Oxbridge & UK
Oxbridge Postgraduate Application Support
We provide tutoring and guidance for applicants to postgraduate courses at Oxford, Cambridge, and other top UK universities.
Why Dukes Plus for Postgraduate Applications?
- 4x average Oxbridge success rate
- 25+ years of experience
- Oxbridge-graduate consultants
- Specialist support for postgraduate applications
- Support for Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, LSE, and more
Our UK & Oxbridge admissions consultancy is delivered by Oxbridge Applications, the unequivocal leader in top UK university application consultancy.
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25+ Years of Postgraduate Application Support
Make Your Postgraduate Application Stand Out
Postgraduate applications to Cambridge, Oxford, and other leading UK universities are highly competitive. Students need to show that your academic interests are well developed, your proposed direction is convincing, and you are well matched to the course, department, and university you have chosen.
At Dukes Plus, we’ve provided specialist advice and tutoring for postgraduate applicants since 1999. From preparing your research proposal to drafting your personal statement, our team of Oxbridge-graduate consultants can help you optimise your application at every step.
Our students have been accepted onto postgrad courses at Oxbridge, Imperial, LSE, and many more.
Contact our team today to discuss your application and discover the difference our support can make.
Stand out at every stage
Expert Support for Every Part of Your Application
Postgraduate applications to Oxford, Cambridge, and other leading UK universities can vary considerably by course and institution. Our consultants provide expert, one-to-one guidance throughout the process, helping you understand what each programme requires and develop a compelling application.
We help you understand the requirements, timelines, and selection processes for your chosen courses, as well as important differences between institutions. Your consultant can advise on how best to position your academic background, interests, and experience for each application.
For research-based courses, your proposal is often one of the most important parts of the application. We can help you refine the scope and focus of your proposed research, and strengthen its structure and academic rationale.
Our consultants ensure that your proposal communicates a clear, viable, and intellectually compelling project.
Where applicants are expected or encouraged to identify a potential supervisor, we can advise on how to research suitable academics and assess the fit between their interests and your proposed area of study. We can also help you think carefully about how your choice of supervisor relates to the wider strength of your application.
Our consultants provide detailed, rigorous feedback on your statement, helping you:
- Articulate your academic motivations
- Demonstrate your preparation for postgraduate study
- Explain why the particular course is a strong fit
Many postgraduate applicants have never written an academic CV and have little idea where to start.
Our consultants can advise you on the content, structure, and presentation of your CV, helping you give appropriate prominence to your academic record, research experience, publications, employment, and other relevant achievements.
We provide support to ensure that you submit impressive pieces of written work, if required for your application.
If you are submitting work you’ve already completed, we can help you select the strongest pieces, taking into account both their quality and their relevance to the programme.
If you are preparing new written work, we can advise you on topics to write on, guide you on research and reading lists, and provide feedback and reviews of your drafts.
We will never write submitted work on your behalf – our role is to help you improve and present your own thinking at its strongest.
For courses that interview, we offer focused preparation tailored to the demands of postgraduate admissions.
This can include realistic mock interviews discussing your previous academic work and proposed research and detailed feedback on how to improve your responses.
Why Dukes Plus for Postgraduate Application Support?
Postgraduate applications are very different from undergraduate admissions, and requirements can vary significantly between courses and universities.
Our advisors regularly support applicants to highly competitive postgraduate programmes at Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, and other leading UK institutions.
We can help you understand what your chosen programmes are looking for, navigate their individual requirements, and develop an application strategy tailored to your academic background and ambitions.
Our consultancy team includes graduates of Oxford and Cambridge with first-hand knowledge of studying at these universities and extensive experience advising applicants.
For programmes requiring particularly specialist support, we can also match you with a more senior or specialised mentor. This gives you access to informed guidance from advisors who understand both the standards expected by leading universities and the demands of a highly competitive application.
We can support you at every important stage of the postgraduate application process. This includes overall application strategy, statements of purpose and reasons for applying, research proposals, admissions test preparation where required, and interview preparation.
Your consultant can help you build a coherent, persuasive application, in which everything from your written work to your choice of proposed supervisor reinforces the others.
No two postgraduate applications are quite the same. Your course, academic background, research interests, and application requirements will determine where expert input can make the greatest difference.
We take a deeply personal approach, tailoring our support to your particular circumstances.
Speak to Us
To enquire about our support for your postgraduate application, fill in the form and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Reviews for Our Oxbridge Application Support
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★★★★★ ★★★★★
Our son received outstanding support from Oxbridge Applications with his recent successful Nat Sci application. The service was seamless, responsive and highly professional from start to finish, covering all aspects of the process, including personal statement, ESAT and interview preparation, and college choice. We truly believe OA helped our son become a stronger candidate and to draw out his talents to the best advantage. Highly recommended. Many thanks to all the team.
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I would like to express my gratitude for the invaluable support provided by Oxbridge Application for my son. The tutors are exceptionally well-prepared, highly competent, very dedicated and professional. Thanks to their guidance, my son has successfully acquired the skills needed to excel in the admission test and develop the confidence and abilities required to perform well in the interview. An outstanding support!
