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Gates Cambridge Trust
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Around 80 full-cost scholarships each year for outstanding non-UK applicants pursuing eligible postgraduate degrees at Cambridge.
Do I qualify 9 requirements for everyone + route options
Do I qualify
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Everyone needs
- Not open to: citizenship United Kingdom
- Not open to: degree undergraduate degree
- Not open to: degree MASt course
- Not open to: degree part-time degree other than PhD
- Not open to: degree professional development courses, non-standard degrees
- admission to a course section, College place section, Gates Cambridge funding section
- two academic references for admission, Gates Cambridge reference
- academic referees submit references by the specified deadline, Gates Cambridge referee submits a reference by…
+1 more requirements
- Not open to: enrolment course already started, funding the remainder of an existing course
These depend on how you qualify. The provider describes 3 ways, and you will not need all of them. The official page shows which applies to you.
- degree PhD
- degree MLitt
- degree one-year postgraduate course
- research proposal
Preferences and flexible criteria (6)
- enrolment currently studying at Cambridge, applying for a new postgraduate course
- enrolment current Gates Cambridge Scholar, applying for a new degree
- outstanding intellectual ability
- reasons for choice of course
- commitment to improving the lives of others
- leadership potential
Not open to: Undergraduate degrees; MASt; part-time degrees other than PhD; listed professional/non-standard degrees; funding the remainder of an already-started course
- Who is eligible
- Citizens of any country outside the United Kingdom, including Palestinians
- Level of study
- Master's, PhD
- Fields of study
- Any eligible Cambridge postgraduate subject
What's covered Fully funded
- Funding type
- Fully funded
- Funding details
- University Composition Fee, maintenance (£22,050 for 12 months at the published 2025-26 rate), one economy airfare at the start and end, visa and Immigration Health Surcharge; discretionary additional support may apply.
- Duration
- Duration of programme
- Host country
- United Kingdom
- Host institution
- University of Cambridge
What I need Not listed here
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How to apply
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- Deadline
- Deadline unconfirmed
- Deadline notes
- Watch the official timeline; no current-cycle date was frozen.
- Application cycle
- Current listing
- Notes
- Selection criteria are outstanding intellectual ability, reasons for choice of course, a commitment to improving the lives of others and leadership potential. PhD applicants must submit a research proposal. Applicants must arrange for a Gates Cambridge reference in addition to two academic references. Courses not considered include undergraduate degrees, MASt courses, part-time degrees other than the PhD, and listed professional development and non-standard degrees.
Details to confirm
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