Trinity Hall Undergraduate Offer Holders 2026

We will be sending information via email at various times between now and August, so please check your inbox regularly. If your email address changes, please make sure that you update your contact details with UCAS and inform us as soon as possible.

On Friday 20 February, we will be holding an in-person Offer Holders Open Day, details of which will be sent to you by email. Later in the year we will also hold an online event for offer holders.

Regarding the in-person event, please note that we do not have space in the programme for parents. However, parents are welcome to walk round the College themselves before visiting the city centre to enjoy the local shops and cafes.

We do not have any parking available at College. The Cambridge Parking website gives details of city-centre car parks and a link to the Park and Ride.

If you are unable to attend the in-person Offer Holders Open Day or would like to visit College again, please email the Admissions Office to make arrangements. Alternatively, you can get a sense of some of our wonderful spaces through our Virtual Tour.

If you have been asked to provide IELTS or TOEFL results then please note that we will need to verify your results via an online verification process. In order for us to verify your results, please upload your certificate via the Admissions Documents Upload form, using the ‘Exam Certificates’ category.

Each year the Cambridge Trusts offer a number of scholarships to undergraduate students who are required to pay the overseas rate of fees. Applicants are selected based on academic merit and financial need. We will send full information to those who are eligible shortly after sending offer letters. The deadline for applications is 13 February.

Choral Award-holders are required to sing in the choir of their College chapel, attending regular rehearsals and services. Most Colleges also expect Choral Award-holders to play an active role in College music-making.

A Choral Award comes with a small financial award each year; however, the true value of the Award lies in the educational, social, and cultural opportunities and training made available to the holder, facilitating their intellectual and personal development in support of and far beyond the academic subject they happen to be studying.

The deadline for applications is 15 February. Please see the Choral Awards Scheme webpages for further information.

Instrumental Awards for Chamber Music Scheme (IAS)

If you’re a passionate instrumentalist, the intercollegiate Instrumental Awards Scheme (IAS) enables outstanding student musicians to participate in top-quality chamber music whilst at the University. It is open to undergraduates and graduates at all colleges and is administered by the Centre for Music Performance (CMP).

The IAS supports chamber ensembles with concert opportunities throughout the academic year in Cambridge and further afield. A highlight this year will see two IAS groups performing at the prestigious Wigmore Hall in London!

Each member of the IAS receives a monetary award from their college, as well as financial support towards instrumental lessons.

Auditions take place in the first week of Michaelmas term and consist of a solo audition, with successful candidates progressing to a chamber music round. Audition repertoire will be available on the CMP website from April 2026 onwards.

For full details about the Instrumental Awards Scheme and audition requirements, please visit: Centre for Music Performance: Instrumental Awards for Chamber Music Scheme (IAS)

The Centre for Music Performance

The Centre for Music Performance offers something for every musician. Whether you’re interested in historical performance, jazz, gospel, contemporary music, or traditional orchestral repertoire, there are ensembles to suit all tastes and levels. Notable orchestral opportunities include the Cambridge University Orchestra (CUO) and the student-run Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra (CUSO), for which auditions are also held in October, alongside many other groups across all genres.

To find out more about all musical opportunities and ensembles at Cambridge, visit the CMP website: Centre for Music Performance: All for Music, Music for All

The University of Cambridge offers a free online STEP Support Programme 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.

The College and the University work together to offer the maximum possible support to all disabled students. Now that you have received an offer (whether conditional or unconditional), we would like to give you a further opportunity to let us know if you have a disability, neurodiverse condition, mental health condition or long-term health condition and if you will require any support or advice when you come up to Cambridge.

You can read more information in the Disability Support Letter 2026. If you would like to disclose a disability (that you didn’t mention on your application*), you can complete the Student Information Form online.

*If you already mentioned the disability on your UCAS application, you don’t need to complete the form.

As some of you are applying for Student Loans, you might like to know more about the Cambridge Bursary Scheme. This is for UK students or EU students with settled/pre-settled status.

In order to receive the Cambridge Bursary you must first apply to the UK Student Loans Company for financial assistance. You do not have to take up the Student Loan offered but you do have to go through their household income assessment process and be assessed as having an income lower than £62,215 in order to receive the Cambridge Bursary.

If you are eligible for a Cambridge Bursary, then you can include this on your Financial Information form. You can see how much you are likely to get by looking at the table on the Cambridge Bursary Scheme website.

If you are taking A Levels, STEP, Scottish Advanced Highers, or the IB Diploma, we should get your results automatically (IB students – make sure you have given permission to the IBO for your scores to be released).

If you are taking Advanced Placement exams, please authorise College Board to share your results with Cambridge, and tell us when you have received them so we can check online.

If you are taking another qualification (e.g. Advanced Placement, French Baccalaureate, HKDSE, Romanian Baccalaureate), you will need to send us your scores. Please scan a copy of your official certificate of results, stamped and signed by your school, and upload as a PDF document via the Admissions Documents Upload form, using the ‘Exam Certificates’ category.

The Induction Week is a compulsory part of the orientation process for new undergraduate students. It will include sessions giving information about the College, including an introduction to key staff members, workshops and study skills sessions, and social events arranged by the current JCR.

We are asking all first-year students to arrive at Trinity Hall on Sunday 27 September, so that they can begin the Induction Week on Monday 28 September.

The College will also ask you to hold an afternoon free in your calendar at the start of the Lent Term for some further induction activities.