Join our masterclasses, taster days, webinars and events

Dates for upcoming University-wide Open Days are as follows: 

Main undergraduate Open Day

• Thursday 8 July 2027
• Friday 9 July 2027

Colleges Open Day

• Friday 10 September 2027

Booking for Open Days in July 2027 will open in mid-March 2027. Booking for the Colleges Open Day in September 2027 will open after the July Open Days.

More information will be shared on this page closer to the time! 

Join us on Tuesday 1 December, 5:30pm-6:30pm (UK time) to hear our advice and information ahead of your Cambridge interview. 

This webinar is open to applicants to Cambridge for 2027 entry or 2028 deferred entry for undergraduate study.

Girton College applicants
Priority booking for Girton College applicants who have been invited to interview will open on Tuesday 24 November. Information on how to book your space will be sent to you via an email from the Girton Admissions Team at applicants@girton.cam.ac.uk. You do not have to complete the form. 

Non-Girton College applicants
You can register your interest to attend the webinar via this form by Monday 23 November at 5pm (UK time). A booking link to attend the webinar will be sent to you via email from access@girton.cam.ac.uk on Friday 27 November and you will have until Monday 30 November at 5:30pm (UK time) to secure your space.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Girton Outreach Team at access@girton.cam.ac.uk. 

This webinar is not compulsory to attend, nor will it form part of your Cambridge application. It is simply provided as additional support and guidance for applicants preparing for interview.

Girton’s Humanities Writing Competition is for students in Year 12 (England/Wales), S5 (Scotland), Year 13 (Northern Ireland) who have an interest in the Humanities. Students submit a piece of writing based on one or more objects selected from the College’s small antiquities museum, the Lawrence Room.

The competition is an opportunity for research and writing beyond the curriculum using one or more of the objects as your focus. We accept essays or creative responses (such as dramatic monologues or short stories). 

This Competition is now live for 2026-27.

Deadline: Friday 5 March 2027, 5pm (UK time).

Further information can be found here.

Cambridge Subject Masterclasses

Curious about university life and keen to explore your subject choices? Our Cambridge Subject Masterclasses are the perfect opportunity to go beyond the school curriculum and explore what it’s like to study your favourite subject at one of the world’s leading universities.

Masterclasses are designed for students in Year 12 (S5 for Scotland, Year 13 for NI, international grade 10 or 11, or equivalent) and mature students. Both UK and international students are welcome to attend.

Further information can be found on the webpage.

Cambridge Foundation Year Applicant Support Programme 2026-27

The Cambridge Foundation Year Applicant Support Programme provides free online support and guidance throughout the application process. Sessions are open to prospective students, teachers and advisers.

This year's programme includes:

12 October 2026, 16:30-17:30: UCAS and Personal Statements

11 November 2026, 16:30-17:30: Foundation Year Supplementary Application Questionnaire (FYSAQ)

2 December 2026, 16:30-17:30: Admissions Help Panel

6 January 2027, 16:30-17:30: Foundation Year Q&A Panel

Sessions will include members of the Foundation Year team alongside students who have experienced the Foundation Year themselves, providing practical advice and opportunities to ask questions.

The Cambridge Foundation Year is a fully funded course for students whose educational potential has been affected by disadvantage or disruption. Students who successfully complete the Foundation Year can progress to one of 18 undergraduate courses at Cambridge, subject to the relevant progression requirements.

Find out more about the Foundation Year and eligibility:
Foundation Year - Applying

Register for the free Applicant Support Programme:
Sign up to the Applicant Support Programme

Realise Autumn Visit

Realise, the University of Cambridge's information service for care-experienced and estranged students, will be hosting a visit day on Friday 20 November. 

This event offers prospective care-experienced and estranged students an opportunity to learn more about the undergraduate application process as well as the support available to care-experienced and estranged students at Cambridge.

The day will include:

• an information session delivered by admissions and outreach staff
• a Q+A session with current Cambridge students
• a trip to a Cambridge museum
• lunch and a College tour

A train ticket to Cambridge will be provided for attendees. Regrettably, we are unable to provide accommodation.

Please note that this event is only for care-experienced students, estranged students, and their guests. 'Care-experienced' means you have been placed in foster care, a residential home, formal kinship care or have been looked after at home under a supervision order. 'Estranged' means having had no contact with your parents or carer(s) for at least 12 months, which is unlikely to change. This is due to a permanent breakdown in your relationship with your biological, step or adoptive parents.

