Tompkins Table
The Tompkins Table is an annual ranking table for the University of Cambridge . The individual colleges of the University of Cambridge with their undergraduates are considered , whose achievements in the university's annual final exams represent a decisive indicator in the ranking. The Tompkins Table was named after Peter Tompkins, an undergraduate in mathematics who initiated this ranking in 1981.
The Tompkins Table appears exclusively for the British daily newspaper " The Independent ".
The Oxford counterpart to the Tompkins Table is called the Norrington Table , which was created in 1986.
method
A first class degree in an undergraduate final exam is awarded five points. Three points are awarded to an upper second (2-1). A lower second (2-2) gets two points and one point is given for a third . The assessed points in each subject are independent of one another, as one takes into account that the proportion of subjects depends on the college. For example, geography is not offered in Pembroke and Peterhouse . It should also be borne in mind that in some subjects it is more difficult to achieve a first class degree than in others.
The Tompkins scores in the table as a result express the achieved percentage of the total points to be achieved by a college in the ranking. The higher the percentage a college has, the higher up it is on the Tompkins Table.
In recent years, Emmanuel College has been ranked best, followed by Trinity College . As only the performance of undergraduates is examined, 29 colleges out of a total of 31 colleges at the University of Cambridge are represented on the Tompkins Table. Two colleges, namely Clare Hall and Darwin , are exclusively for postgraduates and are therefore not represented in the ranking.
The college ranking à la Tompkins is not representative, as St. Edmund's College, Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish College, and Wolfson College are the so-called Mature Colleges , which only allow students over the age of 21 to enroll and the undergraduates therefore not one Majority of the colleges display what explains the position of these colleges at the bottom of the Tompkins table.
Rankings
Tompkins Table from 2010:
| position | college | Tompkins Score (%) | Firsts (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmanuel College | 69.11% | 33.20% |
| 2 | Trinity College | 67.15% | 32.10% |
| 3 | Churchill College | 67.08% | 29.00% |
| 4th | Trinity Hall | 66.02% | 25.10% |
| 5 | Magdalene College | 65.31% | 24.30% |
| 6th | Selwyn College | 64.88% | 23.70% |
| 7th | Peterhouse | 64.88% | 23.70% |
| 8th | Clare College | 64.19% | 23.50% |
| 9 | St Catharine's College | 64.15% | 23.80% |
| 10 | Pembroke College | 64.04% | 24.10% |
| 11 | Gonville and Caius College | 63.72% | 24.20% |
| 12 | Christ's College | 63.62% | 22.00% |
| 13 | Corpus Christi College | 63.48% | 21.60% |
| 14th | King's College | 62.69% | 23.40% |
| 15th | Downing College | 62.42% | 18.60% |
| 16 | Jesus College | 62.32% | 19.70% |
| 17th | Queens' College | 62.16% | 22.60% |
| 18th | Sidney Sussex College | 61.86% | 20.30% |
| 19th | Robinson College | 61.79% | 18.30% |
| 20th | St John's College | 61.73% | 19.10% |
| 21st | Girton College | 60.38% | 16.40% |
| 22nd | Fitzwilliam College | 59.56% | 16.20% |
| 23 | Murray Edwards College | 59.53% | 14.30% |
| 24 | Wolfson College | 59.51% | 10.90% |
| 25th | Newnham College | 58.73% | 14.20% |
| 26th | Homerton College | 58.65% | 14.60% |
| 27 | Hughes Hall | 57.98% | 16.40% |
| 28 | St Edmund's College | 54.68% | 8.00% |
| 29 | Lucy Cavendish College | 52.45% | 11.70% |
| college | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ's College | 1 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 2 | 8th | 13 | 12 | 5.0 |
| Churchill College | 15th | 9 | 10 | 9 | 19th | 18th | 13 | 15th | 6th | 7th | 3 | 11.2 |
| Clare College | 9 | 6th | 3 | 6th | 4th | 9 | 12 | 17th | 13 | 18th | 8th | 9.5 |
| Corpus Christi College | 10 | 20th | 18th | 7th | 10 | 16 | 8th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11.8 |
| Downing College | 8th | 10 | 8th | 12 | 17th | 15th | 11 | 3 | 12 | 15th | 15th | 11.5 |
| Emmanuel College | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Fitzwilliam College | 21st | 13 | 20th | 20th | 15th | 13 | 19th | 14th | 21st | 21st | 22nd | 18.1 |
| Girton College | 18th | 17th | 16 | 17th | 25th | 24 | 22nd | 21st | 22nd | 20th | 21st | 20.3 |
| Gonville and Caius College | 12 | 8th | 7th | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4th | 4th | 11 | 6.3 |
| Homerton College | 25th | 24 | 26th | 25th | 26th | 25th | 25th | 26th | 25.3 | |||
| Hughes Hall | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 26th | 26th | 27 | 27.5 | |||
| Jesus College | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7th | 10 | 9 | 7th | 11 | 16 | 10.2 |
| King's College | 20th | 21st | 14th | 16 | 20th | 10 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 17th | 14th | 17.0 |
| Lucy Cavendish College | 26th | 26th | 27 | 26th | 24 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 26.9 | |||
| Magdalene College, | 22nd | 22nd | 15th | 18th | 22nd | 20th | 20th | 13 | 5 | 8th | 5 | 17.5 |
| Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall) | 16 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 25th | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22.8 |
| Newnham College | 24 | 24 | 22nd | 21st | 13 | 21st | 23 | 22nd | 24 | 24 | 25th | 22.1 |
| Pembroke College | 6th | 7th | 1 | 3 | 6th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 10 | 6th | 10 | 6.0 |
| Peterhouse | 14th | 19th | 23 | 22nd | 21st | 22nd | 21st | 25th | 18th | 16 | 7th | 19.0 |
| Queens' College | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8th | 8th | 14th | 11 | 16 | 12 | 17th | 9.6 |
| Robinson College | 19th | 14th | 21st | 23 | 16 | 11 | 18th | 20th | 17th | 19th | 19th | 18.0 |
| St. Catharine's College | 11 | 18th | 12 | 11 | 7th | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 8.5 |
| St Edmund's College | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28.4 | |||
| St. John's College | 4th | 4th | 11 | 13 | 14th | 12 | 15th | 19th | 20th | 14th | 20th | 13.2 |
| Selwyn College | 7th | 12 | 13 | 14th | 11 | 19th | 7th | 4th | 1 | 3 | 6th | 8.8 |
| Sidney Sussex College | 23 | 16 | 19th | 15th | 18th | 14th | 9 | 12 | 14th | 22nd | 18th | 16.4 |
| Trinity College | 2 | 3 | 6th | 8th | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Trinity Hall | 17th | 15th | 17th | 19th | 12 | 17th | 16 | 16 | 15th | 9 | 4th | 14.3 |
| Wolfson College | 28 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 26.4 |
Web links
credentials
- ↑ 'Poorer' college Cambridge tops degree table - Education News, Education - The Independent . The Independent . July 28, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2008.
- ^ Matt Mayer: Tompkins Table 2000-2007 . Archived from the original on August 1, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
- ^ Richard Garner: Recruiting state-school pupils pays off for Cambridge college , The Independent . July 9, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
