Emily Tomlinson

As Director of Admissions, I would like to welcome you to the admissions pages for Christ’s College. 

Choosing a college to apply to can be a difficult choice and we are delighted that you are considering us. In these pages we will give you information about the courses available to study at Christ’s and the admissions processes for them, the facilities we have at Christ’s and what life is like here. In short, we hope that these pages will give you some good reasons why Christ’s could be the right college for you whatever your background or interests.

Cambridge’s collegiate system, where all students are admitted by and are members of a college within the university, is one of its great strengths as it provides strong and secure academic and social foundations on which students can build while they are here.

The University provides lots of general information about admissions. You will find additional information about Christ’s on these pages. Our Christ's main gatestudents have also written student profiles, contributed to our student Q&A film, and have their own website which contains even more information about life at Christ’s.

Welcome again to Christ’s online, we hope you enjoy these pages. If, after reading them, you have any further questions please do not hesitate to send us an email. We also encourage you to sign up to our Ongoing Support Emails to receive advice, guidance and signposting to events and opportunities. 
 

Dr Emily Tomlinson, Director of Admissions for Christ’s College.

News

Open Days & Events (in person / online)

If you are interested in an event that we've not yet opened booking for, you can in most cases register your interest if you'd like an email alert when booking opens.

Date(s)EventWho can attend? 
25 March 2025Natural Sciences Taster Day
Apply now
This is a hybrid online / in person event for students considering an application for Natural Sciences in Oct 2025 for Oct 26 or deferred Oct 27 entry. See the Natural Sciences Taster Day page for details and the eligibility criteria.
1 April 
16:30
Cambridge for Beginners
Book 1 April
This is one of our regular webinars - an introductory session to understand how the university works and a guide to the application process.
15 April 
17:00
Personal Statements & Competitive Applications
Book here
This session is for students considering an application in Oct 2025 for 2026 or deferred 2027 entry. This session will focus on super-curricular activities, the personal statement and using these to help make a competitive application.
16 April 
16:00
Subject Matters: Your Post-16 Subject Choices
Book here
This is one of our regular webinars - this session provides information, advice and guidance about what subject combinations and qualifications to consider in order to make competitive applications to top universities in the future.
29 April
16:30
Maths at Christ's - Webinar with the Directors of Studies
Book 29 April
For students considering an application for Mathematics in Sept 2025: Dr Robert Hunt and Dr Henry Bradford will talk to you about studying and applying for Maths at Christ's College, and you will be able to type questions for them to answer. This is part of the Maths Open Days
5 May
10:00
Personal Statements & Competitive Applications
Book here
This session is for students considering an application in Oct 2025 for 2026 or deferred 2027 entry. This session will focus on super-curricular activities, the personal statement and using these to help make a competitive application.
5 May 15:00Understanding Student Finance
Book here
This session will explain how student finance works in the UK including how much you might expect to receive, how it's paid to you and how it's paid back. We'll also talk about potential costs of going to university and possible sources of funding beyond student finance loans/grants.
10 and 11 July 2025Cambridge Open Days. Register interest to get an email when booking opens.University-wide open days for students applying in October 2025 (for Oct 26 or deferred Oct 27 entry). All Colleges and University departments take part - see the Cambridge Open Days page for details. Christ's will offer student-led tours and an opportunity to speak with our admissions team. 
July 2025Christ's International webinar
Register interest
If you're an international student considering making an application to Cambridge in Oct 2025 please register interest for these webinars in July 2025 so that we send you an email when booking opens. 
VariousEvents in the academic year 2024-25
Register interest
If you're starting Year 12 (S5 Scotland, Yr13 Northern Ireland) next academic year, you can register interest for events in cases where we've not yet opened booking. If you do this, you will receive an email when booking or applications open. 

 

Student profiles

Student Q&A film
  Watch the Christ's student Q&A film

A range of Christ's students have written subject-specific student profiles. These give a good idea of what studying here is really like and have a lot of detail, so do have a read of some of them!

See Student Profiles by subject and Student Profiles by area
 

Grounds and Facilities

Squash Court
  Squash Court

We have a College map and there are picture pages for First Court, Second Court, Third Court, New Court and the Fellows' Garden, as well as a section on Christ's facilities including pages on the Hall, Canteen, Working Library, Old Library, Law Library, Chapel, Theatre, Common Rooms, Café and Bar, Swimming Pool, Gym, Squash Court, Sports Fields and Boathouse. There's a page on accommodation, a page on the cats, and we run a regular webinar called Christ's College: A look at the Grounds and Facilities.

 

Emmie

From the moment I stepped in, Christ’s felt like home.

Emmie, History, London