Information for applicants applying in 2025 for entry in October 2026 or deferred entry in October 2027

Welcome to the Applicants 2025-6 web page!  This page will be your main source of information until the end of January. It is essentially the Admissions Office notice board. Please read it carefully as you will not receive a further notice of anything you are required to do.  It is crucial that you submit all the documentation required by the deadlines.

• Key dates
• Interviews

My Cambridge Application

To make a valid application to the University of Cambridge, you must also complete My Cambridge Application by the deadline set. Once you submit your UCAS application, you will receive an email from the University within 48 hours with instructions and a link to your My Cambridge Application. For most applicants, the deadline to complete it will be 6.00 pm UK time on 22 October 2025. We will not be able to process your application until we have received your completed form.  It is not necessary for you to advise us once you have submitted My Cambridge Application – we will receive it automatically. Please note that we do not acknowledge receipt of My Cambridge Application. We will be contacting you by email at various stages throughout the application process so it is essential that our emails are not rejected by your email provider. For set-up instructions, please see https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/apply/how/cambridge-application.

What must I do now?

• It is essential that you read the Pre-interview and Interview Notes document very carefully and make note of anything you are required to do.
• Applicants for Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Engineering, and Natural Sciences must register for the ESAT by 29 September 2025.
• Applicants for Computer Science and Economics must register for the TMUA by 29 September 2025.
• Applicants for Medicine must be registered for the UCAT by 19 September and you must have taken the test by 26 September 2025.
• Applicants for Law must be registered in advance for the LNAT and you will usually take the test from 1 September to 15 October 2025.
• Complete My Cambridge Application by 6.00 pm UK time on 22 October 2025.
• Complete the Trinity Additional Information Questionnaire and submit it by Friday 24 October 2025 at the very latest.  The link for this will be emailed to all applicants shortly after the closing date for applications.
• If applicable for your subject, upload any written work (or portfolio for applicants in Architecture and Design) that is required by 5 November 2025. Please remember to complete a Cover Sheet for each piece of work submitted.  The upload link is included in the email from Trinity acknowledging receipt of your application.
• If you have a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition and/or you normally receive adjustments for school exams, please send the Request for Adjustments form to the Admissions Administrator by 5 November 2025 at the latest.
• You may be required to submit a transcript in support of your application.  Please check here for further details.
• Most extenuating circumstances should be declared by your referee as part of their UCAS reference. Further information about this can be found on the University website. If information about your extenuating circumstances cannot be given in the UCAS reference, you should ask a teacher or other professional to let us know about these separately by 22 October 2025 at the latest.

We will not be able to process your application until we have received all the documentation required to complete your application.

Transcripts

When you fill in My Cambridge Application, we will tell you if you need to provide a high school transcript and/or a university transcript.  Please visit this page for further details.

Fee Status Assessments

Applicants to Trinity have their fee status assessed by the central University.  Please visit this page for further details.

Information for applicants selected for interview in Cambridge in December

Please ensure that you allow ample time for your journey to the College and that you leave plenty of time to register for your first appointment. If you experience any difficulties on the day, please contact the Admissions Office immediately on 01223 338422 or telephone the Porters’ Lodge on 01223 338400. You do not need to attend anything other than the appointments that are listed in your personal interview schedule. You are free to leave the College as soon as your last appointment has finished.

There is no particular dress code for interviews at Trinity. You are encouraged to dress comfortably. Some applicants come in jeans and a jumper, some prefer a suit. We are interested in your academic potential only.

Family members and friends are welcome to look round the College whilst applicants are here but they must not wait outside interview or test rooms: it is disruptive to other candidates and interviewers want to meet applicants only. The focus during the interview week is purely on the assessment of candidates so we are unable to offer any tours or information sessions, etc. If you have any questions about studying at Trinity, please refer to the undergraduate admissions pages of the College and University websites or contact the Admissions Office.

We regret that it is not possible for family or friends to stay in College or have meals in the Dining Hall; meals and accommodation are provided for applicants only.

Please note that you must not contact your interviewers directly under any circumstances – all correspondence should be addressed to the Admissions Office.

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• College Map
• Street Map
• University Map

Information for applicants selected for an online interview in December

If you are having a remote interview, it will be run on the platform Zoom. It would be helpful to familiarise yourself with this platform if you haven’t done so already.  It is free to sign up to an account (via https://zoom.us/).  You will need to be confident that you have access to a reliable internet connection, on a computer with a video camera, in a place where you can be confident you won’t be disturbed during the interview.  It is for you to decide where that will be.  It can be in your school, your home or somewhere else – wherever you feel most comfortable and have most confidence that you won’t be interrupted.  If you anticipate any problems with this, please be in touch with us to explain your situation.

For the subjects that have pre-interview reading or questions, you will be given this at a specified time in advance of your interview.

For the interview itself, for subjects in the Arts and Humanities as well as Psychological & Behavioural Sciences, you don’t need anything except for a computer with a video camera and a stable internet connection.

For candidates being interviewed in Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine and Natural Sciences, you will need to have access to a graphics tablet (or ‘drawing tablet’) during your interview.  This could be an iPad or another device plugged into your computer.  A typical such device is a Wacom One with a stylus (pen) which costs about £36 to purchase.  This is so that we can see what you write during the interview, such as if we ask you to make some calculations.  There is no need to buy anything other than a small sized device.  If you are in a subject that requires a graphics tablet and you have not used one before, we strongly encourage you to practise with one before your interview.

If you are invited to a remote interview, you will be sent a single link.  You should log in for your interview(s) 15 minutes in advance.  You will be met there by some of our student ambassadors, who will make sure your technology is working well.  They will pass you through to the interviewers at the appropriate time.

Please note that you must not contact your interviewers directly under any circumstances – all correspondence should be addressed to the Admissions Office.

UCAS Hub will not update to show that you have been invited for interview.

Decisions

Applicants who were interviewed will hear the outcome of their application on Wednesday 28 January 2026 (University-wide communication date).  We are unable to give decisions over the telephone or discuss the outcome with parents.  The Undergraduate Admissions website has information about the possible outcomes.

Winter Pool

Candidates who are placed in the Winter Pool may be asked to undertake another interview in January. You should let us know as soon as possible if you will not be available for interview in January.

Admissions complaints and appeals

Queries

If you have any queries, on any matter at all, please do not hesitate to contact the Admissions Administrator, Ms Stacey Smith.

Tel: +44 (0)1223 338422
Email: [email protected]

When contacting us, please include the following information:

• Your full name as you entered it on your UCAS application (please do not use alternative names)
• The subject you have applied to study
• Your UCAS Personal ID number

Dr Glen Rangwala
Director of Admissions
October 2025

How we use your personal information

Please visit https://www.information-compliance.admin.cam.ac.uk/data-protection/applicant-data for information on how we use the personal information provided by applicants.  The College’s Data Protection Policy is available at https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/website/dpn/.