Students at a University of Cambridge college have been banned from formal dinners and events after an unruly student gathering ended with smashed bottles left on campus.

Undergraduates attending a formal dinner last month at Corpus Christi College were slammed by the Dean for 'unacceptable' behaviour which saw copious amounts of vomit and faeces left in communal bathrooms.

The themed event descended into chaos, leading the Dean to punish the entire undergraduate body, demand a letter of apology and compensation for the cleaners forced to mop up after the students.

Writing to students on Saturday, January 25, Dean Dr Andrew Sanger originally admonished attendees for 'reports of singing, banging on tables, general disruption, and walking through to Fellows' rooms' at the event the night before.

But in a later email to the head of the JCR (junior common room), Dr Sanger announced plans to ban students from college events for two weeks, due to behaviour at the formal being 'much worse than initially reported'.

Dr Sanger hit out at 'stupid actions' from a minority of students and warned future events would not go ahead unless behaviour improved.

Describing the aftermath of the event, he said: 'Two toilets had large amounts of vomit on the floor and in the shower, one had faeces on the floor and in the bin, and there was a smashed glass beer bottle in the Golden Gate area of the college'.

He continued: 'This is completely unacceptable [and] the offences constitute serious breaches of college rules'.

Dr Sanger added he appreciated that most attendees had behaved properly, but that 'JCR members as a whole must take some responsibility for what happened'.

He said it was 'frankly appalling' that college cleaners were left having to clean up the mess and ordered the JCR to pay £200 in compensation to them.

The student body was also told to write a formal letter of apology.

JCR president Harley Summers called for contributions to a fund held by the College designed for such occasions, known as the 'Blunder Funder', and for those responsible to come forward and write their own letters of apology.

Members of the student body are said to be fuming at the ban, with important events such a formal to raise money for breast cancer charities being cancelled as a result.

Online, students at the College pointed the finger at members of its male drinking society, although it is unknown if all the students involved were a part of the organisation.

It is not the first time Cambridge students have been held to account for outrageous behaviour.

At St John's College last year, students were given more than 120 hours of community service by the Dean after a sports day themed event - or 'swap' - which saw a group of students travel to Balliol College, Oxford, ended in mayhem.

Among the issues reported were verbal abuse, urine spills, and changing rooms being 'trashed'. 

Corpus Christi has been contacted for comment.