FAQ: how many Japanese are there in Cambridge University?

There are about 170 Japanese names on the e-mailing list [soc-japan@lists.cam.ac.uk]. It is estimated there is another 100 not on the list, making a total of about 270.

The breakdown is shown in the tables below:

By Status (estimates)

PhD course70++++++++++++++
Master courses 50++++++++++
Visiting scholars50++++++++++
PostDocs 40++++++++
Undergrad courses 30++++++
Lecturer/Fellows/Other staffs10++
Diploma and other courses 10++
Others 10++

By Faculty /Department

Top 10+ only
Judge Institute of Management Studies 15+++++++++++++++
Law (incl Criminology / Int'l law)13 +++++++++++++
Medical Institutes (MRC/CIMR/Wellcome)12 ++++++++++++
Economics12++++++++++++
Land Economy11+++++++++++
Physics11+++++++++++
Engineering10++++++++++
History9 +++++++++
Chemistry 9 +++++++++
Social and Political Sciences8++++++++
English8++++++++
(Note: Natural science departments tend to be split into more detailed disciplines, compared to Social or Humanities)

By Colleges

Christs 1 +
Churchill 5 +++++
Clare 3 +++
Clare Hall 9 +++++++++
Corpus Christi 1 +
Darwin 15 +++++++++++++++
Downing 1 +
Emmanuel 2 ++
Fitzwilliam 5 +++++
Girton 2 ++
Gonville Caius 3 +++
Homerton 2 ++
Hughes Hall 5 +++++
Jesus 6 ++++++
King's 2 ++
Lucy Cavendish 1 +
Magdalene 5 +++++
New Hall 3 +++
Newnham 5 +++++
Pembroke 15 +++++++++++++++
Peterhouse 0
Queens' 3 +++
Robinson 4 ++++
Selwyn 6 ++++++
Sidney Sussex 5 +++++
St Catherine's 2 ++
St Edmund's 14 ++++++++++++++
St John's 7 +++++++
Trinity 4 ++++
Trinity Hall 1 +
Wolfson 17 +++++++++++++++++
Sources: subscription to soc-japan@lists etc, including personal communications. As of November 1999

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