The College offers a number of funded PhD and Masters studentships each year, and we have funding available for students wishing to take on additional language learning, travelling for conferences, for sports and arts activities, and for assistance if you are in financial difficulty.

We have about 250 units for postgraduates, including a mix of en-suites and shared bathroom accommodation, alongside a number of flats and maisonettes suitable for families and couples. We set aside rooms to offer to every first-year postgraduate student joining the College, and we normally offer accommodation to doctoral students for three years during their course.

All students have access to subsidised cafeteria-style and formal dining in the College. We are fortunate to have the largest dining hall in Cambridge which is used for everyday dining and grand community dinners. There is also a café-bar area, called the Buttery, providing sandwiches, pizzas, snacks and drinks.

Every postgraduate student of the College is assigned an individual Tutor who is available to provide advice and guidance about navigating your time in Cambridge and where to get help if you need it. The Postgraduate Office is near the main entrance to the College. It is open 8:30am-4:30pm, Monday to Friday to provide guidance on anything related to your studies or life in Cambridge.

At Churchill College, we also have a College Nurse and a Wellbeing Co-ordinator on-site and available should you need them. Your individual Tutor or the Finance Tutor can also provide advice on financial assistance.

There are over a hundred libraries in Cambridge, including the central University Library which is a research library of international significance providing access to more than 9 million individual items – about 1500 metres from the College.

The College has three libraries on site: the Bevin library for Sciences, the Bracken Library for Arts and Humanities, plus the Roskill Library in the Churchill Archives Centre for political and social history. The Churchill Archives Centre is a rich source of items documenting British domestic politics and international relations, advanced scientific knowledge, and society, economics and culture of the 20th century.

As a campus-based site, Churchill College is fortunate to be able to bring all its facilities into one place.

• Sport and fitness: sports fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, squash courts, dance studios, and gym (free for student use).
• Arts: Music Centre featuring recording studio and recital room, art studio, theatre
• Students also organise visiting yoga classes, film screenings, open mic nights, and a range of other activities enabled by the College’s facilities.
• MCR: a dedicated space for postgraduates, including the Vicious Penguin, the MCR-run bar.

There are around 475 undergraduate students and 350 postgraduate students at Churchill College, which provides a cross-disciplinary community, and an active social and academic event schedule. The postgraduate student body is represented by the Churchill College MCR (Middle Common Room), who advocate for postgraduates as well as running a varied programme of events, from punting trips to academic conferences.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are in many respects the axis of the College’s academic community, and more than half of our students join the College in STEM subjects.

Over time, many of the University’s key STEM departments have located themselves adjacent to the College: the University’s West Cambridge Science and Technology Campus, the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, the Cavendish Laboratory, the Institute of Astronomy, and many others are very close to the College.

While STEM students have access to some of the finest equipment and laboratories available in their departments, the Bill Brown Creative Workshop and the Engineering Shed in College capture the spirit of imagination, curiosity and creativity characteristic of our STEM students and seniors.

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences are essential to the depth and complexity of the College’s academic community, and we reserve about a third of our postgraduate places for students in HASS subjects.

The College is especially well placed for the libraries and resources of the University’s Sidgwick Site, a campus of departments in the Schools of Arts and Humanities and of Humanities and Social Sciences, which is under a mile away.

The University Library, one of the six “legal deposit” libraries in the UK entitled to a copy of all published material, with more than 8 million books and access to a vast resource of digital materials, is even nearer than that.

The College’s own on-site library, is made up of three constituents: the Bracken Library for Science and Social Science collections, the Bevin Library for Arts and Humanities collections, and the Roskill Library for political, military and scientific history.

The College is also home to the Churchill Archives Centre, a unique collection of the papers of Winston Churchill and the personal papers of many of the most influential figures in modern British politics, society and science.

Medical, Psychological and Veterinary Studies normally account for around a quarter of the College’s postgraduate students, including about ten students a year who join the postgraduate community for their clinical studies after three years of pre-clinical studies as an undergraduate.

Research students in Medical and Psychological Studies work across the University’s world-leading laboratories and units, including the Sanger Institute, the Medical Research Council centres, the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, and others. Many of these centres are based on the West Cambridge Site, which is adjacent to the College site, and the College has postgraduate accommodation available near the Addenbrookes Biomedical Campus.

Churchill provides the best of both worlds. Situated beside a number of major academic departments and research centres, we are in easy reach of the centre city yet benefit from a peaceful environment.

