Requirements

Who Can Apply

• Nationality: You must be a citizen of any country outside the United Kingdom.

• Course: You must be applying to one of these at Cambridge: a PhD (full-time or part-time), a full-time MLitt, or a full-time one-year postgraduate course.

• Current Cambridge students can apply for a new course, but not to fund the rest of a degree they have already started.

Courses Not Covered

• Undergraduate degrees and MASt courses.

• Part-time degrees other than the PhD.

• Professional courses such as the MBA, Executive MBA, Master of Finance, Executive Master of Accounting, Business Doctorate and PGCE.

• Medical courses such as MBBChir Clinical Studies, the MD and the Graduate Course in Medicine, plus the Master of Conservation of Easel Painting.

Selection Criteria

• Outstanding intellectual ability and academic excellence.

• Strong reasons for choosing your Cambridge course. PhD applicants usually need to contact a possible supervisor.

• A commitment to improving the lives of others.

• Leadership potential.

Funding decisions do not consider your financial situation.