Robinson ESAT Scores (Cambridge Engineering, H100)

In the 2025 admissions cycle, applicants who received an Engineering (H100) offer from Robinson College, Cambridge averaged 6.99 on ESAT Mathematics 2, the highest offer average among the 25 undergraduate colleges and the top of that pool's 5.7 to 6.99 range for the module. The same group averaged 6.58 on Physics (9th) and 6.54 on Mathematics 1 (7th), so all three offer averages sit above the pool median. The spread across the three is 0.45, with Mathematics 2 highest and Mathematics 1 lowest. These are averages and extremes for two groups of people in one cycle, not entry requirements; Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold of any kind.

Robinson ESAT scores at a glance (2025 cycle)

Offer-holder averages by module: Mathematics 2 6.99, Physics 6.58, Mathematics 1 6.54; 6.7 across the three modules
Applicant-field averages by module: Mathematics 1 5.72, Physics 5.37, Mathematics 2 5.58; 5.56 across the three modules
Rank within the undergraduate pool: Out of 25 colleges: 1st on Mathematics 2, 7th on Mathematics 1, 9th on Physics
Gap to the pool median: 0.77 above on Mathematics 2 (median 6.22), 0.18 above on Mathematics 1 (median 6.36), 0.11 above on Physics (median 6.47)
Applicant-to-offer gap: 1.41 on Mathematics 2, 1.21 on Physics, 0.82 on Mathematics 1
Spread across the three modules: 0.45, highest on Mathematics 2 and lowest on Mathematics 1

These are averages and extremes for Robinson Engineering (H100) applicants and offer-holders in the 2025 cycle, together with ranks and gaps derived from them. They are not entry requirements: Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold of any kind. The FOI response gives no applicant count per college, so the sample size behind each figure is unknown and a handful of candidates can move an average. Ranks are computed within the undergraduate college pool only and are not comparable with the mature colleges, which admit applicants aged 21 and over. ESAT results are reported on a 1.0 to 9.0 scale to one decimal place. Pool ranks, pool medians, the overall three-module averages and the various gaps are calculated by FrontierVUE from the same response; Cambridge publishes no such rankings. FrontierVUE is not affiliated with the University of Cambridge or any of its colleges.

What Robinson's ESAT scores actually look like

Cambridge's freedom of information response FOI-2025-956 sets out ESAT scores for Engineering (H100) applicants and offer-holders, college by college, for the 2025 cycle. For Robinson, start with the applicant column: Mathematics 1 averaged 5.72, the highest of the three modules across everyone who applied. In the offer column the highest module is a different one, Mathematics 2 at 6.99. That the two columns peak on different modules is the first thing to notice about Robinson: the applicant field's strongest module and the module that opened the widest gap after selection are not the same.

	Applicant average	Applicant range	Offer-holder average	Offer-holder range
Mathematics 1	5.72	1.2 to 9	6.54	3.6 to 9
Physics	5.37	1.1 to 9	6.58	3.6 to 9
Mathematics 2	5.58	1.1 to 9	6.99	3.1 to 9

The averages and the lowest and highest scores come line by line from official response FOI-2025-956; the overall three-module averages of 5.56 for applicants and 6.7 for offer-holders are calculated by FrontierVUE from that same response. ESAT reports a scaled score from 1.0 to 9.0 to one decimal place. Each range is the lowest and highest score in that group, not a boundary.

6.99

Mathematics 2 offer average, 1st of the 25 undergraduate colleges

6.7

Offer average across all three modules (applicants: 5.56)

0.45

Spread across the three offer averages, Mathematics 2 highest and Mathematics 1 lowest

All three offer ranges reach 9 at the top; at the bottom they run to 3.6 on Mathematics 1, 3.6 on Physics and 3.1 on Mathematics 2. Look at the Mathematics 2 cell: its offer average of 6.99 is the highest of the three, yet its floor of 3.1 is the lowest of the three. In one year and one group of offers, this module held both a 9 and a 3.1, which is not what a cut-off would look like. Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold of any kind.

How to read these numbers

6.99 is an average, not a bar to clear

It is the average Mathematics 2 score of Robinson Engineering offer-holders in the 2025 cycle. Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold of any kind, and no college has published a minimum score of its own. Within that same group, actual Mathematics 2 scores run from 3.1 to 9; the average marks the centre of that spread, not its entrance.

Sample size unknown: the FOI gives no applicant count per college

The response gives averages and extremes only, with no applicant or offer count for any college. Cohorts differ a lot in size, and in a year with few candidates a handful of results can lift or depress an average. Robinson's 1st place on Mathematics 2 rests on a sample of unknown size too: read it for direction, not digit by digit.

Rankings are pooled: mature colleges sit outside this one

Robinson's 1st, 7th and 9th places are all calculated within the 25 undergraduate colleges. The mature colleges, which admit applicants aged 21 and over (Hughes Hall, St Edmund's, Wolfson, Lucy Cavendish), draw on a different pool, so rankings are computed separately and this page never lines their figures up against Robinson's.

Ranks, median gaps and applicant-to-offer gaps are ours, not Cambridge's

The official response contains only averages and lowest and highest scores. Pool ranks, pool medians, gaps to the median, applicant-to-offer gaps and the three-module spread are arithmetic worked out by FrontierVUE on top of them; Cambridge publishes no such ranking of colleges. When you see 1st, remember that the label comes from this site's calculation, not from the response.

Use this page to read a shape, not to set a target. All three of Robinson's offer averages sit above the pool median, with Mathematics 2 furthest up. That shape is worth letting into how you split your practice time; it should not be translated into a number you have to hit.

