Admissions complaints and appeals

We aim to offer admission to undergraduate applicants of the greatest academic potential. The Colleges receive many applications of very high quality. Unfortunately, we cannot offer everyone a place and the number of unsuccessful candidates – even those with very strong applications – is therefore also high.

Colleges take time considering all elements of your application (including formal applications, tests, submitted work and interviews), to ensure that admissions decisions are focussed on academic ability and potential, and all staff involved in the process are trained to treat applicants fairly, consistently, and professionally.

Occasionally, however, an applicant may be dissatisfied with the decision not to offer them a place and have grounds to believe this stems from procedural error (submitting an “appeal”), or they may be dissatisfied with some other aspect of the management of their application (submitting a “complaint”).

The document above details the Colleges’ shared approved policy and procedure for the managing of such appeals and complaints.

How to submit an appeal or complaint

Before submitting an appeal or complaint you must read the  Undergraduate admissions appeals and complaints policy and procedure.

If you applied to the Foundation Year, you should check the Foundation Year appeals and complaints policy and procedure (Foundation Year website). 

• To submit an appeal select the College which you have applied to or were allocated to, from the list of forms below.
• To submit an Appeal Review, click the link to the Appeal Review form (at the bottom of the list below). This is a request for an appeal decision to be reviewed. You can find out more about this in the policy and procedure document above.
• If you applied to the Foundation Year and were not made an offer, select the Foundation Year form. If you were made an offer for the Foundation Year, please select the offering College.
• To submit a complaint you should do so in writing to the College.

Appeal forms

• Christ’s College
• Churchill College
• Clare College
• Corpus Christi College
• Downing College
• Emmanuel College
• Fitzwilliam College
• Girton College
• Gonville & Caius College
• Homerton College
• Hughes Hall
• Jesus College
• King’s College
• Lucy Cavendish College
• Magdalene College
• Murray Edwards College
• Newnham College
• Pembroke College
• Peterhouse
• Queens’ College
• Robinson College
• St Catharine’s College
• St Edmund’s College
• St John’s College
• Selwyn College
• Sidney Sussex College
• Trinity College
• Trinity Hall
• Wolfson College
• Appeal Review form (all Colleges)
• Foundation Year