Current applicants

Welcome to the current applicants section! 
This 'current points' box is our noticeboard, where we'll let you know what you currently need to be thinking about (the info here will change). We like to put the current applicants section up nice and early so that everyone can see what's coming up, and start to understand how things will be organised via this section, but things start properly after 15 October, when we'll email all Christ's applicants to introduce ourselves and give everyone the link to this information about the next stages of the application process.

There's a current questions page where we answer common and/or good questions. 

Things to prepare for - it will make things easier if you prepare for these in advance
1.  You will need to upload a passport-style photo as part of your MyCApp form and it will help if you prepare this in advance and have it saved on your computer. See Stage 2 below.
2. If you need a transcript it will help if you get hold of this in advance and have it saved ready on your computer. See Stage 2. 
3. If you have a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition, it will help to work on getting hold of the documents you'll need early, if relevant. See Stage 2. 

Contacting Christ's: We need your help to work efficiently! We request that you start all emails to Christ's Admissions Team with:
> Your name (exactly as you wrote it on your UCAS form)
> The course you've applied for (including 'Biological or Physical' if Natural Sciences),
> Your UCAS number (10 digits, please write it as one number without dashes)
> The country you are applying from (e.g. France)

The application process is set out on the how to apply page. Here is a reminder of the initial deadlines as your UCAS application isn't the only thing to do by 15 October:
 

When possible / Consider booking Applicant Webinar Series sessions.

Sept deadlines / Applicants for the following subjects should already be registered for the relevant admissions test, and in some cases you may even have already taken it: Chemical Engineering; Computer Science; Economics; Engineering; Law; Medicine, Natural Sciences. See table of info. 

15 Oct at 18:00 UK time / UCAS application (including reference & predicted grades for any exams not yet sat). See the UCAS information. Please ensure that your referee is ready, and aware of the deadline too - it is a very strict deadline. If you or your referee misses it by even a minute we can't consider your application.

15 Oct / Take steps to avoid email issues - Read and act on receiving email.

Our advice: don't leave meeting deadlines to the last minute. If something unexpected happens (life has really bad timing sometimes) or if something goes wrong, it will be too late to fix it. Unfortunately we cannot consider late applications so we encourage you to do everything safely ahead of deadlines (and with that in mind, once everything above is sorted, feel free to move onto the next section before 15 Oct if you like).

Everyone has 22 Oct deadlines. Once you've met the 15 Oct deadlines, you can get on with some of them.

22 Oct 18:00 / My Cambridge Application - Within 48 hours of your UCAS form submission, you will receive an email with log-in details for My Cambridge Application (MyCApp). Please then see the information. If you have problems / questions about filling in My Cambridge Application, please contact the helpdesk directly (applicationhelp@ug.admin.cam.ac.uk). If you do not receive your email with the log-in details, please check your spam / junk folders. You have not made a valid application if you don't meet the MyCApp deadline.

22 Oct 18:00 / Photo - As part of My Cambridge Application all applicants will be asked to upload a photo that meets certain requirements. It will help if you prepare for this in advance and have the photo saved on your computer.

22 Oct 18:00 / Transcript - As part of My Cambridge Application, some applicants must upload a transcript as part of My Cambridge Application. Please read the transcripts info & do I need to send a transcript? It will help greatly if you have your transcript saved as a pdf on your computer in advance.

22 Oct 23:59 / Christ's information form - Please could all applicants to Christ's complete this short information form once your UCAS application is submitted. 

22 Oct 23:59 / Disability / neurodiversity / mental health / long-term health conditions - If you ticked the UCAS box declaring a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental heath condition or other long-term health condition, and/or if you normally receive adjustments for exams, please read this page and follow the instructions given. It's helpful to look in advance as it may take time to get hold of the appropriate evidence needed to accompany the form, if relevant.

22 Oct 23:59 / Extenuating Circumstances Form - If anything has caused significant educational or home life disruption or disadvantage, this should be explained in your UCAS reference. In a very small number of cases an Extenuating Circumstances Form may be needed if your referee did not mention your circumstances in the reference. Details.  

22 Oct 23:59 / Curriculum details - We ask mature applicants / those on a foundation course / those in the first year at university to upload a curriculum summary. Please follow instructions on the curriculum details page. 

22 Oct 23:59 / Results breakdown - If you have taken AS level, A level, IB or equivalent exams and have something more than an overall grade for each subject, we ask you to send a document showing the most detailed breakdown available (if relevant). Please follow the instructions on the results breakdown page. NB. We don't require a breakdown for GCSE/IGCSEs, so many applicants will not need to do anything for this. 

22 Oct 23:59 / Requested additional documents - This won't apply to most applicants, but if we ask you for an additional document, please upload it by 22 October at the latest, following the instructions on the additional documents page. 

The 5 November (23:59 UK time) deadlines: 

5 Nov / Written work + coversheets - Please read the Written work page for details of which subjects require written work, what is needed and guidelines (including how to upload your essays and cover sheets).

5 Nov / Artwork pdf - Applicants for Architecture and Design are asked to upload an artwork pdf

5 Nov / Fee Status Questionnaire for Medicine applicants - If you've applied for Medicine and are not a UK citizen resident in the UK for the past 3 years please upload a Fee Status Questionnaire and evidence documents. Please read the page for guidelines as well as the questionnaire itself, then upload your form and documents following the instructions.

5 Nov / Fee Status Questionnaire for unusual circumstances - We only require a Fee Status Questionnaire for the Medicine applicants mentioned above, however students in other subjects are welcome to upload one if you think that you have unusual circumstances or want to clarify your fee status. See the further information.  

5 Nov / Eligibility document for students currently or previously on UK Government Funded Free School Meals - If you are currently or have been eligible for Free School Meals funded by the government in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, or if you are a mature student currently eligible for benefits, please read this page to check if you need to upload a document.

5 Nov / Students in UK care may need to email us - Please read this page if you have lived in UK local authority care, either with foster carers or in a children’s home (or in Scotland under a home supervision order).

5 Nov / Students with UK refugee status or humanitarian protections - please EITHER upload an evidence document OR provide a share code and your date of birth by 5 November so that we can check your immigration status. 

5 Nov / International Science Olympiad Medal Certificate - If you've won a gold, silver or bronze medal at one of the International Science Olympiads, please see the information and upload your certificate following the instructions. 

We will begin inviting applicants to attend online interviews as soon as possible in the second half of November and will keep you updated in the yellow box at the end of this section. Invitations are sent by email. For students who we decide not to interview, we aim to communicate our decision by the end of November at the latest.

Interviews at Christ's College will be take place online on various dates from 1-17 December 2025. Please see the subject information, where more precise interview dates will be posted as soon as they are known for individual subjects. 

If you said on My CApp that you will be unable for interview on a particular date, we will do our best to arrange your interviews avoiding that date. However this cannot be guaranteed due to the difficulty of arranging interviews for all candidates on the small number of dates that may be available for an individual subject.

Please do not ring the Admissions Office to check on the progress of your application. If you have an important and genuine enquiry, please email us and we will do our best to help. Remember though: once we get past the application forms stage, fewer queries = faster invitations to interview.

If you are selected for interview in a subject that has a College assessment then this will be organised for you automatically and you will receive a separate email with details. See the College assessments page for more information including confirmation of when the emails with further info have been sent for different subjects. If you requested adjustments for your College assessment by 22 Oct, please see details here. 

Any students receiving exam results in December/January will need to upload these. Please see this page. 

On Wednesday 28 January 2026, applicants who were selected for interview will receive both an email from Cambridge and an update via the UCAS website with the outcome of their application.