How to apply
Standard applications (via the Board of Graduate Studies)
All applicants apply simultaneously for admission as a graduate student to the University of Cambridge and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship using the one application pack.
To be considered for graduate admission and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship most applicants will need to submit all of the following documents to the Board of Graduate Studies by the relevant deadline:
- GRADSAF application form
- Academic transcripts
- 2 academic references
- 1 personal reference
- English language test scores if your first language is not English
- Any other documents required for admission to the course - e.g. research proposal, example of written work etc. (see the individual department/course website for details)
See the How to Apply section of the Graduate Studies prospectus for further details.
Applications for the MBA and MFin
- Applicants for the MBA and MFin programmes offered by the Judge Business School should see the relevant website
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