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Financial Help

Details of the costs you will incur for this course are available from the University Graduate Studies Prospectus.

Prospective students for the Diploma in Economics who intend to continue with the MPhil programme after successfully completing the Diploma, are advised that the University Composition fee for the MPhil is currently set at £8,610 for Home/EU students and £14,715  for Overseas students.

Please refer also to the University Graduate Studies Prospectus and the information published by the various funding bodies for details of financial help available.
Applicants might also find the Cambridge University Graduate Funding Directory helpful.

Gates Cambridge Trust

Gates Cambridge Scholarships are designed to support students of outstanding academic merit and leadership potential from every country of the world except the UK. Preference will be given to those judged particularly committed to serving their communities, and students from the USA will be considered first. The Faculty of Economics expects to be asked to help rank and recommend students for interview.  Students from the USA who wish to be considered for a Gates Scholarship must submit their application form (GRADSAF) to the Faculty of Economics by 15 October.  For applicants from other countries the interviews and deadlines are later. Please check the Gates Cambridge Trust web page.

Cambridge Overseas Trust & Cambridge Commonwealth Trust

Full details of Cambridge Overseas Trust (COT) and Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (CCT) awards and application deadlines can be found in the University Graduate Prospectus or on their website.

Colleges

Students may be eligible for College Studentships. See University Graduate Studies Prospectus.