Undergraduate Study — Computer Science

Cambridge was a pioneer of computer science and continues to lead its development. Our course covers all aspects of modern computer science along with practical skills.

A Level Mathematics.

No former knowledge of programming is required.

Further guidance: A Level Further Mathematics is strongly encouraged. If unavailable (不可获得的) , we’d advise you to do as much additional pure maths and decision maths as possible. Good performance in maths competitions can be an advantage of an application.

Please note, all applicants are required to take the Test of Mathematics for University Admission (TMUA) , for which you must be registered in advance.

Home students: £9, 250/year

International students: £39, 162/year

Each year of study: Payment at the beginning of each year is required.

For further Computer Science undergraduate admissions information, please click here: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate.

On January 12, 2018, a few days after registration opened at Yale for Psychology and the Good Life, nearly 300 undergraduates had signed up. Within three days, the figure had more than doubled. After three more days, it rose to about 1,200.

The course, taught by Laurie Santos, 42, a psychology professor, tries to teach students how to lead a happier, more satisfying life in twice-weekly lectures.

“Students want to change, to be happier themselves, and to change the culture here on campus.” Dr Santos said in an interview, “With one in four students at Yale taking it, if we see good habits, things like students showing more gratitude, increasing social connections, we’re actually seeding change in the school’s culture.

Dr Santos believes that Yale students are interested in the class because in high school, their happiness was second to admission to the school, and they adopted harmful life habits that have led to what she called “the mental health crises we’re seeing at places like Yale.”

Students have long requested that Yale offer a course on positive psychology, according to Woo-Kyoung Ahn, director of undergraduate studies in psychology, who said she was “blown away” by Dr Santos’ suggestion for the class.

Offering such a large course has come with challenges in terms of lecture halls and 24 teaching fellows required. Because the psychology department lacked the resources to staff it fully, the fellows had to be drawn from places like Yale’s School of Public Health and law school. And with so many undergraduates attending a single lecture, Yale’s hundreds of other classes—particularly those that conflict with Dr Santos’s—may have seen decreased enrollment.

Dr Santos says the things Yale undergraduates often connect with life satisfaction—a high grade, a precious internship, a good-paying job—don’t increase happiness at all. Some students admit that they see the course as an opportunity to take a relaxed lecture with few requirements. But Dr Santos refers to her course as “the hardest class at Yale”. To see real change in their life habits, students have to be responsible for their action each day, she said.