Ian Troupe MA MSc 
 
Senior Assistant Registrary 
(Freedom of Information Officer) 
Mr Alastair Manderson 
 
By email 
 
Secretariat 
 
 
Our ref: FOI/2008/79 
2 July 2008 
 
Dear Mr Manderson 
 
Your request was received on 5 June 2008 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the 
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  
 
You asked: 
 
Could you please provide me of what percentage of students studying at the University of 
Cambridge are i) British ii) Other. 
Could you - if at all possible - further break this down to the different levels of students 
undergraduates etc. 
 
The University's response is as follows: 
 
The information which you seek is not held in the format (i.e. percentages) requested. The 
University does hold information about students from abroad in whole numbers. This 
information is exempt under section 21 of the FOIA (information accessible by other means). 
 
It is published in the Student Numbers editions of the University's official journal, the 
Reporter, which can be viewed on the University's web pages at 
 
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/ 
 
Tables 17 to 19 of the 2006-7 Student Numbers edition relate to overseas students;  
 
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/current/special/09/studentnumbers0607.pdf 
 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to 
make a complaint or request a review of this decision, you should write to the Administrative 
Secretary, quoting the reference above, at the Secretariat, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 
1TN.  If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to 
the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner 
cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the 
University. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information 
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.  
University Offices 
The Old Schools, 
Cambridge CB2 1TN. 
Telephone: 01223 332323 
Fax: 01223 332332 
E-mail: [email address] 
 
 

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Yours sincerely, 
      
 
 
I. D Troupe  
University Offices 
The Old Schools, 
Cambridge CB2 1TN. 
Telephone: 01223 332323 
Fax: 01223 332332 
E-mail: [email address] 
 
 

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