As is traditional at Cambridge, the degree awarded after Part II (three years of study) is a Bachelor of Arts (BA).

A Master of Natural Sciences degree (MSci) [4] is available to those who take the optional Part III (one further year).

Subjects offered in Part IA in 2019 are Biology of Cells, Chemistry, Computer Science, Evolution and Behaviour, Earth Sciences, Materials Science, Mathematics, Physics, Physiology of Organisms and Mathematical Biology; students must take three experimental subjects and one mathematics course.

As of 2018[update] the tripos is delivered by sixteen different departments including: The University of Cambridge believes that their course's generalisation, rather than specialisation, gives their students an advantage.

[citation needed] In 2018, 2594 students applied and 577 were admitted to the Natural Sciences Tripos.