These are officially the easiest subjects to get into Oxbridge for in 2024

If you couldn’t care less what you uni course you study, but you want to be able to brag about going to Oxbridge, then here are the easiest Oxbridge subjects for you to claw your way onto in 2024.

Cambridge is generally easier to get into than Oxford. This year, 16.6 per cent of people who applied to Cambridge made it in, but only 13.9 per cent of Oxford applicants got that magic acceptance email.

The acceptance rates for different courses vary massively. Languages are generally the easiest subjects to get into Oxbridge for in 2024. Over half of modern languages applicants get into Oxbridge. I bet you wish you’d done Spanish A-Level now.

The data comes from Oxford and Cambridge‘s websites. The stats refer to the Oxbridge students who applied this time last year.

So, here are the Oxbridge courses with the highest acceptance rates in 2024:

40. Chemical engineering and biotechnology, Cambridge – 18.0 per cent

39. Geography, Cambridge – 18.9 per cent

38. Engineering science, Oxford – 19.0 per cent

37. Philosophy and theology, Oxford – 19.2 per cent

36. History and politics, Cambridge – 19.6 per cent

35. Archaeology and anthropology, Oxford – 20.0 per cent

34. Chemistry, Oxford – 20.4 per cent

33. Classical archaeology and ancient history, Oxford – 21.1 per cent

32. Linguistics, Cambridge – 21.8 per cent

31. Veterinary medicine, Cambridge – 21.9 per cent

The Uni of Cambridge has lots of dead animals for STEM students to look at

30. Natural sciences, Cambridge – 22.4 per cent

29. Ancient and modern history, Oxford – 23.5 per cent

28. Classics and English, Oxford – 25.0 per cent

Most Read

The heartbreaking reason behind Tulisa’s transformation and why she looks so different now

Love Island finalist Ron Hall has a new girlfriend – and it’s an Islander he was in the villa with!

Lacey and Nathan embroiled in nasty feud following ‘bitter rows’ after MAFS UK split

27. English language and literature, Oxford – 25.5 per cent

26. Earth sciences, Oxford – 25.8 per cent

25. History and modern languages, Oxford – 26.4 per cent

=24. History, Oxford – 26.5 per cent

=24. Geography, Oxford – 26.5 per cent

23. History, Cambridge – 27.0 per cent

22. Classics (4 years), Cambridge – 27.4 per cent

21. Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Cambridge – 30.6 per cent

20. Asian and Middle Eastern studies (AMES), Cambridge – 32.3 per cent

19. Materials science, Oxford – 32.4 per cent

18. Religion and Asian and Middle Eastern studies, Oxford – 33.3 per cent

=16. History and modern languages, Cambridge – 35.2 per cent

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

15. History of art, Cambridge – 35.6 per cent

I know that the Oxford art museum is bigger, but the Cambridge one looks way better on your Insta story

14. Music, Cambridge – 36.4 per cent

13. European and Middle Eastern languages, Oxford – 37.5 per cent

12. Classics, Oxford – 37.7 per cent

11. Archaeology, Cambridge – 39.0 per cent

10. Classics (3 years), Cambridge – 39.7 per cent

9. English and modern languages, Oxford – 40.7 per cent

8. Asian and middle eastern studies, Oxford – 42.2 per cent

7. Philosophy and modern languages, Oxford – 42.9 per cent

6. Classics and modern languages, Oxford – 43.5 per cent

5. Modern languages and linguistics, Oxford – 45.1 per cent

4. Theology and religion, Oxford – 46.6 per cent

3. Modern and medieval languages (MML), Cambridge – 50.4 per cent

2. Music, Oxford – 53.8 per cent

1. Modern languages, Oxford – 55.3 per cent

Related articles recommended by this author:

• All the UK unis that slayed in the Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings
• Revealed: The Russell Group unis that are testing on animals the most
• These are the Oxbridge colleges stuffed with the most private school students in 2024

Feature image credit: Sophie Carlin