Gates Cambridge Scholarships Submit Online Applications
The University of Cambridge is now offerings Gates Scholarships 2023-2024 to all the students interested to study at Cambridge.
The Gates Cambridge Scholarships 2023 by the University of Cambridge is being offered to 80 lucky applicants that will be the most outstanding students of its postgraduate programs. The Gates scholarships are available only to international students and are fully funded. This Gates fully-funded scholarship also takes care of the non-academic expenses of its recipients. 25 of these Gates Cambridge scholarships are given to candidates from the US, while, 55 Gates scholarships are given to other international applicants.
Students from all over the world can apply to the Bill Gates Cambridge Scholarships. 65% of these awards are given to Ph.D. students. Students who have gotten enrollment in an M.Sc., Ph.D., M.Litt, or a one-year postgraduate diploma program in the University of Cambridge but haven’t started their programs yet can apply to these scholarships.
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Discretionary Benefits:
Eligible applicants must be fulfilling the following criteria to stand eligible for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship Application:
Applicants have to apply for the enrollment and the scholarship by making an application at the University of Cambridge. The application can be made through the link given at the end of this article:
The committee for graduate admissions asks for the following necessary documents which the applicant has to submit:
The scholarship statement must be 500 words (maximum) in which the applicant has to explain why they want this scholarship, why they think they deserve it or how are they fit for this funding.
This is a mandatory requirement for Ph.D. candidates. The research proposal is supposed to outline the work or the research that the doctoral candidates are going to be undertaking.
The applicants have to prove their ability to get the scholarship by submitting references from approved professionals. Most of the students bring in their references from their previous educational institutions. In a handful of cases, students prefer to be referred by their former employers or by a figure of authority at their previous workplaces.
Students receive these Gates scholarships based on their:
The selection panel consists of three or four members from the University of Cambridge’s faculty, alumni, and trustees. The candidates are selected based on the three-step procedure to filter out the best applicants among a pool of thousands of applicants each year:
The respective departments to which the students have applied shortlist the best applicants based on their academic records. Applicants who get through this stage and are ranked by the faculties are called ‘Outstanding Aspirants of the Year’.
Applicants who have successfully been through the ranking department are passed on over to the Shortlisting Committee. This committee further shortlists the candidates in order to pass them over to the interview phase. Applicants at this level are selected based on the four selection points listed above.
Applicants who are selected for an interview will be sent out the details of their interview and the format of it. This interview will be of 25 minutes at most. Interviewees are given a choice between the in-person interview and the interview over on a video call. Applicants, if possible should always go for the in-person interview.
The interview panel is from the following subject areas:
The deadline to apply for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship 2023 is September 30th, 2023. The departmental rankings are given in between December and February of every year. Applicants are reviewed and selected by the selection panel during late February or early March.
Applicants are offered the scholarship in late March and have to accept or reject it within 72 hours of receiving the offer.