Emmanuel College ESAT Scores for Cambridge Engineering

In the 2025 admissions cycle, applicants who held an offer for Engineering (H100) at Emmanuel College, Cambridge averaged 5.81 on ESAT Mathematics 1, 6.28 on Physics and 5.93 on Mathematics 2. Across everyone who applied to the college that year the averages were 4.56, 4.75 and 4.58. The figures come from official University of Cambridge freedom of information response FOI-2025-956 and describe how scores fell that year; they are not entry thresholds, and Cambridge publishes no ESAT score requirement of any kind. Within the pool of 25 undergraduate colleges, all three of Emmanuel's offer-holder averages sit below the pool median, with Mathematics 1 ranked 23rd, which is the college's most striking feature.
Emmanuel ESAT scores at a glance
What offer holders scored
Offer holders for Engineering (H100) in the 2025 cycle averaged 5.81 on Mathematics 1, 6.28 on Physics and 5.93 on Mathematics 2, 6.01 across the three modules
What applicants scored
Everyone who applied to the college that year averaged 4.56 on Mathematics 1, 4.75 on Physics and 4.58 on Mathematics 2, 4.63 across the three modules
Rank in the undergraduate pool
23 of 25 on Mathematics 1, 16 of 25 on Physics, 17 of 25 on Mathematics 2; all three offer-holder averages sit below the pool median
How far apart the three module averages are
The gap between the highest and lowest of the three offer-holder averages is 0.47: Physics highest at 6.28, Mathematics 1 lowest at 5.81
Applicant-to-offer gap
1.25 on Mathematics 1, 1.53 on Physics and 1.35 on Mathematics 2, with Physics showing the largest gap
Is this a cut-off
No. Cambridge publishes no ESAT threshold; these are averages and extremes for that year's applicants and offer holders

The data comes from freedom of information response FOI-2025-956 issued by the University of Cambridge Information Compliance Office, covering Engineering (H100) in the 2025 cycle. ESAT reports scaled scores from 1.0 to 9.0 to one decimal place. The response does not give applicant numbers per college, so an average at a small college can be moved by a handful of candidates; treat these as reference ranges rather than benchmarks or targets. Pool ranks, pool medians, the three-module overall averages and the various gaps are calculated by FrontierVUE from the same response; Cambridge publishes no such rankings.

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What ESAT scores look like at Emmanuel

The table below covers everyone who applied to Emmanuel for Engineering (H100) in the 2025 cycle, together with the subset who ended up holding an offer, across the three ESAT modules. ESAT reports scaled scores from 1.0 to 9.0 to one decimal place. Taken as a whole, the college's applicants averaged 4.63 across the three modules and its offer holders 6.01.
Applicant averageApplicant rangeOffer-holder averageOffer-holder range
Mathematics 14.561 to 95.814.2 to 9
Physics4.751.8 to 8.36.284.8 to 8.3
Mathematics 24.581 to 95.933.7 to 9

Figures are averages and extremes for the college's applicants and offer holders in Engineering (H100), 2025 cycle, taken from University of Cambridge freedom of information response FOI-2025-956. They are not entry requirements.

How to read this: 6.28 is what offer holders averaged on Physics that year, not a bar to clear. Within the same group of offer holders the lowest Mathematics 2 score was 3.7, the lowest Mathematics 1 score 4.2 and the lowest Physics score 4.8, a spread wide enough that a single module score tells you nothing conclusive about the outcome.
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How to read these numbers

These figures come from freedom of information response FOI-2025-956, issued by the University of Cambridge Information Compliance Office. They answer the question of who applied, who received an offer and what those people scored. They do not answer the question of what score is needed to be admitted, and the four points below need stating before the numbers can be read safely.
These are not cut-offs
Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold of any kind. The accurate statement is that applicants holding an Emmanuel offer in the 2025 cycle averaged 6.28 on Physics. Rewriting that as a score you must reach, or as a minimum requirement, turns an average measured after the fact into a rule that was never set.
Sample sizes are unknown
The response does not report how many people applied to each college. Where a college is small, or few people applied that year, an average can be pulled around by a handful of candidates. Whether the 0.55 between Emmanuel's Mathematics 1 offer-holder average of 5.81 and the undergraduate pool median of 6.36 is a stable feature of the college or one year of noise cannot be settled from this data alone.
Ranks are calculated within the undergraduate pool only
The ranks on this page, 23 of 25, 16 of 25 and 17 of 25, are positions within the pool of undergraduate colleges. The mature colleges (Hughes Hall, St Edmund's, Wolfson and Lucy Cavendish) admit only applicants aged 21 and over, so their applicant pool is not comparable and is ranked separately from the figures shown here.
Applicants who move mid-cycle
The response notes that some applicants change college or course part way through a cycle, with the figures grouped by the year of application. A single year's college average can therefore include people who were not attached to that college throughout, which is another reason not to treat one year's numbers as a fixed property of the college.
For a side-by-side comparison of colleges and interactive charts, see the overview covering every Cambridge college at /exams/esat/guides/cambridge-college-scores.
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What is distinctive about Emmanuel's numbers

6.01

Offer-holder average across the three modules

0.47

Gap between the highest and lowest of the three offer-holder averages, Physics highest and Mathematics 1 lowest

23 of 25

Rank of the Mathematics 1 offer-holder average within the undergraduate pool

1.53

Applicant-to-offer gap on Physics, the largest of the three modules

Put the three modules side by side and the shape is clear. All three offer-holder averages sit below the undergraduate pool median, and they are 0.47 apart from highest to lowest. Physics carries the highest of the three at 6.28 and also the largest applicant-to-offer gap at 1.53, meaning it separated candidates at this college more sharply than the other papers. Mathematics 1 runs the other way: at 5.81 it is the lowest of the three and the lowest ranked.

