Congrats to Princeton senior Joshua Yang on being selected as one of 35 winners of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship! Yang, a philosophy major with a minor in journalism, plans to pursue an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies at Cambridge in preparation for a career as a journalist.
| Gates Cambridge Scholarship | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | post-graduate study at the University of Cambridge |
| Sponsored by | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Location | Cambridge, England |
| Established | 2000 |
| Website | gatescambridge.org |
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Cambridge. The scholarship is extremely competitive with around 1.3% of applicants receiving an award in recent years.[1]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation established the Gates Cambridge Scholarships in 2000 with a $210 million donation to support outstanding graduate students' study at the University of Cambridge.[2] The gift is the largest single donation to a British university.[3][4] The Gates Cambridge Trust's endowment is valued at £333.9 million as of 2023.[5]
The scholarship covers the cost of a postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge and includes funding for academic and professional development. As of 2023, 2,156 students from more than 112 countries have received the scholarship and more than 200 Gates Cambridge Scholars are studying at any time.[6]
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See also
[edit]- Churchill Scholarship at Cambridge University
- Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University
- Clarendon Scholarship at Oxford University
- Yenching Scholarship at Peking University
- Schwarzman Scholarship at Tsinghua University
- Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
- Marshall Scholarship for any university in the United Kingdom
- Mitchell Scholarship for any university in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland
- Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University
- Jardine Scholarship at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge
- The Flinn Scholarship for any university in Arizona
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