Deadlines for this scholarship
An award closing is only the first of the dates that matter. After it there is the deposit that keeps your place, the unconditional offer the funder wants to see before it pays, and a last day to arrive and register. Where the funder publishes none of these, the row says so — a blank is what the official page actually says, not something we have left out.
| Stage | Date | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| Apply to the scheme by Act on this one | 08 Dec 2026 | 29 days left |
Who can apply
Yes - open to citizens of any country outside the UK (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Gulf all qualify); only US citizens resident in the USA are on a separate, earlier round.
What the award is
Fully funded postgraduate scholarships at the University of Cambridge (founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) covering the full cost of study, a maintenance stipend and travel for PhD, master's and some postdoctoral courses. You apply to a Cambridge course and then to Gates Cambridge; for entry in 2027 the deadline is 8 December 2026 for most applicants outside the US, with a 6 January 2027 deadline for courses whose Cambridge deadline falls in January (US residents: 14 October 2026, now closed). Official source: https://www.gatescambridge.org/apply/timeline/ (checked 29 October 2026).Where these dates came from
Gates Cambridge 2027/8 entry: applications opened 11 September 2026 and the deadline for all applicants outside the US is set by the Cambridge course - either Tuesday 8 December 2026 or Wednesday 6 January 2027, full application and documents by 11:59pm UK time — https://www.gatescambridge.org/apply/timeline/ (checked 30 October 2026); the earliest of the two, 8 December 2026, is used here. The separate US-resident round closed 14 October 2026. Gates Cambridge publishes no tuition-payment or latest-arrival date, and the Cambridge admission application runs on the same course deadline rather than a distinct CAS date, so those columns are blank.
Deadlines move. Always confirm on the funder's own page before you book anything — the link above is where we read it.
