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Postgraduate Funding 2020/21*

Funding per % of applicants by type of course:

66% Fully funded 14%

8% Partially funded
PhD 12%
Masters
Fully self-funded
26%
74%

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.

87% of applicants
2091 1183
applicants fully
recorded as fully funded
had a full scholarship as
awards given a single award, 13%
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)

634 418 404 225 410

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 2020/21 only, and not to all graduates on a course at that time.
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Postgraduate Funding 2020/21 cntd.*

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

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

36% students fully or partially-funded (235/657)
PHD (163): 45% (73) 15% (25) 40% (65)
MASTERS (494): 11% (52) 17% (85) 72% (357)

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
71% students fully or partially-funded (208/291)
5%
PHD (208): 81% (168) (11) 14% (29)
MASTERS (83): 25% (21) 10% (8) 65% (54)

CLINICAL MEDICINE
60% students fully or partially-funded (225/376)
7%
PHD (201): 74% (149) 18% (37)
(15)

MASTERS (175): 18% (32) 17% (29) 65% (114)

70%
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
27%Fully
students fully or partially-funded (447/1628)
were offered.

PHD (297): 6%
48% (142) (19)
46% (136)
10%
MASTERS (1331): (130)
12% (155) 79% (1046)

PHYSICAL SCIENCES
62% students fully or partially-funded (400/648)
PHD (314): 6%
81% (253) (20)
13% (41)
MASTERS (334): 27% (91) 11% (36) 62% (207)

TECHNOLOGY
37% students fully or partially-funded (320/854)
PHD (256): 63% (162) 9% (22) 28% (72)
8%
MASTERS (598): 14% (86) (50) 77% (462)

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 2020/21 only, and not to all graduates on a course at that time.