A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper.
This is the way a Cambridge degree course is organised. In most cases the Tripos is divided into two parts; the first part taken is at the end of the first or second year and the second part at the end of the third (or sometimes fourth) year.
A University examination leading to a B.A. Honours degree. From the three-legged stool used during the medieval form of examination - an oral debate to defend a proposition. The Trivium
Strictly these are the examinations which you sit in a particular subject (Tripos Examinations), but ‘tripos' is often used to mean the whole course. So people talk about ‘the English Tripos' or ‘the Natural Sciences Tripos'.
Each complete part of a course leading to the final examination for the degree of BA at the University of Cambridge.
final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University
A University examination, passing which qualifies a candidate partly or wholly for admission to an Honours Degree.
A Cambridge degree course. Most triposes cover a wide range of options, and tend to give a broad overview of the subject in the first year before becoming more specialised. Triposes also have two parts (though a few have an extra Part III), and it is possible to take part I in one tripos and part II in another. When people talk about 'the tripos system' they could be referring to either of these aspects.
the formal university examinations in which undergraduates are required to obtain honours in order to qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Triposes may be divided into two Parts, taken in succession as Part I and Part II. The word tripos is reputedly derived from the legend that the examiner sat on a three-legged stool.
In medieval times, Cambridge students had to have debates with their examiners. The examiners sat on a three-legged stool, called "tripos". The name "tripos", but - you'll be pleased to know - not the stool, is still in use. Nowadays the "Tripos" is a University examination: passing it will qualify a candidate partly or wholly for admission to an Honours Degree. For most subjects, the Tripos is divided into two halves (Part I and Part II) and spread over three years. In order to gain a BA degree it is normally necessary to pass two parts of the Tripos.
