Cambridge Postgraduate Offer Holders (2026 Entry)

I’ll be doing a PhD in psychology and been accepted at Trinity Hall after rejection from St John’s. I’m a mature student and would be great to maybe connect with some other older students.

I’ll be doing a PhD in psychology and been accepted at Trinity Hall after rejection from St John’s. I’m a mature student and would be great to maybe connect with some other older students.

Hey, do you mind me asking how long it took you to get a rejection from St John’s? I received my offer for the MPhil on 4 February, but my status still says “seeking college membership.” I put St John’s as my first choice.

Have an offer for a PhD in Sociology, and got allocated to Wolfson College! I’m originally from Singapore!

It took about 2 weeks post official offer. I was waiting to see if it said rejected by St John's etc, as that's what it says it will do, but it just went straight to accepted Trinity Hall.

Congratulations on securing Trinity Hall! It is such a lovely college! If you don’t mind me asking, do you know how you were rejected from St John’s? Did you get an email? I’m still waiting to hear back on my college allocation and I’m dreading the wait!

mphil student allocated to Darwin college, anyone know something about it?

Was that your first choice? If not what was? I've heard Darwin is nice

Hey everyone! Would be great to get to know other Cambridge postgrads.
Feel free to comment your course, your college (confirmed/preferred), and where you're from.

Have an offer for a PhD in Sociology, and got allocated to Wolfson College! I’m originally from Singapore!

how long did it take for the college allocation to come through? Wolfson is my first choice.

I got my offer 5/2/2026 and it came about a week after? Before valentines!

mphil student allocated to Darwin college, anyone know something about it?

Hi, Darwin is a postgraduate only college and is considered fairly popular among a lot of PG students because of that (at least from what I've heard). It's my second choice on the portal. My reasons for choosing it were (i) it seems to offer on-site accommodation to most of the PG students, (ii) it seems to have a good, tight-knit PG community since it is smaller than the more popular, mixed colleges (which have both undergraduates and postgraduates) and (iii) it's at a very short distance from the department I have applied to as well as from the university library. On top of that, its location is fairly central from what I saw on the virtual map. It also seemed like a safe choice since the acceptance rates were higher than most colleges due to it not being an option for undergraduates.