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I had the most wonderful experience with Oxbridge Applications and know that I became a much stronger applicant due to their help. I am particularly grateful to Alicia and my mentor Kat, as they were so supportive and guided me through every step of my application! The advice, knowledge, and also confidence that they provided me with was invaluable, and I could not recommend Oxbridge Applications enough. Not only were they crucial to developing my interview skills, technical competency, and general knowledge of my subject, but also the many hours of tutoring made me absolutely certain of my love of my degree subject and I am all the more overjoyed by the prospect of studying it at Oxford this October as a result.
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Theo and his team offered an outstanding service for our daughter who decided, very late, to make an Oxbridge application. They managed to make time for her and gave her excellent guidance and advice throughout the process. We recommend Oxbridge Applications without hesitation.
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★★★★★ ★★★★★
We really valued the responsive service and deep expertise offered by Oxbridge Applications, involving several subject experts and coordinated by the wonderful Kiran. The packages were flexible (with no hard sell) and the experience realistic. An Oxbridge application was new to us as a family so the support was invaluable.
Fees
Standard postgraduate advising
£240 per hour
Suitable for applications to most courses.
Senior/specialist postgraduate advising
Up to £380 per hour
For applications to niche or highly demanding courses.
If your application may require senior or specialist advising, our team will let you know in advance.
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FAQs
Broadly speaking, applications involve:
- Choosing a course
- Checking you meet the application requirements
- Arranging references (3 at Oxford and 2 at Cambridge)
- Preparing supporting documents (e.g. research proposal, personal statement, CV, examples of written work)
- Identifying proposed supervisors
- Interview (more common at Cambridge though still used for some courses at Oxford)
However, there is no single application process across every Oxford and Cambridge postgraduate course. Requirements differ between courses.
Our standard postgraduate advising is suitable for applicants to most courses.
Some programmes, or particular aspects of an application, call for a greater degree of seniority or specialist academic knowledge. In these cases, we may recommend working with a more senior or specialised mentor whose background is particularly well suited to your course and requirements. Our team will assess your application before recommending the most appropriate level of support, rather than placing every applicant into the same programme.
Yes. We can support with postgraduate applications to other competitive UK universities, including LSE, Imperial, and more, as well as Oxford and Cambridge.
We can also help if you are applying to several universities at once. Each application needs to be tailored specifically. Your advisor can help you identify the differences between courses and adapt your strategy, statement, research proposal, and other documents accordingly.
All of our tutors have studied at Oxford or Cambridge and are carefully vetted. Because we know all of our tutors personally, we match each student to the best-fit tutor for their unique academic interests and requirements.
English language requirements vary by university and course. Oxford classifies its postgraduate courses as requiring either a Standard or Higher level of English, while Cambridge sets requirements at course level. Depending on your educational background and circumstances, you may not need to provide an English language test at all.
For many courses, you can submit your application before providing evidence of English proficiency and meet the requirement later as a condition of your offer. There are exceptions, however, so it is important to check the requirements for your particular programme carefully. We can help you understand what applies to you as part of your wider application strategy.
Yes. Our postgraduate application support is charged hourly, based on the time you spend with your tutor. You can decide what areas of your application you would like to focus on.
Make an enquiry and tell us a little about your academic background, the courses or universities you are considering, and where you are in the application process.
Our team will review your requirements and recommend the most appropriate form of support, including whether you would benefit from standard advising or a more specialised mentor. From there, we can build your support around the particular strengths, challenges, and deadlines of your application.
UK & Oxbridge Application Support
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Oxbridge Applications Premier Service
The highest standard of long-term tutoring and mentoring for Oxbridge applicants.
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Oxbridge Admissions Test Support
Comprehensive, tailored Oxbridge admissions test support to boost your confidence and chances of being accepted; with expert tutors and proven strateg …
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Oxbridge Interview Tutoring
Oxbridge interview tutoring and mock interviews with Oxford or Cambridge graduates. Expert support for your interview.
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Personal Statement Support
Oxbridge personal statement support to help you craft a standout statement and secure an interview. Delivered by expert Oxbridge graduates.
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Oxbridge Tutors
Our vetted Oxbridge tutors are top graduates from Cambridge or Oxford, and form a global network of over 2,000 tutors.
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Oxbridge Private Consultation
Boost your chances of Oxbridge acceptance with a private consultation. Our consultants offer personal advice on every step of the application.
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Oxbridge Postgraduate Application Support
Guidance and application advice for those looking to get accepted into their dream postgraduate courses at UK universities.
Delivered by Oxbridge Applications
Why Dukes Plus?
Dukes Plus is a provider of university application support, life-changing career and university experiences, day camps, tuition, and summer schools.
Dukes Plus’s university admissions consultants can enhance your applications to the world’s most selective institutions at every stage. We have a network of over 2,000 vetted admissions tutors who are experts when it comes to consultancy, admissions test prep, mock interviewing, and more.
We specialise in applications to Oxbridge and top UK universities, Ivy League and top US universities, medical schools, and drama schools.
Whether you are looking to test-drive your dream career working with industry leading professionals, or wanting to study at Eton or an Oxford college for the summer, we provide innovative and life-changing experiences that will enable you to make better life choices.
We offer the highest standards of 1-1 tutoring in any subject, at any level. Whether you’re preparing for school entrance exams, from 4+ to 16+, or getting ready for GCSEs, A Levels, or the IB, we can match you with the perfect tutor.
All our tutors are thoroughly vetted, highly experienced, and known to us personally.
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