25 fall Cambridge Computer Science PhD application

I submitted my application for a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge in November and was interviewed in early January, where I was told it would take a few weeks to make a decision. At present, my application status in the application system is still "Under review by department".
Has anyone also applied for a PhD in Computer science? What is the status of your application?

I submitted my application for a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge in November and was interviewed in early January, where I was told it would take a few weeks to make a decision. At present, my application status in the application system is still "Under review by department".
Has anyone also applied for a PhD in Computer science? What is the status of your application?

Hi, as an update I received an offer by the department on Friday 15th if that's useful. I was told on the phone that they have sent out all of their offers for this round.

Hi, as an update I received an offer by the department on Friday 15th if that's useful. I was told on the phone that they have sent out all of their offers for this round.

"They have sent out all the offers for this round" - only CS phd or CS mphil as well?
Did you contact them over email or phone?

Thanks for sharing!
What is a "round" in this context, does anyone know?
I am wondering whether there will be subsequent such "rounds" (so we can keep fingers crossed) or whether at this point those who didn't receive an offer are basically just waiting for the rejection confirmation :')

Sorry I used the word "round" rather casually - I meant Oct 25 entry.
I was told on the phone that they had X number of applicants and have admitted Y, which has led me to think they've sent out all decisions by now. My portal did not update however, I just received an email from the CS department. It may be that certain supervisors haven't sent their recommendations to the dept yet but I'm not sure.
Hope this helps!

Ah, gotcha - thanks for the additional info, it definitely helps!
and congrats on the offer, that's fantastic 🙂

Sorry I used the word "round" rather casually - I meant Oct 25 entry.
I was told on the phone that they had X number of applicants and have admitted Y, which has led me to think they've sent out all decisions by now. My portal did not update however, I just received an email from the CS department. It may be that certain supervisors haven't sent their recommendations to the dept yet but I'm not sure.
Hope this helps!

I have heard from my supervisor that there is at least a second batch.

Sorry I used the word "round" rather casually - I meant Oct 25 entry.
I was told on the phone that they had X number of applicants and have admitted Y, which has led me to think they've sent out all decisions by now. My portal did not update however, I just received an email from the CS department. It may be that certain supervisors haven't sent their recommendations to the dept yet but I'm not sure.
Hope this helps!

Thanks for your sharing! If you don't mind, can you tell me what X and Y are roughly? I'm just curious how competitive CS PhD is at a university like Cambridge. I also applied to universities in the United States. As far as I know, some of the schools I applied to have an acceptance rate of about 1% to 3%.

I can't remember the exact numbers, but I calculated the percentage and it was around 10%. Keep in mind this is not with funding, which is an added layer of competitiveness. I don't have a good impression of how competitive this is, as it depends on a range of factors: nationality, academic merit, dept, supervisor, group, college .etc.

Did your supervisor say if those not in the first batch have a much lower chance of funding?

I haven’t! I checked this forum to see if anyone had… good to know I'm not the only one still waiting 🙂