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Admissions decisions for 2025 entry

23 April 2025

Candidates who applied on time for 2025 entry and were invited to complete the admissions assessment and interviews stage of our processes are awaiting decisions on their applications. We appreciate your patience as our decision-making has had to work around school holidays and caring responsibilities for the staff...

Year 12s: Applications for Apply: Cambridge 2025/26 are open now!

23 April 2025

Apply: Cambridge is the University's free applicant support programme for high-attaining students from underrepresented backgrounds and areas of the UK. It's an intensive online programme: offering information, advice and guidance to help you make a competitive application to Cambridge with weekly activities until the UCAS...

Inspiring Educator Award winner - Tom Lloyd

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 (...

Communications over the Christmas and New Year period

10 December 2024

The Foundation Year offices will be closed between Monday, 23 December 2024 and Wednesday, 1 January 2025 inclusive. During this period, we will not be able to respond to email enquiries. We will also be unable to assist with FYSAQ issues, process new UCAS applications, or issue FYSAQ forms within the usual 48 hours from...

Introducing the Foundation Year Applicant Support Programme Podcast

1 October 2024

Are you preparing to apply for the Cambridge Foundation Year? We've got just the thing to help! Our new Applicant Support Programme Podcast is here to offer you invaluable insights straight from the students themselves. Subscribe to hear them share their personal experiences, valuable advice, and unique perspectives on...

Welcome to the Class of 2024-25

29 September 2024

Welcome to the Foundation Year Class of 2024-25 Our new students commenced their studies with our Induction Week held at Fitzwilliam College from 23rd-27th September 2024. They now join other students matriculating in their Colleges for the new academic year. Our Induction Week provides an academically-oriented programme...

Congratulations to new Foundation Year students

22 August 2024

Congratulations to all the incoming Foundation Year students who received their results from A Levels, BTECs and other qualifications recently. With strong results from so many students, we look forward to teaching our biggest cohort yet. The Foundation Year's new students include Elijah from Dudley whose success was...

Class of 2023-24 End of Year Celebration

20 July 2024

Foundation Year students from 2023-24 celebrated completing their final examination and the end of their studies at an end-of-year celebration on 13 June 2024. This event was made possible by the generosity of The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Marlay Group and was hosted in the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Armoury, Islamic Arts and...

A Day in the Life - from Niall

18 June 2024

Niall, a Foundation Year student at Queens' College, has shared an insight into his daily life on the course during term. Read more here.