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Courses at Cambridge University
Cambridge offers 30 undergraduate courses at Cambridge covering more than 65 subject areas. If the subject you wish to study doesn’t appear in one of the course titles below, try the Course Search (by Subject) to see which course(s) covers the discipline you're interested in studying. Leave the subject field blank to search for all subjects.
Medicine at Cambridge
Success in medicine requires application and hard work, both while studying and when in practice. However, it brings great rewards in terms of job satisfaction, involving as it does a combination of science and human interactions, and numerous career opportunities.
Our medicine courses provide the education and training required to be one of tomorrow’s doctors, reflecting the latest advances in medical sciences and practice.
Courses available
If you don’t already have a degree, you can apply for the Standard Course in Medicine (A100).
If you’re a graduate wanting to study Medicine, you have several options:
- you can apply as an affiliate student (taking the pre-clinical component of the Standard Course (A100) in two years instead of the usual three) to one of Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's or Wolfson Colleges
- you can apply to the accelerated Graduate Course in Medicine (A101) to Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish College or Wolfson College
- you can apply for both the Standard Course in Medicine (A100) and the Graduate Course in Medicine (A101). However, if you choose to do so you must apply to the same College for both courses (ie Lucy Cavendish or Wolfson)
Additional course costs
| Details | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Years 1 and 2 | |
| Required: two lab coats | £10 each |
| Required: dissection kit, gloves, safety glasses, dissection manual, loan of locker and key | £50 |
| Required: University approved calculator | £14 |
| Required: travel in Year 1 (maximum) | £25 |
| Required: College rent fees in Year 2 (maximum) | £130 |
| Year 3 | |
| Required: travel in Year 3 (maximum) | £25 |
| Other costs dependent on the subject taken during Year 3 | |
| Year 4 | |
| Required: stethoscope (Clinical School organises equipment sales and discounts are offered) | £100 |
| Required: tablet device for use during clinical placements (seven inch screen recommended) | £100 |
| Year 5 | |
| Required: all clinical courses include a seven week elective – students choosing a local elective may incur no additional costs, but students choosing to travel abroad (as most prefer to do) will typically incur costs of around £750 (College and national grants may be available) | |
Details about additional course costs during Years 1, 2 and 3 can be found on the Faculty of Biology’s website, and information about additional course costs during the clinical studies (Years 4, 5 and 6) are available on the Clinical School’s website.
The MB/PhD Programme
Designed for Standard Course (A100) medical students who are interesred in a career in academic medicine, the MB/PhD Programme intercalates three years of research with the three years of clinical studies in Cambridge. See the MB/PhD website for more details.
Postgraduate Foundation Programmes
Graduates are entitled to hold provisional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a licence to practise, subject to demonstrating to the GMC that they are fit to practise (please note this may be subject to change). To apply for full registration as a doctor, you must satisfactorily complete the first year of a Foundation Programme post and continue to meet fitness to practise requirements.
The Clinical School works closely with Health Education East of England to provide Foundation Programmes as the first part of postgraduate education. Please refer to the Foundation Programmes website for information about progression.
NHS Bursaries
NHS Bursaries are currently available for eligible Medicine students from Year 5 of the Standard Course (A100), or from Year 2 of the Graduate Course (A101). See the NHS Student Bursaries website for further information.
Careers
There is a broad spectrum of hospital-based careers across medical, surgical and other specialisms, but healthcare is moving towards a more community-centred model of delivery, and consequently doctors are increasingly expected to deliver healthcare in a range of settings. Most UK graduates go on to work in the NHS, and about half become general practitioners.
Computer Science
Computer Science at Cambridge
Cambridge was a pioneer of computer science and continues to lead its development. There are more than 1,000 specialist computing and advanced technology companies and commercial laboratories in the area (known as ‘Silicon Fen’), and many support our teaching and employ our students.
Our course is broad and deep – giving skills to create future technology. All aspects of modern computer science are covered, along with the underlying theory and foundations in economics, law and business. You also develop practical skills, such as programming (in various languages, eg ML, Java, C/C++, Prolog) and hardware systems (eg chip design using Verilog).
Facilities and work experience
Our students benefit from the Computer Laboratory’s cutting-edge research and extensive facilities. The purpose-built Computer Laboratory is packed with the latest technology, advanced lecture theatres, dedicated practical rooms, a well-stocked library, and even a café.
Group projects during the course, where small teams of students deliver a product to an external client, ensure relevant industrial experience. Projects often lead to commercialisation, licensing or employment.
Accreditation
Our course is accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS) and by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and contributes towards professional membership (MBCS, MIET) and chartered status (CEng, CSci, CITP).
