Medicine Taster Day
What is it?
We will be running a Medicine Taster Day on Monday 5 August, which will take place from 10am to 4:30pm. The full timetable is available below.
Who is it for?
This event is for aspiring Medicine students who are planning to apply to university in 2024. Places are very limited, and priority will be given to those who meet the widening participation criteria set out below.
How can I apply?
Complete the form here to apply for a place. We expect that this event will be over-subscribed and therefore completing this form does not guarantee you a place on the day.
Widening participation criteria
In the event of over-subscription, places will be prioritised for students who meet any of the following criteria:
- Are care experienced
- Have been eligible for Free School Meals (at any point in the last six years)
- Are, or have been, an asylum seeker or refugee
- Have significant caring responsibilities
- Are estranged from close family members
- Live in an area of low progression to higher education (POLAR4)
- Live in an area of high deprivation (IMD)
- Attend a low-performing sixth form
- Attend/attended a low-performing GCSE school
- Are from an under-represented ethnic group, these include:
- Black African and Black Caribbean
- Pakistani and Bangladeshi
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller
- Are from any background or region of the UK which is under-represented at the University of Cambridge
- Have had any other personal circumstances that have disrupted your education