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The language centre

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Independent Learning Centre: Lecture Block A, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge,

CB3 9DA

Administration: 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP

Tel/Fax: + 44 1223 335040

The Language Centre is open to all members of the University. Graduate students from all disciplines can use the Centre to learn languages in a variety of ways. In the Independent Learning Centre over 120 languages are available from beginners’ to advanced level for private study. Facilities include audio, video and integrated multimedia workstations. The collection of resources include language learning courses, on-line dictioiiaries, CD-ROM databases, direct television broadcasts by satellite, documentaries on literary, cultural and historical topics and foreign language films. Graduate students may also join courses in French and German at beginners and intermediate levels during Michaelmas and Lent terms. The Language Learning Adviser is available for consultation during Full Term. The Language Centre also holds equipment, CCTV, etc., which can be used by graduate students for experimentation into processes of language learning and teaching.

Diploma in public health

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Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health,

University of Forvle Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 2SR

The paintings form a representative collection of Western European Art, supported by an extensive collection of master drawings and prints, and of English watercolours. There is also an important collection of Japanese prints. The Applied Arts include the finest range of European pottery and porcelain in provincial Britain, a choice collection of oriental ceramics, jades, lacquer and metal-work, and collections of textiles, sculpture, medals, furniture, fans, glass, and arms and armour.

The archaeological collections are Greek, Roman, Egyptian and West Asiatic, displayed on didactic principles, and extensive collections of Greek, Roman, Byzantine and medieval coinage.

The Museum’s Library houses the printed materials collected by the Founder, a celebrated collection of Western European illuminated manuscripts of the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, the only important collections of music manuscripts in any museum in Britain, autograph letters, rare books and an extensive working library on the Fine Arts.

Each of the five departments of Paintings, Drawings and Prints, of Manuscripts and Printed Books, of Applied Arts, of Antiquities, and of Coins and Medals has a specialized library which is available to Graduate Students. Each department has space and facilities for the handling of reserve materials under staff supervision.

Master of arts degree

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The M. A. Degree, which in many universities is awarded by examination, is in Cambridge conferred only on holders of the B.A. Degree of ihe University and on certain other senior members of the University. It is not available as a postgraduate qualification in the sense in which that term is generally used.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The Judge Institute of Management Studies offers a choice of courses of combined study and work experience leading to the MBA Degree. For further details see the contact address on page I.

MASTER OF EDUCATION

Further information about this two-year part-time course may be obtained from the Faculty of Education.

MASTER OF STUDIES

This degree is obtainable solely by part-time study. Further information may be obtained from the Board of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge CB3 8AQ. tel. 01954 280280, fax. 01954 280200.

M.St. Degree courses are currently available in the following subjects:

Primary and Community Care

Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment

Modernism: English Literature, 1890-1939

English Local History

International Relations

Applied Criminology and Management (Prison Studies)

Manufacturing Leaders’ Programme

Applied Criminology and Police Studies

Other degrees, diplomas and certificates

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The following full-time courses are also offered but do not count towards the requirements for a research degree. AH begin in October and last one academic year except the Diploma in Architecture which lasts two academic years.

Law

Computer Science

Managfmf.nt Studies

Theology

Mathematics

Engineering Architecture

Degree of Master of Law (LL.M.)

Diploma in Computer Science

Diploma in Management Studies

Diploma in Theology

Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics

Postgraduate Certificate in Design, Manufacture and

Management

Diploma in Architecture (two years)

Applicants for admission to Part III of the Mathematical Tripos and the Diplomas In Architecture and Theology who are current members of the University of Cambridge should apply through their College; all other applicants for the courses listed above should apply through the office of the Board of Graduate Studies, using CICAS Form ‘A.

The closing date for applications for admission made through the office of the Board of Graduate Studies is given in the entry below for each course. However, overseas applicants seeking Cambridge Shared Scholarships must in all cases apply for admission by 31 January.

