- Why study Land Economy at Â鶹Éç?
- Course structure and content
- Teaching
- What do our students think?
- How to apply
- Helpful resources
- Open Days and Online Events
- Want to know more?
Why Study Land Economy at Â鶹Éç?
The Land Economy degree offers one of the best employment records across the University. The course’s high intellectual content and its focus on applying theory to real-world problems mean you graduate equipped with very sought-after skills.
The Land Economy alumni association can offer valuable advice on future career options. Many Land Economy graduates become chartered surveyors, while others go on to work in a wide range of professions including the City, the Civil Service, management consultancy, planning, teaching and law.
Course structure and content
The Land Economy course (or ‘tripos’) is a three-year degree. Please visit the University website for full details of the , including the . You will also find information on the . If you have further questions, please contact tripos@landecon.cam.ac.uk.
Taking this degree gives you partial exemption from the legal professional requirements of The Law Society and , as well as accreditation by the and the Incorporated Society of Values and Auctioneers (ISVA).
Teaching
The (five minutes’ walk away) organises your lectures and Christ’s Director of Studies arranges your ‘supervisions’ here at the College. These are tutorial teaching sessions in small groups, usually with students from other colleges, which enable you to benefit from personalised feedback on your work.
Each year this course admits around 55 undergraduates across the University. Although the department is fairly small, there’s a strong community spirit among Land Economy students, bolstered by the thriving .
What do our students think?
Hannah and Mati study Land Economy here at Â鶹Éç. They have written about their experiences in their student profiles.
If you would like to hear from other Â鶹Éç students, please watch the , and visit our Student Profiles page.
How to apply
Visit How to Apply for full details and a timeline of the application process. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and school types, all over the world. If you're applying from outside the UK, please read our international students section.
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Subjects: what do you need?
Land Economy is based on economics and law, but we don’t expect you to have previous knowledge of these. We’re looking for students with the highest intellectual ability. We don’t require you to take any subjects in particular, but when choosing your post-16 options, Economics, Mathematics and Geography would be helpful. For information about common subjects taken by successful applicants, please see the entry requirements tab in the .
We encourage students to attend one of our regular Subject Matters webinars for help with choosing Post-16 subjects for competitive university applications. This webinar is pitched for students aged 14-16 though it is also possible to attend when you have started sixth form.
Written work
After we receive your application, we ask you to send us one essay that you feel accurately reflects your abilities and interests. This should be work you've done during the normal course of your studies and already marked by a teacher. We recommend you keep a copy for your own reference as we may discuss it at interview.
We publish full guidelines on written work in the Current Applicants section on 20 September each year.
Interviews
If we invite you for interviews, these usually take place in early December. At Â鶹Éç we do all of our interviews online. You can have your interviews either at home (most applicants do this) or at school (if easier). Those selected for interview are normally interviewed for 35-50 minutes in total. At Christ’s, we usually split the time into two interviews with academics in Land Economy.
Further, more general information about interviews (including two useful films) is available in the , and it's worth also having a look at supervisions (), as interviews are similar to what you do every week as a Cambridge student.
There is no written assessment for students invited for interview.
Offers
At Â鶹Éç we don’t have fixed quotas for places, so the number of students we admit in any year depends on the strengths of the applicants. In Land Economy, we admit around two students each year.
We define the conditions of each offer individually, but our typical conditional offer is:
- A*AA at A-level
- 42 points overall in the International Baccalaureate with 7,7,6 in Higher Level subjects
- A1, A2, A2 in three Scottish Advanced Highers
You need to be academically ambitious: the majority of Â鶹Éç students arrive with higher grades than are required.
If you're taking another qualification, we expect you to be working at or close to the top of the mark range i.e.
- Baccalauréat français international (BFI): 17 (mention très bien) out of 20 overall, with a minimum of 17 in individual subjects
- European Baccalaureate: at least 85% overall, with 9/10 in relevant subjects
You can look up other qualifications in the and , and if you are applying from outside the UK please read the Â鶹Éç international students section for further information and check the country pages.
If you will have finished school when you apply, please also read about post-qualification applications, taking a gap year, and, if relevant, applying from a university.
Helpful resources
| As Land Economy is a course that you start new at university, it is a good idea to do some reading to get a sense of the material you can cover in the degree and whether you will enjoy studying it. | |
| Things you can do outside school to develop your interest in Land Economy | |
| An introduction to Land Economy at Cambridge | |
| Website for secondary school students who would like to explore. | |
| Introducing the academic and information skills that you will need during your studies, as well as how and where you be working. |
Come to an open day or online event
Our open days and events page advertises regular online opportunities as well as events you can attend in Cambridge. If you can, sign up for a College Open Day (our October, February and September events normally include a meeting with a subject specialist). Between February and August we run regular webinars:
- Subject Matters: The importance of post-16 subject choices (this one is also run Sept - Nov)
- Cambridge for Beginners
- Personal Statements and preparing for an application
Further subject-specific opportunities you might wish to consider include organised by Cambridge Admissions Office, and subject-specific talks in the July Cambridge Open Days. If you are a UK student from a background where there is little tradition of entry to Higher Education, you can apply to attend a in Land Economy or to shadow a current undergraduate studying Land Economy via the (do be aware that there's a high proportion of applicants to places for both of these last two opportunities so please don't be discouraged if you don't get a place).
Need more information?
For more detail of what the course involves, read on the University website and visit the site too.
If you have any queries, please send them to admissions@christs.cam.ac.uk and we’ll help however we can.
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