Offer Holders
Below is a list of key information, dates and deadlines for those holding an offer to commence their studies in October 2024 or deferred entry in October 2025.
If you have any questions then please get in touch with the Admissions Office by emailing admissions@magd.cam.ac.uk or calling 01223 332135.
Dates and deadlines
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Submit Cambridge Trust Application Form via the Applicant Documents Upload Form. A Cambridge Trust Application Form was sent to all overseas offer holders in January. Only those with a financial need should apply for a scholarship. More information can be found on the Cambridge Trust website. |
by 9 February | Overseas offer holders who want to apply for a Cambridge Trust Scholarship. |
| Apply for Choral Scholarship. Further information can be found on the Centre for Music Performance. | by 15 February | Open to any offer holder. |
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Return Immunisation Record and Medical Student Health Questionnaire to Occupational Health. Details of this can be found in your offer letter and accompanying email. |
by 29 March | Medicine and Veterinary Medicine offer holders. |
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Submit a copy of valid photographic ID for ID check purposes via the Applicant Documents Upload Form. Offer holders who will need a student visa will be required to submit a copy of their passport they wish to use as part of the request for student immigration documentation. |
by 12 April | All offer holders. |
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Deadline by which offer holders who will need a student visa for their studies in Cambridge to provide all necessary information and evidence as part of the request for student immigration documentation. Offer holders who will need a visa received an email with full instructions in February. |
by 15 April | Offers holders who will need a student visa. |
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Return the Financial Undertaking Form via the Applicant Documents Upload Form. All offer holders were sent a Finance Letter and a copy of the Financial Undertaking Form in February. Refer to the Finance Letter for full details. |
by 26 April | All offer holders. |
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Submit a copy of the University or College Payment Advice (UCPA) or equivalent via the Applicant Documents Upload Form. |
by 14 June | All offer holders with Home fees status submitting a Category A financial undertaking. |
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Submit all necessary supporting documentation to fulfil the requirements of the Financial Undertaking via the Applicant Documents Upload Form. |
by 14 June | All offer holders with Overseas fee status submitting a Category C financial undertaking. |
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Offer holders who have an English language condition as part of their offer conditions must provide evidence of completing this to the required standard by 31 July. Please submit a copy of your test report to us via the Applicant Documents Upload Form. |
by 31 July | Offer holders with an English language condition (IELTS/TOEFL) included in their offer. |
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Submit copies of certificates of any examinations listed on your UCAS application as previously taken (including GCSEs, AS levels, previously taken A-levels or equivalent, IELTS/TOEFL, DofE and music awards) via the Applicant Documents Upload Form. For international qualifications, certificates must be confirmed as accurate by the exam board: e.g. stamped for authentication or verified via an online portal (where available). All certificates not issued in English must be translated into English by an official translation service. Any official translation must be accompanied by the original documents or certificate for it to be considered valid. For those requiring a visa, a CAS cannot be issued until we have received all your verified certificates. |
as soon as possible, and by no later than 31 August (students who require a visa are recommended to submit these by mid-May) | All offer holders |
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If you have a conditional offer which includes international qualifications which are not verified through UCAS then please contact admissions@magd.cam.ac.uk as soon as possible to let us know your results once you have received them. You will also need to arrange to have your results officially verified (see below). A-level (including international A-levels), IB and SQA results are sent to us by UCAS, so you don't need to send us your results for these qualification. |
as soon as possible once you have received your results | Offer holders taking qualifications that are not verified by UCAS. |
English language qualifications
If your offer contains an English Language qualification (such as IELTS or TOEFL) then please note that you will need to meet this condition by 31 July 2024, and we will need to verify your result via an online verification process. In order for us to verify your IELTS/TOEFL result, please send us a copy of your test report via the Applicant Documents Upload Form.
If you are an overseas offer holder and you declared the results of an IELTS or TOEFL test on your UCAS application (and do not have a language condition included in your offer) we can verify the results online (needed for visa purposes). Please send us a copy of the test report via the Applicant Documents Upload Form as soon as possible, and by mid-May at the latest.
Receiving exam results
We receive exam results directly from UCAS for A-levels, international A-levels, IB and Scottish Highers. If you are taking other international qualifications such as HKDSE, Gaokao, APs, European Baccalaurate or other country specific exams then please arrange for your results to be sent to the College as soon as possible once they have been released.
Results that are not sent to us through UCAS will need to be officially verified. For those taking AP or SAT exams, please authorise College Board to send your results to the University of Cambridge.
All certificates not issued in English must be translated into English by an official translation service. Any official translation must be accompanied by the original documents or certificate for it to be considered valid.
Disability disclosure
If you have a disability but chose not to declare it on your UCAS form, then you can choose to disclose it now via the Access and disability services online form. This form goes to the University's Accessibility and Disability Services, and information disclosed through this enables us to plan ahead and ensures that the support you need is available when you get to Cambridge. For any queries about this form or any other disability issues, please email disability@admin.cam.ac.uk.
STEP Support Programme
This free online STEP Support Programme is offered by the University of Cambridge to help university applicants develop their advanced mathematical problem-solving skills and prepare for STEP mathematics exams. All offer holders who have STEP as a condition of their offer are advised to use these resources.