Undergraduate admissions at a glance
No. of students admitted per year
2
Entry requirements
All entry requirements are A-Level standard or equivalent, unless otherwise stated.
No specific subjects
Typical offer
A*AA
For details of other examination systems please see our Offer Table
Interview arrangements
Two interviews.
Candidates are asked to take a test that involves writing a short essay
Fellows & Teaching Staff
Philosophy
Why choose Girton?
Girton has a longstanding interest in, and firm commitment to, to the discipline of Philosophy. Two of the College's former Mistresses were philosophers (Mary Warnock and EEC Jones). Today, Girton has two very experienced Fellows in the teaching team, whose major interests cover logic, epistemology and metaphysics, and the philosophy of psychoanalysis.
Philosophy examines the most general questions about ourselves and our world. The rigorous intellectual approach needed to tackle such difficult questions makes it a highly technical subject, as students discover. Girton's philosophy teachers aim to support students, who must be prepared to work hard, as they get to grips with this demanding subject. At the same time doing philosophy at Girton, with its small group of students and its two Fellows, is a friendly and sociable activity.
Undergraduate information
In studying the Cambridge Philosophy course you will develop your reasoning skills, learn to think clearly about abstract problems and you will be introduced to philosophical literature and to current philosophical concepts and debates. Logic, Metaphysics and Epistemology are core elements, but in addition there is a wide choice of optional topics in second and especially third years, including papers borrowed from Classics (Greek & Roman Philosophy) or Natural Sciences (Experimental Psychology).
Graduate information
The Faculty of Philosophy offers an MPhil, an MLitt and a PhD degree at postgraduate level. Fifteen – twenty students are admitted for the MPhil, and 20-25 for the MLitt / PhD programmes.
Research and postgraduate students are admitted to the University by the Board of Graduate Studies. You must therefore apply centrally and not to the College, however you must be admitted to a College to be able to study at the University. To ensure that this is Girton you need to indicate this on your application form.
Career destinations
Apart for the option of continuing in academia, common destinations are computing, finance and law (after a Law Conversion course). Others follow traditional routes such as journalism and civil service.