Applying for a second undergraduate degree

You can apply to Cambridge to study a second undergraduate degree if you have a first or 2.1 Honours in an approved undergraduate degree from another university.

You can apply to:

• take the full course

or

• take the course in a year less than usual. We call students who take a course in less time ‘affiliated students’

If you want to apply to take a course in less time, you cannot:

• make an open application
• apply for Architecture, Design, History and Modern Languages, History and Politics, or Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

Read our guidance on applying for a second undergraduate degree and find out more about applying as a mature student.

Applying to take a course in less time

Not all applicants who already have an undergraduate degree will be considered for a shorter course of study.

You should contact the College you're considering applying to:

• check they accept affiliated students in the course you're interested in
• get advice about whether you may be eligible for an affiliated place

Affiliated applications for Veterinary Medicine will only be considered by Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund’s and Wolfson.

When to apply

You need to apply by 15 October for some courses and/or if you want to apply to a College other than Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's or Wolfson.

You can also apply to mature (21+) Colleges for most courses in January. But, no matter which course you're applying to, we recommend that you apply by the 15 October deadline if you can. Find out more about applying in January.

Entry requirements

You don't need to have your first degree at the point of applying. But you will need to complete it to the required standard before you can join the University.

Law applicants

If you're applying to Law as an affiliated student you should have achieved, or be expected to achieve:

• a first class undergraduate degree (or international equivalent)

or

• a Distinction in an MPhil (Master's qualification) or its international equivalent

Medicine applicants

As a graduate wishing to study Medicine you have the following options.

You can apply to:

• the standard Medicine course (A100) in the usual 6 years at any College except Hughes Hall
• the standard Medicine course (A100) at Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's or Wolfson College. You would take the pre-clinical component in 2 years instead of the usual 3
• the accelerated 4-year Graduate Course in Medicine (A101) at Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's and Wolfson. This course is only available to Home fee status students
• both the Standard Course (A100) and the Graduate Course (A101). If you choose to do so, you must apply to the same College for both courses. This means you could only apply to Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's, or Wolfson

Alternatively, you can apply to take the standard Medicine course (A100) in the usual 6 years at any College except Hughes Hall.

Tuition and College fees

Home tuition fees

The government regulated tuition fee rate for 2027-28 has been confirmed as £10,050 for the year

Your tuition fee may be different to the regulated tuition fee if you're taking a second undergraduate degree or if you already have a higher level degree, such as a Master's or PhD, or you are from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Further details will be published here in June 2026.

The fees for our courses are subject to inflationary increases in future years.

International tuition fees

International students should check the International fees and costs page for information.

College fees

Usually, students taking a second undergraduate degree have to pay a College fee. This is in addition to your tuition fees and other living costs.

Annual College fees vary between Colleges.

Details about College fees for 2027-28 will be available from June 2026.

Your College fee covers the cost of educational, support, domestic and pastoral services.

Annual fee increases

You should allow for annual increases to tuition and College fees. You should also be aware that there’s very little financial support available for second undergraduate degrees.

Annual increases will be determined by various factors. For example:

• the cost of delivering educational and related student services
• changes in government and other funding

Fee increases will also usually be in line with the prevailing UK rate of inflation.

If you already have a Cambridge degree

If you already have a BA with Honours from the University of Cambridge you won’t be a candidate for Honours in any Honours examination.