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Gates Cambridge Scholarships For International Students 2020-2021

Gates Cambridge Scholarships

Find out how to apply for Gates Cambridge Scholarships For International Students 2020-2021.

About Gates Cambridge Scholarships

The Bill Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme was established in October 2000 by a donation of US$210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge. This is the largest ever single donation to a UK university.

Scholarships are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.

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The Bill Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme application for 2020 -2021 is open.

Application deadline for US citizen: 14 October 2020

Application deadline for international students: Dependent on your course – either 3 December 2020 or 7 January 2021

 Contact Information: info@gatescambridge.org

Address Info: Gates Cambridge Trust, Ground Floor, The Warehouse, 33 Bridge Street., Cambridge, CB2 1UW, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 (0)1223 338467

The Gates Cambridge scholarship will award 80 full-cost funding to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue full time masters and PhD programme in any subject at the Cambridge University.

University Deals

The funding is year round for 25 US citizen and 55 international students.

Requirements For Gates Cambridge Scholarships

  • a citizen of any country outside the United Kingdom.
  • applying to pursue one of the following full-time residential courses of study:
  • Ph.D. (three-year research-only degree);
  • MSc or MLitt (two-year research-only degree);
  • or a one-year postgraduate course (with exceptions)
  • If you’re already a student at Cambridge and want to apply for a new postgraduate course. For example, if you are studying for an MPhil you can apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to do a Ph.D. However, if you have already started a course, you cannot apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to fund the rest of it.
  • If you’re already a Gates Cambridge Scholar and want to apply for a second Scholarship. You must apply by the second, international deadline and through the same process of departmental ranking, shortlisting and interviewing as all other candidates.

Courses which are NOT eligible for Gates Cambridge Scholarships:

  • Any Undergraduate degree such as BA (undergraduate) or BA affiliated (a second BA)
  • Master of Business (MBA)
  • Master of Finance (MFin)
  • PGCE
  • MBBChir Clinical Studies
  • MD Doctor of Medicine degree (6 years, part-time)
  • Graduate Course in Medicine (A101)
  • Part-time degrees
  • Non-degree courses

Eligibility Criteria For Gates Cambridge Scholarships

  • outstanding intellectual ability
  • leadership potential
  • a commitment to improving the lives of others
  • a good fit between the applicant’s qualifications and aspirations and the postgraduate program at Cambridge for which they are applying

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Application Instructions For Gates Cambridge Scholarships

Applicants submit their application for admission and funding (Gates Cambridge and other funding) via the University’s Graduate Application Portal.

When applying for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship you will be asked to provide the following:

A Statement containing 3000 characters (approximately 500 words) 

The statement should explain why you are applying for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship and how you meet the four main criteria. This will help selection committee to know more about candidates.

Research proposal (PhD applicants only)

Gates Cambridge requires PhD applicants only to submit a research proposal as part of their application for funding. Most PhD applicants will upload a research proposal as part of their application for admission, but where this is not the case a research proposal is required to apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. If you are applying for a degree other than the PhD you do not need to submit a research proposal as part of your materials of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship .

Gates Cambridge reference

In addition to two academic references for admission, Gates Cambridge applicants submit a reference about their fit with the scholarship.

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