OpenFieldGates Cambridge Scholarships & Cambridge Trust Awards
Prestigious global scholarship awarded to approximately 80 outstanding students outside the UK annually to pursue full-time postgraduate research degrees at the University of Cambridge.
University of Cambridge
Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the world's third-oldest surviving university and one of its most prestigious. Cambridge has educated 121 Nobel laureates, 11 Fields Medalists, and 7 Turing Award winners. Home to the historic Cavendish Laboratory and the Department of Computer Science and Technology (the Computer Laboratory where Charles Babbage and Alan Turing pioneered computing), Cambridge conducts over £1.3 billion in annual research expenditures across quantum physics, machine learning, and biotechnology. Explore verified graduate degrees, fully funded doctoral scholarships, and world-leading faculty profiles.
Verified degree programs and opportunities
Review checked academic pathways and funding options below:
University of Cambridge PhD in Computer Science
Three to four-year doctoral research program inside the Cambridge Computer Laboratory at the William Gates Building, conducting frontier investigations in artificial intelligence, programming languages, security, and systems.
Cambridge MPhil in Advanced Computer Science (ACS)
Intensive 9-month taught and research master's degree preparing graduates for doctoral research, comprising advanced specialized modules and an individual 4-month research project under faculty mentorship.
Cambridge MPhil in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence (MLMI)
Elite one-year postgraduate degree inside the Department of Engineering, providing advanced mathematical and computational training in deep learning, speech recognition, computer vision, and probabilistic reasoning.
Cambridge Cavendish Laboratory Research Placements
World-famous physics research placements inside the Cavendish Laboratory, pioneering research in quantum matter, optoelectronics, semiconductor physics, and cosmological instrumentation.
Cambridge Summer Research in Mathematics and Physics (CMP)
Competitive summer research placement program in the Faculty of Mathematics, enabling students to collaborate with Cambridge researchers on theoretical physics, fluid dynamics, and pure mathematics.
Cambridge Postgraduate Demonstratorships & College Supervisions
Collegiate and departmental academic teaching positions for enrolled doctoral researchers, providing small-group pedagogy training and hourly remuneration for supervising Cambridge undergraduates.
Admissions, language requirements & application process
- Master's admission eligibility
- UK First Class Honours Bachelor's degree or international equivalent (typically 85%+ or 3.8/4.0 GPA) in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or physical sciences.
- Doctoral admission eligibility
- Master's degree with Distinction or UK First Class Honours undergraduate degree with demonstrable research capability and high academic standing.
- Language proficiency
- Cambridge Higher English language requirement: Academic IELTS 7.5 overall (minimum 7.0 in each component) or TOEFL iBT 110 overall (minimum 25 in each section).
- Research statement / Proposal
- Comprehensive 2 to 3-page research proposal outlining the proposed research question, state of the art, methodology, and identified Cambridge research group.
- Application fee
- £50 to £75 postgraduate application fee submitted via the Applicant Portal.
- Required documentation
- Complete official university transcripts, 2 academic reference letters, curriculum vitae, research proposal, and passport copy.
Tuition fees and verified scholarship systems
Tuition for postgraduate taught master's programs ranges from £38,000 to £45,000 per year for overseas international students (£15,000 to £20,000 for UK home students). Recipients of Gates Cambridge Scholarships or Cambridge Trust Awards receive 100% full university and college fee coverage plus an annual maintenance allowance of £21,000 per year.
Verified faculty profiles and research leaders
Distinguished researchers and laboratory heads at University of Cambridge:
Prof. Dr. Zoubin Ghahramani FRS
Professor of Information Engineering & VP Research at Google DeepMind; specializing in Machine Learning, Bayesian Nonparametrics, Probabilistic Programming.
Prof. Dr. Carl Edward Rasmussen
Professor of Information Engineering / Computational and Biological Learning Lab; specializing in Gaussian Processes, Probabilistic Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning.
Prof. Dr. Mete Atatüre
Professor of Physics & Head of the Cavendish Laboratory; specializing in Quantum Optics, Solid-State Spin Qubits, Quantum Nanotechnology.
Important verification note
Facts reflect official University of Cambridge documentation reviewed 2026-10-14. Degree admissions, scholarship awards, and employment positions are subject to formal university review. OpenField does not charge students application fees.
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