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2027 申请 · Oxbridge

如何申请 Cambridge

World-leading research university with an unmatched supervision system.

  • 1209Founded
  • Top 3 THE WURGlobal rank
  • ~22%Offer rate
  • 31Colleges

专业指南

Cambridge 专业一览

选择一个专业，查看完整的 2027 申请解析、成绩要求、笔试策略、面试真题与 Personal Statement 思路。

Admissions tests

The tests Cambridge uses.

From 2026 onwards most UK admissions tests are delivered through Pearson VUE - registration closes weeks before test day. Legacy tests are shown so you can recognise them.

ESAT

TMUA

LNAT

UCAT

STEP

College admission assessment

No admissions assessment

Cambridge 官方链接

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概览

Cambridge 一览

The University of Cambridge, founded in 1209, is one of the world's most prestigious universities. It consistently ranks in the global top 3 and is particularly renowned for its strength in mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, and medicine. Like Oxford, it uses a collegiate system - but with its own distinctive supervision-based teaching model.

  • 01

    Cambridge's supervision system is the cornerstone of its teaching: undergraduates meet weekly in groups of 1-3 with an expert in their field. This intensive, personalised approach demands independent thought and produces graduates with exceptional analytical skills.

  • 02

    Cambridge receives approximately 22,000 applications for around 3,500 places annually. The admissions process includes UCAS application, admissions tests (varying by subject), and interviews. Cambridge interviews about 75% of applicants - a higher proportion than Oxford - and uses a "Winter Pool" system to ensure strong candidates aren't missed.

为何选择

是什么让 Cambridge 与众不同。

  • 01

    Supervision system: intensive 1-3 student sessions with subject experts

  • 02

    Consistently ranked in the global top 3 universities

  • 03

    World-leading in STEM: mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, computer science

  • 04

    31 colleges offering a unique combination of community and independence

  • 05

    The Winter Pool ensures strong applicants are considered by multiple colleges

  • 06

    Three eight-week terms with highly focused, intensive study periods

是否适合

Cambridge 适合你吗？

如果你符合以下情况，可能很适合……

  • 希望每周都能与学科专家进行一对一或小组教学。
  • 能够适应高强度的学术挑战：Cambridge 的学生需要独立学习并具备临场应变能力。
  • 喜欢学院制：在世界顶尖研究型大学之中拥有一个更紧密的小社群。
  • 愿意在课纲之外深入探索：围绕专业广泛阅读、参加竞赛、加入社团。

如果你符合以下情况，或许可以考虑别处……

  • 更倾向于模块化的灵活选课或大量学分制选项，而非结构化、以单一专业为核心的学位。
  • 更愿意以大型讲座为主进行学习，而不希望每周接受一对一的深入考察。
  • 不喜欢由学院为你分配住宿或安排社交生活的方式。
  • 希望拥有以校园为中心、学期与课时安排清晰的大学生活：Cambridge 的学期格外短促且紧凑。

The admissions year

申请流程与关键截止日期。

Cambridge 申请周期的四个阶段：从最初的阅读书单到最终的录取通知。所示日期适用于 2027 年入学（2026 申请季）。

Prepare

Jun – Sep

  1. June

    Results

    Open days & shortlist colleges

    Visit Cambridge in person if possible. Open days run in late June and early July. Start narrowing your college options.

  2. July

    Open

    Research your course

    Cambridge courses are often structured differently from A-Level (Natural Sciences, HSPS, AMES, MML). Read the first-year reading lists to make sure the course matches your interests.

  3. 28 September 2026

    Deadline

    ESAT / TMUA registration deadline

    Pre-registration via the Pearson VUE admissions testing portal closes at 18:00 UK time. Late entry is not normally possible.

  4. September

    Open

    Draft personal statement

    Write for the subject, not the institution. Cambridge admissions tutors look for ~80% academic content and genuine evidence of super-curricular engagement.

  5. June 2027

    Open

    STEP papers (Mathematics)

    If your Cambridge offer for Mathematics includes STEP, you sit STEP II and III in June 2027. The standard requirement is grade 1,1 in STEP II and III.

Apply

Oct

  1. 15 October 2026

    Deadline

    UCAS deadline

    Submit UCAS by 18:00 UK time on 15 October 2026.

  2. 12–16 October 2026

    Event

    Sit ESAT / TMUA / pre-registered tests

    ESAT and TMUA are sat in this window at Pearson VUE centres. LNAT, UCAT and other test windows differ - check the test's own site.

  3. 22 October 2026

    Deadline

    My Cambridge Application deadline

    Submit the My Cambridge Application supplementary questionnaire by 18:00 UK time on 22 October 2026. This replaces the old SAQ.

Evaluate

Nov – Dec

  1. 10 November 2026

    Deadline

    Submit written work

    Most arts and humanities courses ask for one or two pieces of marked school work. Each college confirms its exact deadline; 10 November is the standard date.

