The 20 absolute easiest subjects to worm your way into Oxbridge for, revealed

If you want to go to the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge so you can attend fancy balls and impress your grandparents, but you don’t actually care about what you study there, then read on! You’re in the right place. Your odds of getting into Oxbridge for some subjects are way better than others.

The absolute easiest subject to get into Oxbridge for is modern languages at the University of Oxford. I bet you wish you hadn’t given up on Duolingo now. Music at the University of Oxford, and Modern and medieval languages (MML) at the University of Cambridge are also pretty easy. Over half of applicants who apply for these subjects at Oxbridge get in.

You can also read this handy list of the hardest subjects to get into Oxbridge for (so you know what to avoid).

The data comes from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge’s websites. The stats refer to the Oxbridge students who are freshers right now.

So, here are the 20 absolute easiest subjects to get crawl your way into Oxbridge for, ranked by the percentage of applicants who got offers:

20. Asian and Middle Eastern studies (AMES) at Cambridge – 32.3 per cent get in

19. Materials science at Oxford – 32.4 per cent get in

18. Religion and Asian and Middle Eastern studies at Oxford – 33.3 per cent get in

=16. History and modern languages at Cambridge – 35.2 per cent get in

=16. Theology, religion and philosophy of religion at Cambridge – 35.2 per cent get in

15. History of art at Cambridge – 35.6 per cent get in

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14. Music at Cambridge – 36.4 per cent get in

13. European and Middle Eastern languages at Oxford – 37.5 per cent get in

12. Classics at Oxford – 37.7 per cent get in

11. Archaeology at Cambridge – 39.0 per cent get in

10. Classics (3 years) at Cambridge – 39.7 per cent get in

9. English and modern languages at Oxford – 40.7 per cent get in

8. Asian and middle eastern studies at Oxford – 42.2 per cent get in

7. Philosophy and modern languages at Oxford – 42.9 per cent get in

Ah, there’s nothing like students mansplaining your own degree to you at an overly expensive meal in a glorified school dining room…

6. Classics and modern languages at Oxford – 43.5 per cent get in

5. Modern languages and linguistics at Oxford – 45.1 per cent get in

4. Theology and religion at Oxford – 46.6 per cent get in

3. Modern and medieval languages (MML) at Cambridge 50.4 per cent get in

2. Music at Oxford – 53.8 per cent get in

1. Modern languages at Oxford – 55.3 per cent get in

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