Applications are currently being received for the Gates Cambridge Scholarships for International Students. Created in October 2000 by a donation of US$210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge, this scholarship program is fully funded and available for citizens of any country outside the United Kingdom. Gates scholarships are awarded to outstanding international students to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.
The scholarship is available for PhD, master’s and MLitt degree programs, or a one-year postgraduate course in any subject at the University of Cambridge. To be competitive for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship candidates must show evidence of academic excellence (through their transcripts, references, experience, and the potential to succeed on the chosen course). Academic departments at the University of Cambridge nominate only the most academically outstanding applicants for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate a capacity for leadership, which can be expressed in a multitude of ways. Applicants should provide evidence of their leadership experience to date and indicate the ways in which their leadership skills may have an impact on their future careers. The Gates Cambridge mission is to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.
Program Details
- Host Institution: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Field of study: Available programs at the university (Please find more details below).
- Number of awards: About 80 (approximately 25 awards available in the US round and 55 available in the international round).
- Duration: Applicant’s program normal duration.
- Target group: Open to citizen of any country outside the United Kingdom.
Gates Cambridge Scholarships Benefits
This scholarship is a fully funded program that covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge. Selected candidates will be provided with the following benefits:
- the University Composition Fee at the appropriate rate. The University Composition Fee varies for different types of students; applicants should see the Graduate Studies prospectus for full details about precise amounts
- a maintenance allowance for a single student (£20,000 for 12 months at the 2023-2024 rate; pro rata for courses shorter than 12 months) – for PhD scholars the award is for up to 4 years
- one economy single airfare at both the beginning and end of the course
- inbound visa costs & the cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge.
This foundation scholarship also considers applications for several types of additional funding on a discretionary basis:
- Academic development funding – from £500 up to £2,000, dependent on the length of your course, to attend conferences and courses
- Family allowance – up to £11,604 for one child and up to £16,548 for two or more children (2023-2024 rate). No funding is provided for a partner
- Fieldwork – you may apply to keep up to your normal maintenance allowance while on fieldwork as part of your PhD (the Trust does not fund other fieldwork costs as these should be funded by the University Composition Fee)
- Maternity/Paternity funding – should you require it; you may apply to intermit your studies for up to 6 months and continue to receive your maintenance allowance during this time
- Hardship funding – for unforeseen difficulties facing the scholar.
Note : If you are receiving a salary from an employer or have another substantial scholarship, the Trust reserves the right to reduce or not pay the standard maintenance allowance. You should let the Trust know ASAP if you are awarded any funding towards your degree at Cambridge. Most costs are covered by the Scholarship but Gates Cambridge does not cover bench fees or the costs of scientific equipment or similar academic resources. The Trust expects such core course costs to be covered by the academic department at Cambridge.
Gates Cambridge Scholarship Eligible Courses
Below is the list of eligible courses in which applicants of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship can study in.
- AdvDip in Hebrew Studies
- Advanced Diploma in Economics
- Advanced Diploma in Research Theory and Practice in English (Business Management)
- Advanced Diploma in Research Theory and Practice in English (Engineering)
- Advanced Diploma in Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion
- CDT MPhil + PhD in Computational Methods for Materials Science
- CPGS in Theology and Religious Studies
- CRUK Cambridge Centre MRes + PhD in Cancer Biology
- Clinical School MBPhD Programme
- Doctor of Education
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Connected Electronic & Photonic Systems
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Future Propulsion and Power
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Sensor Technologies and Applications
- MLitt in Law
- MPhil in Advanced Chemical Engineering
- MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
- MPhil in African Studies
- MPhil in American History
- MPhil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
- MPhil in Anthropocene Studies
- MPhil in Archaeological Research
- MPhil in Archaeological Science
- MPhil in Archaeology
- MPhil in Architecture
- MPhil in Architecture and Urban Studies
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Chinese Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Classical Islamic History and Culture)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Hebrew and Pre-Modern Jewish History and Culture)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Hebrew and Semitic Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Japanese Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Korean Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Modern Middle Eastern Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Muslim-Jewish Relations)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (Chinese Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (Japanese Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (Korean Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (Middle Eastern Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (South Asian Studies)
- MPhil in Assyriology
- MPhil in Astronomy
- MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience
- MPhil in Biological Anthropological Science
- MPhil in Biological Science (Biochemistry)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Genetics)
