The MA is conferred by right upon holders of the Cambridge BA Degree. You may be admitted to proceed to the MA not less than six years from the end of your first term of residence and provided that no supplicate for the degree of Master of Arts shall be submitted until the degree of Bachelor of Arts has been conferred.
Receiving your MA Degree
- You will be contacted by email in January of the year that you become eligible to receive your MA Degree, which traditionally takes place at the end of March.
- The closing date for MA applications is 1 March 2023.
- The earliest congregation at which graduands may proceed to the MA in 2023 is 25 March. If you are not able to attend on that date then you may apply to graduate at one of the College’s other degree ceremonies later in the year (28 April 2023, 19 May 2023, 21 July 2023, or later); you may also choose to graduate ‘in absentia’.
- To register for the 25 March ceremony, book accommodation (if required) and indicate if you want to attend the Eve of MA dinner, please sign up here: https://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/event/ma-degree-2023
- If you wish to graduate at one of the other ceremonies later in the year, then please complete this webform.
Please note the closing date 1 March 2023.