Reporter 7/12/01: NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF APPLICATIONS AND ACCEPTANCES BY SUBJECT

NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF APPLICATIONS AND ACCEPTANCES BY SUBJECT

Table 6. NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF APPLICATIONS AND ACCEPTANCES BY SUBJECT

Men and Women

2001

	Applications		Acceptances
Grades	No.	%	No.	%
Arts
Anglo-Saxon	23	-	13	-
Archaeology and Anthropology	128	1	55	2
Architecture	199	2	42	1
Classics	118	1	75	2
English	669	6	192	6
Geography	233	2	90	3
History	543	5	210	6
History of Art	85	1	22	1
Modern and Medieval Languages	445	4	201	6
Music	158	1	64	2
Oriental Studies	70	1	29	1
Philosophy	192	2	58	2
Theology and Religious Studies	80	1	38	1

Sub-total	2,943	26	1,089	33
Social Sciences
Economics	714	7	169	5
Land Economy	96	1	33	1
Law	992	9	222	7
Social and Political Sciences	357	3	100	3

Sub-total	2,159	20	524	16
Science and Technology
Computer Science	527	5	111	3
Mathematics	784	7	251	8
Natural Sciences	1,723	16	610	19
Engineering	870	8	295	9
Medical Sciences	1,141	11	292	9
Veterinary Medicine	494	5	76	2

Sub-total	5,539	52	1,635	50

Total	10,641		3,248

Men

2001

	Applications		Acceptances
Grades	No.	%	No.	%
Arts
Anglo-Saxon	8	-	5	-
Archaeology and Anthropology	41	1	17	1
Architecture	94	2	27	2
Classics	56	1	31	2
English	196	4	60	4
Geography	104	2	30	2
History	259	5	109	7
History of Art	18	-	1	-
Modern and Medieval Languages	119	2	54	3
Music	80	1	33	2
Oriental Studies	30	1	12	-
Philosophy	107	2	35	2
Theology and Religious Studies	29	1	12	1

Sub-total	1,141	22	426	26
Social Sciences
Economics	497	9	114	7
Land Economy	62	1	21	1
Law	418	8	89	5
Social and Political Sciences	132	2	39	2

Sub-total	1,109	20	263	15
Science and Technology
Computer Science	460	8	96	6
Mathematics	608	11	200	12
Natural Sciences	930	17	328	20
Engineering	691	12	221	13
Medical Sciences	505	9	124	7
Veterinary Medicine	108	2	19	1

Sub-total	3,302	59	988	59
Total	5,552		1,677

Women

2001

	Applications		Acceptances
Grades	No.	%	No.	%
Arts
Anglo-Saxon	15	-	8	-
Archaeology and Anthropology	87	2	38	2
Architecture	105	2	15	1
Classics	62	1	44	3
English	473	9	132	8
Geography	129	2	60	4
History	284	6	101	6
History of Art	67	1	21	1
Modern and Medieval Languages	326	6	147	9
Music	78	1	31	2
Oriental Studies	40	2	17	1
Philosophy	85	2	23	1
Theology and Religious Studies	51	1	26	2

Sub-total	1,802	34	663	40
Social Sciences
Economics	217	4	55	3
Land Economy	34	1	12	1
Law	574	11	133	8
Social and Political Sciences	225	4	61	4

Sub-total	1,050	20	261	16
Science and Technology
Computer Science	67	1	15	1
Mathematics	176	3	51	3
Natural Sciences	793	16	282	18
Engineering	179	4	74	5
Medical Sciences	636	12	168	11
Veterinary Medicine	386	8	57	4

Sub-total	2,237	44	647	42
	Total	5,089		1,571

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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