Some entrants to Cambridge and and all entrants to Oxford to study physics have to sit entrance exams. These exams are held at the start of November and test a range of problem solving abilities.
The following Cambridge colleges have entrance exams.
Corpus Christi | Test at interview |
Downing | Mathematical test at interview |
Emmanuel | Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) |
Fitzwilliam | Test at interview |
Gonville & Caius | Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) |
Hughes Hall | Test at interview |
King's | Test at interview |
Lucy Cavendish | Test at interview |
Magdalene | Test at interview |
Newnham | Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) |
Robinson | Test at interview |
St Edmund's | Test at interview |
St John's | Written test and informal test at interview |
Trinity | Test at interview |
Trinity Hall | Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) |
Wolfson | Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) |
All applicants to Oxford are required to take a physics aptitude test. The test is two hours long and tests also mathematical skills.
On the basis of test results, applicants for either University are invited for interview.
We tutor for both Oxford and Cambridge entrance exams and provide specimen solutions to past papers.