Freshers' Pack 2024
Freshers' Week Events - NEW UPDATES!!
You can find below the latest updates on the College welcome events, as well as other important messages.
Welcome to your Undergraduate Studies
Please read the Welcome Letter from the College Registrar and the Freshers' Guide to College Life first. These are the official documents from the College Tutorial Office. It is also strongly advised that you familiarise yourself with College Regulations and policies (see Introductory Information) before coming into residence.
We will continue to add information to this webpage (in particular if there are any changes related to the Covid-19 regulations), so do please check here regularly for updates.
- Welcome Letter from the College Registrar
- Freshers' Guide to College Life
- Freshers' Week Timetable
- Monday 2 October - Zoom details
- ECSU Freshers' Guide
- ECSU Freshers' Guide (bookmarked for ease of reference online)
ECSU is the Emmanuel College Students' Union (the representative body for students of Emmanuel College). More information can be found on ECSU website.
If you would like to opt out of hard copies of documents on this webpage, please complete this form by 4pm on Monday 28 August 2023.
Introductory Information
- College Regulations
- Domestic Matters
- Health and Safety
- IT Services for New Students
- University Information for New International Students
- ECSU International Guide and IFW Timetable
Other College policies can be found in the documents and policies section of this website. Once you have a Raven login, you will also be able to access the Junior Members Data Protection Statement and many other useful documents here.
Requesting a Bank Letter
If you wish to open a bank account in Cambridge, please fill in this online bank form to request a bank introduction letter. The letter will be available after you have completed your College ID checks. Students are advised to prepare for opening a bank account prior to collecting this letter.
Further Information
- Dean's Welcome Letter
- Chapel Contact Form
- GP List
- Cambridgeshire Constabulary - Welcome to Cambridge
- CrimeStoppers - info from the police for international students
NB: All students are required to register with a local GP on arrival in Cambridge, and then to inform the College. There is an online submission form which you will be able to access once you have a Raven login, for completion after you have enrolled with a local doctors surgery and by Friday 13 October 2023.
Information on vaccinations – including for international students – is available on the vaccination webpage.
- Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre (ADRC)
- Head Porter's College Survival Guide
- Porters' fire safety awareness
- Alcohol awareness
- CamGuides (academic and information practices and skills for students)
- Other Welcome to Cambridge Events (hosted by Alumni Groups around the world)
On Thursday 21 September, from 1pm-5pm,the Black Advisory Hub will run an online induction for new Black undergraduate and postgraduate students who are planning to commence their studies at the University of Cambridge. This induction event is an exciting opportunity for new students to learn how to confidently navigate relevant student services as well as meet other Black students across the University. If you are an incoming Black student and would like to attend, please register for this induction event here.
Subject Reading Lists
- Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
- Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- Classics (3 year)
- English Welcome Letter
- English Reading List
- English Renaissance paper outline
- English Susan Sontag Against Interpretation
- English Virginia Woolf Modern Fiction
- English Zadie Smith Two Paths for the Novel
- History & Modern Languages Spanish
- Mathematics
- Medical Students Letter
- Medical Students Handbook
- Modern & Medieval Languages
- Modern & Medieval Languages French
- Modern & Medieval Languages German (ab initio)
- Modern & Medieval Languages German
- Modern & Medieval Languages Spanish
- Music
- Psychological & Behavioural Sciences
- Veterinary Students Letter
- Veterinary Students Handbook
- Veterinary Students - Protective Clothing Letter
- Veterinary Welcome Letter (from Director of Studies)