Manage Your Student Profile
The University maintains personal and course information on each student registered with the Board of Graduate Studies (this includes previously registered students). It is a student's responsibility to ensure that their record is accurate.
Please note that your graduate tutor is your first port of call for advice and information regarding non-academic matters, or matters that you might find difficult discussing with your supervisor. The Graduate Union is also very helpful.
As a registered student you are required to know the date you are expected to submit work and/or your dissertation. You must ensure you submit any work within the date you are registered. As a doctoral student you can check your registration and submission on your Self-Service pages. MPhil, MRes, CPGS or Diploma students can find submission information in the 'Submitting and Examination' section.
In order to manage intermitting, extending the date you are registered as a student (to enable you to defer your submission date), working away from Cambridge, or any other application, you will need to apply for permission from the University. Applications are made from Self-Service pages in CamSIS. Please note however, that unless there are exceptional circumstances, it is now very difficult for the Board to consider retrospective applications.
You are in charge of managing the administration of your application until it is presented to your degree committee (or directly to the Board), which will consider your case and make a decision, which is recommended to the Board. The Board then communicates the final decision to you by email or in writing. If you are unclear about which application or course of action is most appropriate, please consult your graduate tutor.
Please note, any application you have applied for over six months ago and remains at the 'initiated' status will be automatically cancelled by the Board as it will be assumed that you no longer wish to pursue this application.
Please remember to keep your college and sponsor informed when you make an application to undertake a particular course of action. You may also need to secure permission from your sponsor (especially the Research Councils), who will have provided you with information in their handbook.
If you need to cancel an application whilst it is being administered, you will need to log onto your Self-Service pages to request this. If your application has been approved, you will need to email the Graduate Students Team.
If you are currently, or have previously been, registered as a graduate student at Cambridge on a PhD, MPhil, MRes, MSt, MASt, LLM, Graduate Diploma or a Certificate in Advanced Study in Mathematics (Part III Maths) and wish to continue to another graduate qualification, you will need to apply to continue/be readmitted as a graduate student.
- Further information
Graduate Students Team (graduate.students@admin.cam.ac.uk)
- In this section
- Changing Your Name
- Changing Colleges [.cam.ac.uk domain only]
- Applying for Person(s) to Join You in Cambridge
- Residing Outside the University's Precincts
Programme of Study
- Intermission
- Changing Your Mode of Study
- Withdrawing From the University
- Leave to Work Away from Cambridge
- Extending Your 'End of Registration Date'
- Changing Your Course Registration
- Allowance/Exemption of Research Terms
- Removal From the Register
- Reinstatement to the Register
Course Information
- Changing Your Department/Faculty
- Changing Your Supervisor
- Exemption From the University Composition Fee
Special Requests for Support from BGS