Reporter Special 3/12/99: Table 6. Number and percentage of applications and acceptances by subject

Table 6. Number and percentage of applications and acceptances by subject

Men and Women

1999

	Applications		Acceptances
Grades	No.	%	No.	%

Arts
Anglo-Saxon	26	-	11	-
Archaeology and Anthropology	118	1	57	2
Architecture	219	2	39	1
Classics	126	1	71	2
English	814	7	205	7
Geography	277	2	97	3
History	530	5	207	7
History of Art	75	1	21	1
Modern and Medieval Languages	513	5	168	5
Music	163	1	59	2
Oriental Studies	70	1	28	1
Philosophy	169	2	46	1
Theology and Religious Studies	70	1	33	1

Sub-total	3,170	29	1,042	34
Social Sciences
Economics	671	6	167	5
Land Economy	92	1	36	1
Law	875	8	201	7
Social and Political Sciences	403	4	95	3

Sub-total	2,041	19	499	16
Science and Technology
Computer Science	418	4	86	3
Mathematics	859	8	251	8
Natural Sciences	1,737	16	579	19
Engineering	1,061	10	293	10
Medical Sciences	1,189	11	268	9
Veterinary Medicine	672	6	66	2

Sub-total	5,936	55	1,543	51

Total	11,147		3,084

Men

1999

	Applications		Acceptances
Grades	No.	%	No.	%

Arts
Anglo-Saxon	12	-	6	-
Archaeology and Anthropology	37	1	14	1
Architecture	135	2	21	1
Classics	56	1	34	2
English	254	4	71	4
Geography	143	2	46	3
History	253	4	110	7
History of Art	17	-	2	-
Modern and Medieval Languages	142	2	47	3
Music	81	1	33	2
Oriental Studies	28	-	9	1
Philosophy	100	2	29	2
Theology and Religious Studies	26	1	14	1

Sub-total	1,284	21	436	26
Social Sciences
Economics	463	8	109	7
Land Economy	56	1	22	1
Law	371	6	86	5
Social and Political Sciences	151	3	42	3

Sub-total	1,041	17	259	16
Science and Technology
Computer Science	381	6	77	5
Mathematics	677	11	190	12
Natural Sciences	972	16	320	20
Engineering	879	15	228	14
Medical Sciences	577	10	124	8
Veterinary Medicine	167	3	16	1

Sub-Total	3,653	61	955	58

Total	5,978		1,650

Women

1999

	Applications		Acceptances
Grades	No.	%	No.	%

Arts
Anglo-Saxon	14	-	5	-
Archaeology and Anthropology	81	2	43	3
Architecture	84	2	18	1
Classics	70	1	37	3
English	560	11	134	9
Geography	134	3	51	4
History	277	5	97	7
History of Art	58	1	19	1
Modern and Medieval Languages	371	7	121	8
Music	82	2	26	2
Oriental Studies	42	1	19	1
Philosophy	69	1	17	1
Theology and Religious Studies	44	1	19	1

Sub-total	1,886	36	606	42
Social Sciences
Economics	208	4	58	4
Land Economy	36	1	14	1
Law	504	10	115	8
Social and Political Sciences	252	4	53	4

Sub-total	1,000	19	240	17
Science and Technology
Computer Science	37	1	9	1
Mathematics	182	3	61	4
Natural Sciences	765	15	259	18
Engineering	182	4	65	5
Medical Sciences	612	12	144	10
Veterinary Medicine	505	10	50	3

Sub-total	2,283	44	588	41

Total	5,169		1,434

Mathematics includes those applying for Mathematics, Mathematics with Computer Science, Mathematics with Physics.

The Tripos courses at Cambridge in Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Information Sciences, Management Studies, and Manufacturing Engineering can only be taken after a Part of another Tripos. The entries for these courses are recorded in Table 6 under the first-year subjects taken by the students involved.

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