Visiting Students

Application and approval process

Before making an application prospective visiting students should be in contact with their potential academic host.  If this is not the case, the prospective student should review the Institute's academic staff profiles and approach the most appropriate person.  If they are happy to host them you should supply them with:

• Dates of proposed visit
• Research Proposal (This needs to outline your proposed research work and the 'research activities' you plan to do during your time at the Institute)
• A CV
• A letter from your Home Institution course supervisor, which explains the purpose of this visit as part of your degree course studies.
• A copy of the your Institution's Home Agreement (See note below).

A prospective visiting student's academic host will then notify the Director's Office of the application and forward the information requested above. 

The application and related paperwork will be reviewed by the Director. The Director's Office will then notify the applicant whether their application has been successful or not, and if approved will begin practical preparations for their visit.

Important information

• Prospective visiting students are not accepted unless they have an academic host within the Institute. The host will be the primary person responsible for the visiting student during their visit.

• Prospective students with home institution agreements that will require a signature on behalf of the Institute must forward these agreements to their prospective host at the outset of the application process. If the academic staff member agrees to host, the home institution documents must be included in the papers sent to the Director's Office for review by the Director.  (Please note that the Institute will issue visiting students with a Visitor Agreement letter as well).

• Working space is very limited and the majority of our visiting students are accommodated within the Radzinowicz Library. The library is closed during August each year, and visitors are usually able to have limited access at this time. If the academic host is able to offer desk space from within their space allocation the Director's Office will be informed, as this factor will be considered during the approval process.

• The Institute does not provide funding for visiting students.

Visa Requirements

(For visiting students from outside the UK and Ireland)

• The University's International Student Office offers advice on which visa you will need to apply for.

• The Postgraduate Admissions Visiting Students webpage offers general advice about applying to be a visiting student at Cambridge University.

Further information

For further information, please contact the PA to the Director:

Email: crimvisitors@crim.cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1223 335369