About this Program
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship 2025 is a unique opportunity for students with excellent intellectual abilities and a desire to improve others' lives. Established in 2000 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, this scholarship program aims to create an interactive community of future world leaders. Gate scholars at Cambridge University focus on innovations, challenges, and solutions, contributing to the university's mission of societal welfare.
The program offers 80 scholarships to international postgraduate students pursuing master's or PhD in the UK, with almost one-third being PhD students. This fully-funded award at Cambridge University fosters a community of Gates scholars, fostering long-term personal and professional relationships.
The Gates Scholarship is the largest donation to any single UK university, with the Gates Foundation contributing $120m for this full-cost scholarship. This donation demonstrates the organization's commitment to promoting equality and ensuring that extraordinary and skillful students can attend the world's most prestigious university without worrying about their financial conditions. The Gates Scholarship is a testament to the organization's commitment to fighting poverty, disease, and inequality worldwide.
Degree Level
- PhD
- MSc/MLitt
- One-year postgraduate course.
Required Documents
- Personal statement of no more than 3000 characters.
- The PhD candidates have to submit a research proposal. Even if the application for a course or college does not require a research proposal, the Gates scholarship has this requirement as a mandatory one.
- Three reference letters (One can be from a current employee if needed.
Eligible Countries and Participants
To be eligible for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, applicants must be:
- Citizens of any country outside the UK.
- Applying to pursue one of the following full-time residential courses at the University of Cambridge:
- PhD
- MSc/MLitt
- One-year postgraduate course (excluding certain courses).
- Already admitted students can also to Cambridge College.
- Display outstanding intellectual ability, leadership potential, a commitment to improving the lives of others, and a good fit with the Gates Cambridge program.
