概要
History at Cambridge is a three-year BA (Hons) with UCAS code V100 and a typical A*AA offer. The course moves from broad Part IA papers and source work to Part IB research and Part II specialisation, with small-group supervisions central throughout.
なぜCambridgeでHistoryを?
Cambridge ranks #1 in the Complete University Guide and #3 in the Guardian 2026 History subject table, so the strongest headline is not a single universal rank but Cambridge’s position across two verified UK subject tables.
Section 01
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Section 02
| Qualification | Typical Offer | Key Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| A-Level | A*AA | History, A modern or classical language, English Literature recommended. |
| IB Diploma | 40–42 with 776 at HL | |
| Advanced Placement (AP) | Minimum five AP Tests at score 5 in subjects relevant to the course, plus strong SAT or ACT results and high High School Diploma performance. |
Section 03
Jun–Jul 2026
Open days & shortlist colleges
Visit Cambridge in person if you can. Open days run in late June and early July. Begin narrowing your college list and reading first-year reading lists.
Sep 2026
Draft your personal statement
Write for the subject, not the institution. Cambridge admissions tutors look for ~80% academic content and genuine super-curricular engagement.
28 Sep 2026
ESAT / TMUA registration deadline
Pre-registration via the Pearson VUE admissions testing portal closes at 18:00 UK time. Late entry is not normally possible.
15 Oct 2026
UCAS deadline
Submit your UCAS application by 18:00 UK time on 15 October 2026.
12–16 Oct 2026
Sit ESAT / TMUA
ESAT and TMUA are sat in this window at Pearson VUE centres. LNAT and UCAT use their own test windows — check each test's site for booking dates.
22 Oct 2026
My Cambridge Application deadline
Complete the My Cambridge Application supplementary questionnaire by 18:00 UK time on 22 October 2026. This replaced the old SAQ.
10 Nov 2026
Submitted written work deadline
Most arts and humanities courses ask for one or two pieces of marked school work. Each college confirms its exact deadline; 10 November is the standard date.
Dec 2026
Interviews
Around three-quarters of applicants are interviewed. Typically 1–2 interviews of 25–45 minutes each at your chosen or allocated college.
27 Jan 2027
Main decisions released
Cambridge releases its main decisions on 27 January 2027. Around a quarter of offers are made through the Winter Pool — strong applicants reconsidered by colleges with remaining places.
Jun–Jul 2026
Open days & shortlist colleges
Visit Cambridge in person if you can. Open days run in late June and early July. Begin narrowing your college list and reading first-year reading lists.
Sep 2026
Draft your personal statement
Write for the subject, not the institution. Cambridge admissions tutors look for ~80% academic content and genuine super-curricular engagement.
28 Sep 2026
ESAT / TMUA registration deadline
Pre-registration via the Pearson VUE admissions testing portal closes at 18:00 UK time. Late entry is not normally possible.
15 Oct 2026
UCAS deadline
Submit your UCAS application by 18:00 UK time on 15 October 2026.
12–16 Oct 2026
Sit ESAT / TMUA
ESAT and TMUA are sat in this window at Pearson VUE centres. LNAT and UCAT use their own test windows — check each test's site for booking dates.
22 Oct 2026
My Cambridge Application deadline
Complete the My Cambridge Application supplementary questionnaire by 18:00 UK time on 22 October 2026. This replaced the old SAQ.
10 Nov 2026
Submitted written work deadline
Most arts and humanities courses ask for one or two pieces of marked school work. Each college confirms its exact deadline; 10 November is the standard date.
Dec 2026
Interviews
Around three-quarters of applicants are interviewed. Typically 1–2 interviews of 25–45 minutes each at your chosen or allocated college.
27 Jan 2027
Main decisions released
Cambridge releases its main decisions on 27 January 2027. Around a quarter of offers are made through the Winter Pool — strong applicants reconsidered by colleges with remaining places.
Section 04
History（University of Cambridge）の2027年度入試では、出願者に書面の入試テストは課されません。出願は推薦書・成績・パーソナルステートメント・提出物・面接で評価されます。
Always verify on the official Oxford admissions tests page.
