Fun > Tompkins Table 2000-2007

If you're thinking of applying to Cambridge University, you'll have heard about the Tompkins Table. Devised by Cambridge Maths undergraduate Peter Tompkins in 1981, and published each year in The Independent, it rates Cambridge colleges on their exam results.

Of course, these should be taken with a pinch of salt, other resources like The Times Good University Guide produce entirely different rankings for universities and colleges. The best college at the University of Cambridge for 2006 and 2007 was Emmanuel.

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College	Positions
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Emmanuel College	3	2	2	1	1	5	1	1
Christ's College	1	1	4	2	2	4	6	2
Downing College	8	10	8	12	17	15	11	3
Selwyn College	7	12	13	14	11	19	7	4
St Catharine's College	11	18	12	11	7	1	3	5
Trinity College	2	3	6	8	3	3	5	6
Pembroke College	6	7	1	3	6	6	4	7
Corpus (C) MM2007 Christi College	10	20	18	7	10	16	8	8
Jesus College	13	11	9	10	9	7	10	9
Gonville & Caius College	12	8	7	4	5	2	2	10
Queens' College	5	5	5	5	8	8	14	11
Sidney Sussex College	23	16	19	15	18	14	9	12
Magdalene College	22	22	15	18	22	20	20	13
Fitzwilliam College	21	13	20	20	15	13	19	14
Churchill College	15	9	10	9	19	18	13	15
Trinity Hall	17	15	17	19	12	17	16	16
Clare College	9	6	3	6	4	9	12	17
King's College	20	21	14	16	20	10	17	18
St John's College	4	4	11	13	14	12	15	19
Robinson College	19	14	21	23	16	11	18	20
Girton College	18	17	16	17	25	24	22	21
Newnham College	24	24	22	21	13	21	23	22
New Hall	16	23	24	24	23	25	24	23
Lucy Cavendish College				26	26	27	26	24
Peterhouse	14	19	23	22	21	22	21	25
Homerton College				25	24	26	25	26
Wolfson College				28	28	23	27	27
St Edmund's College				29	29	28	28	28
Hughes Hall				27	27	29	29	29

A note about the tables

Students score 5 for a first, 3 for a 2:1, 2 for a 2:2 and 1 for a 3rd. The ranking is based on (actual score)/(possible score), with some subject weightings applied. Strangely, there's no decent compilation of Tompkins Tables on the web, so this is compiled from a number of sources. The Oxford University equivalent is the Norrington Table. There is no present way to compare Oxbridge colleges directly!

See also

• University of Cambridge - Undergraduate Admission
• Great Hedgehog Run, a run round all the Cambridge colleges