Applicants 2024
Welcome to the Applicants 2024 web page! This page is for those applying for entry in 2024 or 2025 and contains some important information about the admissions process. Please read it carefully and make sure you have followed any instructions that are relevant to you.
Rough Guide to Admissions
The Rough Guide to Admissions outlines the application process at Trinity Hall.
My Cambridge Application
Shortly after submitting your UCAS application, you’ll be asked via email to complete a further online form called My Cambridge Application. To make a valid application to the University of Cambridge, you must submit My Cambridge Application by the required deadline, which is 18:00 (UK time) on 23 October.
Extenuating Circumstances
If you have experienced particular personal or educational disadvantage, you may wish to make use of the Extenuating Circumstances Form.
Additional Applicant Information Form (AAIF)
All applicants are asked to complete an Additional Applicant Information Form by 2 November. This form will ask you to read and agree to a statement on the confidentiality of our admissions process, and will also include some questions about your access to devices/spaces that can be used for online interviews.
When completing the form, please enter your UCAS ID as one continuous number (without hyphens), e.g. 1234567890.
Submission of Written Work
The following subjects require samples of written work to be submitted as part of the application process:
- Anglo Saxon, Norse & Celtic
- Archaeology
- Architecture (portfolio) – see below
- Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (only if you have chosen a European language)
- Classics
- English
- History
- History & Modern Languages
- History & Politics
- Human, Social & Political Sciences
- Land Economy
- Modern & Medieval Languages
- Music
- Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion
Please read the Submission of Written Work guide to see if this applies to your course, and follow the instructions given. Please remember to include the Cover Sheet with each essay. Written work must be sent to Trinity Hall Admissions Office by 2 November using the online Admissions Documents Upload form.
Submission of Portfolio (Architecture Applicants)
Architecture applicants: you must submit a PDF (6 A4 pages, and less than 15MB in size) of your own artwork prior to interview. The selection of images should, in part, reflect material you might bring to interview as part of your portfolio. Please read the Submission of Written Work guide for further instructions (and note that in this case you do NOT need to include a cover sheet).
Self-Registered* Admissions Assessments
Please note that applicants for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Natural Sciences or Veterinary Medicine are required to take a written assessment at an authorised assessment centre, for which they must be registered in advance by the relevant deadline:
- Register by 15 September for Law – the LNAT must be taken no later than 16 October.
- Register by 29 September for all other subjects in the list above. Assessments will be taken on 18 October.
*You need to ask your test centre (the place where you take the test, usually your school or college) to register you for the assessment.
Cambridge College-Registered Assessments
Applicants for the following courses are required to take a written assessment if shortlisted for interview. These will be held separately and in advance of the interviews. They will be conducted remotely. You will not need to register for these assessments in advance, as we will make all the arrangements for you. We will send full details and instructions nearer the time, but for now here are the dates:
| Subject | Date | Time(s) – UK time |
|---|---|---|
| Archaeology | Monday 27 November 2023 | 9.30-11.30am or 5-7pm (GMT) |
| Architecture | Friday 24 November 2023 | 9.30-11am or 5-6.30pm (GMT) |
| AMES with a modern language | See MML | See MML |
| English | Wednesday 22 November 2023 | 9.30-11.30am or 5-7pm (GMT) |
| History | Thursday 23 November 2023 | 9.30-11am or 5-6.30pm (GMT) |
| History & ML | See History / MML | See History / MML |
| History & Politics | Thursday 23 November 2023 | 9.30-11am or 5-6.30pm (GMT) |
| History of Art | Tuesday 28 November 2023 | 9.30-11am or 5-6.30pm (GMT) |
| Linguistics | Friday 24 November 2023 | 9.30-11am (GMT) |
| MML | Tuesday 28 November 2023 | 9.30-11am or 5-6.30pm (GMT) |
| Music | Friday 24 November 2023 | 9.30-11am (GMT) |
| Philosophy | Monday 27 November 2023 | 9.30-11am or 5-6.30pm (GMT) |
Proposed Interview Dates
The main interview period at Trinity Hall will be from 30 November – 13 December, and all interviews will be online. Once the dates for each subject are confirmed, we will enter them into this table.
Interview invitations will be sent by email during mid-late November. We will also inform applicants if we are not selecting them for interview. We will update this table to let you know when interview invitations have gone out for each subject.
| Subject | Interview Dates | Invitations Sent? |
|---|---|---|
| Anglo Saxon, Norse & Celtic | 4 Dec | Yes |
| Architecture | 12, 13 Dec | Yes |
| Asian & Middle Eastern Studies | 6 Dec | Yes |
| Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology | ||
| Classics | 4 Dec | Yes |
| Computer Science | 4, 5, 6 Dec | |
| Economics | 4, 5 Dec | |
| Engineering | 30 Nov, 4, 5, 11 Dec | |
| English | 4, 5, 6 Dec | Yes |
| Geography | 7 Dec | Yes |
| History | 7, 8 Dec | Yes |
| History & Modern Languages | 5 Dec | Yes |
| History & Politics | 6, 7 Dec | Yes |
| History of Art | 8 Dec | Yes |
| Human, Social & Political Sciences | 4, 5, 6 Dec | Yes |
| Land Economy | 8, 11 Dec | Yes |
| Law | 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 Dec | Yes |
| Linguistics | 4, 5 Dec | Yes |
| Mathematics | 4, 5, 12, 13 Dec | Yes |
| Medicine | 4, 5, 6, 7 Dec | |
| Modern & Medieval Languages | 5 Dec | Yes |
| Music | 1 Dec | Yes |
| Natural Sciences Biological | 4, 6, 7 Dec | |
| Natural Sciences Physical | 4, 5, 6, 7 Dec | |
| Philosophy | 11, 12 Dec | Yes |
| Psychological & Behavioural Sciences | 7, 8, 12, 13 Dec | Yes |
| Theology, Religion, & Philosophy of Religion | 5 Dec | Yes |
| Veterinary Medicine | 12 Dec |
Pre-Interview Reading
Some subjects require applicants to read something in advance of the interviews. If you are required to do pre-interview reading, your interview invitation will say so.
Post-Interview Decisions
All decisions will be communicated via UCAS on Wednesday 24 January.
In a very small minority of cases, where a College wishes to call an applicant for a Winter Pool interview, these applicants may be contacted earlier (from 12 January onwards) to make interview arrangements. Contact will be made by email and/or by telephone.
