Admissions Atlas · 2027 entry · Beta
Natural Sciences · Physical Sciences pathway · UCAS BCF0
[4] ↗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.
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[4] ↗Officially verified41–42 points; HL 776.
[4] ↗Officially verifiedMathematics plus two other science/mathematics subjects. College and first-year option requirements vary.
[4] ↗Officially verifiedHL Analysis and Approaches expected; contact colleges if unavailable at your school.
[4] ↗Officially verifiedCompulsory: Mathematics 1. Choose 2 more: Biology · Chemistry · Physics · Mathematics 2.
Mathematics 1 plus any two listed modules. Check other universities’ compulsory modules when applying jointly. Standard October round shown; mature-college January exceptions exist.
[6] ↗College interview if shortlisted.
[5] ↗Officially verifiedPending verification
English test scores and exemption rules have not yet been verified in this Beta. Check the official university guidance for your circumstances.
[4] ↗Pending verificationDeclare Physical or Biological Sciences when applying; first-year options are chosen after arrival.
[4] ↗Officially verifiedUsually not requested; confirm with the college.
[4] ↗Officially verifiedMy Cambridge Application; transcript where applicable.
[5] ↗Officially verifiedStandard 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
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.
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.
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 →Later application steps, assessments and results remain visible here. Follow the exact deadline even when an assessment window overlaps it.
Most interviews in the first three weeks of December; use your college invitation.
[5] ↗View in Exam Calendar →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.
| Measure / value | Year, population & source |
|---|---|
| Accepted applicants 576 people | 2025 cycle All Natural Sciences; Physical and Biological combined[4] ↗ Key information Officially verified |
These are aggregate observations. Offer conditions, offer-holder measures and entrant achievements are labelled separately. None is an invented representative student profile.
Physical Natural Sciences entrants with A-levels; NOT offer holders
[4] ↗What Natural Sciences students have studied — Physical · Officially verified
Physical Natural Sciences entrants with A-levels; subjects overlap
[4] ↗What Natural Sciences students have studied — Physical · Officially verified
Physical Natural Sciences IB entrants; NOT offer holders
[4] ↗What Natural Sciences students have studied — Physical · Officially verified
Offer-holder A-level / IB distributions — Pending verification
Not verified in this Beta. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete dataset; this is not a claim that none is published.[4] ↗
Offer-holder ESAT score distributions — Pending verification
Not verified in this Beta. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete dataset; this is not a claim that none is published.[4] ↗
Annual applications / offers / acceptances series — Pending verification
Not verified in this Beta. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete dataset; this is not a claim that none is published.[4] ↗
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] ↗
Direct links are also attached to each factual record. Publication date, verification date and entry year are distinct.
University of Cambridge · university · Last verified: 2026-10-19
Section: Entry requirements; What Natural Sciences students have studied; Key information · Publication date: Not specified
2027 entry / deferred 2028 requirements. Historical background is entrants in 2018, 2019 and 2023, not offer holders. Web fetch returned 403; live page and expanded Entry requirements tab were successfully read in Chrome.
University of Cambridge · university · Last verified: 2026-10-19
Section: Test format; Mature applicants applying in January · Publication date: Not specified
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.
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.