Why Cambridge students
Deep in their subject. Used to hard problems.
The people who take on your project are studying exactly the thing your problem sits in, and they are trained to work through it closely and quickly.
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Taught in small groups
Cambridge teaching pairs lectures with small-group supervisions, so students are used to defending their thinking to an expert, week after week.
02
Specialists, not generalists
We match the subject to your problem. A forecasting model goes to a statistician; a literature review goes to someone who studies that biology.
03
Already doing applied work
Computer scientists take part in group projects with external companies. Master’s-level mathematicians, biologists and engineers run their own research projects.
04
Motivated by real work
Every student is paid, with a named owner and a deadline. It is paid work in their own field, so it counts for them as much as for you.
What that looks like on a project
Computer science
Prototype a feature, build a data pipeline, evaluate a model.
Mathematics
Forecast demand, design an A/B test, build a pricing model.
Biological sciences
Review the literature on a target, re-analyse public data.
Economics
Size a market, model unit economics, analyse sales data.
The bar they cleared to get in.
1 in 6
applicants got a place at Cambridge: 3,632 of 22,153
University of Cambridge admissions statistics, 2024 cycle
1 in 13
for Computer Science: 141 places for 1,863 applicants
University of Cambridge admissions statistics, 2024 cycle
94.7%
of accepted UK applicants had A*AA or better at A level
University of Cambridge admissions statistics, 2024 cycle
89%
of graduates who responded were in work or further study within 15 months
Graduate Outcomes Survey, 2022/23 graduates (40% responded), as published by the University
In the same year, 5,617 applicants who went on to get A*AA or better still didn’t get a place.
These figures describe Cambridge applicants and graduates as a whole, not Brieflab students in particular.
To be clear
Students are not registered professionals, so we don’t give legal, clinical or financial sign-off.
Brieflab is an independent service, not affiliated with or endorsed by the University of Cambridge.