Prominent organization that are offering scholarships for University of Cambridge include:
- The Gates Cambridge Trust
- The Cambridge Overseas Trust
- The Cambridge European Trust
- the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
Application Process
1) Download the Cambridge Trusts 2011/12 application form
(pdf, 83KB)
2) If eligible you will offered scholarships by the Cambridge Trusts
3) Visit the Gates Cambridge Scholarships and the Cambridge Trusts websites for further information.
The Trusts' deadline
US applicants is 15 October 2010
Non-US applicants (and US applicants currently studying at
Cambridge) is 1 December 2010.
P.S: Candidates must apply to the Cambridge MBA and for the specific scholarship separately.
Director's Scholarships
Amount: £500
Criteria: Based on academic performance
Provided at the end of each term.
Christ's College Whittaker MBA Scholarships
Amount: £10,000
Criteria: All candidates with a 1st or high 2:1 or GPA over 3.7 and a GMAT score of 700.
Deadline: Rolling until awarded
St Catharine's College Benavitch Scholarships
Amount £10,000
Criteria: All candidates with a 1st or 2:1 or GPA over 3.7, a GMAT score of 700 and 3 yrs' post-grad work.
Deadline: March 15
Nabil Boustany Scholarships
Amount: £30,000 (every two years)
Criteria: Priority given to Lebanese nationals
Demonstrate an excellent academic background, high intellectual potential, leadership, ambition and a strong sense of ethics.
Sainsbury Bursary Scheme
Amount: £14,000-£28,000
Criteria: Candidates with 3 yrs' work experience within the charitable or voluntary sectors, with priority given to UK citizens working in the UK
Strong support from their employer, or evidence of an on-going commitment to the charitable or voluntary sectors
Deadline: April 15
Ujejski Scholarships
Amount: £8,000
Criteria: Citizens of the Republic of Poland.
Deadline: April 15
Girton College Ruth Whaley Scholarships
Amount: £7,000
Criteria: Female candidates from the United States
Deadline: Rolling until awarded
Maissa Karim Scholarships
Amount: £2,500
Criteria: Strong academic background
Deadline: April 15
Lucy Cavendish College Studentships
Amount: £1,000
Criteria: Female candidates with a 1st or 2:1 or GPA over 3.5 and a GMAT score of 680.
American Friends Studentship
Criteria: American nationals
Deadline: Rolling until awarded
Sidney Sussex College Joyce Coutu Scholarships
Amount: £1,000
Criteria: Female candidates from North America with a 1st or 2:1 or GPA over 3.5, a GMAT score of 680 GMAT and 3 yrs' post-grad work.
Deadline: April 1
Sidney Sussex Hanadi Jabado Scholarships
Amount: £5,000
Criteria: Female candidates from Lebanon
Deadline: April 1
British Council Scholarships
Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Candidates from approximately 160 countries.
Deadline: Varies
Chevening Scholarships
Amount: Varies from part to full funding
Eligibility: Applicants must be resident in their home country at the time of their application, and must return to that country on completion of the programme.
Deadline: Varies from country to country
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships
Amount: Up to US$26,000
Eligibility: Citizens of countries in which there are Rotary Clubs.
Deadline: Varies from country to country - between March and July
Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)
Amount: Tuition fees and various expenses
Eligibility: Commonwealth citizens and British protected persons permanently resident in any Commonwealth country other than the United Kingdom who are under 35 years of age.
Deadline: December
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP)
Amount: Determined during the selection process
Eligibility: Residents or resident nationals of the following countries: Nigeria, Chile, Mozambique, Ghana, China, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Senega, Peru, Guatemala, Egypt, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Palestine, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Phillippines.
Deadline: Varies from country to country
Japan-IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) Scholarship
Amount: Full tuition and living expenses
Eligibility: Citizens of the Japan-IDB's 26 borrowing member countries (in Latin America and the Caribbean) who have 2 yrs' work experience in a public agency or research/ teaching organisation.
Deadline: May
Alban Programme
Amount: Tuition fees
Eligibility: Latin America professionals/future decision-makers, in institutions or centres in the EU.
Deadline: January
Jean Monet - Entente Cordiale Scholarships
Amount: Up to £10,000
Eligibility: Young French people who are aiming at a top management career.
Deadline: February
British Marshall Scholarships
Amount: £20,000
Eligibility: US citizens under 26 years of age who are graduates of US universities.
Deadline: October
Sampoerna Foundation MBA Scholarships
Amount: Full funding
Eligibility: Indonesians
Deadline: January
Colfuturo Scholarship/Loan
Amount: Up to US$25,000
Eligibility: Colombians, who must return to Colombia within one year of finishing their programmes in order to qualify for a scholarship comprising a 50% waiver of the loan.
Deadline: May
General Sir Monash Awards
Amount: AU$50,000
Eligibility: Australians.
Deadline: August
O'Reilly Foundation Scholarships
Amount: EUR 25,000
Eligibility:Residents of Ireland with a willingness to contribute to Ireland's welfare post-MBA.
Deadline: November
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