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Membership

Join us!

Membership makes you part of Cambridge's physics community: closer to the speakers who travel here to talk with us, present for the moments worth being there for, and first to hear what's coming next. It also gets you a seat when a talk fills up, and your name in the speaker dinner ballot.

Membership

£18once

One payment, and you’re a member of CUPS for good.

  • Free entry to the Maxwell Talk, our ticketed headline event (£5 on the door for non-members)
  • Priority seats at every other talk, including the ones that fill up
  • Entry to the post-talk speaker dinner ballot
  • Discounted stash
  • Invitations to society events: the annual society dinner, QUIRK and more
  • A vote at the AGM and the right to stand for committee
  • Term card and speaker announcements before they go public

A few details and straight into secure checkout — no account to create.

A single payment. Nothing to renew, ever. Payments are taken by Stripe; CUPS never sees or stores your card details.

Payments are taken by Stripe; CUPS never sees or stores your card details. You get a receipt by email straight away, which colleges accept for grant claims.

Before you ask

Questions the committee gets asked

Do I have to be a member to come to a talk?
No — most of our talks are free and open to anyone, members, the department and the merely curious. Some, especially the busy ones, charge non-members an entry fee: the Maxwell Talk, our ticketed termly headline event, is £5 on the door for non-members and free for members. Membership also gets you a seat when a talk is full.
Do I need to be studying physics?
Not at all. Members come from every subject, and from outside the University too. If you like physics, you are in the right place.
What is the speaker dinner ballot?
After each talk we take a handful of members out to dinner with the speaker. Check in at the talk with your CRSid, tick the ballot box, and you are in the draw — members only, and past winners sit out for the rest of the term.
Does membership expire?
No. It is a single payment, once, for as long as you want to stay involved.
How do I get a receipt, or claim it back from my college?
Stripe emails a receipt the moment you pay, and we send a welcome email with the same details. Both are enough for a college or society grant claim.
Can I pay by cash at the freshers’ fair?
Yes — find the treasurer at the stand. Online is faster, and it puts you in the members list straight away rather than after we type the sheet up.