Scholarships and Bursaries

The College offers general studentships, and studentships for particular subjects and for applicants from particular regions, as follows. They are all entrance awards.

COLLEGE RESEARCH STUDENTSHIPS

Each year the College awards a variety of studentships up to the value of three fully funded studentships. A fully funded studentship, where awarded, would pay a student's College and University fees (at the home/EU rate) and a maintenance allowance of £9,880 a year. In practice most awards are partial awards, matching other funding, thus allowing more candidates to receive studentships. Preference in awarding these studentships will be given to candidates who intend to register for a Ph.D. Degree at Pembroke. However, candidates registering to study for an M.Phil. will also be considered for an award if they are intending to carry on to a Ph.D. after they have finished their M.Phil.

THE PEMBROKE GRADUATE STUDENTSHIP IN ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES (INCLUDING PERSIAN)

THE ZIEGLER GRADUATE STUDENTSHIP IN LAW

THE BETHUNE-BAKER GRADUATE STUDENTSHIP IN THEOLOGY

The College hopes to award these three graduate studentships in Arabic and Islamic studies, Law and Theology to candidates who intend to register for the Ph.D. Degree at the University of Cambridge. The studentships will have a value sufficient to pay College and University fees at the Home/EU rate for three years. The Arabic and Islamic Studentship is awarded owing to the generosity of HM the Sultan of Oman and of Professor E.G. Browne.

THE THORNTON GRADUATE STUDENTSHIP IN HISTORY

THE NAHUM GRADUATE STUDENTSHIP IN PHYSICS

THE BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB GRADUATE STUDENTSHIP IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

The College hopes to award these three graduate studentships in History, Physics and the Bio-Medical Sciences to candidates who intend to register for the Ph.D. Degree at the University of Cambridge. The studentship will have a value sufficient to pay College fees for three years. Moreover, additional awards, of up to the equivalent of University fees for a Home student (£3,770 in 2011/12), may be made to individual applicants, depending on need and the availability of funds.

THE MONICA PARTRIDGE STUDENTSHIP

The College is pleased to offer a graduate studentship for a student from South-East Europe to study at Pembroke. Students from the following countries are be eligible to apply: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia. Applications from students from Romania, Slovenia and Turkey will be considered if there is no suitable candidate from the countries listed above. Preference will be given to fund students studying for a Ph.D., but M.Phil. applicants intending to continue to a Ph.D. will also be considered. The studentship will have a value sufficient to cover College fees (£2,184) and maintenance (£9,880) for three years for a Ph.D. student or, in the case of an M.Phil. student, one year.

THE LANDER STUDENTSHIP IN THE HISTORY OF ART

The College is very pleased to be able to offer one studentship for an outstanding art historian, supported by the estate of Professor J.R. Lander. In order to be eligible, candidates must be applying to study for a PhD degree in the History of Art at the University of Cambridge, with Pembroke as first-choice college. The studentship will, if necessary, pay University and College fees, at the home rate, plus a maintenance allowance of £9,880 a year, for a maximum of three years. Overseas candidates must find the difference between home and overseas fee rates by other means. The deadline for receipt of applications is 15 April. Interviews are conducted for this particular studentship; they are generally held in mid-May.

THE GROSVENOR-SHILLING BURSARY IN LAND ECONOMY

One bursary is available each year for a student applying for a graduate course leading to a PhD in Land Economy. The bursary would be a one-time payment of £500.

GENERAL GRADUATE BURSARIES

Up to five other graduate bursaries are also available, irrespective of subject of study. These are awarded on merit to students at or before the commencement of a graduate degree. They can often assist the other funding applications of those candidates who are suffering from a funding shortfall. Each is a one-time award, usually of £500.

THE PEMBROKE AUSTRALIAN SCHOLARSHIP

One or two one-time awards, each of a value of £500, may be made annually from a Fund provided by an Australian Committee which raises money for this purpose. Applicants must normally reside in Australia and hold a qualification from an Australian tertiary institution. There is no restriction as to the academic field.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR ALL AWARDS

All applicants for any of these awards must apply in the first instance to the Board of Graduate Studies for their University place. Candidates should indicate that they are applying for a Pembroke College award. In making awards preference will be given to those who nominate Pembroke as their College of first choice.

Applicants should also complete a Pembroke Studentship form. This can be completed online, downloaded or obtained from the Graduate Secretary, Pembroke College, Cambridge CB2 1RF (email: tut@pem.cam.ac.uk). The awards are conditional on the selected students being admitted as a registered Graduate Student by the Board of Graduate Studies with effect from 1 October each academic year. Early application is recommended.

All candidates are expected to apply for Research Council funding where appropriate, and for University CHESS funding, if they are eligible. The College will take into account candidates' income from other sources when making awards.