The College is on the ‘Universal’ bus route providing a regular, subsidised and sustainable (fully electric) bus service to almost every part of the University.

Churchill College has a large, unified campus with trees, gardens and sports fields. The site includes the original purpose-built centre of the College where central facilities are located such as libraries, seminar rooms and a lecture theatre. We also have a café-bar and a dining hall within the heart of the College.

Our lively College boat club shares a modern boathouse with two other Colleges and we are the nearest College to the University Sports Centre. We have sports fields, squash courts and a gym, as well as a dance studio and a music centre with a recording studio and recital spaces on site.

Most of our dedicated postgraduate accommodation is located on our main site. We have various types of rooms and flats including ensuites, studios, maisonettes, and rooms in houses with shared facilities.

The College has some of the best provision for students with children and partners in the University, with 45 flats and maisonettes with a children’s play area.

We have 6 off-site houses; 4 in the nearby area, 1 near the city centre, and 1 near the Addenbrookes Cambridge Biomedical Campus (which can be especially convenient for those studying or working there). While you are not required to live on-site, the College has have some excellent options when looking for postgraduate accommodation at Cambridge University.

We aim to offer accommodation to all first-year students who require it, and normally offer a room to incoming students who request accommodation and meet the conditions of their offer by 1^st September – though this depends on availability and getting your preferred room cannot always be guaranteed.

Please see our Postgraduate Accommodation page for a more detailed information about they types of postgraduate accommodation available at Churchill.

The Middle Common Room (MCR) is a student body that exists to support the graduate student community of Churchill College. MCR organise academic and recreational events throughout the year to encourage bonding between students and to enrich their lives.

The MCR committee is elected annually and is made up of 20 officers, each with specific roles. The Committee plans Freshers’ Week, Guest Nights, the Christmas Party, and other social events. It organises academic seminars and the Conference on Everything; runs the MCR Bar, and represents the views of the MCR to College through various sub-committees.

The Committee meets once a fortnight during term. Open meetings are held at least once a term and all Churchill College postgraduates are welcome to attend.

Churchill College’s student body organise and run over 20 different clubs and societies. Whether you are interested in guest talks, sports or board games, there will be something to appeal to you.

In addition, Churchill College’s grounds often host other University clubs and societies, such as the Space Flight society and Drone club, due to the suitability of our grounds for activities.

Special activities for postgraduates with families also run across the year.

The fees and costs of studying at Cambridge are normally broken down into expenses incurred for everyday living and studying (normally called “maintenance”) and the direct fees required by the University (primarily, the “University Composition Fee”).

One of the conditions you will have to fulfil before coming to Cambridge is a “financial condition” set by the University. You will need to confirm to the University’s Postgraduate Admissions Office that you have financial resources to cover fees and maintenance (including living costs of any dependents) while you are at Cambridge.

When you are here you can access some College and University financial support; this might include funding to support travel when you are presenting at conferences, funding for sports or music activities, as well as language learning. We also have some emergency funds which can help when unforeseen difficulties arise.

The University provides a guideline to average, basic maintenance costs in the finance section of its website. You should take care to consider your personal situation and individual additional costs when you are considering your maintenance arrangements.

The University Composition Fee covers the cost of teaching and supervision, and access to University and College facilities and support services. It is collected through the College and the total fee varies by course; this is adjusted for students taking courses part-time. There is a look-up for all courses and fees on the University website with wider information about the fees and costs of studying at Cambridge.

Self-funded students are required to pay for the academic year at least 14-days before arriving in Cambridge, and those who are funded by external organisations should provide a letter from the funder confirming the arrangement and details as soon as that is available.

The College recognizes the importance of engaging with wider communities of students and scholars in your field; in addition to the studentships we offer, all postgraduate students are eligible to apply for financial support to travel to conferences where they are presenting their work.

In addition, we have postgraduate funding opportunities for those who need help to fund sports at University or national level. We also provide music bursaries to pursue private instrumental or vocal lessons and for costs associated with practising and performing. The College can provide half the cost of fees for a course at the University Language Centre under the Cambridge University Languages Programme (CULP).

Prior to starting their course, all postgraduate students are expected to have arranged sufficient funding for the duration of their studies. This is part of the financial condition for entry that is set by the University. However, if a student encounters unforeseen financial difficulties, they can apply for additional support or an emergency loan. Students may also be eligible to apply to the central University for support in these circumstances.