Apprenticeships

Advance your career by combining on- and off-the-job training with study towards a qualification. And do it while earning as an employee. Develop your knowledge, take your new skills into the workplace, and go from strength to strength.

Our apprenticeship portfolio is growing, with options from level 4 (first-year undergraduate) coming soon.

About apprenticeships

An apprenticeship is a job with training and assessment. As an apprentice, you earn a salary and are part of a team. You learn in your job and in your studies. You get dedicated time during your working hours to complete your apprenticeship. This includes off-the-job training, which is a key part of your development. You gain highly transferable skills and knowledge within a specific occupation. And you finish with an industry-recognised qualification (where applicable), as well as the know-how and confidence to keep progressing in your field.

Information for apprentices

An apprenticeship offers a flexible way into a career. Or a flexible way to progress within one. As an apprentice with us, you’ll benefit from:

your tuition costs being covered by the government and your employer
learning from Cambridge academics and leading experts, while earning
taking your learning with us into the workplace and consolidating it
our dynamic learning community for sharing knowledge and networking
Cambridge alumni status for ongoing connections and exclusive benefits

Information for employers

Apprenticeships enable you to build competitive skills that encourage growth in your organisation and industry. As an employer partnering with us, you’ll benefit from:

developing your workforce and staff retention
a Cambridge apprenticeship linked to a skills gap
apprentices bringing skills and knowledge they learn with us into your workplace
improving diversity, inclusion and social mobility
using apprenticeship levy funds
claiming 95% of levy from the government pot and topping up with 5% from your own training budget, if you’re a non-levy funded employer
being potentially eligible for additional funding when employing a young apprentice who meets certain conditions

For more on apprenticeships and funding, or to create an apprenticeships service account, visit the government information for employing an apprentice.

Our apprenticeships: now and coming soon

We’re committed to our Cambridge apprenticeship programme. And we currently deliver an integrated degree apprenticeship in architecture that’s taught at level 7 of the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ):