Mathematics
Lucy Cavendish has a small but dedicated Mathematics community, and recent undergraduates have excelled in all parts of the course.
The Cambridge undergraduate mathematics course, known as the Mathematical Tripos, is internationally renowned. Highly challenging but also equally rewarding, it is wide-ranging and flexible, giving scope to students to determine their own work load and pattern. It offers a springboard to success in a variety of sectors, including business, commerce, industry and academia.
Further information about the course can be found on the Faculty and University websites.
Typical offers require
- A Level: A*A*A + STEP
- IB: 40-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level + STEP
For other qualifications, see the main entrance requirements pages on the University website.
Course Requirements
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For A Levels: A* grades in both Mathematics and Further Mathematics, or equivalent, are essential
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For IB: Higher Level Mathematics, or equivalent, are essential
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Offers usually include grade 1 or above in the Sixth Term Examination Papers (STEP) papers 2 and 3
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As a College, we take part in the Mathematics flexible offer scheme for Widening Participation students, you can find out more here.
Mature students and those taking other qualifications are encouraged to contact our Admissions Office, to discuss the entry requirements for their qualifications.
Number of students
We aim to admit around five students per year.
Admissions Assessments
We don't require applicants to undertake an admissions assessment for Mathematics.
Written work
Applicants are not expected to submit written work.
For more information:
Director of Studies
Dr Orsola Rath Spivack
Faculty Admissions Officer, Faculty of Mathematics, Director of Studies in Mathematics (Applied)Orsola Rath Spivack was born in Milan, where she studied for an undergraduate degree in Physics. After teaching Mathematics and Physics and an initial period of research in statistical physics, first in Milan, then at Tel-Aviv University, she came to the UK to study for a PhD in Applied Mathematics and later joined the Cavendish Laboratory as a Research Assistant. Following a 5 year career break to look after her two young children, she joined Lucy Cavendish in 1995 with a Daphne Jackson Research Fellowship, and started working in the Faculty of Mathematics. She subsequently was Lu Gwei Djen Research Fellow, before becoming then Graduate Tutor in from 1999 until 2015, when she was appointed Faculty Admissions Officer in the Faculty of Mathematics. She is also Director of Studies in Mathematics (Applied - inc all part III).
Professor Benedikt Löwe
Researcher in Mathematics, Director of Studies in Mathematics - PureProfessor Benedikt Löwe is a researcher connecting mathematics, computer science, philosophy and the social sciences. He studied mathematics and philosophy in Hamburg, Tübingen, Berlin, and Berkeley. After his PhD, he worked at the universities in Bonn, Münster, Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Cambridge. Currently, his main affiliations are the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and the Mathematics. Department at the Universität Hamburg. His research includes mathematical logic, in particular set theory and infinite games, as well as empirical studies of mathematics, in particular with applications to the philosophy of mathematics. Löwe is currently President of the German logic society DVMLG and Secretary General of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union for History of Science and Technology (DLMPST/IUHPST). Löwe is external Director of Studies in Mathematics (Pure). He is a Fellow at Churchill College and teaches in Parts IA, II, and III of the Mathematical Tripos.