The University of Cambridge's undergraduate study website is maintained by the Cambridge Admissions Office, and from time to time will set cookies on your device (either because they are necessary to make the site work and keep it secure, or if you give your consent). You can identify this site's pages by the URL beginning www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk.
Cookies are small text files that sit on your computer and record specific interactions between you and this website, and in some cases, other websites. This information is shared within the University of Cambridge, and in limited cases, with third parties. Below is more detail about the cookies we use, what they record and with whom the information is shared.
List of cookies
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies maintain the security of our website’s connection to you. They also make our site work. They always need to be on.
| Name | Used by | Description | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| uoc_cookie_choices uoc_cookie_choices-categories uoc_cookie_choices-version |
University of Cambridge | Remember the cookie choices that you have made on your device for 366 days and the version of our cookie policy that you have seen. Once these cookies expire, you will be asked to reconfirm your choices. | Privacy policy for the University's undergraduate study website |
| has_js | University of Cambridge | This cookie checks to see whether your system has JavaScript turned on or off. It expires as soon as your web session on our site ends. | Privacy policy for the University's undergraduate study website |
| X-Mapping-ckfcdfng | University of Cambridge | This cookie is used to route data and page requests correctly. It is associated with the Stingray Traffic Manager platform from Riverbed. This cookie expires as soon as your web session on our site ends. | Riverbed's privacy policy |
| csrftoken | UK Discover Uni service | Set by Discover Uni to secure the connection to the Discover Uni data service, which is provided by the UK higher education funding and regulatory bodies. | More about cookies used by Discover Uni |
Site usage measurement cookies
As a university, our focus is on learning. Site usage measurement cookies allow us to analyse anonymised navigation patterns, to learn how people use our website and to make it better. Our site will not load Google Analytics' cookies if you have changed your web browser settings to reject cookies.
| Name | Used by | Description | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga* _gat* _gid |
University of Cambridge UK funding and regulatory bodies Google Inc (Google Analytics service) |
We use Google Analytics to understand how users are navigating our website, see how often content we publish is used and to test changes to improve the user experience. Your IP address is anonymised. | Google’s privacy policy |
Personalisation settings
Personalisation setting cookies allow you to tailor your experience on our website. Unless you opt-in to receive this type of cookie, we will not set these cookies on your device and you may not be able to use the functionality described.
| Name | Used by | Description | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| intercom-session* intercom-id* |
Unibuddy Limited | We use the Unibuddy service on some of our pages to allow you to chat with our student ambassadors. These cookies are necessary for the chat service to function properly and for you to be able to set your preferences. These cookies do not store information about you that will be used for other purposes. | Unibuddy's privacy policy |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Gecko Labs Limited | This cookie is used to authenticate form submissions made when you register an interest in, or sign up for, pre-admissions events, activities or updates. | Gecko Labs Limited's privacy policy |
| _dc _qst |
University of Cambridge Qualtrics (experience research service) |
We use Qualtrics to ask users questions about what they want to do with our website. We use these answers to improve how we build and develop it. Your IP address is collected and any answers you give. | Qualtric's browser compatibility and cookies notice |
| cean experimentation_subject_id ce2ab _cfduid _session |
University of Cambridge Crazy Egg (experience research service) |
We use the Crazy Egg website optimisation tool to assess whether our website is working well and to test new ideas for parts that may not currently be effective for you, our users. Where a test is running, these cookies store experiment details, user session information and A/B page variant rules, and establish a secure connection between the Crazy Egg testing tool and your device. All information is anonymised before we analyse browsing behaviour. | Crazy Egg's privacy policy |
Social marketing preferences
Social marketing preference cookies on our site connect to third-party providers such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Cookies will be set when you take an action, such as watching an embedded video. Data will be passed back to the third-party provider, allowing that organisation to record how you use their service on our site and show you relevant content, including advertising, when you pass onto their site. Unless you opt-in to receive social marketing preferences cookies, we will not set advertising cookies on your device.
| Name | Used by | Description | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp datr oo sb |
Meta Platforms Inc | These pixels are used to see whether users of Meta's platforms (such as Facebook and Instagram) subsequently visit our website and browse undergraduate admissions information. It allows the University, which is a charity, to increase the efficiency of its social media advertising activity by ensuring that our ads are shown to the people to whom they are most likely to be relevant. | Facebook's cookie notice |
| _ttp _tt_sessionId _tt_enable_cookie |
TikTok UK and TikTok Ireland (within UK and EEA) TikTok Inc (within USA) TikTok Pte Ltd |
The pixel is used to see whether users of TikTok subsequently visit our website and browse undergraduate admissions information. It allows the University, which is a charity, to increase the efficiency of its social media advertising activity by ensuring that our ads are shown to the people to whom they are most likely to be relevant. | TikTok's privacy policy |
| Local storage data CONSENT IDE GPS YSC VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE 1P_JAR |
Google Inc | YouTube embedded video may appear on selected web pages. Where it is present, Google uses cookies and local storage: to deliver the service (YouTube), to ensure that its services are working as intended, and to make improvements to its services. | Google’s privacy policy and YouTube's terms of service |
How to disable cookies
Your web browser will have an option you may select that will block cookies. Below are links to information about popular web browsers and how to block cookies using them.
Other web browsers – see the Information Commissioner's Office's website
Page last updated: 06 June 2022