New route to
undergraduate study
Cambridge Foundation Year aims to ‘transform lives’ with new route to undergraduate study for educationally and socially disadvantaged students.
Why Cambridge?
Find out why studying at Cambridge is for you
Accommodation
For the duration of your course most students will live in a Cambridge College – somewhere to sleep, eat, learn and make lifelong friends.
Teaching
Small-group teaching and personalised learning are central to the renowned Cambridge supervision system.
How the University works
31 Colleges, 150 Departments, 18 Faculties, six Schools and other institutions. Discover how the University works.
Careers
90% of graduates were employed or in training six months after leaving (2015–17).
Learn more about our Careers Service's wide range of support.
Living here
Cambridge offers the best of both worlds: a small-city environment with great transport connections by road, rail and air. Stansted Airport and central London are both less than an hour away by train.
Funding
Three quarters of Masters students and a third of PhDs received internal or external funding in 2018/19. Learn more about our many funding opportunities.
An international community
Cambridge is a global institution with postgraduate students from 145 countries. You will quickly settle in with the support we provide for international scholars.
Accommodation
As a postgraduate student, you might live in a College or use our Accommodation Service to find somewhere that suits you. Find out more about postgraduate accommodation.
Careers
Get one-to-one support and other resources from our professional Careers Service in addition to world-class employment prospects.
Cambridge life
Student societies, sports, pubs, restaurants, shopping, museums, family venues – and London visits – all make up the Cambridge experience. Learn more about Cambridge life.
The city of Cambridge
Famous for its architecture, history and intellectual atmosphere, our small city is just 45 minutes from London and a short hop by plane or train to Europe.
News
Updates from across the University
News - Likelihood of severe and ‘long’ COVID may be established very early on following infection
New research provides important insights into the role played by the immune system in preventing – and in some cases increasing the severity of – COVID-19 symptoms.
News - DNA test can quickly identify pneumonia in patients with severe COVID-19
Patients with COVID-19 are twice as likely to develop secondary pneumonia as other patients in the same intensive care unit.
News - Read Horizons magazine
Fertility futures, polar research, nomadic herders, COVID-19 and 4,000 years of babymaking (the brief version). Download the latest issue now.
Events
World-class concerts, lectures, sports events, festivals and more
Online - AI in medicine webinar - 22 January 2021
Explore new horizons in machine learning for medicine with speakers working at the cutting edge.
Online - Do try this at home
Have fun at home with activities and games from across the University and its partners.
Online - Alfred Wallis rediscovered
Kettle’s Yard shines new light on innovative artist Alfred Wallis.
