Cambridge
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
BA/BSc/MA
Typical offer rate
53–63%
moderate entry
Typical entry
A*A*A
Grad employment
90%
15 months after
In professional roles
70%
Median grad salary
£30,000
15 months after
Cambridge's Asian and Middle Eastern Studies degree covers the languages, literatures and cultures of a wide arc from East Asia through South Asia to the Middle East, with students specialising in particular languages and regions. The course combines rigorous language training with historical, literary and cultural analysis. Offers are made around A*A*A at A-level, and the offer rate is moderate.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Cambridge has a 53–63% chance of an offer, moderate by UK standards. Most offers are made around A*A*A at A-level. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
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Estimate my chancesEntry requirements
- Typical A-level grades: A*A*A
- UCAS tariff: 160–160 points
About Cambridge
Cambridge teaches through its colleges as well as its faculties, so applicants apply to a college and are taught in small supervisions alongside the lectures, a system little changed in its essentials for a very long time.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Cambridge · Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.