Cambridge MPhil English Applicants 2026

Hi everyone, I just wanted to make a thread for those applying to the MPhil in English Studies for 2026 entry. I’d love to connect with you all and keep each other updated on our application statuses! Would also be very interested to hear what areas people want to research in

Hi! I chose postcolonial literature as my area of research! I applied in October for the US funding deadline and haven't heard back yet for admissions. Is this normal?

Hi everyone, I just wanted to make a thread for those applying to the MPhil in English Studies for 2026 entry. I’d love to connect with you all and keep each other updated on our application statuses! Would also be very interested to hear what areas people want to research in

iirc, that just means u haven't got the Gates and so you've been 'rolled over' to the rest of admissions w everyone else in Jan. I think this is right - there's deff something about this on the main mphil website : ) gl !

I indicated 20th C and American : ) wbu?

hey I indicated 4 different areas (postcolonial, 20thC-contemporary, criticism and culture, Philosophy). What kind of things are people most interested in about the course? Any particular research frameworks/specialist seminars, etc.; for me it’s the opportunity to focus on literature and philosophy.
Any other reasons for applying? 🙂 I’m not sure whether I’ll be accepted because there didn’t seem to be many faculty members who have the right interests to supervise the project I proposed, but will find out I suppose. If you want to share how you’re feeling about your application as a whole then pls do!

Same, it seems like there is only one person that could supervise mine, although I did propose an interdisciplinary research topic so I’m kind of nervous about that being a disconnect from their interests

hey I indicated 4 different areas (postcolonial, 20thC-contemporary, criticism and culture, Philosophy). What kind of things are people most interested in about the course? Any particular research frameworks/specialist seminars, etc.; for me it’s the opportunity to focus on literature and philosophy.
Any other reasons for applying? 🙂 I’m not sure whether I’ll be accepted because there didn’t seem to be many faculty members who have the right interests to supervise the project I proposed, but will find out I suppose. If you want to share how you’re feeling about your application as a whole then pls do!

has anyone been accepted? am I too eager/nervous

Has anybody been moved to ‘under review’ yet? Anxious as to when we’ll finally see some movement

Good luck to all of you! I am a current English MPhil student and this thread popped up, so I just wanted to pop in and say that last year people moved straight from “submitted” to “decision pending” and skipped the “under review” stage. It seems only some departments have “under review.” As you’ll see if you scroll through previous years threads, “decision pending,” is generally a good thing and people rarely get rejected after getting put on that status (in previous years at least). People who are rejected tend to move from “submitted” right to “application unsuccessful” (or a status name like that). Last year, I think people started moving to decision pending throughout February.

Thank you so much for your response, that’s really helpful! Congratulations on getting in, how are you finding the course so far?