When you apply for a postgraduate course at the University of Cambridge, you can select up to 2 College preferences. You can find out more about this process and College membership at Colleges and postgraduate applications.
The tables below show the percentage of applicants who were made an offer to study at Cambridge and who were given membership by one of their preferred Colleges.
Please note, admissions decisions for postgraduate courses are made by the academic departments. This is separate from the decision on College membership, which is made after you have been offered a place to study at Cambridge.
College preference and membership statistics 2022/23 to 2024/25
Doctoral offer holders
Percentage of doctoral (e.g. PhD) offer holders given College membership at each College when selected as their 1st and 2nd preference.
| College | % of doctoral offer holders allocated to this College when selected as 1st preference | % of doctoral offer holders allocated to this College when selected as 2nd preference |
|---|---|---|
| Christ's College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Churchill College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Clare College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Clare Hall | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Corpus Christi College | 50–74% | 50–74% |
| Darwin College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Downing College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Emmanuel College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Fitzwilliam College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Girton College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Gonville & Caius College | 50–74% | 50–74% |
| Homerton College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Hughes Hall | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Jesus College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| King's College | 25–49% | <25% |
| Lucy Cavendish College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Magdalene College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Murray Edwards | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Newnham College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Pembroke College | 50–74% | 25–49% |
| Peterhouse | 75%+ | <25% |
| Queens' College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Robinson College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Selwyn College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Sidney Sussex College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| St Catharine's College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| St Edmund's College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| St John's College | 25–49% | <25% |
| Trinity College | <25% | <25% |
| Trinity Hall | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Wolfson College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
Non-doctoral offer holders
Percentage of non-doctoral (e.g. Master’s) offer holders given College membership at each College when selected as their 1st and 2nd preference.
| College | % of non-doctoral offer holders allocated to this College when selected as 1st preference | % of non-doctoral offer holders allocated to this College when selected as 2nd preference |
|---|---|---|
| Christ's College | 25–49% | <25% |
| Churchill College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Clare College | 50–74% | 25–49% |
| Clare Hall | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Corpus Christi College | 50–74% | 25–49% |
| Darwin College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Downing College | 50–74% | 50–74% |
| Emmanuel College | 50–74% | 25–49% |
| Fitzwilliam College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Girton College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Gonville & Caius College | 50–74% | 25–49% |
| Homerton College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Hughes Hall | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Jesus College | 50–74% | 25–49% |
| King's College | 25–49% | <25% |
| Lucy Cavendish College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Magdalene College | 50–74% | 50–74% |
| Murray Edwards | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Newnham College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Pembroke College | 25–49% | <25% |
| Peterhouse | 50–74% | <25% |
| Queens' College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Robinson College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| Selwyn College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| Sidney Sussex College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| St Catharine's College | 75%+ | 50–74% |
| St Edmund's College | 75%+ | 75%+ |
| St John's College | 25–49% | <25% |
| Trinity College | <25% | <25% |
| Trinity Hall | 50–74% | 25–49% |
| Wolfson College | 75%+ | 75%+ |