About the scholarship
The Cambridge scholarship programme is organized and sponsored by the former
president of the Gates Foundation - Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda
Gates to help intellectual post-graduates who could continue with their
studies due to the financial crisis to fund their respective field of study at
the University of Cambridge.
The scholarship programme is made especially for international students. And
2third of it is majorly meant to be for postgraduate
The scholarship schemes were started on October 20000 with donations worth
US$210m.
Since the beginning of this scholarship by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, it has helped more than 2081 Cambridge Alumni spread across the
world.
The scholarship covers all the funding a student needs to complete his course
at the University no matter the type of course or research you need to know at
Cambridge. It also provides additional, discretionary funding. The scheme
is ready to take care of University Composition Fee, inbound visa costs & the cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge, and
maintenance fees which usually cost around US$18744 per year per
individual
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Requirements for the scholarship
The following are the types of people that can eligible for this scholarship:
1. You must be a student from any of the countries outside the UK.
2. You are planning to complete either a Ph.D. (full-time, part-time) or MLitt
(full-time) at the University of Cambridge, or any other postgraduate courses
of your choice but except the following courses:
1. Business Doctorate (BusD)
3. Master of Business (MBA)
3. Master of Finance (MFin)
4. MASt courses
5. PGCE
6. MBBChir Clinical Studies
7. MD Doctor of Medicine degree
8. Part-time studies.
If you are currently studying an undergraduate course at any of the
universities in the UK, you are eligible to apply but those that already
started a postgraduate course are not eligible to apply since they are already
in a programme.
Criteria for the scholarship
Four major criteria are considered by Gates Cambridge before students are
selected for the scholarship schemes. These include.
1. Academic excellence
To be part of the people that will be shortlisted for the Gates Cambridge
Scholarship, candidates must show evidence of their academic excellence.
2. Reasons for choice of course.
Candidates are expected to make a strong case for a particular course they
want to study at the university. That means the candidates must have to prove
that they have a previous educational background in the course
3. A commitment to improving the lives of others.
4. A capacity for leadership
Those are the criteria they base their selection on. Interested students must
make sure that they meet up with some of them if possible all measures are
highly recommended to be met. For more information about the scholarship
criteria, visit
the Gates Cambridge website.
How to apply
There are two simple steps you need to apply for the Gates Cambridge
scholarship scheme. Interested candidates are required to enroll in a course
with the university of Cambridge before they can apply for the funding
The following are the steps interested candidates need to complete to apply
for the scholarship:
1. Next, you need to complete the admission application form to a course or
college at the university graduate portal.
The admission section contains where you will register for your preferred
course and other things that may be related to it. Also, note that your
personal information will be asked if you are a new student at the school.
3. Fill out the Gates Cambridge funding section as part of the funding.
In the Gates Cambridge funding section, you have to write in not less than 500
words about the reasons for your application and how you meet the four main
criteria
Registration dates and deadlines
The 2022 Gate Cambridge Scholarship application date for the US citizen has
closed. The new application will commence next academic year - September 2023.
| Different stage |
Date |
| Applications open* |
Thursday 15 September 2022 |
| Application deadline |
Wednesday 12 October 2022 (Time 12:00, noon in local US time
zone)
|
| Departmental ranking |
Monday 17 October 2022 to Thursday 17 November 2022 |
|
All applicants are notified of the application outcome
|
by Friday 9 December 2022 |
| Review and selection by panels |
January 2023 |
| Scholarships offered |
Late January 2023 |
| Scholarships accepted |
72 hours after the offer |
For all other applicants outside the US, their application is going to end on
either the 1st of December, 2022, or the 5th of January, 2022.
| What stage? |
Date |
| Applications open* |
Thursday 15 September 2022 |
| Application deadline* |
Dependent on your course – either 1 December 2022 or 5 January 2023
(see
Course Directory)
|
| Departmental ranking |
December – February |
|
All applicants are notified of the application outcome
|
by Friday 3 March 2022 |
| Review and selection by panels |
March 2023 |
| Scholarships offered |
Late March |
| Scholarships accepted |
72 hours after the offer |
