The University Of Cambridge International Scholarship Scheme (CISS), UK

The University of Cambridge, through the Cambridge Trusts will offer, approximately 80 Cambridge International Scholarships to Overseas Students who embark on a research course in the next academic year. The awards will be made on a competitive basis to those applicants considered by their departments to be the most outstanding.


Those Eligible
To be eligible to receive a Cambridge International Scholarship, students must:

• be liable to pay the Overseas University Composition Fee.
• be engaged in a three year research programme leading to the PhD (i.e. will be registered as PhD, "Probationary PhD" or "CPGS") starting in the next academic year.
• be engaged in full-time study.
• have a high upper-second-class undergraduate honours degree from a UK Higher Education Institution, or an equivalent from an Overseas Institution.

Please note: all students applying for a course of one year duration or less (including LLM, MSt, MBA, MED, Part III Mathematics, MPhil) in the next academic year are not eligible for a CISS award in the next academic year.


The Scholarship Worth
Each award will underwrite the full cost of fees and maintenance for the duration of the course.


The Duration of the Award
The award has a maximum duration of three years and is available to all students who will be registered for a three year research programme, leading to the PhD (including CPGS), that starts in the next academic year.


The Application Process
In order to be eligible for a CISS award, you must have applied for admission/continuation as a graduate student to the University of Cambridge either online (admission students only) or via the Graduate Admission and Scholarship Application Form (GRADSAF) by 1st December 2011.
It is important that you send in your supporting documentation as soon as possible after you have applied for admission online, because your application will not be looked at until this is received.


Method/How to Apply
If you are not certain which application process applies to you, please contact Kathy White at the Board of Graduate Studies.
Kathy White (kathy.white{at}admin.cam.ac.uk)
Every eligible applicant for a three year research course leading to the PhD in the next academic year will be considered to have applied for a Cambridge International Scholarship provided their completed application is received by the Board of Graduate Studies before 1st December 2011 (each year).
Applicants are expected to also seek funding from other sources.
The application must be fully complete, i.e. including academic references and a research statement. The CISS committee will only consider academic achievement and research potential. It is therefore critical that academic references and a research statement are included.
In January the Board of Graduate Studies will submit a list of all eligible candidates to the relevant departments/faculties.
It is a condition that successful candidates must meet all their outstanding conditions for admission to the University in order to receive CISS funding.

The Scholarship Application Deadline
1 December 2011