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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!

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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.

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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!

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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?

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Can i join this thread as a brown person 🥹🙏

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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.

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

Wow congrats! I'm waiting for the funding update, so stressful. Btw what funding was that

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by 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.


Heyyy im black British too and im starting an MPhil in Film in Oct. I moving from London so this will be a big change 😅😅. Feel free to message me if you can, my account is new so I can’t message you.

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