Black postgrads at Cambridge - October 2025

Hi everyone! Wanted to start a thread for Black people starting/continuing postgraduate degrees at Cambridge this autumn to connect - looking forward to getting to know you all!

Reply 1

pope1ashley

Original post by TurtleberrySoup

Hi everyone! Wanted to start a thread for Black people starting/continuing postgraduate degrees at Cambridge this autumn to connect - looking forward to getting to know you all!

Hi! Have you already started there? How is it studying there? I will (hopefully) be coming in from the states, just waiting to hear back on funding.

Reply 2

TurtleberrySoup

Original post by pope1ashley

Hi! Have you already started there? How is it studying there? I will (hopefully) be coming in from the states, just waiting to hear back on funding.

I'm starting my degree in October! I heard back on funding last week - crossing my fingers for you!

Reply 3

pope1ashley

Original post by TurtleberrySoup

I'm starting my degree in October! I heard back on funding last week - crossing my fingers for you!

Congrats! That’s awesome for you! I am holding out hope even though the wait is so hard.

What field are you in?

Reply 4

Anonymous #1

Can i join this thread as a brown person 🥹🙏

Reply 5

AriTahira

Hi! I'm of Black British descent. I'll be starting the MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History in October. Hoping to find other black people that will be starting / at Cambridge come October.