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Postgraduate Funding 2021/22*

Funding per % of applicants by type of course:

68% Fully funded 12%

7% Partially funded
PhD 13%
Masters
Fully self-funded
25%
75%

Fully funded applicants could be fully funded by one award only, or by multiple
awards to completely cover the liability of their tuition fees and maintenance costs.
PhD category contains doctoral, doctoral 1+3 and MRes courses.

75% of applicants
2317 940
applicants fully
recorded as fully funded
had a full scholarship as
awards given a single award, 25%
funded by a were made up by
in total. single award. multiple awards.

Total number of funding awards given, by source:

Cambridge Funding External
University awards Research Councils Departments Colleges Other
(inc. Cambridge Trust, (inc. AHRC, EPSRC, ESRC, (e.g. UK Charity,
Gates, Harding Scholars MRC, NERC, etc.) Overseas Government)
Programme, Wellcome
Trust and CRUK)

888 366 427 245 391

The data in these infographics is based on students’ self-declaration of funding as part of the admissions process.
*Funding statistics relate to students starting a new graduate course in 2021/22 only, and not to all graduates on a course at that time.
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Postgraduate Funding 2021/22 cntd.*

Funding by School (break-down): FULL FUNDING PARTIAL FUNDING NO FUNDING

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

39% students fully or partially-funded (221/566)
PHD (162): 51% (83) 11% (18) 38% (61)

MASTERS (345): 12% (49) 18% (71) 70% (284)

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
65% students fully or partially-funded (204/313)
4%
PHD (192): 83% (160) (8) 13% (24)
MASTERS (121): 18% (22) 12% (14) 70% (85)

CLINICAL MEDICINE
64% students fully or partially-funded (172/267)
PHD (139): 73% (102) 12% (16) 15% (21)

MASTERS (128): 18% (23) 24% (31) 58% (74)

70%
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
28%Fully
students fully or partially-funded (498/1778)
were offered.

PHD (275): 8%
52% (142) (22) 40% (111)
10%
MASTERS (1503): (157)
12% (177) 78% (1169)

PHYSICAL SCIENCES
57% students fully or partially-funded (363/637)
PHD (304): 3%
82% (250) (8)
15% (46)
MASTERS (333): 21% (67) 11% (38) 68% (228)

TECHNOLOGY
41% students fully or partially-funded (251/613)
PHD (247): 65% (161) 8% (19) 27% (67)
MASTERS (366): 9% (35) 10% (36) 81% (295)

The data in these infographics is based on students’ self-declaration of funding as part of the admissions process.
*Funding statistics relate to students starting a new graduate course in 2021/22 only, and not to all graduates on a course at that time.