History 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.
| College | Assessment of applicant for this subject |
|---|---|
| Christ's | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Churchill | School/college essays; Preparatory study at interview |
| Clare | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Corpus Christi | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Downing | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Emmanuel | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Fitzwilliam | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Girton | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Gonville & Caius | Inteview only |
| Homerton | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Hughes Hall | Test at interview |
| Jesus | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| King's | School/college essay |
| Lucy Cavendish | Test at interview |
| Magdalene | School/college essay |
| Murray Edwards | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Newnham | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview; Test at interview |
| Pembroke | School/college essay; Written test at interview |
| Peterhouse | School/college essay; Test at interview; Preparatory reading at interview |
| Queens' | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Robinson | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview; Test at interview |
| St Catharine's | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| St Edmund's | Test at interview |
| St John's | Test at interview; Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA); School/college essays |
| Selwyn | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Sidney Sussex | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview; Test at interview |
| Trinity | School/college essay; Preparatory study at interview |
| Trinity Hall | School/college essay |
| Wolfson | School/college essay; Test at interview |