Cambridge acceptance rate
Cambridge's acceptance rate is 16.3%: 3,669 of 22,513 applicants were accepted in the 2025 admissions cycle. By subject it runs from 7.4% (Computer Science) to 50.6% (Modern and Medieval Languages).
Cambridge acceptance rate
16.3%
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Cambridge acceptance rate: 16.3%. 3,669 of 22,513 applicants were accepted in the 2025 cycle, after 4,893 offers (21.7% of applicants). Cambridge calls this the success rate.
Applications
22,513
Offers
4,893
Accepted
3,669
- Applications, Cambridge's count
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Questions people ask
Which Cambridge subject is hardest to get into?
By Cambridge's own counts for the 2025 cycle, Computer Science: 128 of 1,739 applicants were accepted (7.4%).
How many people apply to Cambridge?
22,513 in the 2025 cycle. Cambridge made 4,893 offers and accepted 3,669 students.
Why are there more offers than acceptances?
Cambridge counts as accepted only applicants confirmed with a place. Offer holders who miss their conditions, or go elsewhere, are not counted.
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How we work this out
What it does
Cambridge's own counts for every subject: applications, offers and students accepted.
Every subject in Cambridge's Undergraduate Admissions Statistics for the 2025, 2024, 2023 admissions cycles, all domiciles.
Method
- Applications, offers and acceptances are Cambridge's own counts from Table 1.1 of each cycle's report.
- The acceptance rate is Cambridge's success rate: applicants accepted at confirmation divided by applications. Offers divided by applications is shown beside it.
- The rows are checked to add up to the report's totals each time the data is refreshed.
Published figures
Every Cambridge subject
Cambridge’s own counts for the 2025 admissions cycle, all domiciles, hardest to get into first.
| Subject | Applications | Offers | Accepted | Success rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 1,739 | 163 | 128 | 7.4% |
| Economics | 1,647 | 195 | 164 | 10.0% |
| Engineering | 3,263 | 392 | 335 | 10.3% |
| Architecture | 562 | 93 | 65 | 11.6% |
| Land Economy | 661 | 112 | 78 | 11.8% |
| Mathematics | 2,032 | 555 | 258 | 12.7% |
| Psychological and Behavioural Sciences | 611 | 111 | 79 | 12.9% |
| Law | 1,654 | 291 | 232 | 14.0% |
| Human, Social and Political Sciences | 1,230 | 236 | 173 | 14.1% |
| Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology | 541 | 92 | 77 | 14.2% |
| History and Politics | 332 | 68 | 49 | 14.8% |
| Medicine Graduate Course | 172 | 35 | 28 | 16.3% |
| Veterinary Medicine | 341 | 80 | 57 | 16.7% |
| Design | 148 | 36 | 26 | 17.6% |
| Medicine | 1,530 | 307 | 270 | 17.6% |
| Philosophy | 223 | 71 | 42 | 18.8% |
| Natural Sciences | 2,644 | 672 | 576 | 21.8% |
| Education | 155 | 54 | 34 | 21.9% |
| History of Art | 141 | 41 | 31 | 22.0% |
| Geography | 379 | 139 | 99 | 26.1% |
| Archaeology | 84 | 40 | 22 | 26.2% |
| History | 631 | 241 | 172 | 27.3% |
| English | 652 | 241 | 192 | 29.4% |
| Linguistics | 126 | 52 | 38 | 30.2% |
| Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion | 155 | 72 | 51 | 32.9% |
| History and Modern Languages | 118 | 50 | 45 | 38.1% |
| Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic | 54 | 32 | 22 | 40.7% |
| Classics (4 years) | 84 | 56 | 35 | 41.7% |
| Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | 89 | 52 | 38 | 42.7% |
| Music | 143 | 89 | 67 | 46.9% |
| Classics | 107 | 61 | 52 | 48.6% |
| Modern and Medieval Languages | 265 | 164 | 134 | 50.6% |
| All subjects | 22,513 | 4,893 | 3,669 | 16.3% |
Sources
Checked .
- University of Cambridge: Undergraduate Admissions Statistics, 2025 cycle, Table 1.1: applications, offers and acceptances by subject (all domiciles) (May )