Information for Churchill College Applicants – Undergraduates
Thanks for applying to the University of Cambridge. We at Churchill College will now start reviewing your application. Here’s some further information about what you need to do next – please read it carefully!
Next Steps
- Please read your emails carefully and meet all deadlines – this is important!
- Monitor your inbox/junk folder closely throughout the application process.
- Keep referring back to the information here – we recommend saving this webpage to your favourites.
- To make sure you receive everything, please make sure the Admissions email address is recognised by any security features on the email account associated with your UCAS application: [email protected]
Deadlines
Here are the deadlines you need to meet:
22 Oct 2025 (6pm)
All applicants
* Complete My Cambridge Application (MyCApp)
The University’s MyCApp page contains guide documents for completing your MyCApp. This page includes an address to email if you experience any procedural or technical difficulties in submitting it. You should receive an email with a link to your MyCApp. You must complete your MyCApp by the deadline or else your Cambridge application will be considered incomplete (and accordingly not progressed).
22 Oct 2025 (6pm)
Only applicants with extenuating circumstances, where this information has not been provided in their UCAS reference.
* Extenuating Circumstances information.
If this information is not already present in your UCAS reference, it should be emailed to [email protected] (e.g. by a doctor or social worker). Instructions can be found here, and an email template can be found here.
28 Oct 2025 (9am)
All applicants
* Passport photo page.
Upload a copy of your passport page to the Churchill College Upload System using the login credentials emailed to you.
28 Oct 2025 (9am)
All applicants
* Applicant Additional Information Form (AAIF).
This essential form must be submitted by all applicants, and can be found here.
5 Nov 2025 (9am)
Only applicants for courses that require written / submitted work.
* Written / Submitted work (if your chosen course requires it).
Check here for written / submitted work requirements. Accompany your written work with a cover sheet found here. Submit this to the Churchill College Upload System using your log-in credentials in the email we sent you.
5 Nov 2025 (9am)
Applicants who indicate in their AAIF that they plan to request an adjustment, and applicants who declared a disability in UCAS.
* Adjustments form.
This Adjustments form relates to adjustment/support at interview, College admission assessments, or pre-interview reading/written tasks.
You should submit an Adjustments form (with evidence attached and countersigned by your school/college) if either of the following apply to you:
- You have indicated in your AAIF that you would like to request an adjustment, or
- You have declared a disability on your UCAS form and you would like to request an adjustment.
If you have declared a disability on your UCAS form but you do not want to request an adjustment, please submit the form and indicate that no adjustment is needed.
Submit to the Churchill College Upload System using your log-in credentials we emailed you.
5 Nov 2025 (9am)
Only applicants with ‘In Care’ status or ‘Refugee/Asylum Seeker’ status at the point of application.
* Evidence of ‘In Care’ status or ‘Refugee/Asylum Seeker’ status.
Submit this evidence to the Churchill College Upload System using your log-in credentials in the email we sent you. To demonstrate care experience we would need at least one of the following:
- Letter from Local Authority that mentions care arrangement
- Letter from other body or professional responsible for care (e.g. children’s home, social worker/personal advisor) that mentions care arrangement
- Letter from school/college that mentions awareness of care arrangement
- Current or historic legal documentation relating to care such as a Care Order
To demonstrate status as a refugee/asylum seeker/forced migrant we would need at least one of the following:
- Evidence of immigration status from eVisa issued by UKVI
- Biometric Residence Permit
- Application Registration Card (ARC) – asylum seekers only
- Letter of support from registered educational refugee charity such as Refugee Education UK if they have been supporting you.
Uploading documents to support your application
When we ask you to provide additional documents in support of your application, please do this via the Churchill College Upload System URL using the log-in credentials we emailed you.
Always open the Churchill College Upload System in a ‘Private’ or ‘Incognito’ browser window: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=HeJzuz14RkaXoeLCiZxAr48Vcu7mZ7lLnxWJJZ805tJUMkg1QzlKREk0U1M0Mk9PWTNZNTU1V0g5RC4u
Save or bookmark this URL! You will use it repeatedly during the Churchill admissions process.
