Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding for study in United Kingdom — amount, eligibility, deadline, and programs it can pair with.
Scholarship facts
Needs review- Provider
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Funding
- $55,000
- Funding type
- full_funding
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Degree levels
- Master, PhD
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation · Data last updated Jun 28, 2026
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is one of the most prestigious international scholarships in the world, enabling outstanding postgraduate students from outside the UK to study at the University of Cambridge. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Must be a citizen of any country outside the UK, applying to a full-time postgraduate programme at Cambridge (PhD, MSc/MLitt, or one-year postgraduate course), demonstrate outstanding intellectual ability, leadership potential, and commitment to improving the lives of others. Outstanding intellectual ability, leadership potential, commitment to improving the lives of others, fit between applicant's qualifications and their programme.
Full tuition + maintenance allowance (GBP 20,000+/year) + airfare + development funding
Related programs
These program links make the scholarship page actionable instead of static. When direct links do not exist yet, this section falls back to country-level relevance.
BSc (Hons) Agriculture
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)
First-year estimate: $30,060 - $60,060
BSc (Hons) Animal Welfare Science
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)
First-year estimate: $30,060 - $60,060
BSc (Hons) Environmental Management
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)
First-year estimate: $30,060 - $60,060
BA (Hons) Rural Business Management
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)
First-year estimate: $30,060 - $60,060
BSc (Hons) Veterinary Biosciences
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)
First-year estimate: $30,060 - $60,060
BSc (Hons) Wildlife and Conservation Management
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)
First-year estimate: $30,060 - $60,060
United Kingdom planning guide
Country-level planning notes make the funding page more useful for decision making even before every linked university budget is fully verified.