Please also note that booking is required: without a confirmed booking, we will be unable to welcome you to the event. The deadline for applications is 2 November 2026 at 5:00pm, or when the event is full (whichever comes first). An application to attend does not guarantee a place at the event. We will prioritise applicants who have not previously visited Cambridge.

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology 

Davidson Inventors Challenge STEM innovation competition

Applications from Year 11 or 12 student teams in the UK for the annual Davidson Inventors Challenge (DIC) run by the University of Cambridge Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB) are now open. 

The Challenge, focused on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address global challenges in sustainability and healthcare, was launched by CEB in 2020 in honour to the late Emeritus Professor John Davidson. It is now a popular outreach and widening participation initiative heavily endorsed and supported by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).

It involves identifying and selecting a challenge/problem to work on, and coming up with feasible, innovative, and sustainable solution with real world impact.  Participating teams, supported be mentors, will be expected to write a report to demonstrate use of problem-solving and critical thinking skills and put basic process and product design abilities into practice.

Note: Students from state schools and underrepresented backgrounds are especially welcome and encouraged to apply. As part of the initial application, teams will be required to submit both a project outline and a teacher confirmation form. All entries will then be reviewed by our team of mentors, and a maximum of 100 proposals (2 max from the same school) will be selected to continue developing their proposed idea.

Team sign-up deadline: 1 November 

More information can be found here.

Faculty of English

The Faculty of English is running 2 online masterclasses next month. Aimed at A Level, IB or Scottish Higher English Literature students who may be considering studying English at university, Year 11s thinking about taking English next year are also more than welcome to join us - as are teachers. Experience a lecture with one of our academic staff, learn more about studying English at university level, in particular at Cambridge, hear from our students about their experience of applying and of student life and learn where an English degree can take you.

To book for 12th November: Subject Masterclass | Cambridge English

To book for 19th November: https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/event/subject-masterclass-0

For more info: outreach@english.cam.ac.uk

Faculty of Law

Exploring Law Conference 2027

When: 5th – 8th April 2027

Who: Year 12 students (Y13 NI/S5 Scotland)

What: Are you interested in studying Law at university? Applications are open for our residential programme, which offers a balanced view of Law as an academic subject and profession and provides an insight into life as a Cambridge undergraduate student. Participants will attend taster lectures, information sessions, and Q & A opportunities with solicitors and barristers. Evening socials will include law exploration activities.

Where: Cambridge Faculty of Law. Accommodation is provided at Cambridge Colleges.

Places: Both free and self-funded places available. A small number of travel bursaries are available to free-place applicants.

Applications close: midday 30th Nov 2026.  Places confirmed by 15th Jan 2027.

More info, eligibility criteria and application link: Exploring Law Conference | Faculty of Law

Any questions to: exploringconference@law.cam.ac.uk

Humanities Exploration Day 

We are hosting a Humanities Exploration Day for Year 12 students on the 4th December 2026 here in Cambridge. The aim is to give students the opportunity to experience university-level teaching in a range of humanities subjects, to enrich their current studies and to help them decide which subject might be the best choice for them going forward.

The event will run from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, with the opportunity for college tours afterwards.

Who is the day for?

Year 12 students who may be interested in pursuing a subject like Law, English, History, Classics, Archaeology, or Languages at a selective university, but would like more help deciding which is the right subject for them.

We also welcome applications from school groups of higher attaining year 11 students who are planning to study Arts and Humanities A-levels.

There is no minimum or maximum group size for school groups, but places are limited and we cannot guarantee we will be able to accommodate all applicants. Each student will need to be registered separately. Please contact us at humanitiesdays@csah.cam.ac.uk

Priority will be given to UK State Schools or FE Colleges as well as students who meet our widening participation criteria. For more information and booking: Apply – Humanities Exploration Day 2026 - Cambridge – Faculty of Law, Cambridge

Churchill College

Webinars for Prospective Students

Churchill College is holding free online live presentations and question and answer sessions for prospective students, covering aspects of the Cambridge admissions process.

The webinars run on Tuesday or Thursday evenings from 4.30 – 5.30pm via Zoom.

The webinars are aimed at prospective applicants in Years 11 – 13 (Y12-Y14 NI, S4-S6 Scotland) but teachers, parents and supporters are welcome to join as well.

See the full schedule on the website: College Tasters and Applicant Events - Churchill College

Live attendance is encouraged, as sessions are not recorded, nor are materials distributed afterwards.

To sign up, please complete the form linked here: Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

Corpus Christi College

The Pelican Programme, running now for a 6th year, is a sustained super-curricular programme with subject-specific streams (Architecture, Classics, English, Geography, History, Law, Modern and Medieval Languages, Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics, Physical Sciences, Psychological and Behavioural Sciences). 

