Cambridge Human, Social and Political Sciences acceptance rate
14.1% of applicants for Human, Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge were accepted in the 2025 admissions cycle: 173 of 1,230, after 236 offers.
Cambridge Human, Social, & Political Sciences acceptance rate
14.1%
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Cambridge Human, Social, & Political Sciences acceptance rate: 14.1%. 173 of 1,230 applicants were accepted in the 2025 cycle, after 236 offers (19.2% of applicants). Cambridge calls this the success rate.
Applications
1,230
Offers
236
Accepted
173
- Applications, Cambridge's count
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How many people apply for Human, Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge?
1,230 in the 2025 cycle, against 1,436 in 2023.
How many Cambridge Human, Social and Political Sciences applicants get an offer?
236 of 1,230 in the 2025 cycle, 19.2% of applicants.
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What it does
Cambridge's own counts for Human, Social and Political Sciences: 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 )
- 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)