Application timeline

October 2025-January 2026

Choose your college and apply to The University of Cambridge before the UCAS deadline, 15 October. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their university application in January. Offer holders are then eligible to apply for the University’s Choral Award Scheme.

February 2026:

Apply to Cambridge University’s Choral Award Scheme by the deadline: 15 February. You will be asked to list your preferred college choirs in order.

March 2026:

Following the results of the online Choral Awards application, candidates will be invited to audition at the University’s Choral Trials, which will take place in March 2026. All applicants will be notified of the outcome shortly after the trials.