Use only the credentials we provide for you via email. If you have problems logging in, contact us at [email protected]
Admissions assessments that required pre-registration
If you’re applying for a course that requires a Pre-registration assessment (ESAT, LNAT, TMUA, UCAT) you will already be aware of this and will have registered/already completed this assessment. If you do not take the appropriate assessment for your chosen course, your application will be ineligible and will be rejected. If you require access arrangements, extenuating circumstances considerations, or if you suffer any disruption on the day, you must contact the relevant test provider about this. Churchill College is unable to administer any such adjustments or considerations for these assessments.
Timeline of College Admission Assessments
If you’re applying for one of the courses listed below and you’re invited to interview with us, you’ll also need to sit an online College admission assessment.
You may only get details about whether we are inviting you to interview and to sit an assessment a few days before the dates below. Please put the relevant assessment date in your diary now in case you are invited.
| Course | Date |
| Architecture | Wed 19 Nov |
| Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (if combined with a European language) | Wed 19 Nov |
| Design | Wed 19 Nov |
| English | Tues 18 Nov |
| History & Modern Languages | Wed 19 Nov |
| Linguistics | Thurs 20 Nov |
| Mathematics/ Mathematics with Physics Information about Churchill’s Mathematics and Mathematics with Physics College admissions assessment can be found in the Admissions section of our Mathematics course page. We will be in touch with further information if you are invited for interview and assessment. | Thurs 20 Nov |
| Modern & Medieval Languages | Wed 19 Nov |
Interview Process and Logistics
If you’re called to interview, we’ll contact you by email as soon as possible. All Churchill College interviews are held online via Zoom; you’re not required to travel to Cambridge. More information is on our interview page.
Please don’t worry if other people you know receive invitations to interview before you do, whether from Churchill or any other Cambridge College. Not all applicants are contacted at the same time or interviewed on the same dates. We hope to have contacted everyone about Churchill interviews by 29 November. Those being interviewed early in the interview window will be contacted first.
Please be patient and do not contact the Admissions Office about this until 29 November unless you absolutely have to.
For most courses, we anticipate applicants will be interviewed in a two-week period in December 2025 (the weeks commencing 1 December and 8 December), but some interviews may fall outside of this period. Please note that this two-week interview period includes the weekend of 6 and 7 December.
If you are unavailable at any point during the weeks commencing 1 December and 8 December, and have not told us in your MyCApp, you should tell us now by email.
If you’re called for interview, we’ll send you full information about how the process will work. The University also has useful interview videos: Preparing for your online interview and What to expect at your online interview.
Decisions and the Winter Pool
Decisions will be visible in UCAS Hub on or around 30 January 2026.
You can find Information about our entry requirements and typical conditional offers at our Entry Requirements page.
After interview, your application may be placed in the Winter Pool for other Colleges to consider. This occurs when we feel you have submitted a strong application but we are not able to offer you a place at Churchill College.
Pooled candidates are often highly academically able, and several of them secure places at other Colleges. You don’t need to contact Churchill or any other Cambridge College about the Winter Pool process. It runs before our decisions are published at the end of January. If your application is placed in the Winter Pool, we’ll advise you of the outcome.
Feedback
Because of the very high volume of applications received, and in line with the University of Cambridge’s standard position, Churchill College does not provide individual feedback to unsuccessful candidates. However, information to contextualise our decision will be provided in rejection letters, both for candidates who are rejected before interview and for those who are rejected after interview.
Churchill College is committed to transparency in its admissions process and work with schools and colleges across the UK and worldwide to support them in preparing future applicants. To this end, we send annual admissions reports to the schools and colleges from whom we receive applications.
We warmly encourage schools and colleges seeking guidance from the College on future applications to get in touch.
By applying to Churchill College, applicants confirm that they understand and accept that individual feedback on applications will not be provided.
Contacting us
It’s an incredibly busy time for our Admissions Office, so please only get in touch when we ask you to or when you have a question that is imperative.
We can only communicate to candidates via the email addresses or phone numbers that are listed on their UCAS applications. We can only communicate with individuals whose contact details are listed on an UCAS application – such as the candidate themselves, their UCAS referee, or any other listed representative.
Whenever you contact us at [email protected], please start your communication with the following information:
- Your full name,
- Your UCAS PID, and
- The course for which you are applying
We wish you all the very best with your application.