Cambridge admissions statistics
In the 2025 admissions cycle Cambridge received 22,513 applications, made 4,893 offers and accepted 3,669 students, a success rate of 16.3%.
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Cambridge applications: 22,513. Cambridge made 4,893 offers and accepted 3,669 students, a success rate of 16.3%. In the 2023 cycle there were 21,445 applications and a 16.6% success rate.
Offers
4,893
Accepted
3,669
Success rate
16.3%
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Are Cambridge applications going up?
Yes, a little: 21,445 in the 2023 cycle and 22,513 in 2025. The success rate went from 16.6% to 16.3%.
Which Cambridge subject gets the most applications?
Engineering, with 3,263 in the 2025 cycle.
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What it does
Applications, offers and acceptances for every Cambridge subject over 3 admissions cycles.
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
Cambridge applications by subject, 2023 to 2025
Cambridge’s own counts, all domiciles. A dash means the subject was not offered that cycle.
| Subject | 2023 applications | 2024 applications | 2025 applications | 2025 success rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic | 62 | 65 | 54 | 40.7% |
| Archaeology | 82 | 79 | 84 | 26.2% |
| Architecture | 522 | 526 | 562 | 11.6% |
| Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | 124 | 111 | 89 | 42.7% |
| Classics | 126 | 115 | 107 | 48.6% |
| Classics (4 years) | 106 | 79 | 84 | 41.7% |
| Design | - | 110 | 148 | 17.6% |
| Economics | 1,336 | 1,571 | 1,647 | 10.0% |
| Education | 190 | 164 | 155 | 21.9% |
| English | 756 | 719 | 652 | 29.4% |
| Geography | 524 | 437 | 379 | 26.1% |
| History | 607 | 599 | 631 | 27.3% |
| History and Modern Languages | 88 | 94 | 118 | 38.1% |
| History and Politics | 342 | 260 | 332 | 14.8% |
| History of Art | 87 | 103 | 141 | 22.0% |
| Human, Social and Political Sciences | 1,436 | 1,259 | 1,230 | 14.1% |
| Land Economy | 629 | 614 | 661 | 11.8% |
| Law | 1,580 | 1,604 | 1,654 | 14.0% |
| Linguistics | 119 | 120 | 126 | 30.2% |
| Modern and Medieval Languages | 254 | 218 | 265 | 50.6% |
| Music | 140 | 130 | 143 | 46.9% |
| Philosophy | 306 | 288 | 223 | 18.8% |
| Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion | 105 | 128 | 155 | 32.9% |
| Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology | 373 | 421 | 541 | 14.2% |
| Computer Science | 1,583 | 1,863 | 1,739 | 7.4% |
| Engineering | 2,410 | 2,654 | 3,263 | 10.3% |
| Mathematics | 1,588 | 1,840 | 2,032 | 12.7% |
| Medicine | 1,754 | 1,791 | 1,530 | 17.6% |
| Medicine Graduate Course | 548 | 489 | 172 | 16.3% |
| Natural Sciences | 2,444 | 2,529 | 2,644 | 21.8% |
| Psychological and Behavioural Sciences | 891 | 837 | 611 | 12.9% |
| Veterinary Medicine | 333 | 336 | 341 | 16.7% |
| All subjects | 21,445 | 22,153 | 22,513 | 16.3% |
Sources
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- University of Cambridge: Undergraduate Admissions Statistics, 2025 cycle, Table 1.1: applications, offers and acceptances by subject (all domiciles) (May )
- University of Cambridge: Undergraduate Admissions Statistics, 2024 cycle, Table 1.1: applications, offers and acceptances by subject (all domiciles) (June)
- University of Cambridge: Undergraduate Admissions Statistics, 2023 cycle, Table 1.1: applications, offers and acceptances by subject (all domiciles) (June)