Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Gates Cambridge Trust Cambridge, United Kingdom · open to applicants worldwide
Prestigious scholarships for outstanding applicants from outside the UK to pursue a postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge. Applicants apply through the Cambridge graduate application by the course funding deadline.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: postgraduate scholarship at the University of Cambridge; Gates Cambridge scholar community.
Who can apply: For citizens of any country outside the UK applying to a full-time postgraduate course at Cambridge; US residents apply in an earlier round.
Free to apply.
Annual; US round closed 14 October 2026; international round deadline is 8 December 2026 or 6 January 2027 depending on the course. Next deadline: 2026-12-08.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: personal statement, references, transcript, cv, research proposal.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Please apply by the Course Funding Deadline”
Who can apply
- Open to students, researchers
- For citizens of any country outside the UK applying to a full-time postgraduate course at Cambridge; US residents apply in an earlier round.
What you will need
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Research proposalUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name. The deadline is 8 December 2026.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Gates Cambridge Trust without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.