Cambridge Trust Offers Full-Cost International PhD Scholarships for 2027–28
The Cambridge Trust International Scholarship is listed for the 2027–28 academic year, offering full-cost PhD support to outstanding applicants from countries other than the United Kingdom and Ireland. Cambridge’s official funding database indicates approximately 60 awards.
What the scholarship covers
The award includes the international University tuition fee, annual maintenance for a single student, the student visa, and the Immigration Health Surcharge. Funding is listed for the course length. The university’s database also states that recipients can apply for up to six additional months of maintenance while writing up their PhD.
Applicants with dependants should pay particular attention to the single-person maintenance provision when planning costs. The award description should not be interpreted as an automatic promise to cover every family expense.
Who can apply?
The award is for prospective PhD students with overseas fee status, excluding UK and Irish nationals. The current funding listing includes full-time and part-time study. The Trust identifies academic ability, research promise, examination results, and references as selection factors. Financial circumstances do not determine selection for this particular scholarship.
That distinction matters because other Cambridge Trust awards may consider financial need. Read the conditions of this named scholarship rather than assuming that every Trust scheme follows identical criteria. The scholarship is tenable across Cambridge colleges and subjects, subject to its course restrictions.
How to apply
- Find the PhD course that fits your research plans in Cambridge’s postgraduate course directory.
- Check its funding deadline, which can be earlier than the final admission deadline.
- Complete the University admission application and indicate that you wish to be considered for funding.
- Submit the required supporting material on time and monitor your application for further requests.
No separate application is required for this scholarship. The Trust’s postgraduate guidance explains that applicants must meet the relevant funding deadline and hold a conditional admission offer before funding consideration can proceed. Simply applying for admission without requesting funding is insufficient.
Deadline and selection timetable
The deadline is the funding deadline for your chosen course. There is no universal date covering every Cambridge PhD, so verify the exact date and time in the course directory before planning submission.
The Trust’s award-making period generally runs from mid-February through July. Most awards are made early in that period, while reallocations can continue later. Its guidance says applicants who have not been contacted by the end of July should regard the funding application as unsuccessful.
Use the official scholarship page, postgraduate application guidance, and 2027–28 university funding listing. The funding listing’s URL contains an older year, but its current award-year field explicitly states 2027/28. Verified on 14 October 2026.