Additional course costs
| Details | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Year 1 | |
| Required: a University approved scientific calculator | £17 |
| Strongly recommended: copies of core textbooks for Part IA options (students that don't have their own copies may be disadvantaged) | £150 |
| Year 2 | |
| Strongly recommended: copies of core textbooks for Part IB options (students that don't have their own copies may be disadvantaged), number/costs dependent on options chosen | £150-£250 |
| Year 3 | |
| Strongly recommended: copies of core textbooks for Part II options (students that don't have their own copies may be disadvantaged), number/costs dependent on options chosen | £150-£250 |
| Year 4 | |
| Strongly recommended: copies of core textbooks for Part III options (students that don't have their own copies may be disadvantaged), number/costs dependent on options chosen | £150-£250 |
The syllabus booklet – containing descriptions of lecture courses and recommended textbooks – can be downloaded from the Computer Laboratory website and contact the Faculty for advice and details about costs (see fact file, right).
Changing course
It's possible to change from Computer Science to another course, such as Natural Sciences (although options available to you will be limited), at the end of the first year. Following their second year, a small number of Computer Science students opt to do Part II in another subject, notably Management Studies.
Careers
Our graduates’ knowledge and skills embody principles which will outlast today’s technology, making them highly sought after by industry and commerce alike. For example, companies at our annual recruitment fair collectively seek to recruit more than our entire annual number of graduates.
About half of our students go on to work in the computer industry, while a fifth pursue further study and careers in teaching and research. Many graduates have founded successful companies while others have easily found employment in software, hardware, the games industry, finance, communications and commerce.
To get an idea of what’s currently on offer to our graduates, visit: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/supporters-club.
For further Computer Science undergraduate admissions information visit: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate.
Modern and Medieval Languages (MML) at Cambridge
The Cambridge course is uniquely flexible and interdisciplinary. You can pursue your interests in many areas – from Italian Renaissance art to contemporary Brazilian cinema, medieval German folk tales to socialist realism in Stalin’s Russia. MML also includes options in linguistics, such as the historical and cognitive dimensions of the languages you’re studying.
All our students study two languages, one of which can be learnt from scratch (the exceptions being French and Latin, for which A Level/IB Higher Level standard is required). No matter what your proficiency when you arrive, you leave with near native-speaker competence in at least one of your languages. Most of our language classes are run by native speakers.
Our Faculty is one of the largest in the country. It consists of six departments, whose members are internationally renowned experts in their fields. In the Guardian University Guide 2016, Cambridge came top for modern languages and linguistics.
Languages available
You study two languages for at least the first two years of the course. You can choose from:
- French
- German
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
Alternatively, you can combine any of these with either Classical Latin (if you’re taking it at A Level/IB Higher Level) or Classical Greek (which can be studied post-A Level or from scratch).
If you wish to combine one of these modern European languages with Arabic, Hebrew or Persian, you can do so by applying for the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies degree course.
It is also possible to combine French, German, Russian or Spanish with History in the History and Modern Languages course.
See also ‘Want to study more than two languages?’ below.
Facilities and resources
Our students make use of the very well-stocked Faculty library, the Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Facility, and the Media Centre (which has all the equipment for film studies), as well as bespoke language teaching and learning materials at the Language Centre.
A year in...
MML students spend their third year abroad in one of three ways: they attend a foreign university, become an English-speaking assistant at a school, or do an internship with a firm. In the past, some have:
- worked at a lifestyle TV channel in Paris
- studied history at the Humboldt University in Berlin
- taught English as a British Council assistant in Buenos Aries
- conducted an orchestra in St Petersburg
You can tailor your year abroad to suit your own interests and later career goals, providing you spend at least eight months abroad and are constantly immersed in one of the foreign languages you’re studying.
If you wish you can split the year between two countries, spending at least three months in each - see the Faculty website for information about the year abroad.
Additional course costs
Additional course costs for MML are dependent on the languages and papers studied and destination(s) for the third year abroad. See the Faculty of MML website for details of additional course costs and if you have any queries about resources/materials, please contact the Faculty (see fact file, right).
Please also see the information about tuition fees during the year abroad.
Careers
Fluency in a foreign language, an understanding of foreign cultures, analytical and research skills are all in great demand on the job market. Employers – even those who aren’t primarily interested in languages – particularly value the experience, independence and cross-cultural awareness our graduates have gained during their year abroad.
Most graduates use their languages in their work, and all build on the many skills developed during their degree. Our graduates find an array of different jobs are open to them. Recent destinations include the BBC World Service, international law firms, UNICEF, and KPMG.
For a small number, the degree is more directly vocational: they become professional linguists (language teachers, translators or interpreters), usually after further specialised training. Further information on what our graduates go on to do is available on the Faculty website.
Want to study more than two languages?
In the second and fourth years, you can choose to take an introductory course in a language and culture you haven’t studied before. The languages currently on offer are Catalan, Dutch, modern Greek, Neo-Latin, Polish, Portuguese and Ukrainian.
Another possibility (open to any member of the University) is to take a one-year course at the University’s Language Centre to obtain a further language qualification. Courses are available in basic Arabic and Mandarin; and in basic, intermediate and advanced French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
Diploma and certificate courses may be available through the Faculty. Please visit our website or contact the Faculty Office for more information.
Architecture at Cambridge
With examples of outstanding buildings dating from the Middle Ages to the present day, Cambridge provides the perfect setting to study architecture. Both teaching and research are ranked amongst the best in the country. At Cambridge, you’re taught by practising architects and academics who are leading experts in their field.
Our course is unashamedly academic in approach, emphasising architecture as a cultural as well as technological subject. The core of the teaching programme is in practical design carried out in studios (from the large scale of a city to the smallest detail), and supported by lectures on both the humanities (history and theory) and sciences (construction, environmental design and structures).
Our small, friendly Department has a very good staff to student ratio. Facilities include a superb library, studios, reprographics areas and workshops, as well as spaces for making models and larger installations.
Professional qualification
Successful completion of our full three-year undergraduate course carries exemption from the Architects Registration Board (ARB)/Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) Part 1 – the first stage in qualifying as an architect.
The Department also offers a Masters in Architecture and Urban Design, which carries exemption from ARB/RIBA Part 2, and a ARB/RIBA Part 3 course (the final qualifying stage).
What we’re looking for
You must have an enthusiasm for both the arts and the sciences. The ability to draw and an interest in the history of art and architecture are essential, as is a knowledge of mathematics to at least a good GCSE standard.
It’s not possible to study Architecture as an affiliated course (ie in one year less than usual). However, if you’ve already completed an undergraduate degree at another university and now wish to study Architecture at Cambridge as a second undergraduate degree, you can apply to study the full three-year course. (In this case, you normally wouldn’t pay the separate College fee.) Please seek advice about your application as early as possible from one of the mature Colleges.
Changing course
Students can opt to move to other courses within the University after Year 1 (Part IA). However, this is very rare and most architecture students stay for all three years (see above regarding professional qualification).
Additional course costs
| Details | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Year 1 | |
| Required: a University approved scientific calculator, specialist drawing and modelling equipment, and materials/specialist printing of drawings and models for the studio course | £550 |
| Year 2 | |
| Required: materials/specialist printing of drawings and models for the studio course | £450 |
| Optional: voluntary study trip | £200 |
| Year 3 | |
| Required: materials/specialist printing of drawings and models for the studio course and dissertation | £500 |
| Optional: voluntary study trip | £200 |
Details about additional costs can be downloaded from the admission pages of the Department website.
Careers and research
Many graduates continue into professional training, but some enter other creative fields or research. We have a long-standing tradition of research excellence, in areas such as history and philosophy of architecture, environmentally responsible design, architecture and the moving image, urban design and transport planning, and disaster relief.
Linguistics at Cambridge
Linguistics is the systematic study of human language. Superficially, there’s huge variation among the world’s languages, and linguists not only describe the diverse characteristics of individual languages but also explore properties which all languages share and which offer insight into the human mind.
The study of linguistics draws on methods and knowledge from a wide range of disciplines. For instance, the study of meaning draws on philosophy, the analysis of the speech signal uses methods from physics and engineering, and the study of language acquisition draws on psychology.
This variety is one of the things that makes linguistics fascinating: one day you might be poring over a medieval text for evidence of how the grammar of a language has changed, and the next, learning about how the larynx creates sound energy for speech, or how we can record brain responses in a categorisation task.
The Department
The Department has internationally acknowledged expertise across an unusually wide range of language-related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Situated within the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics benefits greatly from colleagues specialising in the linguistics of particular European languages.
Additional course costs
There are no compulsory additional course costs for Linguistics. However, depending on the topic they choose, some students may incur some additional costs (eg research trips) for their dissertation in Year 3. Full course details are available on the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics website and if you have any queries about resources/materials, please contact the Department (see fact file, right).
Changing course
Part II of Linguistics is also available to some undergraduates who have successfully completed Part I of another course. It may be taken either as a two-year course or as a one-year course for those who have taken a two-year Part I. Alternatively, it's possible to choose linguistics options within the Modern and Medieval Languages course.
After Linguistics
The broad interdisciplinary training we offer provides our graduates with transferable skills that are greatly sought after by employers; for example, students learn to analyse quantitative data, construct abstract grammatical models, and test alternative hypotheses. Linguistics graduates find employment in a wide range of professions, from journalism to banking.
Linguistics provides particularly good preparation for vocational training too, in fields such as speech therapy, teaching, speech and language technology (eg developing speech recognition and translation software), law, translation, interpreting, and even forensic linguistics. Familiarity with a range of human languages is also a huge advantage in careers where rapid learning of unfamiliar languages may be involved, such as in the Diplomatic Service.
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