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Natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge by

Ciro Santilli  40 Created 2026-09-29 Updated 2026-10-19

Their organization is interesting, and allows students to take broad courses on year 1 and 2 and only pick a specialization in year 3 without having to decide upfront when the join the university. This is the correct way of doing it pre-Web.

As per www.natsci.tripos.cam.ac.uk/course-structure as of 2026, the way the course works is:

Year 1 and 2: you pick 3 random subjects, e.g. mathematics, physics
Year 2: pick 3 random subjects
Year 3 and 4: 1 major subject, but then within that there are multiple possible module choices
- physics: www.phy.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-courses
  - year 3 has a few mandatory subjects (core) and a few optional ones
  - year 4 has major and minor subjects
- chemistry: teaching.ch.cam.ac.uk/course-guides

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Natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge by

Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24

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