Miss Zoe Al wood 
FOI Manager  
 
 
 
Z Liang 
 
By email 
 
 
Reference: FOI-2022-801 
14 November 2022 
 
 
 
 
Dear Z Liang, 
 
Your request was received on 19 October 2022 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the 
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’). 
 
You asked: 
 
Please could you provide the following information for each post-graduate course offered in 
2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 (whether taught or research) : 
- Title of the course 
- Total number of applications to the course 
- Total number of offers given for the course 
- And, for each applicant to each course:- 
* The last institution attended by the applicant 
* The course taken at the institution 
 
The requested information, insofar as it is held, is attached. Information for 2022/23 is not yet available. 
Note that the information about previous studies in provided by applicants in free text fields and there is 
accordingly considerable variation in terminology. 
 
Please note that the attached document should not be copied, reproduced or used except in 
accordance with the law of copyright. 
 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a 
complaint or request an internal review of this decision, you should contact us quoting the reference 
number above. The University would normally expect to receive your request for an internal review 
within 40 working days of the date of this letter and reserves the right not to review a decision where 
there has been undue delay in raising a complaint. If you are not content with the outcome of your 
review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the 
The Old Schools 
Trinity Lane 
Cambridge, CB2 1TN 
 
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 764142 
Email: xxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx.xx 
www.cam.ac.uk 
 

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Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints 
procedure provided by the University. The Information Commissioner may be contacted at: The 
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF 
(https://ico.org.uk/). 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
Zoe Al wood 
 

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Document Outline

• Please could you provide the following information for each post-graduate course offered in 2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 (whether taught or research) :
• - Title of the course
• - Total number of applications to the course
• - Total number of offers given for the course
• - And, for each applicant to each course:-
• * The last institution attended by the applicant
• * The course taken at the institution
• The requested information, insofar as it is held, is attached. Information for 2022/23 is not yet available. Note that the information about previous studies in provided by applicants in free text fields and there is accordingly considerable variation...
• Please note that the attached document should not be copied, reproduced or used except in accordance with the law of copyright.

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