  2. December 2026

    Event

    Interviews

    Around three-quarters of applicants are interviewed, one of the highest rates in the UK. Most applicants have 1-2 interviews totalling 35 minutes to an hour (some have three or four), online or in person depending on the college. The main interview period is 7-18 December 2026.

Decide

Jan

  1. 27 January 2027

    Deadline

    Decisions released

    Main Cambridge decisions are released on 27 January 2027. Around a quarter of offers are made through the Winter Pool - strong applicants reconsidered by colleges with remaining places.

The competition

Offer rates by subject.

CambridgeOxford

Most recent published figures. Treat as directional - rates vary year to year and by college.

  1. Computer Science
    9%
  2. Economics
    13%
  3. Medicine
    17%
  4. Engineering
    18%
  5. Mathematics
    20%
  6. Natural Sciences
    21%
  7. Law
    20%
  8. Human, Social, and Political Sciences
    22%
  9. English
    24%
  10. History
    28%
  11. Classics
    45%
  12. Modern and Medieval Languages
    55%

Source: Cambridge official admissions statistics, most recent cycle. Figures rounded.

面试

Cambridge 面试究竟是什么样的。

Cambridge interviews are the decisive stage of the application. Around 75% of applicants are interviewed, one of the highest rates of any UK university, and the outcome depends heavily on how you perform. Most applicants have one or two interviews totalling 35 minutes to an hour with subject specialists (some have three or four), arranged by your chosen or allocated college. The interview is an academic conversation: you will be given problems, sources, or questions you have not seen before and asked to think aloud. Bring paper. Engage with the interviewer as a collaborator, not an examiner. Whether you interview online or in person depends on the college: for 2027 entry some colleges interview everyone online, a few interview everyone in person, and the rest mix, with overseas applicants mostly interviewed online.

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The college system

31
colleges.

The Winter Pool

If a Cambridge college cannot make you an offer but believes you are a strong candidate, they place you in the Winter Pool. Other colleges with spare capacity then "fish" from the pool during a week-long process in January. Around 25% of all Cambridge offers are made via the Pool. Pooled candidates are not disadvantaged - in many subjects, pooling is simply the mechanism for fitting strong applicants into colleges with space.

Choosing a college

Because of the Pool, your college choice at Cambridge is less strategic than many applicants think - strong candidates rarely slip through the net. Choose a college based on: (1) size and atmosphere (from ~300-student all-undergrad Peterhouse to ~1,400-student mixed Trinity), (2) location in the city, (3) accommodation guarantees and catering, (4) strength in your specific subject. If you genuinely cannot choose, submit an Open Application - Cambridge allocates you to a college under-subscribed that year, with no admissions disadvantage.

Cambridge 全部学院列表与选择方法 →

提交作业

需提交的论文与作品集。

Cambridge asks for submitted written work in most arts and humanities subjects - English, History, MML, Classics, HSPS, Theology and Asian & Middle Eastern Studies. The standard ask is one or two pieces of marked school work in the subject or a closely related one. Tutors are looking for your authentic analytical voice, not a performance. Send your normal classroom essays with teacher comments visible. A cover note explaining the task and context (the essay title, the word limit, whether it was timed) is helpful. Deadline is usually 10 November, confirmed by each college.

国际学生

来自英国以外的申请者。

IELTS

7.5 overall with 7.0 in each component

TOEFL

110 overall with minimum 25 in each component

Cambridge accepts IB (40-42 with 776 at HL), US qualifications (normally at least five AP scores of 5, alongside SAT 1500+ or ACT 33+), Abitur, Baccalauréat, Gaokao (only the very top of the province, roughly the top 0.1%), and many other qualifications. Full country-by-country requirements are published annually. International applicants sit pre-registered tests at Pearson VUE centres worldwide and are interviewed (online for most overseas applicants) on the same footing as UK applicants.

背景因素评估

Cambridge 如何看待你的背景。

  • Cambridge flags UK applicants using individual circumstances (care experience, free school meals eligibility, estrangement, refugee status), area measures such as deprivation indices, and the typical exam performance of their school.

  • Flagged applications receive particularly careful attention at the initial assessment stage and in the Winter and summer pooling rounds; flags do not automatically produce interviews, offers, or lower conditions.

  • The Cambridge Foundation Year is a free, fully-funded one-year programme for UK state school students whose academic potential has been disrupted by personal or educational circumstances - offering a route into full degree study from 2026/27.

  • HE+ is a free subject-enrichment programme delivered in partnership with state schools; it builds the genuine super-curricular depth Cambridge looks for, though completing it is not itself an admissions flag.

  • Cambridge does not reduce academic requirements for contextual applicants, but borderline applications are interpreted generously.

费用与资助

费用一览。

英国本土学费

£9,790 per year (UK students, 2026/27; rising with inflation for 2027 entry)

国际学生学费

£25,734 – £67,194 per year (varies by subject; clinical Medicine is highest) plus a college fee of approximately £11,000 – £13,500 per year

助学金与奖学金

The Cambridge Bursary Scheme awards up to £3,500 per year for UK students, on a sliding scale that runs up to a household income of £62,215. The Stormzy Scholarship and Harding Scholarship provide major support for specific underrepresented groups. Colleges also run their own hardship and travel funds. International support is limited: the Gates Cambridge Scholarship is postgraduate-only.

