PhD in English at University of Cambridge 2026

Hi all! Just wanted to see if anyone else is in the same boat regarding waiting for a response to their application?

Yes, I haven't heard anything yet. Does anyone know if all candidates get an interview? It looks like a lot of courses only do interviews if students are being put forward for funding.

From my experience with Cambridge, funding isn't confirmed until late spring/early summer. I was invited to interview for my MPhil in February before funding was released

From my experience with Cambridge, funding isn't confirmed until late spring/early summer. I was invited to interview for my MPhil in February before funding was released

Also in the same boat and yet to hear anything. I’m still on ‘submitted’ on the portal. Looking at Gradcafe, it seems people last year started to hear stuff back between this week and mid-Feb?

Also in the same boat and yet to hear anything. I’m still on ‘submitted’ on the portal. Looking at Gradcafe, it seems people last year started to hear stuff back between this week and mid-Feb?

i am under review by department since nov 17 🙂 - no interview invite yet - don't no if its silent rejection or not - lets hope for the best - and absed on gradcafe does cambridge takes interview in feb also ?

Also in the same boat and yet to hear anything. I’m still on ‘submitted’ on the portal. Looking at Gradcafe, it seems people last year started to hear stuff back between this week and mid-Feb?

Ah, I didn’t apply until January, which might be why ours differ! It looks like there were people getting interviews and acceptances all the way into March - though how reliable GC is, I don’t know! Good luck all the same!

I'm the same with being stuck on 'submitted'. Feel sick with nerves lol. Hopefully we are put out of our misery soon

Omg like please 😭😭 put us out of our misery 🥲🥲

I've also been stuck on submitted since December... so nerve racking

Yikes! I understand. I have been under review by department since December. Maybe you could email to check in the status or to find out when the decisions will be out. What course did you apply to?

I'm the same with being stuck on 'submitted'. Feel sick with nerves lol. Hopefully we are put out of our misery soon

I've been stuck on submitted for a while as well. So I am not sure how they review applications after the deadline, as I submitted quite early.

do they directly reject students with less cgpa/gpa but good research experience - also what is the supervisors role here 🙂

Current MPhil here, and also applying for English PhD, but the department is super slow with everything. But from what I gather, if you receive an offer in February that means you’ve been nominated for AHRC funding. And there’s like no AHRC funding anymore; I think the Humanities as a whole has 6 Studentships, so English will have ~2