Membership

As set out in our constitution, there are two types of membership: ‘Full members’ and ‘Associate members’. These have the following rights:

1. Full members
   • Have access to all facilities provided by the MCR
   • Subject to availability, they are entitled to book a member’s ticket for each MCR Formal Hall and any other MCR event
2. Associated members
   • Have access to all facilities provided by the MCR. The exception to this are 4^th year undergraduates who are not allowed to book the MCR punts.
   • Subject to availability, they are entitled to book a member’s ticket for each MCR Formal Hall
   • Tickets for other MCR events e.g. trips, swaps may be made available to associate members at the discretion of the Committee if tickets are available
   • Associate members are not entitled to vote at General Meetings or in elections
   • In general, associate members may not be candidates for election to any Committee position. The exception to this are 4^th year undergraduate students who may stand for non‐executive roles

The following people are entitled to membership:

1. Full members
   Only members of Clare College who are registered for one of the following degrees shall be considered as “graduate members” and so have automatic membership in the MCR:
   • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), including PhD by part‐time study
   • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Vet MB)
   • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB BChir)
   • Bachelor of Music (MusB)
   • Master of Education (MEd)
   • Master of Laws (LLM)
   • Master of Letters (MLitt)
   • Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
   • Master of Research (MRes)
   • Master of Science (MSc)
   • Master of Studies (MSt)
   • Diploma in Economics
   • Diploma in International Law
   • Diploma in Legal Studies
   • Any other University Diploma
   • Any Certificate of Postgraduate Study
   • Any Other University Certificate, including Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics (aka Part III Maths)
2. Associate members
   • Members of Clare College in their fourth year who are acquiring a graduate degree as a consequence of continuing their undergraduate study;
   • Members of the Clare College Research Associate Scheme;
   • Other students e.g. visiting students at the discretion of the committee

Those eligible for associate membership need to have their application for membership approved by the MCR committee at a committee meeting. If you would like to become an associate member, you should send your application/request to the MCR secretary (mcr-secretary@clare.cam.ac.uk) and it will be discussed at the next committee meeting and after which you will be informed of the outcome.

Membership of Clare MCR comes at a cost of £35 a year. For full members this is automatically added to the college bill, associate members are requested to pay the fee after their application is approved.