Applying to Cambridge is much the same as applying to other UK universities, but we have an early application deadline (18:00 UK time on 15 October for all courses), and there are extra things to do, such as sending in additional forms and documents, taking an admissions test, and having interviews.
This page provides information for Christ's College applicants. You will find: > A chronological overview > Further detail about some of the main elements (drop-down) > How we support Christ's applicants (drop down) > A list of pages for particular applicants e.g. internationals, care leavers, those with a disability etc. (drop-down)
Here is a list of dates and deadlines for the admissions process at Christ's College. Note that the application process is reviewed each year and there can be changes to forms and which subjects require an assessment. We normally have any changes included in the info below by early July.
Summer
Register for the relevant admissions test if you are applying for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Law, Medicine, or Natural Sciences. See the application information on the relevant subject page. You are advise to register as early as possible to get the most convenient test centre.
September
Early September:UCAS Apply opens for applications. The UCAS application must be completed first.
29 Sept (6pm): Registration deadline for TMUA and ESAT (Admissions Tests)
October
9-10 October: Applicants for Natural Sciences, Engineering and Chemical Engineering sit the ESAT (at a Test Centre)
13-14 October: Applicants for Economics and Computer Science sit the TMUA (at a Test Centre)
15 October (18:00 UK time): Final deadline for UCAS application. We do not consider late applications under any circumstances.
16 October:Important Information for applicants email sent to Christ's applicants with information about the next stages of the admissions process, what you need to send when, and support from Christ's Admissions Office via the current applicants section.
22 October (18:00 UK time): Deadline for My Cambridge Application (additional form received by email after UCAS application), and some applicants also include a transcript.
22 October (23:59): Multiple further deadlines including a form & accompanying document to be uploaded by all students with a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental heath condition or long-term health condition (whether or not you need to request adjustments).
November
5 November: Multiple deadlines including upload of written work & cover sheet (certain essay subjects only) and portfolios (Architecture & Design).
Second half of November. All applicants receive an email letting them know if they are selected for online interviews or not.
Late November: students selected for online interviews in subjects that require a College assessment have their assessment online (check individual subject pages).
Late November: Deadline for online interview attendance reply form.
December
1 - 17 December 2025: Online interviews on Microsoft Teams for selected Christ's applicants. You may do your interviews at home or at school.
January
Mid January:Winter pool takes place. A very small number of applicants may be contacted and asked to attend a further online interview.
Wednesday 28 January 2026: Decisions emailed to applicants who applied in Oct 2025.
February
15 February: Application deadline for Choral Awards.
May-June
A Levels, IB, Scottish Advanced Higher and other examinations taken – including STEP for Mathematics.
July-August
Examination results published and confirmation of conditional offers that have been met - all conditional offers must be met by 31 August (the deadline set by UCAS) unless otherwise specified.
Some students who applied in October but did not get an offer may be eligible to be considered via the August reconsideration pool. If you were interviewed in December and did not get an offer but meet the widening participation criteria for the August reconsideration pool, we will tell you this by email in January.
September
Freshers’ Information available for successful offer holders.
"I think if you take the application process step by step instead of viewing it as a whole, it’s much less stressful."
Max, History
Further detail
The UCAS application
To apply to the University of Cambridge you must submit your application through UCAS. If you choose Christ's College in your UCAS application, we will receive your application directly and process it from there. Please note that Cambridge has an earlier UCAS deadline than most other universities, which is 18:00 UK time on 15 October for every course we offer. We are not able to consider late UCAS applications under any circumstances.
Admissions Tests
Applicants for some courses are required to take a test. This is either a pre-shortlisting test that all applicants for that subject take, or a test taken later in the process by those selected for interview only. The list of subjects that require these tests is updated in July each year. The tests are designed to supplement the information in your application and provide a gauge of your abilities – to assess skills and, where appropriate, levels of current knowledge and understanding relevant to the course applied for.
If there's a pre-shortlisting test for your course then you will need to register to sit it at a Pearson Vue Test Centre.
Test Registration deadlines: 15 September for the LNAT (Law) 19 September for the UCAT (Medicine) 29 Sept (6pm): for TMUA and ESAT (Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Natural Sciences)
If your course requires a test that is only taken if you are selected for interview, these tests take place online, later in the process and you do not need to register: Christ's will automatically organise your online test if you are invited for interview. See College assessment and dates in late November are given on the relevant subject page, once available.
My Cambridge Application (MyCApp)
All applicants are also required to complete an additional form called My Cambridge Application. The log-in details are emailed to you within 48 hours of your UCAS application submission, and you must submit your My Cambridge Application form by 22 October (18:00 UK time). There is guidance on the form itself and on the Cambridge Admissions website, as well as a helpdesk email address (applicationhelp@admin.cam.ac.uk) to contact if you have any questions. The most common problem is that the email containing the MyCApp log in details sometimes goes into people’s junk / spam folder, so do check there first if the expected email hasn’t arrived in your inbox within 48 hours.
At Christ's we publish an open-access current applicants section for each year's applicants on 20 September. This section is designed to support you from when you have submitted your UCAS application through the entire admissions process.
We email all applicants at Christ's just after the 15 October UCAS application deadline to introduce ourselves and send you to the section. This is called the Important Information for Applicants email, and it is normally sent at the end of 16 October. Introductions and explanations done, the current applicants section is then your first point of reference in October, November, December and January, since it provides details of what you need to do, sets out the arrangements and any requirements for each subject (e.g. any written work to upload), answers common questions, and updates you so that you know when invitations to online interviews are sent out for individual subjects, for example. We update it most days, sometimes several times a day!
As you can see in the overview above, there are a lot of parts to the admissions process, however in the current applicants section, we break the process down into a few chunks (stages) and tell you clearly what to focus on in which time period so that it doesn't feel too overwhelming.
Of course, if you have questions that are specific to your application, or you can't find a piece of information that you're looking for, you would then email us directly. Our email address is admissions@christs.cam.ac.uk, and we request that you start all of your emails (every single one!) with
> Your name (exactly as you wrote it on your UCAS form, and with your surname in CAPITAL LETTERS) > The course you have applied for (including 'Biological or Physical' if Natural Sciences) > Your UCAS number (with no dashes) > Which country you're applying from.
This helps us to process your query as quickly as possible so that we can get you the information you need.
Country pages Currently available for students in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA.
Here is a list of dates and deadlines for the admissions process at Christ's College. Note that the application process is reviewed each year and there can be changes to forms and which subjects require an assessment. We normally have any changes included in the info below by early July.
