1 September:

It's September! We hope that everyone is doing well! Those of you who've emailed recently will mainly have received replies saying we've passed your message on to the tutorial team. Apart from one or two small things, it is now the tutorial team who are looking after you and they are very busy arranging things for your arrival in Cambridge. Meanwhile here in the admissions team, we are already looking after the October 2025 applicants! For those who applied last year, I'm sure you remember the back-to-school rush to get your applications sorted out well! Remember that the tutorial team are due to publish information for you on 8 Sept, so you will soon have more detail about joining the College. Thanks very much for your patience!

22 August

Emails confirming whether or not UK students have been selected for the Bridging Course have been sent (internationals / those educated outside the UK - this is not relevant to you so you won't have had an email about it). If you were expecting an email and can't see one, check whether you had a paragraph about the bridging course in your offer letter, and if yes, check your spam/junk folder and then email us. Thank you! 

22 August:

This week (at various times for different subjects) we have sent / we are sending emails with information about preparation for your course. Please could I remind you to be checking your spam/junk folder in case anything has gone there
- Chemical Engineering, Natural Sciences, Engineering - you're getting info about "STEMBridge" (online course) at some point today
- MML and History and ML, you had a letter from the Director of Studies earlier in the summer.
- everyone else has had an email this week
- Medics: note that the Handbook that we included with your course preparation info is very important. Keep a copy of it safely as you will need to refer back to it. 

19 August: 

Thank you for your patience! We are now beginning to send emails for students starting this October. Please check your inbox for the accommodation form (deadline 31 August). 

14 August:

Baines in front of sign
Baines. One of the Christ's Cats

Many congratulations on having your place at Christ's confirmed. We are very much looking forward to welcoming you all as new students here.

We now have exam results for all of our conditional offer holders and we're sending out emails during the day today (Thurs 14 August). In the next few days we'll be working on the remaining decisions, processes and support for students who have not had their places confirmed at this stage (thank you for your patience whilst we do this - we will not have capacity to answer other queries today and tomorrow).

What happens next? For those with a 2025 entry place:

  • On Monday afternoon / Tuesday, we will email you with the accommodation preferences form which you need to complete by 31 August, and a small number of other things we need to say at this stage.
  • Also next week (unsure which day - last year it was Wednesday), we will be in touch with home fee status students educated in the UK who had a paragraph about the Bridging Course in your offer letters (normally on page 2 if you're looking). We will write to let you know whether or not you are in the group we would like to attend the course (this affects your arrival date)
  • On 8 September your freshers information will be published by the Tutorial Office. Most info will be online but some individual details may also be sent by email (emails will be sent the following week).

You can help us greatly by waiting to receive the information on 8 September - this is very comprehensive and will answer the vast majority of your practical questions.

From early Sept you will be looked after by our colleagues in the Tutorial Office (which looks after current Christ's students and will be organising things for your arrival). 


 

Group gathered around laptop
Inside the new Yusuf Hamied Court

Christ's Freshers WhatsApp Group

It can be really good to talk to current students and other freshers at this stage! The JCR (Student Union) Freshers Reps are running a WhatsApp group for 2025 entry Christ's freshers. You will be given the link on Thursday or Friday. DO NOT POST THE LINK ONLINE ANYWHERE - that way you can make sure that the people in the group are genuinely Christ's 2025 entry freshers and current students! 

If you'd like to be in a freshers chat group, we recommend that you use this group and keep it secure. Be careful online this week - there will be many unsecure groups that pop up and all kinds of people trying to scam you....

The Christ's freshers chat group is, of course, entirely optional - if online chat groups are not your thing, feel free to ignore it and wait to meet everyone in person!

Please email admissions@christs.cam.ac.uk for further information if you'd like to take part but WhatsApp is banned in your country - we hope to work out an alternative for affected freshers in the week of 18 August if possible. 

Visiting Students, Students deferred from last year etc - you'll all be invited, don't worry. Do bear with us though - we have a lot to work through at the moment. 
 

Visiting

Sometimes people want to visit at this time: anyone who can get to Cambridge and would like to do a self-guided visit to the College is welcome (though please excuse the mess as we're currently doing a number of maintenance projects). Please read the pages on seeing the College as an offer holder and self-guided visits carefully to ensure that you come when we are open etc.
 

Accommodation

We will send the Accommodation form (which includes the questions we need to ask you about your accommodation preferences) by email on Monday 18 or Tuesday 19 August. You have until 31 August to complete the survey (online) and all responses received by that date will be considered equally (i.e. no rush - it's not first come, first served, and it's not a problem if you're away). More info on the form itself, when you get it. Students with home fee status and educated in the UK will need to wait to receive the email about the Bridging Course next week (to find out whether you've been selected for it or not) before completing the accommodation form, as this affects your arrival date. 

 

Three students at picnic table in Third Court
Third Court

Online information

Whilst you are waiting to receive further information, there are some helpful details on the following pages:

If you're from overseas, see also

  • Visa information (if relevant)
  • For students who need a visa, the International Students Team will be sending some CAS documents the end of this week and a lot next week (they hope to have most CAS documents sent by Friday 22 August). Please help them to work efficiently by not emailing them. They are aware they you are waiting but if they take time to answer questions that slows things down. Many thanks!

Want to apply for an Instrumental Award? 

  • Application for instrumental awards is open from 9am (UK time) on 15 August and the deadline for application will be 20 September at 9am UK time. See the Instrumental Awards page.
     

Deferred entry

Of course, if your offer is for 2026 (or even 2027!) entry, the pages to keep an eye on over the next year are:

That's all for now, congratulations again! For those who applied to Christ's, it's been a pleasure to support you through the application process / as offer holders, and we're delighted that you will soon be joining the College, and for those who applied to a different College, welcome! This is a very friendly community that you'll be joining, and we hope you'll enjoy finding out even more about Christ's, and finally coming to join us as students. 

My College Family really helped (like every first year I got two college parents from second year, along with two or three other freshers who were therefore my siblings!). It was so reassuring to have someone to ask those questions which you know are small but you still worry about.

Tom