Which Colleges take Organ Scholars and are there restrictions?

Which Colleges take Organ Scholars?

The Colleges listed in the table below offer Organ Scholarships, and their vacancies for the next two years are shown. Organ Scholarships are not available at: Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, Murray Edwards, Newnham, St Edmund's, or Wolfson.

Are there any restrictions?

An Organ Scholarship can only be held in conjunction with an academic place at the awarding College. You don't have to be studying for a Music degree. However, some Colleges don't permit Organ Scholars to study certain subjects (usually in the sciences, as lab times often conflict with rehearsal and Evensong) and these are indicated in the Course restrictions column.

Organ Scholarships for Medicine or Veterinary Medicine students will not be awarded until late January (after BMAT and NSAA results have been received and interviews conducted for the whole applicant field). This is because the entire selection process for all candidates in the subject has to run before admissions decisions are made. Following the Organ Trials and associated academic interviews, applicants will be advised whether they have provisionally been offered an Organ Scholarship – whose confirmation will depend upon their being awarded an academic place to read Medicine or Veterinary Medicine in due course. It should also be noted that if you're wishing to apply for Medicine, you can't apply for an Organ Scholarship at both Cambridge and Oxford.

What vacancies are there?

The following is accurate at the time of being published online. However, from time to time the individual circumstances of any given College may change and potential candidates are advised to check the site regularly in case the list of scholarships changes for any reason.

*Both King’s and Peterhouse have only ONE vacancy but a successful candidate could start in either 2024 or 2025.