Cambridge Trust

Commonwealth Shared Cambridge Scholarship

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Fees (International) , Maintenance , Other (see below)
Course length
Prospective applicant
Masters
Full Time
44 nationalities, See full list
Nationality
Required
2027/28

About

The Commonwealth Shared Cambridge Scholarship is available to Masters applicants from certain developing member countries of the Commonwealth. Please check the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's website for the full list of eligible countries. 

The scholarship is tenable at any College of the University of Cambridge and in courses of study relevant to the development of the applicant’s home country (excluding premium rate courses).

This fund is offered in partnership with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.

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 Other (see below)

Other allowances as determined by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.

8 (approximately)
2027/28
No
Financial need (including Hardship) Academic merit

Commonwealth Scholars commit to returning home before the end of their visa. to contribute to the development of their home countries.

Eligibility

Prospective applicant
Masters
Full Time
44 nationalities, See full list
Nationality
44 countries, See full list
Country of residence
178 courses, See full list
Course

Please visit the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission website for all other eligibility criteria. The Commission publish a list of eligible subjects each year.

Application Process

Yes
Yes

Key dates

To ensure that they are considered for this scholarship, applicants must follow both of the following steps:

  1. apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory); AND
  2. check with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission the funding call deadlines and details of the application process, and apply accordingly

For more information, please visit About our postgraduate scholarships

The Trust’s awarding period runs from the middle of February to the end of July and is an ongoing process throughout that period. Most of our awards are made early during the months of February and March, but some of our partner funded awards involve additional processes such as interviews, which means funding decisions tend to be later from April to June. Although we cannot provide funding updates for individual applicants, the Trust will confirm on our website once we have finished issuing offers for our main scholarship programmes. Throughout the awarding period the Trust will be reallocating awards that have not been taken up. Therefore, all applicants will remain under consideration for any reallocated award for which they are eligible until the end of July. If you have not been contacted by the Trust by the end of July, you should assume that your funding application has not been successful.

Last updated: 09 Sep 2026 11:35:14