Undergraduate Offer Holders

• Watch the College Virtual Tour or
• Book an in-person visit.

Once you have met your offer conditions and your place is confirmed, you’ll have the opportunity to book accommodation. The accommodation team will email you once you’re eligible to book. Booking emails will be sent out between May and September.

We’ll be holding webinars for offer-holders during the summer. Look out for the invitations in your inbox.

We’ll be sending weekly emails from early-August onwards, which will contain all sorts of useful information to help you plan for your start at St Edmund’s College.

• Prepare to travel to Cambridge.
• Please bring original copies of all of your certificates.
• International students: please bring your passport and a copy of your boarding pass or travel ticket.
• Join our Bridging Programme. We provide all new undergraduate offer-holders access to a Bridging Programme, a three-day induction programme of in-person events that will help you navigate student life at Cambridge.
• Attend Freshers’ Week
  Held just before the start of Michaelmas Term, the College’s Tutorial team and CR host a variety of events, including games nights, pub crawls, formal meals and bops. Opportunities to meet key College staff and College Fellows are available too.
• Register with a GP. Most of our students register with Huntingdon Road Surgery.
• Purchase your academic gown
• You’ll need an academic gown for your time at Cambridge. You’re required to wear this for the Matriculation photograph, Matriculation ceremony, formal dinners and graduation. The CR will organise gown shopping trips during Freshers’ week to help you buy your gown.
  If you wish to organise this independently, please use this flow chart to see which gown you need (include flow chart image). Ryder and Amies, and
  Churchill Gowns supply student gowns in Cambridge.
• Attend your Matriculation photograph. All freshers and College Fellows gather on the College lawn for a formal photograph to commemorate their start at St Edmund’s. You’ll be able to buy a copy of the photograph afterwards if you wish. A drinks reception and light lunch will also be served after the photograph is taken.
• Attend your Matriculation ceremony. You’ll receive a personal invite to a particular ceremony.

The Matriculation ceremony marks your formal admission to the College as a student (junior member) and formally begins your membership of the University and the College. It is an agreement to conform to both the University and College regulations. At the Matriculation ceremony, the Master receives and welcomes new members of the College. The Matriculation ceremony is followed by a celebratory drinks’ reception and dinner.

• Pay your fees
  You’ll receive an invoice at the beginning of Michaelmas Term for your tuition fees. This will be for your full annual tuition fee (unless you are being funded by a loan or scholarship, which is paid to you in instalments). Full details of all fees and how to pay can be found on the fees and funding page.