Protecting wild tulips
Brett Wilson and 'Team Tulip' are helping to conserve threatened wild tulip species in Central Asia – and even discovered a new species in Kyrgyzstan.
Why Cambridge?
Find out why studying at Cambridge is for you
Accommodation
For the duration of your course most students will live in a Cambridge College – somewhere to sleep, eat, learn and make lifelong friends.
Teaching
Small-group teaching and personalised learning are central to the renowned Cambridge supervision system.
How the University works
31 Colleges, 150 Departments, 18 Faculties, six Schools and other institutions. Discover how the University works.
Careers
90% of graduates were employed or in training six months after leaving (2015–17).
Learn more about our Careers Service's wide range of support.
Living here
Cambridge offers the best of both worlds: a small-city environment with great transport connections by road, rail and air. Stansted Airport and central London are both less than an hour away by train.
Funding
Three quarters of Masters students and a third of PhDs received internal or external funding in 2018/19. Learn more about our many funding opportunities.
An international community
Cambridge is a global institution with postgraduate students from 145 countries. You will quickly settle in with the support we provide for international scholars.
Accommodation
As a postgraduate student, you might live in a College or use our Accommodation Service to find somewhere that suits you. Find out more about postgraduate accommodation.
Careers
Get one-to-one support and other resources from our professional Careers Service in addition to world-class employment prospects.
Cambridge life
Student societies, sports, pubs, restaurants, shopping, museums, family venues – and London visits – all make up the Cambridge experience. Learn more about Cambridge life.
The city of Cambridge
Famous for its architecture, history and intellectual atmosphere, our small city is just 45 minutes from London and a short hop by plane or train to Europe.
How to apply
Step-by-step guidance on the applications process
News
Updates from across the University
News - Robotic sky scanner reveals its first galactic fingerprint
A major telescope upgrade has peered through to the distant Universe to reveal the spectra of a pair of galaxies 280 million light years away from Earth.
News - A new chapter in the history of evolution
Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years. Two-million-year-old DNA was identified in Ice Age sediment in Greenland.
Features - Born in Cambridge
Meet 10 University spinouts that are having an impact in the UK and around the world.
Events
Concerts, lectures, sports events, festivals and more
Online - Is Cambridge for someone like me? - Wed 14 December
Get step-by-step Foundation Year application advice in our monthly webinars. The Foundation Year course is a free and fully-funded programme offering study in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Exhibitions - Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest - to Sun 8 January 2023
Our exhibition is the first of its kind to examine the interplay between money, power and dissent over the last 200 years.
Admissions - Think Cambridge - Mon 30 January to Thu 16 February
Thinking about University? Join our series of webinars to inspire Year 11 and 12 students to apply to Cambridge.
Student perspectives
Cambridge on Instagram
Instagram
When the grass is covered in snow, do the rules apply? See our Instagram account for more of our people and places.
