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Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic

Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic provides a combination of subjects not available in any other university. This course concentrates on the history, languages and literature of the British Isles and neighbouring regions in the early medieval period.

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Archaeology

Archaeology covers a huge range of topics, spanning human evolution through the development of farming, ancient civilisations, the colonial world of history, the roles of heritage and material culture in human life. Students can follow many streams - Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and specialist studies on Ancient Near Eastern civilisations.

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Architecture

The Cambridge Architecture course combines the arts and sciences. It is a practical course where students are taught by studio work of models and drawings, supervisions and group critical reviews, and visits to completed buildings, restorations and buildings under construction.

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Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies offers a very flexible framework for students to study Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew or Persian. Some of these languages may be combined, either with each other, or with languages from the Modern and Medieval Languages course.

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Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineers are involved in the conversion of raw materials into valuable products, usually on an industrial scale. Examples include refining of oil, production of plastics and pharmaceuticals, food processing, wastewater treatment and biotechnology. We teach the fundamental principles behind Chemical and Biochemical Engineering.

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Classics

The Classics course at Cambridge allows you to study the history, culture, archaeology, art, philosophy and linguistics of classical antiquity, incorporating the study of original texts and artefacts. You can either specialise in a particular field or retain the breadth with which the course starts. 

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Computer Science

Our three-year course is designed to put you at the forefront of modern Computer Science. First-year papers include foundations of computer science (taught in OCaml), Java and object-oriented programming, operating systems, and digital electronics, graphics, interaction design and Mathematics. 

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Economics

The Economics course at Cambridge provides a sound understanding of core, pure and applied economics. However, while you study economics in considerable depth in this specialised degree, you employ ideas and techniques from many other disciplines too; including history, sociology, mathematics and statistics, and politics. 

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Engineering

Cambridge is unusual in offering a broad Engineering degree, which specialises only in later years. Our general course equips students well for increasingly multidisciplinary careers, during which they will need to absorb many new techniques and ways of thinking. The course is fast-moving and demanding and is held in high regard by employers throughout the world.

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English

The English course at Cambridge benefits from a mix of tradition and innovation. Students study a wide range of celebrated literary works, extending from Chaucer to the present day. Although developing this broad chronological sweep is a key aim of our degree, there is no fixed syllabus and no list of set books. To a large extent, undergraduates here decide for themselves what works to prioritise.

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History

The History course allows candidates to cover a wide range of options from ancient to contemporary history, with a slight concentration on the history of the British Isles but with the possibility of studying most parts of the world.

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History and Modern Languages

The joint degree in History and Modern Languages combines the best of both subjects. It offers the opportunity to develop near native-speaker skills in a foreign language while studying a range of cultural and historical papers. Students also develop analytical skills in History through a wide range of topics. As for other language students, those who take this course will spend their third year studying or working abroad.

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History and Politics

History and Politics at Cambridge is an exciting Honours degree which offers subjects from our highly-regarded History and Politics and International Relations courses, together with bespoke papers which will allow students to explore the space between the two disciplines.

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History of Art

History of Art is a lively, stimulating and rigorous course for those with a committed interest in visual culture. The course places a high priority on first-hand study of works of art and architecture, both within Cambridge and further afield.

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Human, Social and Political Sciences

The Human, Social and Political Sciences course offers a broad background in the human, social, and political sciences.  Subjects include politics and international relations, social anthropology or sociology. The flexibility of the course allows students to explore their interests across these subjects whilst still gaining the specialist knowledge to become experts in their disciplines.

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Law

Although our course (referred to elsewhere as LLB) is primarily concerned with English law, there are opportunities to study other legal systems, including civil (Roman) law, EU law and international law. You can also study theoretical and sociological aspects of law such as jurisprudence or parts of criminology.

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Linguistics

Linguistics, the scientific study of language, aims to discover the common properties that languages share with one another and thereby ultimately to help us learn about the structure of the human mind. It encompasses a broad range of approaches to language and deals with the questions of how language is constructed, communicated, is learned and evolves.

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Mathematics

The Cambridge Mathematics course is one of the most demanding and most rewarding mathematics courses in the world. It offers a wide range of subjects in pure and applied mathematics, theoretical physics and statistics.

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Medicine

Medicine at Cambridge is intellectually stimulating and challenging. Students learn preclinical medical sciences first before proceeding on to applying their medical knowledge in the clinical medicine part of the course. Between the two stages is an intercalated year where students can take a course in almost any subject, often including a research project.

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge offers students the possibility of combining advanced language learning with the study of a wide range of literary, linguistic and cultural options. Students with an interest in History may be interested in the History and Modern Languages course.

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Music

The Cambridge music course will give you a grounding in history, analysis and harmony while also exploring the vast range of ways that music affects people’s lives around the world.  There are also optional performance and composition strands running through all three years.  

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Natural Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

The strength of the Natural Sciences course at Cambridge is the breadth and variety of subject choice across the physical and biological sciences, allowing students to tailor their programme of study according to their individual interests.

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Philosophy

The Philosophy degree at Cambridge offers an education in the subject which is both broad and deep. Students can study the central areas of the subject and its history from the Ancient Greeks to the 20th century.

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Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion

The Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion course at Cambridge explores some of the deepest questions about human existence and happiness, about our place in the universe and our relationship with the divine, and it will bring you into contact with the ancient wisdom of a number of different cultures.

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