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Applicants for postgraduate courses should apply to the University in the first instance, and application should be made through the University’s Postgraduate Admissions Office for most postgraduate courses; exceptions are, for example, the PGCE and MBA. Current undergraduate members of St John’s College wishing to apply for postgraduate courses should initially consult their College Tutor.

Once you have been accepted by the University your application form will be circulated to the colleges on your preference list. In order to be considered by St John’s College you should list us as one of your preference colleges. (NB Applicants who wish to be considered for a Bradlow Scholarship or in the Louis Cha Scholarship Competition must name St John’s College as their first preference college).

You will not receive any communication from the colleges other than from the college which offers you a place. The process of obtaining a college place can be quite lengthy but the University's Postgraduate Admissions Office will endeavour to find a college place for everyone who has been offered a place by the University.

If St John’s College is able to offer you a place we will write to you with details of our offer. We will also send basic information about College accommodation. More detailed information will be provided at a later stage. Any offer of a place will be made on condition that you satisfy the University’s academic and financial conditions for admission. We will ask you to keep in contact with us until those conditions have been met.

University Postgraduate Admissions Office

The University's Postgraduate Admissions Office processes all applications for PhD and MPhil courses. They also process applications for LLM, Diploma, Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics, MLitt and MSc courses.

The Postgraduate Admissions Office supplies application forms. Full details on can be viewed on their website. Applications to the University's Postgraduate Admissions Office can be made online. 

PGCE Applications

PGCE courses are not administered by the University's Postgraduate Admissions Office. Applications should be made to:

Faculty of Education,
184 Hills Road,
Cambridge,
CB2 8PQ  

MBA Applications

MBA courses are not administered by the University's Postgraduate Admissions Office. Applications should be made to:

The Judge Business School,
Trumpington Street,
Cambridge,
CB2 1AG 

The life of a Postgraduate student is different from that of an Undergraduate; most teaching takes place in the Faculty rather than in College, and most of the lifestyle of a Postgraduate Student depends on their Faculty and Supervisor. Science Ģ����Ƶ���ذ�׿ are usually based in a Laboratory, working in a group and seeing their Supervisor frequently, while Arts Ģ����Ƶ���ذ�׿ usually work alone, spending a lot of time in libraries, and may see their Supervisor infrequently. Unlike Undergraduates, Postgraduate Students are of all ages (21-70) and from many different countries, and many of whom have partners and children. The College provides a social base and support for all Postgraduates.

Welfare

Postgraduate Students are allocated a College Tutor in the same way as Undergraduates and all other College facilities are available to them.

Postgraduate Ģ����Ƶ���ذ�׿ residing with spouses/partners in College or private accommodation may request a temporary Access Card for use by their partner. The temporary Card will provide access to College facilities and can be requested from the College's Student Services Office once a student has matriculated at St John's.

Recreation

Postgraduate Students participate in all the sporting and cultural activities of the College in the same way as Undergraduates although there are specific graduate teams for some sports.

The Samuel Butler Room Committee

Other activities for Postgraduate Students are run by the Samuel Butler Room Committee. The Samuel Butler Room is the College Common Room for Postgraduate Students, and all Postgraduate Students at St. John’s College automatically become members of the Samuel Butler Society. Each year the Postgraduate Students elect a Committee from amongst their number; this Committee represents Postgraduate Students in College and organises social activities.

Childcare

St John's College, together with 3 other Colleges, has been involved in setting up a Nursery in Clarkson Road (Wolfson Court Nursery) which opened in January 2005 and caters for children aged from 3 months to 5 years. The Nursery is managed by “Bright Horizons” and each of the four participating Colleges have priority nomination to places in the Nursery, including places for the children of Ģ����Ƶ���ذ�׿ of the College. Further details about “Bright Horizons” can be found on their website 

If anyone is interested in the possibility of using the Wolfson Court Nursery they should contact the Postgraduate Administrator in the first instance. Grants are available to Students to meet half the cost of childcare for their children and, in cases of severe need, larger grants may be made for this purpose. Students wishing to avail themselves of such grants should download the relevant form from the Student Services pages of the College website.

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