Admissions Atlas · 2027 entry · Beta
University of Cambridge
Engineering BA (Hons) / MEng · UCAS H100
[36] ↗Broad engineering for the first two years; later specialisms include Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
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Requirements: 2027 entry. Historical data below are not 2027 requirements or a prediction of your outcome. Follow the sources for full eligibility, college, contextual and international-qualification conditions.
Entry requirements
Admissions tests & interviews
English language
- English languageNot specified
Pending verification
Course-specific accepted evidence, exemptions and thresholds still need verification.
[36] ↗Pending verification
Additional requirements
- Additional requirementsConditional
Broad engineering for the first two years; later specialisms include Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
[36] ↗Officially verified
Application timeline
Standard application route. Status labels use the current date in the UK; exact cut-offs use the stated UK time. Past deadlines remain visible. Test windows do not specify your individual appointment.
Timeline endpoint
Cambridge · UCAS deadline
15 Oct 2026
Each node is one milestone, in date order; spacing is not proportional to time. Select a node to read details and official sources.
Select a milestone below
Gold = key deadline · Hollow = support / information · Ordered by month, not to scale. Support deadlines matter if you need them.
● Key deadline● Test / interview○ Support / information
Priority is an editorial guide. Bursary and access-arrangement deadlines remain essential if you need that support.
Towards your deadline
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14 Sept 2026Support deadlineESAT · October · Access arrangement request deadlineTimeline endpoint
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21 Sept 2026Support deadlineESAT · October · Bursary request deadlineTimeline endpoint
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28 Sept 2026Test booking deadlineESAT · October · Test booking closesTimeline endpoint
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12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026Test / interviewESAT · October sittingTimeline endpoint
Book an appointment within the applicable regional window. Test windows are not individual appointments.
Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau: 12 Oct 2026 – 13 Oct 2026
[8] ↗View in Exam Calendar → -
15 Oct 2026Application deadlineCambridge · UCAS deadlineTimeline endpoint
Deadline: Cambridge · UCAS deadline · 15 Oct 2026
After this deadline
Later application steps, assessments and results remain visible here. Follow the exact deadline even when an assessment window overlaps it.
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22 Oct 2026Application deadlineMy Cambridge Application / applicable transcriptTimeline endpoint
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16 Nov 2026InformationESAT · October resultsTimeline endpoint
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First three weeks of December 2026Test / interviewCambridge · Interview periodTimeline endpoint
Most interviews in the first three weeks of December; use your college invitation.
[5] ↗View in Exam Calendar → -
27 Jan 2027InformationCambridge · DecisionsTimeline endpoint
Historical admissions statistics
Read each population and year before comparing. “Applications per place” is not an offer rate. No offer rate is shown where compatible application and offer counts have not been verified.
Historical application, offer and acceptance counts have not yet been verified for this programme in Atlas. No offer rate has been inferred.
Offer holders & entrant backgrounds
These are aggregate observations. Offer conditions, offer-holder measures and entrant achievements are labelled separately. None is an invented representative student profile.
Evidence gaps
Historical admissions data — Pending verification
Programme-specific counts and entrant profiles have not been verified. Data from Physics or other courses are not reused.[36] ↗
Competitions and admissions tests
Assessment requirements and verification gaps are shown above. This Beta does not assign an admissions advantage or probability uplift to competition medals: that relationship has not been verified here. Competition-specific evidence is pending review.
UAT-UK states that ESAT has no pass/fail score and is considered alongside other application information. [9] ↗
References for this programme
Direct links are also attached to each factual record. Publication date, verification date and entry year are distinct.
[36] Engineering BA (Hons) / MEng — 2027 entry ↗
University of Cambridge · ucas · Last verified: 2026-10-19
Section: 2027 course identity and entry requirements · Publication date: Not specified
University-supplied UCAS listing.
[30] UAT-UK course list — 2027 entry ↗
UAT-UK · test-provider · Last verified: 2026-10-19
Section: Imperial pp. 6; Cambridge p. 12; UCL pp. 21–22 · Publication date: Not specified
April 2026 course list; university course pages take precedence for later changes.
[8] Key dates and deadlines for 2027 entry ↗
UAT-UK · test-provider · Last verified: 2026-11-03
Section: October 2026 and January 2027 tables · Publication date: Not specified
January 2027 booking opens 28 October 2026 at 15:00 GMT, as shown in the official key-dates table on 3 November 2026; supersedes the previously recorded 26 October date.
[5] Application dates and deadlines for Cambridge ↗
University of Cambridge · university · Last verified: 2026-10-19
Section: October 2026–January 2027 · Publication date: Not specified
Standard October application round; mature-college January routes have separate dates.