Dr James Knapton
Information Compliance Officer
Charlotte Freer-Smith
By email
Reference: FOI-2016-319
5 August 2016
Dear Ms Freer-Smith,
Your request was received on 10 July 2016 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’).
You asked:
I would like to know the following figures in relation to the Graduate Entry Medicine course. I
would like all figures pertaining to the last four years of entry, and to include the most recent
2015/16 admissions cycle.
1. The proportion of entrants admitted on to the course that had graduated from Higher
Education Institutions that fall into the following categories:
a. Oxbridge Universities (that is, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge)
b. Russel Group Universities (Please do not include Oxford / Cambridge students in this
number)
c. All other UK Higher Education Institutions
2. For each year: the overall number of students that applied / the number of students
interviewed / the number of students offered places
3. For each year the proportion of entrants admitted on to the course that were citizens of the
following:
a. The UK
b. EU (please do not include UK citizens in this number) D. All other countries outside the UK or
the EU
If possible I would like this data to be communicated in terms of straight numbers of pupils.
1 and 3. The information is attached. Please note that the attached document should not be copied,
reproduced or used except in accordance with the law of copyright.
2. This information is published at
http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/apply/statistics, with the
exception of the numbers interviewed, which is not held. All interview processes for entry to this degree
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course are set and managed locally by the relevant Colleges and the University does not know whether
or not individual candidates have been interviewed. Each of these Colleges is a separate public
authority under the Act.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
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Registrary’s Office, quoting the reference above, at The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2
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Yours sincerely,
James Knapton
". .data to be communicated in terms of straight numbers of [applicants]":
1. The [number of applicants] admitted on to the course that had graduated from Higher Education
Institutions that fal into the fol owing categories:
a. Oxbridge Universities (that is, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge)
b. Russel Group Universities (Please do not include Oxford / Cambridge students in this number)
c. Al other UK Higher Education Institutions
Data
[...]
Request
3. For each year the [number of applicants] admitted on to the course that were citizens of the
fol owing:
a. The UK
b. The EU
[c] Al other countries
By
Charlotte Freer-Smith
On
Sunday, 10 July, 2016
Figures are grouped by entry year. The 2015 entry year includes standard entry applications from the
Entry Year
2015 application round and deferred entry applications from the 2013/2014 rounds.
Notes
Citizenship
Citizenship information is based on information declared by applicants at UCAS.
Acceptances to Cambridge Graduate Course
HEI
in Medicine (A101) by Entry Year
Status
2012
2013
2014
2015
'Oxbridge'
6
6
5
11
Russell Group
9
9
8
7
Other UK HEI
1
1
1
Acceptances to Cambridge Graduate Course
Citizenship
in Medicine (A101) by Entry Year
Status
2012
2013
2014
2015
UK
21
17
15
19
EU
2
1
3
Non-EU
1
1
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