These figures answer what people at this college scored last year, not what you need to score. The first is a distribution that already happened; Cambridge has never answered the second. To place Robinson among all 29 colleges side by side, see the Cambridge college ESAT score comparison, which carries the cross-college comparison and interactive charts that this page does not repeat.

Three things specific to Robinson

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Where the Mathematics 2 offer average ranks in the undergraduate pool

0.77

How far Mathematics 2 sits above the 6.22 pool median, the largest of the three

1.41

Mathematics 2 applicant-to-offer gap, the largest of the three modules

5.72

Mathematics 1 applicant average, the highest of the three across the applicant field

Mathematics 2

Offer average 6.99, ranked 1st

0.77 above the 6.22 pool median, and the top of the pool's 5.7 to 6.99 band

Physics

Offer average 6.58, ranked 9th

0.11 above the 6.47 pool median, hugging it, with a middling gap of 1.21

Mathematics 1

Offer average 6.54, ranked 7th

0.18 above the 6.36 pool median; the applicant average of 5.72 was already the highest of the three, so the 0.82 gap is the smallest

On the applicant side

Module averages of 5.72, 5.37 and 5.58

Physics was the applicant field's weakest module, yet in the offer column it sits almost level with Mathematics 1

Overall position

All three modules above the pool median

Offer-holders averaged 6.7 overall, the whole applicant field 5.56

Read together, Robinson's profile is one of sitting above the pool with a single module standing out. First, all three offer averages are above the pool median, but Mathematics 1 and Physics clear it by only 0.18 and 0.11, hugging the median rather than leaving it; the real distance belongs to Mathematics 2 at 0.77. Second, Mathematics 2 holds 1st place, the largest applicant-to-offer gap at 1.41 and the largest median gap all at once, which says that this module separated Robinson's offer group most sharply that year. Third, Mathematics 1's applicant average of 5.72 was already the highest of the three and its gap of 0.82 the smallest, so this module did the least separating at Robinson. None of that makes Robinson harder to get into; it means a mark carries different amounts of information depending on the module.

How to train for the shape Robinson has

The sequence below follows from the shape above. It is not official advice and not a line anyone has drawn for you. Robinson's spread of 0.45 is moderate: all three modules need to be in order, but Mathematics 2 is the one worth bringing to a steady state first.

01Step 1

Put Mathematics 2 on the main line

Robinson's offer group averaged 6.99 here, 1st in the pool, with the largest gap of the three at 1.41. Get the harder Mathematics 2 material to a steady state first, then talk about gains elsewhere.

02Step 2

Treat Physics and Mathematics 1 as one tier

Their offer averages, 6.58 and 6.54, sit close together and a little above their pool medians. Do not rank one over the other; let your own baseline decide which gets attention first.

03Step 3

Take your own baseline, module by module

Sit a timed paper from the past paper list at /papers/esat and record accuracy and timing for each module separately. What you are looking for is your own weakest module, not the college's rank on it.

04Step 4

Reassemble the three modules under full timing

Robinson's combined offer average of 6.7 comes from none of the three collapsing, not from one spike. The 0.45 spread orders your priorities; it is not a reason to drop a module.

Where practice weight goes for Robinson's profile

Priorities inferred from the 2025 offer-group distribution, not an official requirement

Mathematics 2 (1st, 6.99)Highest offer average in the pool, largest gap at 1.41

Mid-to-hard work on functions, sequences and algebraic manipulation as the standing workload
File errors by topic, not by which paper they came from
Under timing, protect this run first and leave no half-attempted items

Physics (9th, 6.58)0.11 above the 6.47 pool median, hugging it

Keep accuracy and speed on routine mechanics and circuits
Keep one mixed set a week so practice does not circle the comfortable types

Mathematics 1 (7th, 6.54)0.18 above the 6.36 pool median, and the module every candidate sits

Clear arithmetic slips first and make routine questions solid
Once steady, drop to maintenance

Tap a branch to unfold

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What ESAT score do you need for a Robinson offer?

There is no such number. Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold of any kind. What can be said is the distribution: in the 2025 cycle, Robinson Engineering offer-holders averaged 6.99 on Mathematics 2, 6.58 on Physics and 6.54 on Mathematics 1, with the lowest scores in that same group at 3.1, 3.6 and 3.6 and the highest at 9 on every module. An average describes where a group sat, not a condition of entry.

Mathematics 2 ranks 1st. Does that make Robinson the most demanding college for maths?

That inference does not hold. The 1st place is a rank calculated by FrontierVUE on top of the 25 undergraduate colleges' offer averages; Cambridge publishes no such ranking. All it says is that Robinson's 2025 offer-holders averaged 6.99 on Mathematics 2, 0.77 above the pool median. The FOI response gives no applicant count per college, so the sample size is unknown, a few candidates can move a college's average, and one cycle's rank should not be read as a fixed trait of the college.

All three modules sit above the pool median. Is Robinson especially hard to get into?

This data cannot answer that. It records only what two groups scored in the 2025 cycle: applicants averaged 5.72, 5.37 and 5.58 across the three modules, offer-holders 6.54, 6.58 and 6.99. Mathematics 1 and Physics clear the pool median by only 0.18 and 0.11, almost hugging it; only Mathematics 2 sits clearly above. The response gives no applicant counts and no offer rate, so a higher average cannot be converted into a level of difficulty.

How should I split time across the three modules for Robinson?

Robinson's three offer averages span 0.45: Mathematics 2 1st, Mathematics 1 7th, Physics 9th. A sensible split puts Mathematics 2 on the main line and brings it to a steady state first, then treats Physics and Mathematics 1 as one tier, ordered by your own baseline. This is an ordering read off a distribution that already happened, not an official instruction, and you should still reassemble all three under full paper timing.

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