Miss Zoe Al wood 
FOI Manager  
 
 
 
Frank Dong 
 
By email 
 
 
Reference: FOI-2024-720 
30 August 2024 
 
 
 
 
Dear Mr Dong, 
 
Your request was received on 9 August 2024 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom 
of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’). 
 
You asked: 
 
I am writing to request detailed information regarding the number of Chinese undergraduate 
student applications and admissions for the Engineering course (H100) in the 2024 cycle across 
all colleges at the University of Cambridge. 
Specifically, I would like to request the following information: 
1.The number of Chinese students who applied for H100 at each college during the 2024 
admissions cycle. 
2.The number of Chinese students who were offered a place for H100 at each college for the 
2024 cycle. 
3.The ENGAA grades obtained by the students, grouped by the colleges to which they applied. 
 
The requested information is attached. Some suppression has been applied to prevent the risk of any 
individual being identified. In presenting the information in this way, the University is engaging the 
exemption at section 40(3A)(a) of the Act because the release of the raw data would breach the first 
data protection principle (the fair, lawful and transparent processing of personal data) as set out in the 
UK General Data Protection Regulation. This part of section 40 confers absolute exemption under the 
Act. 
 
Please note that the attached document should not be copied, reproduced or used except in 
accordance with the law of copyright. 
 
If you wish to request an internal review of this response, you should contact us quoting the reference 
number above. The University would normally expect to receive your request for an internal review 
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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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 
internal review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the 
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the internal review 
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

• I am writing to request detailed information regarding the number of Chinese undergraduate student applications and admissions for the Engineering course (H100) in the 2024 cycle across all colleges at the University of Cambridge.
• Specifically, I would like to request the following information:
• 1.The number of Chinese students who applied for H100 at each college during the 2024 admissions cycle.
• 2.The number of Chinese students who were offered a place for H100 at each college for the 2024 cycle.
• 3.The ENGAA grades obtained by the students, grouped by the colleges to which they applied.
• The requested information is attached. Some suppression has been applied to prevent the risk of any individual being identified. In presenting the information in this way, the University is engaging the exemption at section 40(3A)(a) of the Act becaus...
• 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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