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Jameel Education Foundation Cambridge Scholarship

The Jameel Education Foundation Cambridge Scholarship is available to PhD applicants from Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen.

The scholarship is tenable at any College of the University of Cambridge and in the following subjects (excluding premium rate courses): Biological Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Physical Sciences and Technology. Priority will be given to applicants whose research is considered likely to contribute to the future development of their home country or region.

Offered in partnership with the Jameel Education Foundation UK.

Value

  • University tuition fee (international rate)
  • Annual maintenance (sufficient for a single person)
  • Student visa
  • Student Immigration Health Surcharge
  • Subject in all cases to prior approval being granted by the University:
    • Research expenses
    • Skills training expenses
    • Academic travel expenses
  • Scholars may apply for additional stipend for dependents living with them in Cambridge during the course of the PhD, including spouse/partner and up to two children

Conditions

Priority will be given to applicants whose research is considered likely to contribute to the future development of their home country or region

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

Funding Partner

Jameel Education Foundation UK

Yousef Jameel is a well-known international business leader and philanthropist. He supports a wide range of institutions and projects in the fields of education, scientific research and the arts.

The Yousef Jameel Academic Program, started in 2004, has supported almost 400 postgraduate and MBA students in the Middle East, Germany, Singapore, Turkey, Senegal, France and the UK.

He funded both the Business School and the Science & Technology Research Center at the American University in Cairo (from which he himself graduated in Economics), and made a substantial benefaction to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to establish the Online Centre for Islamic & Asian Art and the Centre for the Study of Eastern Art.

In Cambridge, in addition to many scholarships, he has been a major donor to the University and is a member of the Guild of Benefactors. He also supported the foundation in 2009 of the Cambridge Muslim College, a non-denominational institution for education, training and research in subjects relevant to the British Muslim community.

He founded Jameel Education Foundation in 2019 as an independent organisation that supports a wide range of institutions and projects in the fields of education, scientific research and the arts. The Jameel Education Foundation Academic Program has supported mainly postgraduate and MBA students in the Middle East, Asia, Germany, Turkey, Senegal, France and the UK.

In establishing the Jameel Education Foundation Cambridge Scholarship for PhD applicants, the objectives are to initiate and invigorate education, research and wealth creation in the Middle East, North Africa and developing countries. Particular emphasis is given to areas of Science and Technology that contribute to sustainable development, and which benefit from talented students gaining a PhD in Cambridge and returning to their home countries to make use of their knowledge and expertise.

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