Clare Statistics

How many students does Clare take in each subject?

The College expects to fill about 135 places annually. There are no quotas for men or women, pre-or post-A2 level applicants, state or private schools/colleges, or for the individual subjects. However, the College does try to maintain a broadly equal balance between Arts and Sciences, and is subject to the overall University quota for students in Medical and Veterinary Sciences.

Thus we do not have fixed quotas for individual subjects, but aim rather to take the best candidates in Arts and in Sciences who apply to us each year. Numbers in each subject therefore fluctuate from year to year, depending on the numbers and quality of candidates applying for each subject in any one year.

For 2009/10, the number of first-year students in each subject are as follows:

Arts: Anglo Saxon 2, Archaeology & Anthropology 0, Architecture 2, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 3, Classics 6, Economics 6, English 9, Geography 3, History 7, History of Art 1, Law 6, Land Economy 2, Modern Languages 14, Music 5, Philosophy 2, Politics. Psychology and Sociology 3, Theology 3.

Sciences: Computer Science 1, Engineering 5, Mathematics 11, Medical Science 13, Natural Sciences (Physical and Biological) 36, Veterinary Science 5.

Clare College has a current total undergraduate population of about 490, placing it in the middle of the range of colleges for size. Clare College also has 8 students taking Part III Mathematics, 23 Clinical Medics and 8 Clinical Vets.

What is the background of the undergraduate population at Clare?

The school/college background of Clare students is also very diverse, reflecting our efforts to attract good students from a wide range of different types of school or college, both in this country and abroad. Of the total undergraduate body, 84 are from Europe or overseas. An estimated 49% are women.

What are my chances of gaining an offer at Clare?

Overall, Clare has approximately 5 applicants per place. However, the high quality of Clare applicants means that many of them find places at other Colleges from the Pool. Of applicants in 2009/10, 161 were given offers by Clare, and a further 0000 applicants were made offers at other Cambridge Colleges.

Clare statistics of applicant numbers and offers for entry in 2009/10

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