Scholarships & funding

Ways Cambridge funds students.

Most awards are applied for alongside, not before, your UCAS application. Always verify eligibility on the official page before applying.

知名校友

你将与之为伍的人。

  • Isaac Newton
  • Charles Darwin
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Alan Turing
  • Rosalind Franklin
  • Francis Crick
  • James Watson
  • 15 British Prime Ministers
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Lee Kuan Yew
  • John Maynard Keynes
  • Bertrand Russell
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Sacha Baron Cohen
  • Sir Ian McKellen
  • Stephen Fry

科研优势

Cambridge 的领先领域。

  1. 01

    #1 or #2 globally in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

  2. 02

    Cavendish Laboratory: historic home of particle physics

  3. 03

    90+ Nobel Prizes affiliated - more than any other university

  4. 04

    World-leading centres in AI, genomics and climate science

  5. 05

    Cambridge University Press & Assessment: the oldest publisher in the world

Tutor-desk advice

What our tutors actually tell Cambridge applicants.

Read in order. Each step follows from the one before - this is how the application year actually unfolds, not a grab-bag of tips.

  1. 1

    Start

    The Winter Pool is a feature, not a punishment. A pooled offer is worth exactly the same as a direct offer.

  2. 2

    Prepare

    Cambridge interviewers often ask about the most niche line in your personal statement. Do not mention anything you cannot speak about for ten minutes.

  3. 3

    Test day

    For Mathematics, STEP preparation is the application. A strong TMUA score is necessary but not sufficient - interviews probe STEP-level thinking, and STEP itself is the conditional offer.

  4. 4

    Interview

    My Cambridge Application (the post-UCAS questionnaire) is read carefully. Treat it as a second, subject-focused personal statement.

  5. 5

    Decide

    Open Applications are genuinely neutral. Around 1 in 10 applicants applies Open; the offer rate tracks the main cohort.

横向对比

Cambridge 横向对比。

  1. vs Oxford

    Cambridge leads in STEM (Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science); Oxford leads in humanities and social sciences. Cambridge interviews almost everyone and uses the Winter Pool; Oxford shortlists more aggressively. Cambridge supervisions and Oxford tutorials are functionally identical - weekly 1-3 student sessions with experts. You can only apply to one.

  2. vs Imperial

    Imperial is a central London STEM specialist with no collegiate system and strong industry ties. Cambridge offers a broader intellectual environment with a tight college community and extensive research infrastructure. For Engineering or Computing, both are world-class; Imperial offers proximity to industry, Cambridge offers depth and tutorials.

  3. vs LSE

    LSE is the UK's social science powerhouse and sits in central London. Cambridge offers a broader set of subjects, a collegiate system, and stronger STEM presence. For Economics and pure social sciences, LSE rivals (and sometimes surpasses) Cambridge in specialist reputation; Cambridge wins on breadth and college life.

常见问题

Cambridge 申请常见问题解答。

What is the Winter Pool?

If a college does not offer you a place but thinks you are a strong candidate, they place you in the Winter Pool. Other colleges with remaining places then reconsider pooled applicants in early January. Around a quarter of successful applicants receive their offer through the Pool.

Does Cambridge offer Biology as a standalone degree?

No. Biology at Cambridge is studied through the Natural Sciences Tripos. You choose biology-focused options from Year 1 and can specialise fully (e.g. Biological Sciences, Genetics, Pathology, Plant Sciences, Zoology) from Year 2 onwards.

Does Cambridge offer Physics as a standalone degree?

No. Physics at Cambridge is studied through the Natural Sciences Tripos. You take Physics from Year 1 alongside Mathematics for Natural Sciences and one or two other sciences, and specialise fully from Year 2.

What is the My Cambridge Application?

The My Cambridge Application is a short supplementary questionnaire all Cambridge applicants complete after submitting their UCAS form. It asks for additional academic and contextual information. The deadline for 2027 entry is 22 October 2026. It replaced the older SAQ.

Which courses need an admissions test?

For 2027 entry: ESAT (Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Engineering, Natural Sciences, Veterinary Medicine), TMUA (Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics), LNAT (Law), and UCAT (Medicine, Medicine Graduate Course). Several arts, humanities and social-sciences courses use a College admission assessment with no advance registration. Archaeology, Education, Land Economy, History of Art, and Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion have no admissions assessment.

How does Cambridge differ from Oxford?

Both are collegiate and world-class. Cambridge uses supervisions and Oxford uses tutorials - functionally identical formats, both built around weekly small-group sessions with subject experts. Cambridge interviews most applicants and uses a Winter Pool; Oxford shortlists more aggressively. You can only apply to one in any given UCAS cycle.

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