Who can apply?
You can apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship if you are:
- a citizen of any country outside the United Kingdom
- applying to pursue one of the following courses at the University of Cambridge:
- PhD (full-time or part-time*)
- MLitt (full-time)
- one-year postgraduate course (full-time), with some exceptions – see below.
Gates Cambridge is continuing to pilot a scheme which allows applicants to apply for funding for a part-time doctoral degree (PhD).
Can current students at Cambridge apply?
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 PhD.
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 the second, international round. However, if you have already started a course (for example, you are currently part way through a PhD) you cannot apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to fund the remainder of it.
General funding at Cambridge
You can also apply for other funding offered by the University of Cambridge. See www.student-funding.cam.ac.uk for more details.
Courses which Gates Cambridge does NOT consider:
- any undergraduate degree, such as BA (undergraduate) or BA affiliated (a second BA)
- MASt courses
- part-time degrees other than the PhD
- professional development courses and non-standard degrees such as:
- Master of Business (MBA)
- Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) and Global EMBA
- Master of Finance (MFin)
- Executive Master of Accounting
- Business Doctorate (BusD)
- Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE)
- MBBChir Clinical Studies
- MD Doctor of Medicine degree (6 years, part-time, home students only)
- Graduate Course in Medicine (A101)
- Master of Conservation of Easel Painting.