- MPhil in Biological Science (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Pathology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Pharmacology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Physiology, Development and Neuroscience)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Plant Sciences)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Psychology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Sanger Institute)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Stem Cell Biology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Veterinary Medicine)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Zoology)
- MPhil in Bioscience Enterprise
- MPhil in Biotechnology
- MPhil in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- MPhil in Chemistry
- MPhil in Classics
- MPhil in Computational Biology
- MPhil in Conservation Leadership
- MPhil in Criminological Research
- MPhil in Criminology
- MPhil in Development Studies
- MPhil in Developmental Biology
- MPhil in Digital Humanities
- MPhil in Early Modern History
- MPhil in Earth Sciences
- MPhil in Economic Research
- MPhil in Economic and Social History
- MPhil in Economics
- MPhil in Education (Arts, Creativity & Education)
- MPhil in Education (Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature)
- MPhil in Education (Education, Globalisation and International Development)
- MPhil in Education (Educational Leadership and Improvement) full-time
- MPhil in Education (Educational Leadership and Improvement) part-time
- MPhil in Education (Knowledge, Power and Politics)
- MPhil in Education (Mathematics Education)
- MPhil in Education (Primary Education)
- MPhil in Education (Research in Second Language Education)
- MPhil in Egyptology
- MPhil in Energy Technologies
- MPhil in Engineering
- MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development
- MPhil in English Studies
- MPhil in Environmental Policy
- MPhil in European, Latin American and Comparative Literatures and Cultures by Advanced Study
- MPhil in European, Latin American and Comparative Literatures and Cultures by thesis
- MPhil in Film and Screen Studies by Advanced Study
- MPhil in Film and Screen Studies by thesis
- MPhil in Finance
- MPhil in Finance and Economics
- MPhil in Genomic Medicine
- MPhil in Geography
- MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society
- MPhil in Heritage Studies
- MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
- MPhil in History of Art and Architecture
- MPhil in Holocene Climates
- MPhil in Human Evolutionary Studies
- MPhil in Industrial Systems, Manufacture, and Management
- MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organisation
- MPhil in Land Economy
- MPhil in Land Economy Research
- MPhil in Latin American Studies
- MPhil in Latin American Studies (by thesis only)
- MPhil in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence
- MPhil in Management
- MPhil in Materials Science and Metallurgy
- MPhil in Medical Science (CIMR)
- MPhil in Medical Science (CRUK CI)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Clinical Biochemistry)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Clinical Neurosciences)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Haematology)
- MPhil in Medical Science (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit)
- MPhil in Medical Science (MRC Epidemiology Unit)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Medical Genetics)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Medicine)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Oncology)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Paediatrics)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Psychiatry)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Radiology)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Surgery)
- MPhil in Medieval History
- MPhil in Micro and Nanotechnology Enterprise
- MPhil in Modern British History
- MPhil in Modern European History
- MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies
- MPhil in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies
- MPhil in Music
- MPhil in Nuclear Energy
- MPhil in Philosophy
- MPhil in Physics
- MPhil in Planning, Growth and Regeneration
- MPhil in Polar Studies (Scott Polar Research Institute)
- MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History
- MPhil in Politics and International Studies
- MPhil in Population Health Sciences
- MPhil in Public Policy
- MPhil in Real Estate Finance
- MPhil in Scientific Computing
- MPhil in Social Anthropological Research
- MPhil in Social Anthropology
- MPhil in Sociology (Political and Economic Sociology)
- MPhil in Sociology (The Sociology of Marginality and Exclusion)
- MPhil in Sociology (The Sociology of Media and Culture)
- MPhil in Strategy, Marketing and Operations
- MPhil in Technology Policy
- MPhil in Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion
- MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics by Advanced Study
- MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics by thesis
- MPhil in Therapeutic Sciences
- MPhil in Veterinary Science
- MPhil in World History
- MRes + PhD Multiple Sclerosis Society Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair Studentship
- MRes + PhD in Application of Artificial Intelligence to the study of Environmental Risks
- MRes + PhD in Cancer Biology (part-time)
- MRes + PhD in Cardiovascular Research
- MRes + PhD in Management Studies
- MRes in Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems
- MRes in Social Anthropology
- Master of Corporate Law (MCL)
- Master of Law (LLM)
- Master of Surgery
- National Institutes of Health Oxford/Cambridge Programme
- PhD in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
- PhD in Antarctic Studies
- PhD in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
- PhD in Archaeology
- PhD in Architecture
- PhD in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- PhD in Astronomy
- PhD in Automated Chemical Synthesis Enabled by Digital Molecular Technologies (EPSRC CDT)
- PhD in Biochemistry
- PhD in Biological Anthropology
- PhD in Biological Science (Babraham Institute)
- PhD in Biological Science (EBI)
- PhD in Biological Science (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
- PhD in Biological Science (MRC Toxicology Unit)
- PhD in Biological Science (Sanger Institute)
- PhD in Biological Sciences at the Department of Veterinary Medicine