Students have to be:

• in Y12 (Y13/S5 in Northern Ireland/Scotland)
• on course for  A*AA or higher (or equivalent), A*A*A or higher (or equivalent) for Physical Sciences and PBS streams
• Attend a UK maintained state school or be home-educated in the UK
• For the Physical Sciences stream, only students who identify as female may apply, and students must be studying Maths, Chemistry and/or Physics at A-level.

There is no direct application process; students have to be nominated by a teacher at their school. More information, and eligibility criteria, can be found on our website - https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/pelican

Deadline: Friday 27 November 2026

Fitzwilliam College

Young Researchers 2027

Young Researchers offers Year 10 students the chance to try out university-style learning - with eight online sessions led by a current Masters or PhD student, and the chance to carry out their own research project before presenting their work to family and peers at a celebration day held at Fitzwilliam College. This year there are five courses to choose from, covering subjects areas including Public Policy, Medieval Studies, Medical Humanities, Anthropology, and Sociology. 

The deadline to apply is Sunday 3rd January, with courses running through the spring term.

Full information, including course outlines and hope to apply, available via the Fitzwilliam College website!

Pembroke College

Subject Interview Webinars

Pembroke is pleased to be partnering with Christ's, Downing, Fitzwilliam, Magdalene, Queens', Sidney Sussex, Lucy Cavendish, St Catharine's and St John's Colleges to deliver a range of interview webinars for state school students who are in Year 13/S6/Year 14 (NI) and actively considering applying to Cambridge this October. 

These online webinars are tailored towards students who are about to submit their applications to Cambridge. They aim to:

• Provide an overview of the interview process
• Include a subject-specific interview workshop, delivered by academics from the university
• Offer the chance to get any additional questions answered.

There are 26 webinars running across most subjects, more information and links to sign up can be found here: Interview webinars (Year 13/S6)

Trinity Hall

You'll Fit In 2026/2027

Who: Students in Year 12 with high academic potential who are considering applying to Cambridge University and who identify with one of the following ethnicity categories:

• Black or Black British – African
• Black or Black British – Caribbean
• Other Black background
• Mixed – White and Black African
• Mixed – White and Black Caribbean
• Other mixed background (to include Black African, Black Caribbean or Black Other)
• Arab
• Asian or Asian British – Pakistani
• Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi
• Mixed – White and Asian (to include Pakistani or Bangladeshi)

We recognise that some students do not identify precisely with one of these categories but belong to underrepresented ethnicities. Therefore, we welcome students to apply, and they will be given the opportunity to give us further details on the application form.

When: December 2026-September 2027; The launch webinar will take place from 17:00-18:00 on 17th December.

Details: A free programme offered by Trinity Hall, consisting of a series of information webinars about the Cambridge application process. A selected, smaller group of students will be offered the opportunity to visit Trinity Hall on one of our two residentials, which run in April and August: priority will be given to those who have particular contextual flags, as outlined on our website. Additionally, some students will be selected to participate in specialised supercurricular sessions, subject to them providing a teacher reference. Allocation to these sessions will be based on a combination of contextual flags and subject availability.

Link: Full details can be found on our website. 

Deadline to apply: 14th December 2026

You’ll Fit In: One Step Ahead

Who: Year 10 and 11 students who are considering applying to a competitive university and identify with one of the following ethnicity categories: 

• Black or Black British – African
• Black or Black British – Caribbean
• Other Black background
• Mixed – White and Black African
• Mixed – White and Black Caribbean
• Other mixed background (to include Black African, Black Caribbean or Black Other)
• Arab
• Asian or Asian British – Pakistani
• Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi
• Mixed – White and Asian (to include Pakistani or Bangladeshi)

We recognise that some students do not identify precisely with one of these categories but belong to underrepresented ethnicities. Therefore, we welcome students to apply, and they will be given the opportunity to give us further details on the application form.

When: December 2026-April 2027; The launch webinar will take place from 17:00-18:00 on 18th December.

Details: A new programme, designed to precede the main You’ll Fit In programme, consisting of a series of webinars providing general information about higher education, making good Post-16 choices, and deciding what to study at university. Parents and carers are encouraged to attend the sessions alongside students. The programme will set students up for success when they start their A levels, knowing the subjects that they are taking align with their future ambitions. Year 11 students who demonstrate consistent engagement throughout the programme will be automatically transferred to the Year 12 programme for 2027/2028, provided that they meet the minimum academic requirements.

Link: Full details can be found on our website. 

Deadline: 14th December 2026