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Cambridge International Scholarship

Cambridge International Scholarship

These prestigious scholarships are offered to applicants who are from countries other than the United Kingdom or Ireland, in any subject, who are highly ranked by their prospective Departments within the University, and are awarded on the basis of academic ability and research potential, examination results, and references. The financial situation of applicants does not affect selection. They are tenable at any College.

Further information can be found here.

Application:

No separate application is required for this scholarship, only the application to the University of Cambridge for admission, which must be submitted by the funding deadline specific to your course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

Value:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)

Immigration Health Surcharge

Funding partners:

Cambridge Schröder Scholarship in German Studies

Cambridge Schröder Scholarship in German Studies

The scholarship is available to PhD applicants of any nationality in the field of German Studies. It is tenable only at Jesus College.

Application:

No separate application is required for this scholarship, only the application to the University of Cambridge for admission, which must be submitted by the funding deadline specific to your course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

Value:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)

Funding partners:

Cambridge Toshiba Japan and the World Graduate Scholarship

Cambridge Toshiba Japan and the World Graduate Scholarship

This scholarship is available to applicants for a PhD in the Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies whose research aims to place Japan within the wider context of the world. It is tenable at any College.

Application:

No separate application is required for this scholarship, only the application to the University of Cambridge for admission, which must be submitted by the funding deadline specific to your course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

Conditions:
  • Subject area must be Japanese Studies.
  • Candidates wishing to be considered for this scholarship must provide a one-page document explaining how their research embodies the Japan and the World initiative.

Value:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)

Immigration Health Surcharge

Funding partners:

Cambridge Trust Scholarship (postgraduate)

Cambridge Trust Scholarship (postgraduate)

This scholarship is available to international Masters and PhD applicants in any subject.  It is tenable at any College.

Application:

No separate application is required for this scholarship, only the application to the University of Cambridge for admission, which must be submitted by the funding deadline specific to your course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

Value:

Contribution towards University tuition fee

Funding partners:

DeepMind Scholarship

DeepMind Scholarship

DeepMind Technologies Limited is a world leader in artificial intelligence research and its application to real-world problems. DeepMind is pleased to offer the DeepMind Cambridge Scholarship, fully-funded scholarships for students studying AI-related fields, through the Cambridge Trust.

The scholarship programme is part of an effort to build a stronger and more inclusive AI community, to bring a wider range of experiences to the fields of AI and computer science. As such, the scholarships fully fund female and/or Black students to study AI-related fields at the University of Cambridge, these groups being currently under-represented. Scholars are also offered support from a DeepMind mentor, and have opportunities to attend leading AI academic conferences and DeepMind events. More information is available on the DeepMind Scholarship website.

DeepMind Scholarships are fully funded and available for students undertaking a Master’s degree at Cambridge in Advanced Computer Science, Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence, or Scientific Computing, or a PhD in Computer Science, or other adjacent fields which are relevant to DeepMind’s aims.  They are tenable at any college.

Application:

No separate application is required for this scholarship, only the application to the University of Cambridge for admission, which must be submitted by the funding deadline specific to your course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

Conditions:

Priority will be given to applicants who identify as female and/or Black students.

Value:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)

Immigration Health Surcharge

Visa

Research costs

Funding partners:

LMB Cambridge Scholarship

LMB Cambridge Scholarship

This scholarship is available for PhD applicants with International Fee status in Molecular Biology. It is tenable at any College.

Application:

Candidates are selected by MRC LMB (not the Trust).  To ensure that they are considered for this scholarship, applicants must: 1) check with the Laboratory of Molecular Biology the funding call deadlines and details of the application process, and apply accordingly; and 2) apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

Value:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)

Visa

Immigration Health Surcharge

Contribution towards travel costs, conferences, research and training allowance

Funding partners:

Rowan Williams Cambridge Studentship

Rowan Williams Cambridge Studentship

The Rowan Williams Cambridge Studentship is a programme established by the Cambridge Trust to support students who face severe barriers in coming to study in Cambridge. It is available to applicants at all levels, in any subject, and is tenable at any College.

Applicants should be from an area of instability or zone of conflict and, or have been, at risk of discrimination, persecution, suffering, violence or other abuse of their human rights.

Application:

To ensure that they are considered for this studentship, applicants must: 1) complete a separate Cambridge Trust application form by 31 January 2023; and 2) apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

Conditions:

Applicants should be from an area of instability or zone of conflict and, or have been, at risk of discrimination, persecution, suffering, violence or other abuse of their human rights.

Value:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend for a single person

Other allowances (i.e. travel, visa and Immigration Health Surcharge costs) considered on a need basis

Funding partners:

Smuts Cambridge Scholarship

Smuts Cambridge Scholarship

This scholarship is available to PhD applicants whose research relates to a Commonwealth country or countries (excluding the UK), normally in the fields of Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences.  It is tenable at any College.

Application:

No separate application is required for this scholarship, only the application to the University of Cambridge for admission, which must be submitted by the funding deadline specific to your course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

Value:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)

Funding partners:

Wellcome Cambridge Trust Scholarship

Wellcome Cambridge Trust Scholarship

This scholarship is available to PhD research students in the University's research projects funded by the Wellcome Trust, in the field of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine. It is tenable at any College.

Application:

In addition to applying for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory), application to certain Wellcome Trust programmes is required to ensure that applicants are considered for the scholarship.

Value:

The scholarship will pay the difference between the University tuition fee at the Home rate and the Overseas/International rate.

All other costs will be subject to approval from the relevant School/Department.

Funding partners:

Wellcome Trust Oncology PhD Studentship

Wellcome Trust Oncology PhD Studentship

This studentship is available to applicants with Overseas fee status who wish to study for a four-year MRes + PhD course in the area of Oncology.  It is tenable at any College.

Application:

In addition to applying for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory), application to certain Wellcome Trust programmes is required to ensure that applicants are considered for the scholarship.

Conditions:

Applicants must have Overseas fee status

Value:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)

Other costs as determined by the Department of Oncology

Funding partners:

Woolf Institute Cambridge Scholarship

Woolf Institute Cambridge Scholarship

This scholarship is available to PhD applicants in subjects relevant to the work of the Woolf Institute (the study of relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims) and to Masters applicants to the MPhil in Middle Eastern Studies: Muslim-Jewish Relations.  It is tenable at any College.

Interested applicants are recommended to contact the Woolf Institute to discuss their proposed research topic.  Please email Dr Emma Harris, Director of Studies on eth22[at]cam.ac.uk.

Application:

No separate application is required for this scholarship, only the application to the University of Cambridge for admission, which must be submitted by the funding deadline specific to your course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

Value:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)

Funding partners:

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