Please note: Every effort has been made to ensure that the course costs given below for courses within the Natural Sciences Tripos were accurate at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to review and revise the costs without prior notification and you are advised that their publication here serves only as an indicator of course costs for current and future years. The publication of this information does not form part of any contractual arrangement of costs associated with studying at the University.
General Tripos requirements
| A | essential | University-approved calculator | approx £25 |
| B | essential for some courses |
labcoat Safety spectacles |
approx £13-£16 approx £4 - £7 |
| C | essential | a laptop. Laptops less than 4 years old are likely to be fine | Dependant on choice |
| D | non-essential | books etc., as advised in course documentation | at student's discretion library books are available |
| E | non-essential | specialist equipment | can be borrowed if necessary |
Costs for individual courses
The following courses have direct additional costs to students associated with them:
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Part IA Earth Sciences |
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F |
essential |
One-week field course (Arran: Easter Vacation) |
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Estimated Cost: £110 |
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Part IA Evolution and Behaviour |
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G |
non-essential |
One-week field course (various locations: Easter Vacation) |
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approximately £50 + travel costs |
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Part IB Earth Sciences A and B |
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H |
essential |
Ten-day mapping course (Cumbria: Long Vacation before course) |
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£105 |
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I |
essential |
Ten-day field course (South West England: Easter Vacation) |
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Dorset: £75
Devon and Cornwall: £60 |
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Part IB Plant and Microbial Sciences |
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J |
non-essential but highly desirable |
one-week field course (Portugal: Easter Vacation) |
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Not available in 21-22 |
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Part II Earth Sciences |
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K |
essential |
Ten-day mapping course (Skye: Long Vacation prior to course |
Not available in 2021-22 | |
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L |
essential |
Eight-day tectonics field course [same as P] (Greece: Christmas Vacation) |
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Not available in 2021-22
These have been replaced with various day-trips. Please see the Earth Sciences course website. |
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M |
essential |
One-month individual project fieldwork (Long Vacation prior to course) |
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Any costs above £400. Total cost depends on choice of location |
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Part II Zoology |
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N |
non-essential |
Panama (alternating with Sabah, Borneo) |
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£600 but funding is available (students are eligible to apply for college travel funds to support the costs of this trip) Not availbale 2021-22 |
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Part III Earth Sciences |
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O |
essential |
Individual project. May involve optional fieldwork costs. |
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any costs associated with optional fieldwork |
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P |
essential |
one-week field course (Spain: Easter Vacation) |
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£135 |
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Part III Physics |
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Q |
non-essential part of a Major Topic |
eight-day tectonics field course [same as L] (Greece: Christmas Vacation) |
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Not available in 2021-22 |