The Gates Cambridge Scholarships 2010/11-Graduate Students outside UK-Cambridge University-UK

The University of Cambridge offers The Gates Cambridge Scholarships to Graduate Students outside the United Kingdom for the year 2010/11 in UK

In October 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle, Washington, USA announced a donation to the University of Cambridge of $210 million to establish the Gates Cambridge Trust. This benefaction creates in perpetuity an international scholarship programme to enable outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. The Trustees are required to award scholarships on the basis of a person’s intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others.


Eligibility:

Candidates for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship:

  1. may be citizens of any country outside the United Kingdom.
  2. may apply to study any subject available at the University of Cambridge.
  3. must apply to pursue one of the following full-time residential courses of study:
  4. Research leading to the PhD degree
  5. One-year post-graduate courses (e.g. MPhil, LLM, Diploma, CASM or Part III Maths, MBA etc.)
  6. 2 year MSc degree
  7. Second Bachelor degree as an Affiliated Student
  8. MBBChir Clinical Studies.


Application Procedure:

  1. Before submitting an application, please read the Overview and Who is eligible sections.
  2. Please click on the link below that applies to the course for which you intend to apply:
  3. Graduate Study or Research
  4. Second undergraduate degree as an affiliated student
  5. If you would like to contact a past Gates Scholar to discuss any aspect of the scholarship programme, please go to the web page of the Gates Ambassadors to find an alumnus in your country or region.


Application Deadline:

15 December 2009 (for Non US Citizens)


Source:

http://www.gatesscholar.org/about/

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