Advance notice of changes to the application process for 2027- entry
All applicants are now required to take the Test of Mathematics for University Admission (TMUA), as part of a preliminary assessment to help guide our invitations for interview.
Please note that other application materials, including the university prospectus, have not yet been updated for the 2027 entry admissions cycle.
UCAS Code: G100 BA/MMath
The application process is clearly outlined in the application pages in the University Undergraduate Prospectus.
Information and advice from the Faculty of Mathematics is available in our Guide to Admissions booklet.
Applications and colleges
At Cambridge, you are not only a member of the University, but also a member of a college, which will provide accommodation and other facilities, as well as small-group teaching and a level of academic, pastoral and financial support unsurpassed by any other UK university.
Applications are handled entirely by individual colleges. On your application you can either indicate if you have a college preference or make an open application. If you make an open application, you will be allocated a college on the basis of the number of mathematics applications per available place in each college.
Which college?
The University Undergraduate Prospectus includes a section about the colleges, which contains a substantial amount of useful information and will help you choose a college. Your choice of college is quite separate from your decision to study mathematics at Cambridge, and in many ways secondary with respect to this: often your choice will be based on factors such as the size or situation of the college, sporting or musical facilities, and other personal preferences.
Further information from colleges
Specific information concerning mathematics at an individual College is best obtained by contacting the College directly (there is a central list of college contact details). Most Colleges provide specific information about mathematics:
- Christ's College
- Churchill College
- Clare College
- Corpus Christi College
- Downing College
- Emmanuel College
- Fitzwilliam College
- Girton College
- Gonville & Caius College
- Homerton College
- Hughes Hall *
- Jesus College
- King's College
- Lucy Cavendish College
- Magdalene College
- Murray Edwards College
- Newnham College
- Pembroke College
- Peterhouse
- Queens' College
- Robinson College
- St Catharine's College
- St John's College
- St Edmund's College *
- Selwyn College
- Sidney Sussex College
- Trinity College
- Trinity Hall
* These Colleges only accept applicants who will be 21 or over at entry.