study - teacher training10.4 %41.1 %81.8 %

Employment destinations summarised by employment sector and year

Destinations are expressed as a percentage of the number of graduate students who responded to say that they had entered employment.

 2005-62006-72007-8
Employment sectorDestination countDestination %Destination countDestination %Destination countDestination %
Accountancy and tax50.7 %70.8 %181.7 %
Actuarial and insurance20.3 %70.8 %141.3 %
Arts and recreation91.3 %141.6 %100.9 %
Banking and investment497.0 %576.6 %787.2 %
Communications business111.6 %101.2 %30.3 %
Health162.3 %303.5 %171.6 %
IT sector121.7 %212.4 %222.0 %
Legal101.4 %333.8 %353.3 %
Management consulting192.7 %364.2 %656.0 %
Manufacturing, utilities, power: business192.7 %303.5 %272.5 %
Manufacturing, utilities, power: technical121.7 %121.4 %151.4 %
Other service industries578.2 %556.4 %363.3 %
Other/insufficient data568.0 %758.7 %777.2 %
Public service11816.9 %667.7 %1059.8 %
Publishing and media172.4 %151.7 %151.4 %
Research - science121.7 %91.0 %131.2 %
Research - social science/humanities172.4 %141.6 %272.5 %
Social, community and charity71.0 %121.4 %323.0 %
Teaching/lecturing25135.9 %35741.5 %46743.4 %

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Destinations of PhD students

Known destinations

Percentage of graduating students who responded to the survey.

YearQualificationGraduating studentsKnown destinationsKnown destination %
2007-8PhD94463767.5 %
2006-7PhD96252754.8 %
2005-6PhD1,01440940.3 %

Destinations summarised by destination and year

Destinations are expressed as a percentage of the number of graduating students that responded.

 2005-62006-72007-8
DestinationDestination countDestination %Destination countDestination %Destination countDestination %
Employment36990.2 %49193.2 %57490.1 %
Further study174.2 %173.2 %223.5 %
Still seeking employment or work143.4 %81.5 %213.3 %
Travelling or unavailable for work92.2 %112.1 %203.1 %

Further study destinations summarised by type of study and year

Destinations are expressed as a percentage of the number of graduate students who responded to say that they were undertaking further study.

 2005-62006-72007-8
DestinationDestination countDestination  %Destination countDestination %Destination countDestination %
Further study - degree by research423.5 %317.6 %1045.5 %
Further study - degree by taught course847.1 %1270.6 %1045.5 %
Further study - legal training211.8 %211.8 %14.5 %
Further study - teacher training317.6 %NoneNone14.5 %

Employment destinations summarised by employment sector and year

Destinations are expressed as a percentage of the number of graduate students who responded to say that they had entered employment.

 2005-62006-72007-8
Employment sectorDestination countDestination %Destination countDestination %Destination countDestination %
Accountancy and tax20.5 %10.2 %10.2 %
Actuarial and insurance10.3 %NoneNone10.2 %
Arts and recreation30.8 %30.6 %50.9 %
Banking and investment164.3 %183.7 %264.5 %
Health195.1 %102.0 %193.3 %
IT sector102.7 %112.2 %122.1 %
Legal30.8 %51.0 %122.1 %
Management consulting71.9 %142.9 %254.4 %
Manufacturing, utilities, power: business71.9 %132.6 %50.9 %
Manufacturing, utilities, power: technical246.5 %295.9 %162.8 %
Other service industries123.3 %214.3 %152.6 %
Other/insufficient data256.8 %7214.7 %5910.3 %
Public service154.1 %122.4 %142.4 %
Publishing and media71.9 %71.4 %122.1 %
Research - science13937.7 %16132.8 %16729.1 %
Research - social science/humanities287.6 %418.4 %8815.3 %
Social, community and charity10.3 %61.2 %40.7 %
Teaching/lecturing4913.3 %6413.0 %9316.2 %
Communications business10.3 %30.6 %NoneNone

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