Each year, Fitzwilliam College runs competitions in a variety of subjects, allowing talented pupils to explore their interests beyond the school curriculum.

The University of Cambridge seeks out students with a passion for their subject and who have investigated it outside the classroom. Our essay competitions provide students with an opportunity to engage with their interests in this way, allowing them to demonstrate their enthusiasm for their subject.

2025 Competitions 

This year we will be running essay competitions in Ancient World and Classics, Archaeology, Economics, Land Economy, Medieval World and Slavonic Studies. 

In addition to our Essay Competitions, we will be running our Architectural Design Competition and, new for 2025, we will be launching our French and German translation competitions. Further particulars and this year's questions can be found at the links below. Please read the competition rules and submission guidelines carefully before entering a competition.

Essay Competitions

Architectural Design Competition

Translation Competitions 

The deadline for all competitions is 6pm on Friday 28th February 2025.

Preparation Webinars

We will be running two webinars to support students entering our essay competitions. 

The first webinar took place on the 29th of January 2025. A recording can be watched here.

The second webinar will be on the 19th of February. 
The webinar will take place at 6pm - if you cannot make this time, a recording will be made available on our website. Please use the link below to sign up for the second webinar: 

https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d5qCcCUuupWq5BY 

Contact us

If you have any questions relating to the competitions please contact us on essaycompetition@fitz.cam.ac.uk