Engineering Tripos
For further information about this course please refer to the course website.
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Admissions information
Admissions
Offers and admissions are expressed as percentages of applications. Data is shown for the academic year of application and not the academic year of course entry.
| Year | Applications | Offers % | Admissions % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | 1,798 | 21.6 % | 18.7 % |
| 2008-9 | 1,546 | 22.4 % | 19.9 % |
| 2007-8 | 1,353 | 27.7 % | 24.6 % |
More detailed applications and admissions statistics are available on the Undergraduate Admissions website. This includes applications statistics for the course by subject.
Examination results
Please note that not all courses divide students who attain a 'second class' award into upper and lower second class awards. In these cases students will simply be awarded 'second class' rather than 'upper second class' or 'lower second class'. Further information about the Tripos system.
The "other" category includes students who have failed, those who have been deemed to have passed the course but did not obtain honours, and those who have been given dispensation to pass the examination with honours.
Tripos examination results summarised by year, part and class (divided second class)
Tripos examination results are expressed as percentages of the number of students.
| Year | Part | Students | First class % | Upper second % | Lower second % | Third % | Other % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | Part IA | 312 | 26.0 % | 37.8 % | 26.9 % | 6.7 % | 2.6 % |
| 2008-9 | Part IA | 317 | 26.2 % | 38.2 % | 27.1 % | 7.3 % | 1.3 % |
| 2007-8 | Part IA | 297 | 26.3 % | 38.0 % | 26.9 % | 6.7 % | 2.0 % |
| 2009-10 | Part IB | 300 | 28.3 % | 39.7 % | 25.3 % | 6.7 % | None |
| 2008-9 | Part IB | 247 | 28.7 % | 40.1 % | 25.1 % | 6.1 % | None |
| 2007-8 | Part IB | 256 | 29.3 % | 39.5 % | 23.8 % | 6.6 % | 0.8 % |
| 2009-10 | Part IIA | 208 | 27.4 % | 42.3 % | 22.1 % | 7.2 % | 1.0 % |
| 2008-9 | Part IIA | 219 | 29.2 % | 40.2 % | 24.7 % | 4.6 % | 1.4 % |
| 2007-8 | Part IIA | 211 | 28.0 % | 41.7 % | 23.2 % | 6.2 % | 0.9 % |
| 2009-10 | Part IIB | 212 | 23.6 % | 43.4 % | 29.7 % | None | 3.3 % |
| 2008-9 | Part IIB | 209 | 23.0 % | 45.9 % | 29.7 % | None | 1.4 % |
| 2007-8 | Part IIB | 205 | 19.5 % | 53.7 % | 25.4 % | None | 1.5 % |
Destinations of graduating students
Destination data is derived from the national survey "Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal Survey" undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
More information about student destinations after graduation is available on the Careers Service website.
Known destinations
Percentage of graduating students responding to the survey.
| Year | Graduating students | Respondents | Respondents % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 220 | 180 | 81.8 % |
| 2009-10 | 220 | 176 | 80.0 % |
| 2008-9 | 220 | 189 | 85.9 % |
Destinations summarised by year
Destinations are expressed as a percentage of the number of graduating students that responded.
| 2008-9 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination | Destination count | Destination % | Destination count | Destination % | Destination count | Destination % |
| Employment | 139 | 73.5 % | 123 | 69.9 % | 132 | 73.3 % |
| Further study | 34 | 18.0 % | 39 | 22.2 % | 34 | 18.9 % |
| Still seeking employment or work | 4 | 2.1 % | 8 | 4.5 % | 3 | 1.7 % |
| Travelling or unavailable for work | 12 | 6.3 % | 6 | 3.4 % | 11 | 6.1 % |
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.
| 2008-9 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination | Destination count | Destination % | Destination count | Destination % | Destination count | Destination % |
| Further study - degree by research | 29 | 85.3 % | 26 | 66.7 % | 27 | 79.4 % |
| Further study - degree by taught course | 4 | 11.8 % | 11 | 28.2 % | 7 | 20.6 % |
| Further study - teacher training | 1 | 2.9 % | 2 | 5.1 % | None | None |
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.
| 2008-9 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment sector | Destination count | Destination % | Destination count | Destination % | Destination count | Destination % |
| Accountancy and tax | 3 | 2.2 % | 1 | 0.8 % | 4 | 3.0 % |
| Actuarial and insurance | None | None | 2 | 1.6 % | 1 | 0.8 % |
| Arts and recreation | 4 | 2.9 % | 2 | 1.6 % | 3 | 2.3 % |
| Banking and investment | 9 | 6.5 % | 8 | 6.5 % | 9 | 6.8 % |
| IT sector | 6 | 4.3 % | 9 | 7.3 % | 13 | 9.8 % |
| Legal | 3 | 2.2 % | None | None | 1 | 0.8 % |
| Management consulting | 12 | 8.6 % | 7 | 5.7 % | 9 | 6.8 % |
| Manufacturing, utilities, power: business | 5 | 3.6 % | 5 | 4.1 % | 4 | 3.0 % |
| Manufacturing, utilities, power: technical | 32 | 23.0 % | 30 | 24.4 % | 40 | 30.3 % |
| Other service industries | 31 | 22.3 % | 32 | 26.0 % | 30 | 22.7 % |
| Other/insufficient data | 8 | 5.8 % | 11 | 8.9 % | 12 | 9.1 % |
| Public service | 7 | 5.0 % | 9 | 7.3 % | 3 | 2.3 % |
| Research - science | 8 | 5.8 % | 4 | 3.3 % | 2 | 1.5 % |
| Teaching/lecturing | 4 | 2.9 % | None | None | 1 | 0.8 % |
| Social, community and charity | 4 | 2.9 % | 3 | 2.4 % | None | None |
| Communications business | 1 | 0.7 % | None | None | None | None |
| Health | 2 | 1.4 % | None | None | None | None |
| Publishing and media | None | None | None | None | None | None |