MPhil Computational Biology at Cambridge for 2026 entry

Hey! I submitted my application yesterday. Hoping to get in, fingers crossed.
I remember when I applied to an MPhil at Cambridge two years ago (albeit the MPhil in Scientific Computing) that I was sent an invite to interview about 3/4 weeks after submission (but this included Christmas and New Year's).
Hopefully they're just as quick on this course 🙂

Niceeeee.....I hope we all get in. Do you have an idea of the interview questions?

I applied about a month ago, still under review. May i know what your backgrounds are if you don’t mind sharing? I am from CS. Also it’s mentioned that not everyone will be interviewed

My undergraduate is in Chemistry at Loughborough, but I did an MSc in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry last academic year (24/25) at the University of Oxford. It's during my MSc that I realised I wish to move on to computational biology instead, but it does mean I have already worked on things like statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics, monte carlo simulations, R, a lot of the computational techniques that you'll often see in this field. I'm mostly wanting to do the MPhil to 1) get solid research experience as I currently have hardly any and 2) to learn the biological side of things.
I am currently doing a PGCE in Secondary Mathematics as I didn't get any PhD's last year, so I'm really hoping to get into the MPhil so I can apply for a PhD afterwards. The teaching is really fun and I love it, but I'm not quite done learning myself yet 🙂

My undergraduate is in Chemistry at Loughborough, but I did an MSc in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry last academic year (24/25) at the University of Oxford. It's during my MSc that I realised I wish to move on to computational biology instead, but it does mean I have already worked on things like statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics, monte carlo simulations, R, a lot of the computational techniques that you'll often see in this field. I'm mostly wanting to do the MPhil to 1) get solid research experience as I currently have hardly any and 2) to learn the biological side of things.
I am currently doing a PGCE in Secondary Mathematics as I didn't get any PhD's last year, so I'm really hoping to get into the MPhil so I can apply for a PhD afterwards. The teaching is really fun and I love it, but I'm not quite done learning myself yet 🙂

Is there anyone else who applied for the MPhil Computational Biology program for 2026 entry? Have they gotten back to anyone or has anyone gotten an interview date?

Just had the interview. Very much like I expected:
Why do I want to do this course specfically, considering I already have a considerable background in computational chemistry
How would I convince someone of the structure predictions confidence when it was done by AI (specific question relating to something I'd done)
Does AI scare me or excite me?
Very much like my Cambridge interview 2 years ago (albeit for a different course) and more of a chance to confirm whether or not the course aligns with me previous experience and a bit of a 'vibe' check.
They said we should reach out to them if we haven't heard back after 2 weeks.

Any updates since the interview? I had mine the same week and haven’t heard anything back yet. The Degree Committee met last Thursday, so I’m hoping we’ll hear something soon either way. It does seem like there’s been some movement on the Part III admissions side.

i still haven’t received an interview invite and applied in november ☹️ starting to lose hope

In the interview they said we could email them once it’s been 2 weeks, so if I don’t hear anything by Thursday I might email them..
Two years ago when I interviewed (albeit for a different course) it took them 4 weeks to issue an offer.

Check your portals 🙂
I just checked the portal and my status changed to DP. I remember from when I was successful two years ago (albeit a different course) that offers are almost guaranteed at DP unless you forged documents or something, so I'm buzzing!!