MPhil in Politics and International Studies Cambridge Applicants Thread 2025

Does anyone know if they started sending out rejections already?

My one is still in the department

Has anyone's portal moved to 'decision pending'?

Mine is still under department review. I’m expecting some updates by the end of the week. Have you heard of anyone who applied to this MPhil and had their portal status change, even if it was for a rejection?

I've only looked briefly on GradCafe and in the main TSR thread for Cambridge PG 2025, but have not seen anyone's portal status change. I expect this is because there aren't interviews for this course so they prioritise filtering through applications for courses they do need to interview for, hence why other courses have had portal status changes.

So on Gradcafe a person just posted yesterday that they were accepted by POLIS for a PhD. Usually PhD decisions come later than MPhil decisions, but maybe this year's different.

That person on grad Cafe could have been applying for another political science PhD, not necessarily POLIS.

I emailed in the department last week. They replied- Your application is still under review within the department, following our standard procedure. Once the department reaches a decision, it will be sent to the Degree Committee for approval and then to the Postgraduate Admissions Office (PAO) for final confirmation. We appreciate your understanding, and you can expect an update by early February.”

POLIS is Cambridge's Department of Politics and International Studies and no other Cambridge department offers a PhD in political science. So that's not an option.

I emailed in the department last week. They replied- Your application is still under review within the department, following our standard procedure. Once the department reaches a decision, it will be sent to the Degree Committee for approval and then to the Postgraduate Admissions Office (PAO) for final confirmation. We appreciate your understanding, and you can expect an update by early February.”

wonder if we should be expecting people's portals to move to 'decision pending' soon?

Yes, I agree. If they email like this, people should be seeing some changes by now. I dont know how is this working. I am just checking portal 100 times in a day.

my portal has changed to "decision pending"

my portal has changed to "decision pending"

Congratulations. When did you apply?

Congratulations. When did you apply?

Not necessarily sure it’s a good thing. I got it this time last year before I was rejected. I feel like it’s means your application standouts in a good or bad way.