Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science, University of Cambridge

[5] Each of these departments has a worldwide reputation for teaching and research, and the undergraduate curriculum (Tripos) is designed to serve not only students who have clear disciplinary commitments at the time of application but also those who want broader multidisciplinary degrees.

Students with a passion for politics can take advantage of links with such departments as Economics and History, those with interests in Sociology can draw on Anthropology and Geography, while those dedicated to pursuing an archaeology career can specialise from the first year or combine Archaeology with Biological and Social Anthropology.

The sociology MPhil allows for specialisation in one of four areas: reproduction (now ended); political economy; marginality and exclusion; and media and culture.

The Department of Politics and International Studies is in the Alison Richard Building on the Sidgwick Site.

The number of applicants per place for Politics, Psychology and Sociology has traditionally been one of the highest in Cambridge.

Colleges with particular teaching strength in Human, Social, and Political Science include Selwyn, Gonville and Caius, Queens', King's, Sidney Sussex, Corpus Christi and Trinity.