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Foundation Year

The Cambridge Foundation Year is a unique course intended to provide a stepping stone to Cambridge for students who have been prevented from realising their potential due to educational disadvantage or disruption.​

The course is a free and fully-funded programme offering study in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. It is only available as a full-time, one-year residential programme, and it is only open to those ordinarily resident in the UK. Prospective Applicants must meet strict eligibility criteria as well as academic entry requirements.

                                                 

Latest news

Cambridge FY podcast series on interdisciplinary pedagogy

5 June 2025

In anticipation of an event focused on interdisciplinary pedagogy at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) this month , the Cambridge Foundation Year team have released a short podcast series. The series is hosted by Dr Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft (Foundation Year Teaching Associate) and...