My Cambridge Application

This page is part of the Christ's College additional application support for students applying from outside the UK.

Within 48 hours of submitting your UCAS application, you will receive an email with the log-in details for an additional form called My Cambridge Application. This is because we do not write the UCAS questions and will need additional information from you for your Cambridge application.

You can only work on My Cambridge Application after your UCAS application, so focus on that first (though do read through this page including things to prepare for in advance and the deadline details and advice).

The My Cambridge Application deadline is 22 October 2024 (18:00 UK time). We advise you to complete this element of the process well in advance of this deadline and to note that in most cases students from outside the UK will need to upload a transcript as part of completing this form.

Things to prepare for in advance

In most cases, as a student from outside the UK, you will need to have a transcript saved on your computer as a pdf which you will be asked to upload in one of the questions on My Cambridge Application. This is to ensure that we have equivalent information from you to the information that we receive from students in the UK. It can take time to get hold of your transcript so do make sure you prepare for this in advance so that you have the pdf saved ready. The information is in the link.

For most students applying from outside the UK there is an application fee of £60 which you pay when you submit your My Cambridge Application. You will not need to pay this fee if you are applying from the UK, Crown Dependencies (the Channel Islands and Isle of Man), Ireland or a country listed in the fee waiver list. It is important not to leave your My Cambridge Application submission to the last minute as you need to submit and make the payment as well.

Additional personal statement

There's a box where you can add a brief additional personal statement if you want to. This is because your UCAS personal statement is read by all UK universities you are applying to and there may be things you want to say that only Cambridge reads. This is particularly relevant if there are differences in the courses you are applying to at different universities (e.g. if you are applying for Biology elsewhere but Natural Sciences at Cambridge).

There is a 1200 character limit for the additional statement (it is shorter than the UCAS personal statement). If you add text here, it will appear underneath your UCAS personal statement in the format that we read your application (i.e we will read both, it does not replace the UCAS statement).

If you are happy with the UCAS personal statement, don't feel that you need to complete the additional personal statement box - it is optional and you won't be marked down if you don't write anything - it is genuinely just an opportunity to say something for students who felt limited by other universities reading the UCAS personal statement.

Would it help to attend a webinar? From Spring until early August, we run one of the Christ's Regular Webinars on personal statements. It's called Personal Statements and preparing an application

Help with MyCAPP

There is guidance for completing the questions on the form itself. If you have additional queries, however, there is a further information page and a helpdesk to contact with any questions you have. Please see your log-in email for details.

The helpdesk is specialised for My Cambridge Application, and so the advisers there are the best people to help if you have any queries that you have not been able to find the answer to in the links above (for My Cambridge Application questions please email the helpdesk rather than Christ's).

Deadline: 22 October 2024 (18:00 UK time)

All applicants must submit My Cambridge Application and pay the application fee (if relevant) by 18:00 UK time on 22 October. Like the UCAS application deadline, this is an absolute deadline - you have not made a valid application if you do not meet it.

We strongly advise you not to leave your My Cambridge Application form to the last minute - if you have a problem this could have serious consequences so why risk it? Unfortunately we are not able to consider applications unless My Cambridge Application is submitted and the application fee paid by the deadline.

If you are applying for Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering or Natural Sciences, please take into account your Admissions Test date which is just before the My Cambridge Application deadline (15-17 October 2024). TIP: We advise that if you submit your UCAS application and My Cambridge Application nice and early, this will give you space to focus on your written assessment and it will make the process much less stressful for you.

If you don't receive a log-in email

You should receive a log-in email for My Cambridge Application within 48 hours of completing your UCAS application, however these emails are not normally immediate.

If you do not receive your log-in email when you expect to, please first of all check the spam / junk / promotions folders in your email and contact the helpdesk (applicationhelp@ug.admin.cam.ac.uk) if you can't find it.

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