UNIVERSITYOFCAMBRIDGEFacultyofMathematicsGUIDETOADMISSIONSinMATHEMATICSThisguideisintendedforstudentswhoareconsideringapplyingtoCambridgetoreadMathematics,orMathematicswithPhysics.ItappliestothecoursesstartinginOctober2013.Theinformationcontainedhereisonlyaveryroughguide.FurthergeneralinformationaboutadmissionscanbefoundintheUniversityUndergraduateAdmissionsProspectusbtainablefromCambridgeAdmissionsOffice,FitzwilliamHouse,32TrumpingtonStreet,CambridgeCB21QY(telephone(+44)(0)1223333308,fax(+44)(0)1223366383,email:admissions@cam.ac.uk),orfromindividualcolleges.Morespecificinformationcanbeobtainedbywritingtoindividualcolleges.FurtherinformationaboutthemathematicscoursecanbefoundintheleafletAGuidetotheMathe-maticalTriposhichcanbeobtainedeitherfromtheadmissionsofficeofanyCambridgecollege,orfromFacultyOffice,CentreforMathematicalSciences,WilberforceRoad,CambridgeCB30WA(telephone:(+44)(0)1223766879;e-mail:admissions@maths.cam.ac.uk).Allthedocumentationisavailableonhttp://maths.cam.ac.uk/ThepagesoftheindividualCollegescanalsobeaccessedfromthissite.March23,20121CambridgeMathematicsTheCambridgeundergraduatemathematicscourseiswidelyrecognisednotonlyasthemostdemandingundergraduatemathematicscourseavailableinBritainbutalsoasoneofthemostrewarding.Itisoneofthelargestsuchcourses,havinganintakeofabout250studentseachyear.Inthefirstyearonlytherearetwooptions:(a)PureandAppliedMathematics;(b)MathematicswithPhysics.Applicantsforthetwooptionsareconsideredtogether:thereisnoquotaofplacesforthedifferentoptionsandthemathematicalcriteriaforadmissionarethesameforoption(b)asforoption(a).Withineachoption,thereisnochoiceofcourses.Inthesecondyear,thereisonlyoneoption,butthereissomechoicebothinthenumberofcoursesyoutakeandtheareasofmathematicsyoustudy.Inthethirdyear,thereare36coursestochoosefrom,andyoucanchoosethenumberofcoursesyoutake(typicallyabout8),thelevelofdifficultyofthecoursesandtheareasofmathematicsyoustudy.AlthoughtheBAdegreecourseinmathematicslaststhreeyears,t