Module with the highest offer-holder average

Physics, offer-holder average 6.28

Highest of the three, ranked 16 of 25, and 0.19 below the undergraduate pool median

Module with the lowest offer-holder average

Mathematics 1, offer-holder average 5.81

Ranked 23 of 25 and 0.55 below the pool median of 6.36, the widest gap on this page

The module in between

Mathematics 2, offer-holder average 5.93

Ranked 17 of 25 and 0.29 below the pool median of 6.22

How far scores rise from applicants to offers

Gaps of 1.25 on Mathematics 1, 1.53 on Physics and 1.35 on Mathematics 2

The rise from the applicant average to the offer-holder average, largest on Physics and smallest on Mathematics 1

The low end among offer holders

One offer holder scored 3.7 on Mathematics 2

The same group also contains scores of 9, so the distribution is wide and a low score on one module does not rule an applicant out by itself

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How to prepare for this shape

01Overall 6.01

Train all three, do not bet on one

Offer holders at Emmanuel averaged 6.01 across the three modules, the combined result of 5.81 on Mathematics 1, 6.28 on Physics and 5.93 on Mathematics 2. All three feed that figure, so a weak paper drags the whole profile down, which makes balance the first rule here.

02Physics 6.28

Put Physics first in the queue

Physics carries the college's highest offer-holder average at 6.28 and the largest applicant-to-offer gap at 1.53. Strengthening it first is the highest-yield move for this college.

03Full papers, timed

Sit full papers under time

Offer holders at this college scored anywhere from 4.8 to 8.3 on Physics and from 4.2 to 9 on Mathematics 1, a wide spread inside one group. Rather than fixing on any single number, sit full papers under time so the pacing across all three modules holds up; single-question accuracy never shows how time gets spent across a whole paper.

04A wide spread

Do not read one score as the outcome

Within the same group of offer holders, one scored 3.7 on Mathematics 2 and another 4.2 on Mathematics 1, while the top score on both maths modules was 9. With offer holders spread that widely, a single ESAT score tells you nothing conclusive about the outcome, and Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold of any kind.

Emmanuel · where to put the hours

Offer-holder average 6.01 across the three modules, spread 0.47

Physics 6.28Highest of the three, gap of 1.53
  • Multi-step modelling in mechanics and kinematics
  • Dimensional checks on circuit and energy questions
  • Reading and triage under time pressure
Mathematics 1 5.81Ranked 23 of 25, 0.55 below the pool median
  • Speed in algebraic manipulation
  • Quick judgement on statistics and probability
  • Error-free routine calculation
Mathematics 2 5.93Ranked 17 of 25, 0.29 below the pool median
  • Fluency in calculus and series
  • Combined trigonometry, exponential and logarithm work
What this data does not settleSample size and year-to-year movement
  • The response gives no applicant numbers by college
  • One year's figures are not a fixed property of the college

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One closing caveat. The plan above is built from the way Emmanuel's numbers fell in a single year, not from anything the university requires. Differences between colleges move from year to year, and because the freedom of information response gives no applicant counts, there is no way to tell how stable a given year's average is. Use it to calibrate how hard to practise, not as a target to hit.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What ESAT score do you need for an offer at Emmanuel?
There is no such score. Cambridge publishes no ESAT threshold of any kind, and no college-level minimum is published either. What can be said is how the scores fell: offer holders at Emmanuel in the 2025 cycle averaged 5.81 on Mathematics 1, 6.28 on Physics and 5.93 on Mathematics 2, while the same group included someone who scored 3.7 on Mathematics 2 and someone who scored 4.2 on Mathematics 1. With offer holders spread that widely, a single ESAT score tells you nothing conclusive about the outcome.
Is ESAT harder at Emmanuel than at other colleges?
On this year's figures, all three of Emmanuel's offer-holder averages sit below the undergraduate pool median: 0.55 below on Mathematics 1 (ranked 23 of 25), 0.19 below on Physics (16 of 25) and 0.29 below on Mathematics 2 (17 of 25). That does not make the college easier or harder. The response gives no applicant numbers and says nothing about competition at each college, so a lower average may simply reflect who applied that year.
Does applying to Emmanuel improve your chances in Cambridge Engineering?
This data cannot answer that. It records who applied, who received an offer and what they scored, with no applicant numbers and no offer rates. What it does show is how far scores rise from applicants to offer holders at this college: 1.25 on Mathematics 1, 1.53 on Physics and 1.35 on Mathematics 2. Choosing a college by its score table is a poor strategy in any case, since teaching traditions, accommodation and location shape four years of life far more.
How should I split my preparation time across the three modules?
This college's three offer-holder averages are 5.81 on Mathematics 1, 6.28 on Physics and 5.93 on Mathematics 2, and all three feed the overall offer-holder average of 6.01, so balance matters more than betting on one. If you must rank them, start with Physics: it carries the highest offer-holder average of the three at 6.28 and the largest applicant-to-offer gap at 1.53. Mathematics 1 is the lowest of the three at 5.81, but it still needs to be clean, since it is where careless marks are easiest to lose.
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