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Postgraduate Study

 

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 College75%+50–74%
Churchill College75%+50–74%
Clare College75%+50–74%
Clare Hall75%+75%+
Corpus Christi College50–74%50–74%
Darwin College75%+75%+
Downing College75%+75%+
Emmanuel College75%+50–74%
Fitzwilliam College75%+75%+
Girton College75%+75%+
Gonville & Caius College50–74%50–74%
Homerton College75%+75%+
Hughes Hall75%+75%+
Jesus College75%+50–74%
King's College25–49%<25%
Lucy Cavendish College75%+50–74%
Magdalene College75%+50–74%
Murray Edwards75%+50–74%
Newnham College75%+75%+
Pembroke College50–74%25–49%
Peterhouse75%+<25%
Queens' College75%+75%+
Robinson College75%+75%+
Selwyn College75%+50–74%
Sidney Sussex College75%+75%+
St Catharine's College75%+50–74%
St Edmund's College75%+75%+
St John's College25–49%<25%
Trinity College<25%<25%
Trinity Hall75%+50–74%
Wolfson College75%+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 College25–49%<25%
Churchill College75%+50–74%
Clare College50–74%25–49%
Clare Hall75%+75%+
Corpus Christi College50–74%25–49%
Darwin College75%+75%+
Downing College50–74%50–74%
Emmanuel College50–74%25–49%
Fitzwilliam College75%+75%+
Girton College75%+75%+
Gonville & Caius College50–74%25–49%
Homerton College75%+75%+
Hughes Hall75%+75%+
Jesus College50–74%25–49%
King's College25–49%<25%
Lucy Cavendish College75%+75%+
Magdalene College50–74%50–74%
Murray Edwards75%+75%+
Newnham College75%+50–74%
Pembroke College25–49%<25%
Peterhouse50–74%<25%
Queens' College75%+50–74%
Robinson College75%+75%+
Selwyn College75%+50–74%
Sidney Sussex College75%+75%+
St Catharine's College75%+50–74%
St Edmund's College75%+75%+
St John's College25–49%<25%
Trinity College<25%<25%
Trinity Hall50–74%25–49%
Wolfson College75%+75%+