Cambridge Trust

Chevening/Cambridge Scholarship

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Fees (International) , Maintenance , Student visa cost , Student immigration health surcharge , Other (see below)
Course length
Prospective applicant
Masters
Full Time
164 nationalities, See full list
Nationality
Required
2026/27

About

The Chevening/Cambridge Scholarship is available to Masters applicants from all Chevening eligible countries. 

The scholarship is tenable at any College of the University of Cambridge and in any subject, excluding premium rate courses.

Offered in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office / Chevening.

Please note, you must apply via an external application to the funding partner as well as opting into this fund in the funding section of the Cambridge admissions application in order to be considered.

Award details

Course length
Fees (International) Maintenance Student visa cost Student immigration health surcharge Other (see below)
  • Allowance package: arrival allowance, events and engagement travel allowance, homeward departure allowance.
  • Return airfare (economy class).
20 (approximately)
2026/27
No
Financial need (including Hardship) Academic merit

Successful applicants must show intention to return to the country they were selected from at the end of the period of study.

Eligibility

Prospective applicant
Masters
Full Time
164 nationalities, See full list
Nationality
Overseas
218 courses, See full list
Course

Applicants must:

  • Demonstrate the potential to rise to positions of leadership and influence. They will need to demonstrate that they possess the personal, intellectual and interpersonal attributes reflecting this potential.
  • Hold a degree that is equivalent to at least a good UK second-class honours degree.
  • Have completed at least two years' work, or equivalent experience, by the end of September in the year prior to the academic year for which the scholarship applies (e.g. by September 2022 for courses starting from September 2023).
  • Have not already received or be receiving financial benefit from an HMG funded scholarship.
  • Not hold dual nationality where one nationality is British (other than for nationals exempt from this requirement listed in the Chevening Guidance for Applicants).
  • Not be employees (including interns), employees' relatives (or former employees who have left employment less than two years before) of His Majesty’s Government including the FCDO (including FCDO Posts), the British Council, MOD, BEIS, DIT and UKVI, the Association of Commonwealth Universities or the Cambridge Trust or the University Cambridge or any of their wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Application Process

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Key dates

To ensure that they are considered for this scholarship, applicants must: 1) check with Chevening the funding call deadlines and details of the application process, and apply accordingly; and 2) apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

The Trust’s awards period runs from the beginning of March to the end of July and is an ongoing process throughout that period. We aim to make our awards as early as possible, but some of our partner funded awards can take time, and sometimes when offers are declined we may be able to offer them elsewhere. Applicants will remain under consideration until the end of the awards period. We are not able to contact unsuccessful applicants. If you have not been contacted by the Trust by the end of the awards period, you should assume that your application has not been successful.

Last updated: 29 Jun 2026 09:08:11