Miss Zoe Allwood
FOI Manager
Alex Smith
By email
Reference: FOI-2021-809
11 November 2021
Dear Alex Smith,
Your request was received on 15 October 2021 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 information for each year about the new MPhil Population
Health Sciences (MPhil in PHS) from the date of start of this course.
1. Number of applications
2. Number of interview calls
3. Number of offers (total and Non-EU overseas) given
4. First degree (subject) of offer holders and their UK equivalent grade
5. Number of students with a prior masters degree (and the subject)
6. Age range of students (21-30, 31-40, 41+)
7. Number of students in the batch with scholarships
8. Number of students in MPhil in PHS from each of the Cambridge colleges.
9. Number of students who enrolled for PhD in Cambridge after completing MPhil in PHS and
their Departments/Faculty/Research area .
This course is running for the first time this year (2021-22). There is therefore only one set of answers.
1. 301.
2. This information is not held.
3. 116 offers, of which 86 were non-EU overseas offers.
The Old Schools
Trinity Lane
Cambridge, CB2 1TN
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 764142
Email: xxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx.xx
www.cam.ac.uk
4. This information is attached. We are unable to specifically identify their first degree so have included
all offer holders’ studies. Applicants self-report their previous studies and may not accurate.
5. 15.
6.
Age range Count
21-30
64
31-40
8
7.
Major source of tuition fees
Count
No award or financial backing
36
International agency
1
Departments of Health/NHS/Social Care
2
Other HM government departments/public bodies
1
Overseas student award from HM government/British
1
Council
Overseas provider
4
Overseas industry or commerce
1
Provider own funds
25
Other
1
8.
College
Count
Gonville and Caius
1
College
Christ's College
1
Churchill College
3
Clare College
2
Clare Hall
2
St Catharine's College
1
Darwin College
3
Downing College
3
St Edmund's College
5
Emmanuel College
4
Fitzwilliam College
1
Girton College
2
Hughes Hall
6
Homerton College
5
Jesus College
4
St John's College
1
Lucy Cavendish College 5
Magdalene College
2
Newnham College
3
Pembroke College
1
Peterhouse
1
Queens' College
5
Robinson College
1
Sidney Sussex College
1
Trinity College
1
Wolfson College
8
9. None, as the course has only started in 2021-22.
Please note the following regarding the data for Q5-8:
a. Data are as in the University of Cambridge’s student records system, CamSIS, as at 9
November 2021.
b. Q5: data are where the student has a recorded or derived highest qualification on entry as
follows, based on the QUALENT3 HESA coding frame
(https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c21051/a/qualent3):
MUK UK masters degree
MZZ Non-UK masters degree
M2X Integrated undergraduate/postgraduate taught masters degree on the
enhanced/extended pattern
c. Q6: ‘age range’ is based on a student’s age as at their course start date.
d. Q7: specific scholarships are not recorded. The students’ major source of tuition fee (HESA
coding frame for MSTUFEE,
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c21051/a/mstufee), is returned.
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Yours sincerely,
Zoe Allwood