Certificates of Postgraduate Study

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In the sciences. Certificates of Postgraduate Study are available in Chemical E Engineering, and Natural Science. The Certificate of Postgraduate Study in Science is available in the following subjects: Biological Science (including Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Experimcntal Psychology, Genetics, Physiology(Plant Sciences, and Zoology); Chemistry; Materials Metallurgy; Physics. The Certificate examination in the sciences consists of a dissertation and an oral examination, which may include practical teas, on the dissertation and on the general field in which it falls. In addition candidates may also be required to take written papers, generally from the most appropriate Tripos examination.

Applicants should normally hold First or good Second Class Honours or the equivalent. In appropriate circumstances the courses may be counted towards a research degree and in a number of the subject areas mentioned the Certificate is the normal first-year registration for prospective Ph.D. candidates.

Applicants for research degrees in the Faculties of Divinity, English, History, and Law, and in the Departments of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Archaeology, and History of Art may be accepted as candidates for the Certificate of Postgraduate Study in the first instance. For these subjects the Certificate examination consists of a dissertation and/or other exercises, as prescribed in each case, and an oral examination.

One – and two-year m.phil. degree courses

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All are full-time courses beginning in October and continuing for the remainder of the academic year (except Ihe Economics, Economics with Econometrics, Economics with Finance, Economics with Development and Finance courses which are preceeded in late September by a compulsory course in Mathematics and Statistics). Where the examination includes a thesis, submission date will be prescribed. The latest dale for submission of theses on one courses is 31 August but a number of courses require submissions to be made earlier in this. M.Phil. Degree courses can, in appropriate circumstances, count towards the rcq m a-merits for the Ph.D.. M.Sc, or M.Litt. Degree. Further information about each course is given at the page shown. Not every option is necessarily available in each course every year. Further information about the Faculty or Department concerned is given in the relevant entry in Chapter Four.

You should be aware that applications im-ivcit after the closing date may not be considered by Faculties and Departments.

All overseas applicants seeking Cambridge Shared Scholarships (must apply for admission by 31 January irrespective of the published closing ihiic lor the course whether or not the date is given in the relevant section.

DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES FOR REGISTERED GRADUATE STUDENTS

The following Diplomas require admission as a registered Graduate Student. All three terms of full-time supervised study in Cambridge. These courses nun U-1 minted towards the terms required for a research degree.

Diploma in Economics Diploma in International Law Diploma in Legal Studies

Certificates of Postgraduate Study are offered in the following subjects:

Chemical Engineering

Engineering

Natural Science

Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic

Archaeology

English

History

History of Art

Legal Studies

Theology and Religious Studies

Taught courses

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The University offers a range of one – and two-year full-time graduate courses, leading to the M.Phil. Degree, the LL.M. Degree, or to a Diploma or Certificate. Details of these courses, are given in the next chapter.

PH.D. DEGREE UNDER THE SPECIAL REGULATIONS

For prospective applicants who already hold a degree of the University of Cambridge there are separate arrangements enabling you to apply for the Ph.D. Degree on the basis of published work without supervision or further residence in the University, provided that your application is made six years or more after graduating. Further information about these Special Regulations may be obtained from the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies by post only.

RESEARCH IN NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

The Board of Graduate Studies are able to consider applications by applicants for admission as Graduate Students of the University to work in approved non-University research

CONTINUATION AFTER A ONE-YEAR COURSE

Candidates admitted to a one – or two-year course only who wish to stay on as candidates for a longer qualification must re-apply to the Board of Graduate Studies on a special form available from the Board’s office and not though the Admissions Office. In considering such applications account is taken of the student’s previous academic record and performance in the one – or two-year course. Candidates admitted to a one – or two-year course as prospective research students do not need to apply to continue in this way, they will automatically be considered at the point the results of the course are known.

Candidates for one of the degrees, diplomas and certificates not available to be counted towards the requirements for a research degree must apply again to the Admissions Office of the Board of Graduate Studies on CIGAS Form ‘A" if they wish to be admitted as Graduate Students at the end of their degree, diploma or certificate course.

