St Edmund’s is a vibrant community of global talent, with over 700 students and 250 senior academics and professional members representing over 80 nationalities.
Each year, we admit up to 70 undergraduates, including affiliated students, aged 21 and over.
Why choose
St Edmund’s?
Choose St Edmund’s College to be your Cambridge home and you’ll discover the ideal place in which to shape your future. We offer all our undergraduate students:
How to apply for an undergraduate degree
As a mature College of the University of Cambridge, our application process is different to other universities. Find out more about how to apply to St Edmund’s College
Hear from our students
Meet Renan
Law Tripos
Can you share a memorable experience from your time at St Edmund’s?
Going to Formals is a really fun experience and it feels really special, every time.
What values are you learning at St Edmund’s College and how do you think your experiences at Cambridge are shaping you as a person?
I think I learned the most about other people. It's such a diverse group here at Eddies. Everybody is very friendly. I think it's sort of the ideal environment to study in.
How has attending St Edmund’s College enabled you to thrive?
In 2024, I was CR President. Being CR President has been great. I know a lot of people at the College.
Meet Alice
Classics
Why did you choose to study at St Edmund’s College?
If I was going to study Classics, then I wanted to do it at Cambridge. The Faculty of Classics here is one of the leading ones for the subject in the world and one of the biggest in the country. There is a wealth of different opinions and perspectives, and a lot of leading research is being conducted here.
What motivated you to choose your field of study?
Classics is an incredibly interdisciplinary subject: it brings together the study of language, linguistics, literature, history, philosophy and art and archaeology. The course allows me to discover several different academic disciplines, but all against the backdrop of cultures I find mesmerising.
Are there any professors, mentors, or classmates who particularly inspire or influence you?
The peers I meet at St Edmund’s tend to be interesting, friendly and inspiring, and I’ve also gotten very supportive feedback from my Director of Studies, Dr David Friedman.
Meet Dion
English
Can you tell us about your personal journey to Cambridge and what life for you looked like before you joined the University?
I was working backstage in theatre production in Bristol and London and completing a DipHE in Production Arts at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. I decided during this degree, which was completed in the COVID-19 pandemic, when it looked like theatres weren’t going to reopen for some time, that I wanted to return to a pursue more seriously academia.
What motivated you to choose your field of study?
I’ve always loved literature, like a cliché, and I knew that I wanted to learn more about literary and art theory. I’d like to go into criticism – that’s actually part of why I left theatre. I thought that a lot of the shows I saw mis-read or read the plays differently from my reading, and that variety interested me
What values are you learning at St Edmund’s College and how do you think your experiences at Cambridge are shaping you as a person?
I have learned more humility, introspection, and how much I genuinely value the company and input of others. I think that time at Eddie’s has made me a better person.
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