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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

Recognising the teacher who helped a Foundation Year student believe in himself

27 January 2025

Tom Lloyd, a lecturer in Sociology from Dudley College of Technology, an FE College in the West Midlands, has been recognised in the University of Cambridge’s Inspiring Educator of the Year Awards. Tom was nominated by Foundation Year student Elijah Denning. Tom kindled Elijah's passion for the subject and supported him in...

Next steps for 2025 entry applicants

23 January 2025

The UCAS deadline for 2025 entry is 6pm on Wednesday, 29 January 2025. We are unable to consider late applicants, and we do not use UCAS Extra or Clearing. The final deadline for Foundation Year Supplementary Application Questionnaires (FYSAQ) this year is Friday, 7 February 2025 at 12pm. Extenuating Circumstances Forms (...