Tompkins Table

The Tompkins Table is an annual ranking that lists the Colleges of the University of Cambridge in order of their undergraduate students' performances in that year's examinations.

It was created in 1981 by Peter Tompkins, then a third-year undergraduate mathematics student at Trinity College, who compiled it for many years.

Since Darwin College and Clare Hall admit only graduate students, they do not feature in this undergraduate ranking.

Baxter tables rank colleges' undergraduate students by their year and subject separately and are delivered in July or August.

There is also a 'value-added' table, which shows how students' results improve over the course of their years at Cambridge, and is intended to give a measure or indication of the quality of teaching at the different Colleges.

Starting in 2020, The Telegraph compiled an Oxbridge college league table, drawing on both academic and other factors, including accommodation, lifestyle and wealth.