Undergraduate Admissions

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