Pre-reading for Undergraduate courses starting 2024-25

New undergraduates benefit from study preparation before they arrive at Churchill College.  In addition to Churchill’s college-specific academic preparation, the University has made lots of resources available through our “Reading Lists Online” platform. Both lists are available here.

To be clear, it is unlikely that you will be expected to read or buy everything that’s suggested. However, there may be one or two key texts that your Department or Faculty would like you to have access to before or at the start of term.

You may also find resources that are freely available, and when you arrive in Cambridge then you will have access to the collections in both the College Library and other libraries around the University.

University of Cambridge Reading Lists

Some materials on these lists may require you to log in via a University account, for example, certain e-books and journals. In such cases, you’ll have to wait until later in the summer for your University account details, which will be made available in due course after all places are confirmed.

Finally, we’ve been asked to advise you please to use these original links, as given below. Copying and pasting the URLs that appear in your browser after you’ve clicked these links may misdirect you or fail to connect.

College-specific academic preparation

College reading lists by subject

Courses

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic

Archaeology

Architecture

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Classics

Computer Science

Economics

Education

Engineering

English

Geography

History

History and Modern Languages

History and Politics

History of Art

Human, Social, and Political Sciences

Law

Linguistics

Mathematics

Medicine

Modern and Medieval Languages

Music

Natural Sciences (Biological)

Natural Sciences (Physical)

Philosophy

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

Veterinary Medicine