Student Handbook 2011-12

Matriculation and Residence

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Matriculation

Matriculation marks the formal admission of a student to membership of the University, and a College may not normally allow an unmatriculated student to be a resident member of the College in statu pupillari after the Division (i.e. the mid-point) of his or her first term of residence.

A person in statu pupillari is defined as any member of the University who has not been admitted to some office in the University, to a Fellowship or office of a College, or to a degree which qualifies the holder for membership of the Senate (any Doctor's degree; most Master's degrees; the degree of Bachelor of Divinity), and is of less than three and a half years' standing from admission to his or her first degree (if any). A student will usually matriculate before the division (i.e. the mid-point) of his or her first term of residence.

Every candidate for matriculation must subscribe to the following declaration by signing the Matriculation Registration Form:

I promise to observe the Statutes and Ordinances of the University as far as they concern me, and to pay due respect and obedience to the Chancellor and other officers of the University.

A person is deemed to be matriculated from the beginning of the term in which a completed Matriculation Registration Form and satisfactory evidence of his or her qualification to matriculate is known by the College.

Residence

It is normally necessary to reside to obtain a degree. For the B.A. a minimum of nine terms is normally necessary.

In order to be able to count the term as a term of residence you must

1. reside within the Precincts of the University, which extend for three miles (measured in a straight line) from Great St Mary's Church, (and Madingley Hall); (registered Graduate Students and candidates for the MBA degree must reside within ten miles of Great St Mary's Church when keeping terms by residence);
2. be in residence for three-quarters of each term. Undergraduates are expected to reside during Full Term, which is a period equal to three-quarters of the term, since regular teaching and lecturing take place in Full Term.

If you come into residence later than the beginning of Full Term, or are absent from Cambridge for a few nights during the term, you must remain in residence for an equal number of nights after the end of Full Term in order that the term may be counted.

The title of this document is: Student Handbook 2011-12: University and Colleges: Matriculation and Residence
URL: http://www.cam.ac.uk/staffstudents/studenthandbook/univ/matric.html