Section 05
Interview Invitation
Late Nov
Arrival to Interview
Early Dec
Technical Question
Mid Dec
Decision
Early Jan
Interview Invitation
Late Nov
Arrival to Interview
Early Dec
Technical Question
Mid Dec
Decision
Early Jan
Question Types You’ll See
The History interview is best understood as a supervision-style historical discussion: you are expected to think aloud, respond to evidence and refine an argument under questioning.
Typical prompts may include discussion of submitted written work, analysis of an unseen source or image, follow-up from personal-statement reading, and comparison of competing historical interpretations.
Preparation should focus on the movement from claim to evidence to qualification. Do not memorise set answers; practise changing your mind when a better interpretation appears.
無料のHistory面接練習問題バンクで本番さながらの問題を練習しましょう。
無料練習問題 →
Section 06
Cambridge does not publish numeric weights for History decisions, so the weights shown for this guide are indicative — Cambridge does not publish numerical weightings.
Cambridge’s decision criteria for History include interview performance, academic record and predicted grades, submitted written work, personal statement and school or college reference, and College admission assessment where required.
The best-supported reading is that History decisions are holistic and academic, with Colleges considering the full application alongside contextual data and interview performance.
In reality, your application needs repeated evidence of the same thing: careful historical thinking under different conditions.
Our recommendation · weighting of admission factors
Oxbridge Mentors recommendation, drawn from observed offer patterns. University of Cambridge does not publish official weightings — exact balance varies by college, course and year.
Section 07
For History, a strong personal statement is not a list of periods you enjoy. It should show how you handle evidence, how your views changed after reading, and how you compare historians in ways that could lead naturally into a supervision-style discussion or a submitted-work interview.
We recommend choosing two or three linked historical questions. For each one, explain the argument you met, the evidence that mattered, the limitation you noticed and the next question it raised.
Avoid writing as though history is just storytelling. Cambridge History rewards applicants who can ask why a source exists, who it served, what it omits and how later historians have used it; that matches the course’s emphasis on source papers, historical thinking and research skills.
専門家による一行一行の解説付き完全例文を見る。
History PS例文 →Section 08
A good History project gives you something concrete to discuss in a supervision-style setting: a question, a source base, an interpretation, a limitation and a methodological difficulty. A narrow topic is usually stronger than a century-wide survey because interviewers can probe your choices about evidence, scope and interpretation.
Section 08
Other supercurricular work should strengthen the habits that the course tests: source criticism, argument, historiography and precision.
These activities support the application; they are not a substitute for careful reading and clear argument.
Primary-source practice:
Build a habit of analysing provenance, audience, purpose, silence, and context rather than just extracting factual content.
Historiography notes:
For every substantial book or article, record the historian's argument, evidence base, method, and what another historian might challenge.
Museum and archive visits:
Use exhibitions and local archives to practise asking historical questions from material evidence rather than passively consuming displays.
Lecture and podcast listening:
Listen actively: pause to summarise the argument, identify unfamiliar concepts, and follow up one primary or scholarly reference.
Extended essay writing:
Write under self-imposed word limits. Cambridge interviewers value precise arguments more than encyclopaedic coverage.
Public-history critique:
Analyse how history appears in museums, documentaries, memorials, political speeches, and journalism. Ask what choices shape the narrative.
Section 08
Competitions are not required. What they do well is stretch your research habits and force you to write a controlled argument under a fixed brief.
None are required; one or two done well beats five half-attempted.
Section 09
Year
01 / 03
1
Foundations and breadth
The first year introduces Cambridge History through broad chronological and geographical outline papers, a primary-source paper, and core training in historical thinking and research skills. Students begin building the habits of essay writing, source analysis and methodological reflection that underpin later specialisation.
Year
02 / 03
2
Focused topics and independent research
The second year narrows the focus through topic papers and a research project, while continuing formal work on historical concepts and historiography. It is the bridge between broad foundations and the more specialised final year.
