Sitting admissions assessments and other tests

The information below has now been updated for the application round in 2023/24! 

 

This page is for King's applicants who have been invited for interview in Cambridge and will sit a test or admissions assessment "at-interview". It is to be read in the context of the Cambridge interview section in the Applicant Information 2023.

This information is worth reading carefully, and please read it again shortly before your test date, as we may be adding details over time.

Please start by reading your invitation to interview very carefully. Do you have a test or Admissions Assessment? Where does your invitation to interview say that it is? Do not assume that your test or Admissions Assessment will be in the same format as other candidates' test or on the same platform as your interviews.  

See the table below for the times of tests in different subjects. At this stage only the dates and times and very brief details of the planned arrangements are available. If you have applied for one of these subjects, please wait for confirmation of details and further practical information. There is nothing you need to do before receiving an invitation to interview except to put the date in your calendar and ensure that you will be available if selected.

Date Time zone 1 Time zone 2 Assessment Notes
Wednesday 22nd November 2023 9.30am - 11.00am 5.00pm - 6.30pm English  
Wednesday 22nd November 2023 various times   King's HSPS written assessment (more information below)
Thursday 23rd November 2023 various times   King's Mathematics assessment (more information below)
Friday 24th November 2023 9.30am - 11.00am 5.00pm - 6.30pm Linguistics  Linguistics assessment
Friday 24th November 2023 9.30am - 11.00am 5.00pm - 6.30pm Architecture Architecture assessment
Friday 24th November 2023 9.30am - 11.00am 5.00pm - 6.30pm Design  Design assessment
Tuesday 28th November 2023 9.30am - 11.00am 5.00pm - 6.30pm History and ML (for modern language assessment) Modern Languages assessment
Tuesday 28th November 20239.30am - 11.00am9.30am - 11.00am MML Modern Languages assessment
Tuesday 28th November 2023 9.30am - 11.00am 5.00pm - 6.30pm AMES with modern European language Modern Languages assessment
Monday 27th November 2023 9.30am - 11.00am 5.00pm - 6.30pm Philosophy assessment  
Monday 27th November 2023 9.30am - 11.00am 5.00pm - 6.30pm Archaeology assessment  
Tuesday 28th November 2023 9.30am - 11.00am 5.00pm - 6.30pm History of Art written assessment  

 

This page (and the links) sets out the information you need about the arrangements for:

  1. Mathematics at interview assessment
  2. HSPS at interview assessment
  3. all other written assessments

If you experience trouble accessing your exam on the day, please email us at undergraduate.admissions@kings.cam.ac.uk. We would need a written statement to add to your file, so prefer communication by email. If you can't access the internet at all, you can phone us at 01223 331417. Please only call as a very last resort and please be aware that we are unable to provide any tech support

 

Mathematics written Assessment

All applicants invited for interview for the Mathematics course are required to take the King's Mathematics written assessment. This year, the assessment will be administered via zoom.

Date: tbc

We will invite candidates to a test sitting on tbc.

The exact time will be included in your invitation for interview and the link to join the assessment sitting will be sent to you closer to the date. 

Equipment

Please make sure that you have access to a desk-top or lap-top with a webcam enabled for the assessment. You will need pen and paper to write your answers and for rough work. Calculators or apps are not permitted. You will need to be alone in the room you are sitting the assessment in. 

How to

Please join your assessment sitting 15 minutes before it is set to start. We have scheduled the joining time for you. When you join the zoom call, please use your actual name, as it appears on your UCAS application as your user name.When you join your assessment sitting, you will be put in a waiting room. We will let candidates in from the waiting room one by one and may check your ID, so please have this on you.  

HSPS written assessment

All applicants who are invited for interview for the HSPS course are required to take the King's HSPS written assessment. This year, the assessment will be administered via zoom.

Date: tbc

We will invite candidates to a test sitting on tbc.

The exact time will be included in your invitation for interview and the link to join the assessment sitting will be provided closer to the date. 

Equipment

Please make sure that you have access to a desk-top or lap-top with a webcam enabled for the assessment. You will need pen and paper to write your answers and for rough work. Dictionaries or apps are not permitted. You will need to be alone in the room you are sitting the assessment in. You may type your answers or hand write them if you prefer. If you hand write, you will need to be able to create a pdf of your writing to submit as soon as the test is over. Please have a look at apps like CamScanner. 

How to

Please join your assessment sitting 15 minutes before it is set to start. We have scheduled the joining time for you. When you join the zoom call, please use your actual name, as it appears on your UCAS application as your user name.When you join your assessment sitting, you will be put in a waiting room. We will let candidates in from the waiting room one by one and may check your ID, so please have this on you.  

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