Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Award Details

Each year Gates Cambridge offers 80 full-cost scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. Approximately two-thirds of these awards will be offered to PhD students, with approximately 25 awards available in the US round and 55 available in the international round.

The selection criteria are:

• outstanding intellectual ability
• reasons for choice of course
• a commitment to improving the lives of others
• leadership potential

The Gates Cambridge mission is to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others. It aims to achieve this mission by selecting outstanding scholars, providing them with financial and non-financial support at one of the world’s leading universities and facilitating community building at and beyond Cambridge.

Eligibility

Applicants must be a citizen of any country outside the UK and applying to pursue one of the following full-time residential courses of study at the University of Cambridge: PhD (three year research-only degree); MSc or MLitt (two year research-only degree); or one-year postgraduate course. If in doubt, please check the  eligibility page. 

Application Timeline

The Gates Cambridge application is a single form for admission to a course, college, and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. See the Gates Cambridge website for  application details  and contact SDUR at sdur@ksu.edu for application review. 

Deadline: October 11th, 2024