Year
03 / 03
3
Advanced specialisation
The final year centres on advanced and specialised study, including a special subject using primary sources and further work in historical thinking. Students either take two advanced topic papers or combine one advanced topic paper with a 10,000-word dissertation.
Section 10
Cambridge History requires submitted written work: two pieces at all Colleges except Sidney Sussex, which asks for one piece.
The College tells applicants what to submit and by when; Cambridge written-work guidance says submitted work should normally be marked by a teacher, include teacher comments, use the relevant cover sheet, be submitted as separate PDFs and be work the applicant would be happy to discuss at interview.
Choose work that shows real historical argument, not just factual coverage. You should be able to explain what you would improve if you rewrote it.
Section 11
Start with method as well as content. The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of History by John Tosh is included because it explains historical aims, evidence and method; The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg and The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis are included because they model microhistory and reconstruction from unusual sources.
For broader range, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan helps applicants think beyond national narratives and follow connections across trade, empire, religion, labour and migration.
Video resources should be used to practise academic listening and source-aware follow-up. The verified channels are YaleCourses for full university lecture sequences, Gresham College for public lectures by academic historians that model how debates are framed at degree level, HistoryExtra for historian interviews across periods, History Hit for documentary prompts that should lead into further reading, and The British Museum for object-led history useful in material-culture and global-history thinking.
Podcasts can help you test whether you can follow an argument without visual notes. The verified list is HistoryExtra Podcast for historian interviews, In Our Time: History for expert panel debate, You're Dead to Me for accessible episodes that still pair topics with expert historians and help you identify methodological assumptions, and Dan Snow's History Hit for narrative interviews that can help you discover topics before deeper reading.
For sustained study, the verified free courses are The Early Middle Ages, 284–1000, European Civilization, 1648–1945, History & The Arts: Free courses, Open Yale History Courses. Use them to practise taking notes across a sequence of lectures, not just watching one episode.
Section 12
29 colleges offer this subject. not published of applicants submit an open application. Around 19% of October 2024 applications were placed in the Winter Pool, according to Cambridge's current application-decisions guidance. of places come through the pool.
Cambridge History applicants apply to one of 29 Colleges within a collegiate university.
The Winter Pool is Cambridge’s inter-College mechanism for ensuring that strong applicants are not disadvantaged by applying to an oversubscribed College.
For History, College choice can affect residential community, interview format, accommodation, costs, location and College-specific assessment or written-work instructions.
It should not be treated as a tactical shortcut. We recommend shortlisting Colleges by fit, then checking each College’s current History page before applying.
Section 13
Cambridge History graduates enter a wide range of fields because the degree develops independent research, evidence evaluation and persuasive argument.
Recent popular employment areas include law, teaching and public service, while Discover Uni data for Cambridge History graduates from 2021–23 reports that 85% went on to work and/or study 15 months after the course.
The career breakdown uses occupation-type data from 105 employed respondents and separates business/public service/research/administration, finance, teaching, media/journalism/arts/literary roles, natural and social science professions, and a residual other category.
Section 14
Cambridge considers every applicant individually through a holistic academic assessment using the available application information.
Contextual data gives assessors a fuller picture of educational and social circumstances, but Cambridge states that it does not systematically make lower offers or excuse a poor academic record on this basis.
Contextual indicators can include individual circumstances, geodemographic and UK-region data, and school or college context.
Flags may lead to particularly careful attention during review and pooling, but academic achievement remains central and flagged applicants are not guaranteed an interview, offer or lower offer.
Watch & Learn
学生ブログ・模擬面接・講義体験・入試アドバイス。
Opening lecture for Yale's European Civilization, 1648–1945 course; useful for framing themes in modern European history.
Introductory lecture for Yale's Early Middle Ages course, starting with the Roman Empire and its later transformations.
Richard J. Evans lecture on Victorian history, useful for seeing how historians organise a large historical period thematically.
Tom Holland lecture linking historical memory, pilgrimage, and pandemic contexts.
Ronald Hutton lecture exploring evidence, uncertainty, and interpretation around the cult of Mithras.
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Further Reading
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