- PhD in Biostatistics
- PhD in Biotechnology
- PhD in Chemical Engineering
- PhD in Chemistry
- PhD in Classics
- PhD in Clinical Biochemistry
- PhD in Clinical Neurosciences
- PhD in Computation, Cognition and Language
- PhD in Computer Science
- PhD in Criminology
- PhD in Development Studies
- PhD in Earth Sciences
- PhD in Economics
- PhD in Education
- PhD in Engineering
- PhD in English
- PhD in Film and Screen Studies
- PhD in French
- PhD in Genetics
- PhD in Geography
- PhD in German
- PhD in Hematology
- PhD in History
- PhD in History and Philosophy of Science
- PhD in History of Art
- PhD in Infection and Immunity
- PhD in Italian
- PhD in Land Economy
- PhD in Latin American Studies
- PhD in Law
- PhD in Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
- PhD in Management Studies
- PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy
- PhD in Mathematics of Information (CDT)
- PhD in Medical Science (CIMR)
- PhD in Medical Science (CRUK CI)
- PhD in Medical Science (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit)
- PhD in Medical Science (MRC Epidemiology Unit)
- PhD in Medical Science (MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit)
- PhD in Medicine
- PhD in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies
- PhD in Music
- PhD in Nuclear Energy Futures (EPSRC CDT)
- PhD in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- PhD in Oncology
- PhD in Pediatrics
- PhD in Pathology
- PhD in Pharmacology
- PhD in Philosophy
- PhD in Physics
- PhD in Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
- PhD in Plant Sciences
- PhD in Polar Studies (Scott Polar Research Institute)
- PhD in Portuguese
- PhD in Psychiatry
- PhD in Public Health and Primary Care
- PhD in Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
- PhD in Radiology
- PhD in Slavonic Studies
- PhD in Social Anthropology
- PhD in Sociology
- PhD in Spanish
- PhD in Stem Cell Biology
- PhD in Surgery
- PhD in Theology and Religious Studies
- PhD in Veterinary Medicine
- PhD in Zoology
- Wellcome Trust MRes + PhD in Stem Cell Biology
Please click here to find the full list of available courses.
Gates Cambridge Scholarships Eligibility
You can apply for this United Kingdom scholarship if you are:
- a citizen of any country outside the United Kingdom
- applying to pursue one of the full-time residential courses of study at the University of Cambridge:
- PhD
- MSc/MLitt
- One year postgraduate course (with some exceptions – see below)
If you are currently studying at Cambridge and wish to apply for a new postgraduate course you can apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. For example, if you are currently studying for an MPhil you can apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. Current Gates Cambridge Scholars may also apply for a second scholarship if they are applying for a new degree. All current Cambridge students will be considered in round two. However, if you have already started a course you cannot apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to fund the remainder of it.
Note : Whether or not you are eligible for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, you may be eligible for other funding offered by the University of Cambridge. See student-funding.cam.ac.uk for more details. For October 2024 entry, Gates Cambridge is continuing to pilot a scheme which allows applicants to apply for funding for a part-time doctoral degree.
Gates Cambridge Scholarship assessment criteria:
- Outstanding intellectual ability
- Reasons for choice of course
- Commitment to improving the lives of others
- Leadership potential
Similar opportunities
- Government of the Czech Republic Scholarships;
- Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme;
- Turkish Government Research Scholarship.
Why Should you Apply for the Gates Cambridge Scholarships?
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How to Apply for the Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Interested applicants in this Europe scholarship should submit their application for admission and funding (Gates Cambridge and other funding) via the University’s Graduate Application Portal. Please click on the apply button below to start. To be considered for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship you must complete the section to apply for admission to a course and a College place and the Gates Cambridge part of the funding section. Gates Cambridge has access to the full application for admission and funding when reviewing applications.
In the admission section, you are applying to a specific graduate course and a College place. You will provide all of the usual details about yourself, your academic background, plans, and suitability for the proposed course. In the funding section, you can apply for a range of funding offered by the University and associated bodies, including the Gates Cambridge Scholarships, which has its own sub-section. Those applying for the Gates scholarship will be asked to provide the following:
- In no more than 3000 characters (approximately 500 words) please explain why you are applying for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship and how you meet the four main criteria.
- Research proposal (PhD applicants only): Gates Cambridge requires PhD applicants only to submit a research proposal as part of their application for funding. Most Ph.D. applicants will upload a research proposal as part of their application for admission, but where this is not the case, a research proposal is required to apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. If you are applying for a degree other than the Ph.D. you do not need to submit a research proposal as part of your materials of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- Gates Cambridge reference: In addition to two academic references for admission, Gates Cambridge applicants submit a reference about their fit with the scholarship.
The deadline for applicants who are both US citizens and resident in the United States is . For all other applicants, the deadline depends on their course. It is either or . For more detail on the Gates Cambridge Scholarships for International Students, please read the How to Apply section and visit the official website. To be the first to see latest opportunities, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.
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