Computer Science Admissions Statistics

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Dear Imperial College London,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request you to release the following information for the 2019-2021 UCAS application cycle :
For each Computer Science (G401), and computer science(Security and reliability)(G610)applicant:
Please provide completely anonymized data of:
1. Number of 9s/8s at GCSE
2. A-level subjects and predicted grades
3. Number of offer holders that took 3 A-levels in addition to an EPQ
4. Scores achieved at interview (1-10)
5. Score in STEP
6. Whether Imperial made an offer (y/n)

Yours faithfully,

Jackson Shaw

IMPFOI, Imperial College London

Dear Mr Shaw,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request.

 

It is not possible for the College to supply information about the GCSEs
achieved by applicants, the A Levels subjects that applicants are studying
(unless achieving a certain grade in a particular subject is a condition
of an offer made to a student) nor the details of applicants’ predicted
grades.

 

 Imperial College publishes undergraduate admissions statistics for the
past 5 completed admissions cycles. These include: 

 

o Number of applicants, offers and places confirmed 
o Average BMAT Scores 
o Details of A level, IB and STEP Offers Made 
o New Entrants' Achieved A level and IB Grades 
o Admissions Rate by Nationality 

 

The published information can be accessed at the [1]transparency pages of
our website (scroll to the bottom of the page to the link “Download the
Undergraduate Admission Statistics”). Information is exempt from the
Freedom of Information Act (Section 21) if it is already reasonably
accessible to the requester. 

 

The published figures are updated annually (usually in
January/February). Information that is intended for future publication is
exempt from the Freedom of Information Act by virtue of Section 22 of the
Act. 

 

If you are unhappy with the way that we have handled your request, you can
ask us to conduct a review. Please make your representation in writing
within 40 days of the date you received this response. If you remain
dissatisfied with how Imperial College has handled your request, you may
then approach the [2]Information Commissioner’s Office.   

 

Yours,

 

Freedom of Information Team

[3]Imperial College London 

 

 

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IMPFOI, Imperial College London

Dear Mr Shaw
 
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request below, made under the Freedom of Information Act. The College will respond to your request by 20 August 2021.
 
Kind regards,
 
Freedom of Information Team
Imperial College London

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IMPFOI, Imperial College London

Dear Mr Shaw

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find below the College's response to your questions.

For each Computer Science (G401), and computer science(Security and reliability)(G610)applicant:
Please provide completely anonymized data of:
1. Number of 9s/8s at GCSE
2. A-level subjects and predicted grades 3. Number of offer holders that took 3 A-levels in addition to an EPQ 4. Scores achieved at interview (1-10) 5. Score in STEP 6. Whether Imperial made an offer (y/n)

The College cannot provide the information about individual applicants as there is a risk that individuals would be identifiable from the information. Information is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, Section 40(2), if it is personal data and releasing the information would breach one of the data protection principles contained in the Data Protection Act 2018/General Data Protection Regulations. Statistical information can amount to personal information if it would be possible to identify the individual from that information or from that information and other information that may be available to the recipient of the information.

The GDPR principle (a) requires us to be lawful and fair in the way we handle a person’s information. Disclosure to the public would contravene GDPR principle (a) because there is no lawful basis for processing the information for that purpose. When assessing fairness, we have to take into account what the individual’s expectations are about how we might use their personal information. Our applicants would not expect the information that they have given us for admissions purposes to be made available to the public. This is a refusal notice in relation to the personal information aspect of your request, as required by the Freedom of Information Act.

Imperial College publishes undergraduate admissions statistics for the past 5 completed admissions cycles. These include:

Number of applicants, offers and places confirmed
Average BMAT Scores
Details of A level, IB and STEP Offers Made
New Entrants' Achieved A level and IB Grades
Admissions Rate by Nationality

The published information can be accessed at the transparency pages of our website:

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/ug/apply...

(scroll to the bottom of the page to the link “Download the Undergraduate Admission Statistics”). Information is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act (Section 21) if it is already reasonably accessible to the requester.

The published figures are updated annually (usually in January/February). Information that is intended for future publication is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act by virtue of Section 22 of the Act.

While the published figures do not include information about the number of applicants invited to interview, as they show the number of applicants, offers made and A Level grades achieved by successful applicants, they may be sufficient for your purposes.

If you are unhappy with the way that we have handled your request, you can ask us to conduct a review. Please make your representation in writing within 40 days of the date you received this response. If you remain dissatisfied with how Imperial College has handled your request you may then approach the Information Commissioner’s Office.
 
Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Imperial College London 

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