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The Foundation Year offices will be closed between Friday 22 December 2023 and Monday 1 January 2024 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 our receiving your UCAS applicati…

Students who last October joined the University of Cambridge’s new pre-degree foundation year are this term beginning their degrees at Cambridge and other top UK universities, after successfully completing the one-year programme.Last year, 47 students joined the Cambridge Foundation Year’s first cohort, with 39 (83%) successfully completing the cou…

Welcome to the Foundation Year Class of 2023-24!Our new students commenced their studies with our Induction Week held at Fitzwilliam College from 18-22 September 2023. They will now be moving into the 12 Colleges hosting students this year. This includes Queens' College and St Edmund's College who are welcoming their first Foundation Year students …

Congratulations to all the incoming Foundation Year students who received their results from A Levels, BTECs and other qualifications last week. The Foundation Year's new students include Daanyaal from Shirley High School in Croydon whose results were featured on the University of Cambridge homepage. Daanyaal is the first from his school to come to…

Foundation Year students marked the end of their studies at a special end-of-year celebration on 14 June 2023 in The Fitzwilliam Museum’s Armoury, Islamic Arts and Courtyard galleries. Students and their friends, family and supporters joined staff in this unique space with staff to mark the Class of 2022-23’s achievements in completing the course f…

An event was held at Fitzwilliam College on Tuesday, 16 May 2023 to celebrate the Cambridge Foundation Year and recognise the generous contributions of our benefactors.The event brought together the first cohort of Foundation Year students and University staff involved in the programme with benefactors. Students had the opportunity to engage with t…

The UCAS deadline for 2023 entry has now passed. We are unable to consider late applicants and we do not use UCAS Extra or Clearing.Applicants for 2023 entry who were shortlisted have now completed the Foundation Year Admissions Assessment and been interviewed. We expect to communicate decisions on 2 May 2023 and applicants will receive decisions b…

The Foundation Year offices will be closed between Thursday 22 December 2022 and Monday 2 January 2023 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 our receiving your UCAS applic…

Cambridge’s first-ever Foundation Year students are among those who have arrived at the University for the start of the new academic year.The 47 students are joining the new one-year, pre-degree programme, created to address educational disadvantage and disruption, and offering a new route to undergraduate study for students who demonstrate the aca…

As we gear up for teaching in the new academic year, our teaching team wanted to share some of their thoughts on the coming year. You can find out more about their academic interests and teaching areas here.What are you most looking forward to in teaching on the Foundation Year?Dr Corinne Roughley:Firstly, I’m really excited about the chance to con…

Please note that all places on the Cambridge Foundation Year for 2022 have been filled. We are not offering any places via UCAS Clearing and we are not using the University of Cambridge's August Reconsideration Pool to reconsider applicants for this or any other programme at Cambridge. 

More than 50 students from backgrounds of educational disadvantage have been offered a place on the University of Cambridge’s first-ever pre-degree foundation year. Following a rigorous admissions process, offers have been made to 52 students.Free and fully funded, the Cambridge Foundation Year is aimed at engaging an entirely new stream of applica…

The UCAS deadline for 2022 entry has now passed. We are unable to consider late applicants. For those who have applied, if you haven’t already completed the FYSAQ you will have until 2 February 2022. If you have disability, specific learning difficulty (including Dyslexia and Dyspraxia) or long-term illness and need us to make appropriate adjustmen…

A reminder to applicants that if you wish to be considered for the Cambridge Foundation Year, you must apply via UCAS by 18:00 (UK time) on Wednesday 26 January 2022. Applicants who submit their form between today (20th January) and the deadline will have until 2 February 2022 to complete the Foundation Year Supplementary Application Questionnaire …

The Foundation Year offices will be closed between Friday 24 December 2021 and Monday 3 January 2022 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 us receiving your UCAS applicati…