Courses by Department/Faculty/Institute
Departments, Faculties, and Institutions
As a graduate student at Cambridge, you will belong to one of the University's faculties, departments or affiliated institutions. These provide all your teaching and supervisions, and facilities for research. They also organise regular seminars and workshops, often with eminent speakers (in some cases, these are a compulsory part of your course, and your assessment takes account of your attendance). Graduate students are represented on departmental, faculty and other important committees that oversee graduate matters.
Faculties and departments are overseen by degree committees, whose responsibility it is to oversee academic matters and make sure that graduate courses run smoothly. The Board of Graduate Studies co-ordinates the work of the degree committees and sets University-wide standards for graduate admission and degrees.
University Partner Institutions (UPIs)
In addition to the University's faculties, departments and institutes, there are several specialist institutions outside the University that accept graduate research students for the whole of their course of research. These are all approved by the University and are located in or near Cambridge, so that students can participate fully in the life of the University and colleges. Apart from a limited amount of teaching, you should be free to devote the whole of your working time to your approved course of research.
Applications are made in the normal way through the BGS. Graduate students working in these institutions are registered through the most appropriate degree committee and abide by the same regulations as all other research students in the University.
Like all other research students of the University, you would be expected to:
- attend course work in the University (as instructed by the degree committee concerned and the BGS)
- take and pass a progress examination (as prescribed by the degree committee)
- reside within the residence radius
- pay the University Composition Fee and College Fee.
If you are a student at one of these approved University Partner Institutions, your main supervisor might be a member of the institute's staff, in which case you might also have a second supervisor from a relevant University department. The main facilities for your research are those provided by the institute, but you will be entitled to use all the central University facilities, such as the libraries, Careers Service, Counselling Service etc. You will also be a member of a college and enjoy all the usual college benefits.
Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
The Institute of Continuing Education offers opportunities for further study, on a part-time basis. It offers a range of credit and non-credit programmes, qualifications and education designed for anyone who wishes to extend their initial study, update their knowledge and skills or to undertake career development or change. The full range of courses offered by the Institute and further information can be viewed on the ICE website. Master of Studies courses (MSts) are administered through ICE. For more information on MSts see the ICE website. Course entries for the MSts can be found under the relevant departmental listings, below.
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- African Studies, Centre of
- Agricultural Botany, National Institute of (UPI)
- Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Department of
- Animal Health Trust (UPI)
- Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Department of
- Archaeology, Department of
- Architecture, Department of
- Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of
- Astronomy, Institute of
B
- Babraham Institute (BBSRC) (UPI)
- Biochemistry, Department of
- Biological Anthropology, Department of
- Biostatistics, MRC Unit (UPI)
- British Antarctic Survey (UPI)
C
- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (UPI)
- Cancer Cell, MRC Unit (UPI)
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute
- Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Department of
- Chemistry, Department of
- Classics, Faculty of
- Clinical Biochemistry, Department of
- Clinical School
- Clinical Neurosciences, Department of
- Cognition and Brain Sciences, MRC Unit (UPI)
- Computer Science and Technology, Faculty of
- Criminology, Institute of
D
E
- Earth Sciences, Department of
- Economics, Faculty of
- Education, Faculty of
- Engineering, Department of
- English, Faculty of
- Epidemiology, MRC Unit (UPI)
- European Bioinformatics Institute (UPI)
- Experimental Psychology, Department of
G
H
- Haematology, Department of
- History, Faculty of
- History and Philosophy of Science, Department of
- History of Art, Department of
- Human Nutrition Research, MRC (UPI)
I
- Institute for Manufacturing
- International Law, Lauterpacht Centre for
- Islamic Studies, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of
J
L
- Land Economy, Department of
- Latin American Studies, Centre of
- Law, Faculty of
- Life Sciences, Graduate School of
M
- Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of
- Medical Genetics, Department of
- Medicine, Department of
- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis
- Mitochondrial Biology, MRC Unit (UPI)
- Modern and Medieval Languages, Faculty of
- Molecular Biology, MRC Laboratory of (UPI)
- MRC Biostatistics Unit (UPI)
- MRC Cancer Cell Unit (UPI)
- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (UPI)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (UPI)
- MRC Human Nutrition Research (UPI)
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (UPI)
- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (UPI)
- Music, Faculty of
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O
P
- Paediatrics, Department of
- Pathology, Department of
- Pharmacology, Department of
- Philosophy, Faculty of
- Physics, Department of
- Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Department of
- Plant Sciences, Department of
- Politics and International Studies, Department of
- Psychiatry, Department of
- Public Health and Primary Care, Department of
- Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Department of
R
S
- Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust (UPI)
- Scott Polar Research Institute
- Social Anthropology, Department of
- Social and Developmental Psychology, Department of
- Sociology, Department of
- South Asian Studies, Centre of
- Stem Cell Research, Wellcome Trust Centre
- Surgery, Department of