Cambridge University
Is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Is the second-oldest university in the english speaking world. Cambridge is the most important university in the Unite Kingdom above Oxford, it is also the best University in Europe. Graduates of the university have won 65 Nobel Prizes, the most of any university in the world.
Financial Support
Gates Cambridge Scolarships
Value
A Gates Cambridge Scholarship covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge.
The Trust also considers applications for several types of additional funding on a discretionary basis:
-Family allowance - up to £7,775 for a first child and up to £1,200 for a second child. No funding is provided for a partner.
-Conference attendance - up to £500 a year if you are presenting.
Fieldwork - you may apply to keep up to your normal maintenance allowance while on fieldwork as part of your PhD.
-Some fourth year funding for PhD Scholars may be provided - but the termly maintenance allowance reduces per term for up to a year**
-Hardship funding - if there are unforeseen difficulties
-The University Composition Fee and College fees at the appropriate rate*
-A maintenance allowance for a single student (£13, 300 for 12 months at the 2012-13 rate; pro rata for courses shorter than 12 months)
-One economy single airfare at both the beginning and end of the course
If you want to apply for a Gates Cambridge Scolarships you must have this skills:
outstanding intellectual ability
-leadership potential
-a commitment to improving the lives of others
-a good fit between the applicant's qualifications and aspirations and the postgraduate programme at Cambridge for which they are applying
Gates Cambridge Scholarships are highly competitive full-cost scholarships. They are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.
Cambridge Commonwealth and Overseas Trusts
Awards for Colombia
Cambridge International Scholarship
Hamilton Cambridge International Scholarship
Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship
Smuts Cambridge Scholarship
Cambridge Assessment Scholarship
Churchill Gulbenkian Studentship
Queens' College John Lawrence Scholarship
Santander Cambridge Scholarship
Churchill Pfizer Studentship
Wolfson Cambridge Scholarship
Hughes Hall Cambridge International Scholarship
Churchill Pochobradsky Studentship
Queens' College Stephen Thomas Studentship
LMB Cambridge Scholarship
Nanoscience/Engineering Cambridge Scholarship
Queens' College Walker Studentship
St Edmund's Duke of Edinburgh Scholarship
Schlumberger Cambridge International Scholarship
The university offers awards to overseas students who have been accepted for admission by a Cambridge college. You cannot apply for funding trough the trusts until you have been offered a place at one of the Colleges.
The financial support available for overseas undergraduate students is limited at Cambirdge university. Most support is a partial contribution to your overall costs an it is means-tested.
About the University
Cambridge has one of the highest graduate employment rates in the UK, because of the skills that you gain at the university you are greatly sought by employers whatever your degree subject
The university has an extensive system of welfare and support, it means that your individuals needs and problems will be easily recognised and met, that is why they have one of the lowest drop-outs rates in the UK
Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, many national and world subjects leaders are include in the teaching staff, in the university you have access to a lot of resources, including 114 libraries and nine museums and collections
The University of Cambridge is one of the most ancient and distinguished universities in the world. Teaching has taken place here since 1209 and today there are over 18,000 students at the University, including around 1,200 international students from over 120 different countries studying undergraduate courses.
Accomodation
The Colleges provide essentially the same range of facilities: accommodation, food, pastoral care and personal tuition. Colleges are also the centre of social life for students at Cambridge.
How to Apply
Apply Process
Wait the answer of the university
You have to attend to the interview in in Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Pakistan or Singapore.
When you complete your UCAS and COPA, you should indicate the Cambridge College to which you wish to apply. If you have no preference for a particular College, you can choose to make an 'open' application.
You must complete and submit a Cambridge Online Preliminary Application (COPA) to collect information that is not part of your UCAS application
You have to complete an UCAS application process
Entrance requirements for
international students
If you wish to apply for an undergraduate place here, you need to be in the top one or two per cent of your year group, and doing very well in the subject area you would like to study.
you must have good qualifications at high school
you must have a good level of english and you have to show it
The University Language Centre runs an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programme for students who aren't native English speakers.
What you can study?
You can see all courses at
www.study.cam.uk/undergraduate/courses/
Some degrees are around three years to complete that,
but others like engineering, physics, chemistry and
and modern languages can be studied over four years.
The University offers a wide range of undergraduate
courses in arts, social science, medicine, and
engineering disciplines.
