Overview
Cambridge Mathematics has four Undergraduate Open Days each year.
- These days offer you the opportunity to get a feel for the place, talk to students and staff, participate in a Mathematics lecture, and ask questions. We look forward to seeing you.
- If you cannot make an Open Day, or have missed them, the information you need to apply can be found in our admissions pages, or by emailing admissions@maths.cam.ac.uk, or by contacting individual Colleges.
What our attendees say:
"It was excellent and I enjoyed every minute while I was there. The talks were engaging and very interesting and the interview session was very fun!"
"I thought the information offered, and the overall open day format, was truly inspirational. Many thanks for putting so much thought and energy into it, and to my mind, comprehensively addressing pretty much every aspect of the application process, and course curriculum. Fantastic!"
"That's a really lovely open day and I enjoyed it."
"Really great experience and very informative."
University Open Days: Thursday 4 and Friday 5 July 2019
Faculties, Departments and Colleges are open to potential applicants on these days. The University offers a packed programme of events, with talks on the application process, student support, finance and careers.
The Faculty of Mathematics provides a dedicated stand in the central University site, and events in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, including
- Mathematics talks for applicants,
- information about Sixth Term Entrance Papers (STEP),
- drop-in sessions with students and academic members of staff, for you to ask questions and find out more about the course, applications, and what it is really like to study Mathematics at Cambridge,
- talks specifically for parents and supporters.
Our Open Day programme will be available from late June; in the meantime please see last year's Programme and Timetable for approximate timings.
Booking for these Open Days is essential and is already open; you can book using the links towards the bottom of the Cambridge Open Days pages.
- Information about University and College events is also available on the Cambridge Open Days pages.
- Please note that you are very welcome to visit us at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences with a "Partial Access" Open Day ticket.
Faculty Open Days: Saturday 27 April and Saturday 4 May 2019
These Open Days have now taken place. We are sorry if you have missed them, but there are Univeristy Open Days in July (see above) which we hope that you can attend. There will be two more Faculty Open Days in 2020.
The programme is essentially the same on both days and focusses on mathematics. It includes parallel sessions of short lectures for applicants intended to give you an idea of what it is like to study mathematics at a high level. In addition, the programme includes
- drop-in sessions with students and academic members of staff,
- interview practice with typical questions,
- a variety of other mathematical activities,
- a talk specifically for parents and supporters,
- live streaming of the short mathematical lectures for parents and supporters,
- the opportunity to visit the Centre for Mathematical Sciences and the adjacent Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
The programme for 27 April is here, and that for 4 May is here.
The Faculty Open Days take place in the afternoon. Many Colleges hold complementary Mathematics Open Days in the morning; these cover wider aspects of undergraduate life as well as mathematics. A list of Colleges and their Open Day activities is available here.
Booking is open via this link for 4 May. You can
- either book just an afternoon Faculty Open Day ticket, and then have the option of separately booking a morning College Open Day ticket (at a College without an asterisk in the list here),
- or you can book a single joint Faculty/College ticket (at a College with an asterisk in the list here)
How To Get Here
The Centre of Mathematical Sciences (CMS) is accessible by train, bus, bike or car. If travelling by car you are strongly advised to use one of the five Park & Ride sites on the outskirts of Cambridge since parking in the city centre is non-trivial and there is no parking at the CMS (note that it is possible to walk to the CMS from the Madingley Road Park & Ride site in just over 20 minutes). Find directions and a map to the CMS here.
Overseas Students
If you live overseas, note that all colleges welcome individual inquiries and may be able to make specific arrangements to come at a different time to visit the College and meet with a Director of Studies or Admissions Tutor. You should also enquire with the British Council in your own country, who will have relevant information and may hold events for international students who wish to study at Cambridge. The Cambridge Admissions Office has information for international applicants, including information about overseas interviews.
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