Departmental Statistics for Admissions Enquirers
Applicants and interviewees often ask numerical questions
Here are some numerical answers to questions about
- Applications and interviews
- Classes of degrees awarded
- After graduation
- Staff and students in the Department
- Teaching laboratories
- Departmental computer equipment
Almost all of these answers are to questions that we have actually been asked by applicants.
Numbers of applications and interviews
For any of our programmes involving single-subject Computer Science and Engineering, or Computer Science combined with Mathematics, we received the following number of applications and invited the following number of applicants for interview, in the applications year October 2009 to August 2010.
| Application forms received | 596 | |
| Offers made without interview | 127 | Unable to attend interview e.g. through illness, or resident overseas and so not called for interview |
| Applicants invited for interview | 336 | Resident in mainland Britain at the time invited |
| Applicants declining interview | 32 | Withdrew after invitation, or did not attend |
| Offers made following interview | 282 | |
| Total offers of admission made | 409 | |
| Total number of entrants | ??? |
Note: '???' means 'not yet known'.
Classes of degrees awarded in July 2010
Of the 69 graduates . . .
| 23 | 33% | gained Class I honours |
| 26 | 38% | gained Class II(i) honours |
| 14 | 20% | gained Class II(ii) honours |
| 5 | 7% | gained Class III honours |
| 1 | 1% | gained ordinary degrees |
Three of these first-class degrees were awarded with distinction.
Classes of degrees awarded in July 2009
Of the 84 graduates . . .
| 32 | 38% | gained Class I honours |
| 22 | 26% | gained Class II(i) honours |
| 22 | 26% | gained Class II(ii) honours |
| 7 | 8% | gained Class III honours |
| 1 | 1% | gained ordinary degrees |
One of these first-class degrees was awarded with distinction.
Classes of degrees awarded in July 2008
Of the 91 graduates . . .
| 30 | 33% | gained Class I honours |
| 34 | 37% | gained Class II(i) honours |
| 18 | 20% | gained Class II(ii) honours |
| 8 | 9% | gained Class III honours |
| 1 | 1% | gained ordinary degrees |
Five of these first-class degrees were awarded with distinction.
After graduation
For full details of the destinations of York Computer Science graduates in recent years, see the University of York Careers Service web page for Computer Science .
Staff and students in the Department
| 50 | Academic staff |
| 47 | Research staff |
| 48 | Engineering and administrative support staff |
| 131 | Research students |
| 187 | Taught graduate students |
| 20 | Fourth-year undergraduate students |
| 90 | Third-year undergraduate students |
| 21 | Second/third-year undergraduate students
out on placement for one year |
| 79 | Second-year undergraduate students |
| 106 | First-year undergraduate students |
Teaching laboratories
In our new laboratories, from August 2010 . . .
Software teaching labs SWTL1, SWTL2 and SWTL3:
| SWTL1: | 84 computers (see link below) |
| SWTL2: | 84 computers (see link below) |
| SWTL3: | 42 computers (see link below) |
Hardware teaching labs HWTL1, HWTL2 and HWTL3:
| HWTL1: | 48 benches for 48 students in a session, each bench with electronic equipment and a computer (see link below) |
| HWTL2: | 36 benches for 72 students in a session, each bench with electronic equipment and a computer (see link below) |
| HWTL3 (The 'Cross Rail' lab): | 16 benches for 16 students in a session, each bench with electronic equipment and a computer (see link below) |
See Teaching laboratories - hardware and software for more detail.
Departmental computer equipment
There are about 1000 desktop machines (staff + student) in the Department.
Also about 40 servers.
See Teaching laboratories - hardware and software for more detail.
How to contact us | Page author Bill Freeman | Page last updated 15 Jul 2010