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Course Information At Trinity College, there are 28 different degree programmes across the Sciences, Maths, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.  The information on each subject below gives you the course details, the information on the the director of studies and…

The Robert Robson Prize for essays in History is a competition that can be entered by students in Year 12 or the Lower 6th. Candidates are invited to submit an essay on a topic to be chosen from a list…

Trinity College was pleased to launch the Robert Walker Prize for Essays in Law in 2013. The prize is named after the Rt Hon. The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe GBS PC (1938–2023), a judicial member of the House of Lords from 2002…

The R.A. Butler Prize for essays in Politics and International Studies is a competition that can be entered by students in Year 12 or the Lower 6th. Candidates are invited to submit an essay on a topic to be chosen…

Trinity College launched the Gould Prize for Essays in English Literature in 2013. This is an annual competition for Year 12 or Lower 6th students. The Prize has been established from a bequest made by Dr Dennis Gould in 2004…

The following pages contain information about our Essay Prizes run for Lower and Upper 6th Students internationally, including how to apply. Information about the essay prize competitions that will be running in 2026 will be published below as soon as…

Here are a few answers to questions we are frequently asked about our entry requirements.  Please do read this in combination with the general information about entry requirements on the Applying to Trinity page.

Trinity, like all Cambridge Colleges, is committed to the principle that: No home undergraduate student should be deterred from applying to Cambridge by financial considerations; and, That no such student should be unable to take up a place, or have…