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Hill Foundation Scholarship

The Hill Foundation Scholarship is available to applicants who are nationals of and ordinarily resident in the Russian Federation and who are applying to any full-time Master's or PhD courses at the University of Cambridge.  It is tenable at any College of the University of Cambridge and in any subject.

Offered in partnership with The Hill Foundation.

Value

  • University tuition fee (international rate)
  • Annual maintenance (sufficient for a single person)
  • Student visa
  • Student Immigration Health Surcharge
  • Annual travel allowances

Conditions

  • Applicants must:
    • be nationals of and ordinarily resident in the Russian Federation. Your country of residence is the country in which you are normally resident, out of choice and for a settled purpose, apart from temporary or occasional absences. It is not a country in which you are studying, working or living temporarily
    • have a first degree from a Russian university, or have started and remained at a Russian University for at least 3 years without completing a degree course
  • Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously enrolled in any other degree program outside of Russia
  • It is the intention of both the Foundation and the Trust that graduates of the programme make a meaningful contribution to the development of Russia and promote east/west understanding. In the past, graduates have returned to Russia to make their contribution directly in country and it is hoped that in the future this will be possible again

How to apply

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

For more information, please visit About our postgraduate scholarships and About our undergraduate scholarships

Funding Partner

The Hill Foundation

The Hill Foundation provides scholarships for Russians to take degrees at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Since 2000, the Hill Foundation has awarded over a hundred scholarships to Russians in a wide variety of scholarly fields and from many academic institutions across the whole landmass of Russia.

The Hill Foundation Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for Russian students undertaking undergraduate or postgraduate study in any subject, who have undertaken a first degree at a Russian University. 

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