Architecture admissions tests and written work
The table below sets out the ways in which each College assesses applicants for this subject. For more information about these methods of assessment and why we use them, see the main Admissions tests and written work page.
Please note: in addition, all applicants for Architecture are expected to show a portfolio of recent work at interview.
| College | Assessment of applicant for this subject |
|---|---|
| Christ's | Portfolio review at interview |
| Churchill | School/college essays |
| Clare | An exercise/project to be done at home in advance of interview |
| Corpus Christi | Not available at this College |
| Downing | Interview only |
| Emmanuel | Preparatory study before interview |
| Fitzwilliam | Written/drawing assignment prior to interview |
| Girton | Written/drawing assignment prior to interview |
| Gonville & Caius | Portfolio review at interview |
| Homerton | Not available at this College |
| Hughes Hall | Not available at this College |
| Jesus | Test at interview |
| King's | Interview only |
| Lucy Cavendish | Test at interview |
| Magdalene | Written/drawing test prior to interview |
| Murray Edwards | Preparatory study before interview; Portfolio review at interview |
| Newnham | School/college essay; portfolio review at interview |
| Pembroke | Sketch to be submitted before interview; Written test at interview. |
| Peterhouse | Project set by College |
| Queens' | Interview only |
| Robinson | Interview only |
| St Catharine's | Not available at this College |
| St Edmund's | Project set by College; Portfolio review at interview |
| St John's | School/college essay; Portfolio review at interview |
| Selwyn | Written/drawing assignment to be submitted before interview |
| Sidney Sussex | Interview only |
| Trinity | Test at interview |
| Trinity Hall | Interview only |
| Wolfson | Written/illustrated pre-interview task; Portfolio review at interview |