How to Apply
Corpus applicants follow the same application process as all Cambridge University applicants. Here’s the whole process broken down into steps.
Apply on UCAS
Send your UCAS application by 15 October in the year before you want to start. We hope you’ll pick Corpus Christi as the college on your UCAS application — select Campus Z on UCAS to apply to us.
Write a Personal Statement That Shows Your Curiosity
Forget trying to impress us with random hobbies — we want you to use the three sections of the personal statement to show us how you’ve engaged with your academic interests.
We don’t need you to use up space telling us about school studies or extracurricular activities. Instead, move quickly onto your own independent thinking about the subject you’re applying for. You should have evidence of your supercurricular engagement throughout the three sections of the personal statement.
You could include your reflections on:
- books or articles you've read
- online lectures or talks
- subject‑related competitions
- anything you’ve explored beyond class
Avoid lists of things — showing us how you’ve genuinely engaged deeply with your subject outside the classroom is the most important thing.
If you’re applying for Medicine, talk about what you learned from any work experience or volunteering you did — but this is only needed for Medicine.
My Cambridge Application
This extra form is compulsory for all applicants. Make sure you submit it before the deadline in order to avoid your application being invalid.
There is an optional part of My Cambridge Application, the Additional Personal Statement. Completing this section is great if you're applying for slightly different courses at other universities. For example, if you apply for Natural Sciences at Cambridge but Physics elsewhere, your UCAS Personal Statement can focus on Physics while this extra statement explains why you want Natural Sciences.
Submitting Written Work (if required)
Some subjects — especially arts and humanities — ask you to send in some written work. Full details are on our written work webpage.
Tip: Choose something you wrote for school that you’re proud of and shows what you can do. You shouldn’t write something new for your application.
Admissions Assessments
Some subjects require you to take an Admissions Assessment. There are two types of admissions assessments - pre-registration assessments and College-registered assessments. Carefully check the University website to see whether you are required to take an assessment as part of your application.
If you need to take a pre-registration assessment then make sure you register for this before the deadline stated on the pre-registration assessments webpage. Your application will only be valid if you register for and take the assessment.
You do not need to register separately for College-registered assessments. If you are invited for an interview, we will give full details of any assessments that you are required to take.
Interviews
In December 2026, shortlisted Corpus Christi applicants based in the UK will be interviewed in-person in Cambridge, and shortlisted Corpus Christi applicants based overseas will be interviewed online.
We’ll let you know if you’ve been shortlisted for interviews by the end of November. Applicants for some subjects are given some reading material or problems to look at immediately before their interview; we’ll tell you in your interview invitation if this is the case for you.
We wish you the very best of luck with your application. If you have any questions then get in touch with our friendly admissions team via admissions@corpus.cam.ac.uk