Scholarship for Postgraduate Students at the University of Cambridge
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation offers a scholarship for Postgraduate International Students in any subject available at the University of Cambridge,UK. Applicants must apply for admission as a postgraduate student to the University of Cambridge and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship at the same time, using the one application pack. Also, they are charged with assuring academic excellence, leadership potential, a commitment to improving the lives of others and a good academic fit with Cambridge.
A Gates Cambridge Scholarship covers:
- The full cost of studying at Cambridge.
- Academic development funding – from £500 to £1,500, dependent on the length of your course, to attend conferences and courses.
- Family allowance – up to £9,630 for a first child and up to £4,110 for a second child
- Maternity/Paternity funding