About Gates Cambridge Scholarship
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship program was established in October 2000 by a US$210 million donation to the University of Cambridge from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; this is the largest single donation to a UK university. The first class of scholars arrived in October 2001.
Each year, Gates Cambridge awards approximately 80 full-fee scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries other than the United Kingdom to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject offered by the University of Cambridge. Approximately two-thirds of these awards will be available to PhD students, with 25 awards available in the US round and 55 available in the international round.
Eligible Courses
Find the course which suits you below and continue your application here.
The eligible field of study includes Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Engineering. Below are eligible courses for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship:
- AdvDip in Hebrew Studies
- Advanced Diploma in Economics
- Advanced Diploma in Research Theory and Practice in English (Business Management)
- Advanced Diploma in Research Theory and Practice in English (Engineering)
- Advanced Diploma in Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion
- CDT MPhil + PhD in Computational Methods for Materials Science
- CPGS in Theology and Religious Studies
- CRUK Cambridge Centre MRes + PhD in Cancer Biology
- Clinical School MBPhD Programme
- Doctor of Education
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Connected Electronic & Photonic Systems
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Future Propulsion and Power
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD in Sensor Technologies and Applications
- MLitt in Law
- MPhil in Advanced Chemical Engineering
- MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
- MPhil in African Studies
- MPhil in American History
- MPhil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
- MPhil in Anthropocene Studies
- MPhil in Archaeological Research
- MPhil in Archaeological Science
- MPhil in Archaeology
- MPhil in Architecture
- MPhil in Architecture and Urban Studies
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Chinese Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Classical Islamic History and Culture)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Hebrew and Pre-Modern Jewish History and Culture)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Hebrew and Semitic Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Japanese Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Korean Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Modern Middle Eastern Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Muslim-Jewish Relations)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (Chinese Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (Japanese Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (Korean Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (Middle Eastern Studies)
- MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (South Asian Studies)
- MPhil in Assyriology
- MPhil in Astronomy
- MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience
- MPhil in Biological Anthropological Science
- MPhil in Biological Science (Biochemistry)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Genetics)
- MPhil in Biological Science (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Pathology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Pharmacology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Physiology, Development and Neuroscience)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Plant Sciences)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Psychology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Sanger Institute)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Stem Cell Biology)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Veterinary Medicine)
- MPhil in Biological Science (Zoology)
- MPhil in Bioscience Enterprise
- MPhil in Biotechnology
- MPhil in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- MPhil in Chemistry
- MPhil in Classics
- MPhil in Computational Biology
- MPhil in Conservation Leadership
- MPhil in Criminological Research
- MPhil in Criminology
- MPhil in Development Studies
- MPhil in Developmental Biology
- MPhil in Digital Humanities
- MPhil in Early Modern History
- MPhil in Earth Sciences
- MPhil in Economic Research
- MPhil in Economic and Social History
- MPhil in Economics
- MPhil in Education (Arts, Creativity & Education)
- MPhil in Education (Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature)
- MPhil in Education (Education, Globalisation and International Development)
- MPhil in Education (Educational Leadership and Improvement) full-time
- MPhil in Education (Educational Leadership and Improvement) part-time
- MPhil in Education (Knowledge, Power and Politics)
- MPhil in Education (Mathematics Education)
- MPhil in Education (Primary Education)
- MPhil in Education (Research in Second Language Education)
- MPhil in Egyptology
- MPhil in Energy Technologies
- MPhil in Engineering
- MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development
- MPhil in English Studies
- MPhil in Environmental Policy
- MPhil in European, Latin American and Comparative Literature and Cultures by Advanced Study
- MPhil in European, Latin American and Comparative Literature and Cultures by thesis
- MPhil in Film and Screen Studies by Advanced Study
- MPhil in Film and Screen Studies by thesis
- MPhil in Finance
- MPhil in Finance and Economics
- MPhil in Genomic Medicine
- MPhil in Geography
- MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society
- MPhil in Heritage Studies
- MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
- MPhil in History of Art and Architecture
- MPhil in Holocene Climates
- MPhil in Human Evolutionary Studies
- MPhil in Industrial Systems, Manufacture, and Management
- MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organisation
- MPhil in Land Economy
- MPhil in Land Economy Research
- MPhil in Latin American Studies
- MPhil in Latin American Studies (by thesis only)
- MPhil in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence
- MPhil in Management
- MPhil in Materials Science and Metallurgy
- MPhil in Medical Science (CIMR)
- MPhil in Medical Science (CRUK CI)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Clinical Biochemistry)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Clinical Neurosciences)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Haematology)
- MPhil in Medical Science (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit)
- MPhil in Medical Science (MRC Epidemiology Unit)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Medical Genetics)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Medicine)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Oncology)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Paediatrics)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Psychiatry)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Radiology)
- MPhil in Medical Science (Surgery)
- MPhil in Medieval History
- MPhil in Micro and Nanotechnology Enterprise
- MPhil in Modern British History
- MPhil in Modern European History
- MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies
- MPhil in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies
- MPhil in Music
- MPhil in Nuclear Energy
- MPhil in Philosophy
- MPhil in Physics
- MPhil in Planning, Growth and Regeneration
- MPhil in Polar Studies (Scott Polar Research Institute)
- MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History
- MPhil in Politics and International Studies
- MPhil in Population Health Sciences
- MPhil in Public Policy
- MPhil in Real Estate Finance
- MPhil in Scientific Computing
- MPhil in Social Anthropological Research
- MPhil in Social Anthropology
- MPhil in Sociology (Political and Economic Sociology)
- MPhil in Sociology (The Sociology of Marginality and Exclusion)
- MPhil in Sociology (The Sociology of Media and Culture)
- MPhil in Strategy, Marketing and Operations
- MPhil in Technology Policy
- MPhil in Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion
- MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics by Advanced Study
- MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics by thesis
- MPhil in Therapeutic Sciences
- MPhil in Veterinary Science
- MPhil in World History
- MRes + PhD Multiple Sclerosis Society Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair Studentship
- MRes + PhD in Application of Artificial Intelligence to the study of Environmental Risks
- MRes + PhD in Cancer Biology (part-time)
- MRes + PhD in Cardiovascular Research
- MRes + PhD in Management Studies
- MRes in Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems
- MRes in Social Anthropology
- Master of Corporate Law (MCL)
- Master of Law (LLM)
- Master of Surgery
- National Institutes of Health Oxford/Cambridge Programme
PhD. Programmes
- PhD in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
- PhD in Antarctic Studies
- PhD in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
- PhD in Archaeology
- PhD in Architecture
- PhD in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- PhD in Astronomy
- PhD in Automated Chemical Synthesis Enabled by Digital Molecular Technologies (EPSRC CDT)
- PhD in Biochemistry
- PhD in Biological Anthropology
- PhD in Biological Science (Babraham Institute)
- PhD in Biological Science (EBI)
- PhD in Biological Science (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
- PhD in Biological Science (MRC Toxicology Unit)
- PhD in Biological Science (Sanger Institute)
- PhD in Biological Sciences at the Department of Veterinary Medicine
- PhD in Biostatistics
- PhD in Biotechnology
- PhD in Chemical Engineering
- PhD in Chemistry
- PhD in Classics
- PhD in Clinical Biochemistry
- PhD in Clinical Neurosciences
- PhD in Computation, Cognition and Language
- PhD in Computer Science
- PhD in Criminology
- PhD in Development Studies
- PhD in Earth Sciences
- PhD in Economics
- PhD in Education
- PhD in Engineering
- PhD in English
- PhD in Film and Screen Studies
- PhD in French
- PhD in Genetics
- PhD in Geography
- PhD in German
- PhD in Haematology
- PhD in History
- PhD in History and Philosophy of Science
- PhD in History of Art
- PhD in Infection and Immunity
- PhD in Italian
- PhD in Land Economy
- PhD in Latin American Studies
- PhD in Law
- PhD in Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
- PhD in Management Studies
- PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy
- PhD in Mathematics of Information (CDT)
- PhD in Medical Science (CIMR)
- PhD in Medical Science (CRUK CI)
- PhD in Medical Science (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit)
- PhD in Medical Science (MRC Epidemiology Unit)
- PhD in Medical Science (MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit)
- PhD in Medicine
- PhD in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies
- PhD in Music
- PhD in Nuclear Energy Futures (EPSRC CDT)
- PhD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- PhD in Oncology
- PhD in Paediatrics
- PhD in Pathology
- PhD in Pharmacology
- PhD in Philosophy
- PhD in Physics
- PhD in Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
- PhD in Plant Sciences
- PhD in Polar Studies (Scott Polar Research Institute)
- PhD in Politics and International Studies
- PhD in Portuguese
- PhD in Psychiatry
- PhD in Psychology
- PhD in Public Health and Primary Care
- PhD in Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
- PhD in Radiology
- PhD in Slavonic Studies
- PhD in Social Anthropology
- PhD in Sociology
- PhD in Spanish
- PhD in Stem Cell Biology
- PhD in Surgery
- Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies
- PhD in Veterinary Medicine
- Ph.D. in Zoology
- Wellcome Trust MRes + Ph.D. in Stem Cell Biology
Continue your application here.