Visiting student status

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The Board of Graduate Studies also admit as Graduaie Students a small number of applicants who wish lo undertake a period of two or three terms full-time supervised research in Cambridge as visiting students but do not intend lo become candidates for any Cambridge qualification. Application is made in the usual way and, if admitted, you will have access to the same facilities as a student registered for a qualification. You would not normally be permitted to continue for more than one year without registering for a Cambridge qualification.

Each application is considered on its merits, and leave to work in ainon-University research institution is not given as a matter of course.

In the event of such applications being granted, the applicant would be expected to attend such course work in the University as the Degree Committee concerned and the Board may determine, to take and pass a progress examination as prescribed by the Degree Committee, to reside within the residence radius, and to pay the University Composition Fee and College Fees.

The Board require an assurance by the Head of the institution concerned that the Graduate Student will be free, apart from a limited amount of teaching, to devote the whole of their time to their approved course of research, and that the Head of the institution will provide accommodation for the student for so long as they may need it to complete the requirements for any degree or other qualification for which the student may be registered.

Non-University research institutions where Graduate Students may work as candidates for research degrees of the University are the National Institute of Agricultural Botany; MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit; MRC Human Nutrition Research Resource Centre; the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket; Parke-Davis Neuroscience Research Centre; Sanger Centre; European Bioinformatics Institute; MRC UK Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre; Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association; Equine Fertility Unit, Newmarket; the Cambridge Crystal I ographic Data Centre; MRC Cancer Trials Office.

Graduate Students working in these institutions are registered through the most appropriate Degree Committee, usually Biological Sciences or Clinical Medicine and Clinical Veterinary Medicine.

Details of non-Universily research institutions where substantial numbers of research students work are included within the appropriate Degree Committee entries in this Chapter. Details of other institutions should be obtained direct from the Centre or Unit in which you are interested.

Allowances

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There are certain allowances which the Board of Graduate Studies can make you once you are registered for the Ph.D., M.Sc. and M.Litt. Degrees. For example, permission may be granted to work outside Cambridge in order to undertake fieldwork, to consult archives, or for similar academic reasons, but such permission is not usually granted until after the first year of a course. Provision also exists for the granting of exemption from three of the required terms of research on the basis of research or other work done after graduation but before starting research at Cambridge, but applications for such exemption are not considered until you are registered for a research degree and your dissertation is ready or virtually ready to submit.

All applications for allowances are considered on their merits and are not granted automatically. Whatever allowances may be granted, all candidates for the Ph.D., M.Sc. or M.Utt. Degrees must spend at least three terms (one year) in residence in the University. You are advised to assume in your plans and funding arrangements that, if admitted, you will need to spend the full period of your course in Cambridge.

Details of the various allowances are included in the official regulations and in the Memorandum to Graduate Students issued with the formal offer letter. Further copies may be obtained from the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies.

Registration as a candidate for the ph.d., m.sc, or m.litt degree

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Prospective candidates for the Ph.D., M.Sc. or M.Litt. degrees are normally admitted for a probationary period in the first instance, either not registered for any qualification at all or registered for an appropriate one-year M.Phil., Diploma or Certificate course. Towards the end of that probationary year the question of your registration as a research degree candidate is considered. The Board of Graduate Studies expect your work up to that point and your intended future programme of research to be rigorously assessed within the Department or Faculty. This assessment may include a formal M.Phil., Diploma or Certificate examination or a formal assessment of progress by the Department or Faculty. One purpose is ensure that your planned research can be completed within the lime available. The outcome of this assessment, and your Supervisor’s report and recommendation on your first year of work, are taken into account by the Degree Committee when considering the question of registration. Supervisors are thereafter required to report annually on your progress.

After the period of probation the Board may register you retrospectively as a candidate for a research degree from the beginning of your course as a Graduate Student or from the beginning of any subsequent term if it would be inappropriate for all or part of your first year to count towards the requirements of the research degree. If all the first year of study is not to be counted towards the research degree you will need to consider carefully the financial resources available to you to cover the rest of your work.