• Reminder emails were sent to applicants today about documentation required from you, as applicable, and by the deadline of 5 November (ie: Written work, Portfolio for Architecure Applicants, Adjustment Forms). 
• By 22 October 18.00 (UK Time) for the SAQ: Shortly after submitting your UCAS application, you'll be asked via email to complete an online Supplementary Application Questionnaire (SAQ). In order to make a valid application to the University of Cambridge, you must submit your SAQ by the deadline set. In the majority of cases this deadline will be 18.00 (UK time) on 22 October.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:  How to make a valid application to the University of Cambridge.

Once you have submitted your UCAS Application (and COPA, if required) you will also be asked to complete a Supplementary Application Questionnaire (SAQ). Further details below:

By 22 October 18.00 (UK Time) for the SAQ: Shortly after submitting your UCAS application, you'll be asked via email to complete an online Supplementary Application Questionnaire (SAQ). In order to make a valid application to the University of Cambridge, you must submit your SAQ by the deadline set. In the majority of cases this deadline will be 18.00 (UK time) on 22 October. Further help is available in the Guide to Completing the SAQ and a list of frequently asked questions is available on the SAQ FAQ page

By 19 October for the COPA (as applicable): Whether or not you are required to complete the Cambridge Online Preliminary Application (COPA) is based on where you are geographically at the time of application, and is not related to fee status or citizenship. The COPA should be completed in addition to a UCAS application and a Supplementary Application Questionnaire (SAQ), and your application won’t be valid unless all three are received by the relevant deadline. Please see COPA Frequently Asked Questions for further guidance.

• The UCAS application,  COPA and Transcript deadline has now passed. 
• A reminder about the upcoming deadline of: 26 September - SAQ deadline for applicants to be interviewed in Malaysia or Singapore.

Interview Information for Cambridge:
In order to minimise COVID-related risks to our applicants, students and staff in the coming undergraduate admissions round, the University is making plans to interview applicants this year without requiring them to travel to Cambridge in December. Further details about alternative arrangements will be released as soon as available.

Overseas Interviews Information:
In order to minimise COVID-related risks to our applicants, students and staff in the coming undergraduate admissions round, the University is not planning to conduct any overseas interviews in person this year in the countries in which they usually interview (Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), PR China (Shanghai), Hong Kong, India (Mumbai) and Canada (Toronto)).  They plan to conduct these interviews remotely and will release further details about these arrangements in due course.  We recommend that you check this website, Overseas Interviews, regularly for updates.

If you have applied to be considered for an overseas interview, you will be contacted by the Office coordinating these applications and informed of any interviews and/or assessment that have been arranged in your preferred interview location. If you have requested to be interviewed in Cambridge, you will be contacted by the Admissions Office at Homerton College.

15 Sept:

• Have a look at application dates and deadlines for all the important dates to be aware of in the application cycle. There is a summary in the box below.
• Remember to register in time for your pre-interview admission assessment.  Please visit the Cambridge pre-interview assessment dates and costs page for full details.

20 September: UCAS application, and COPA and Transcript deadlines for students to be interviewed remotely in Malaysia or Singapore.
26 September: SAQ deadline for applicants to be interviewed in Malaysia or Singapore.

1 October: 
BMAT registration deadline, for Medicine applicants taking November BMAT.

15 October: 
UCAS application deadline
Pre-interview assessments registration deadline (other than BMAT).

19 October: 
COPA deadline for students to be interviewed in Cambridge, Canada, Hong Kong, India or PR China.

22 October:
SAQ deadline for most applicants
(Shortly after submitting your UCAS application, you'll be asked via email to complete an online Supplementary Application Questionnaire (SAQ). In order to make a valid application to the University of Cambridge, you must submit your SAQ by the deadline set. In the majority of cases this deadline will be 18.00 (UK time) on 22 October).
Transcript deadline for applicants (if applicable) other than Organ Scholarship applicants and applicants wishing to be interviewed remotely in Malaysia or Singapore.

26 October:
Extenuating Circumstance (ECF) deadline for submitting the online extenuating circumstances form.

4 and 5 November: BMAT, ELAT and other pre-interview assessments taken.

5 November: Written work deadline for applicants. For the following subjects only: ASNC, AMES, Classics, Education, English, History, History & Modern Languages, History and Politics, History of Art, HSPS, MML, Music and Theology.

Please have a look at the following pages for further helpful information, as applicable to you:

• If your education has been significantly disrupted or disadvantaged, it may be appropriate for your school/college referee (or your doctor or social worker) to complete and submit an Extenuating Circumstances Form by 26 October 2020. (This form is not for COVID-19-related educational disruption, as a separate form will be provided to applicants for this purpose, if applicable). 
• If you have a disability, specific leaning difficulty, long-term health condition or mental health condition, we strongly encourage you to disclose this and provide any relevant information in your UCAS application.
• If you have spent time in Local Authority Care in the UK.