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Apply using the Applicant Portal
The Apply Now button on the right will take you to the Applicant Portal. There, you can create and submit your application and supporting documents, and you can also request your references.
An application is only complete when:
- you have submitted your application and supporting documents via the Applicant Portal
- you have paid the application fee if applicable. For further information on application fees, and which courses require an application fee, see here.
- your referees have provided their references.
If you miss the deadlines specified in this section, you will not be able to submit your application.
Offers made of places on this course are conditional on clearing any security checks the University deems necessary. Security checks are routinely required for all individuals involved in research activities that include working with sensitive information; working with children and vulnerable adults; working with live animals or with tissues supplied from live animals or working in an environment in which such work is pursued by others; working with dangerous pathogens or in a category 3 containment laboratory; or working with some other sensitive technologies.
Selection Process
Applications are considered after the funding or course deadline has passed.
Applications for funding are assessed following the funding deadline in December and interviews are held in early January. Applicants who apply by this deadline can usually expect to receive a decision on their admission to the Department in February and funding awards are then announced by Cambridge funders from March onwards.
All other applications are reviewed after the relevant course deadline has passed, three times a year for each term's intake. Applicants are notified of the outcome of their application within three weeks of the deadline or interviews.
Further information on How To Apply
Things You'll Need
In order to apply for this course you'll need to think about getting a few things ready before you apply.
- Two academic references
- Transcript
- CV/resume
- Evidence of competence in English
If required - you can check using our tool - Proposed Supervisor (M)
Do you have any potential supervisors in mind? (list all in order of preference)
Gates Cambridge Scholarships
If you wish to be considered for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship you will also need to provide the following:
See Gates Cambridge for more information.
How to Find a Supervisor
We advise all applicants to try to contact supervisors before applying. Applicants must have a named supervisor on their application form as we do not assign supervisors. Applicants may still apply to a supervisor if they have not heard back from them as their application will be reviewed by the supervisor as well as the graduate committee. The list of current research projects is available here.