Graduate Admissions - Funding
- Funding Opportunities
- Fees and Finance information
- Breakdown of 2011/12 fees and maintenance costs for PhD students
Funding Opportunities
Graduate Students require funding in order to be able to follow their chosen course. There is a range of funding opportunities available in the University, with information available on the Board of Graduate Studies webpages. The Board's website now includes a searchable Funding Database, which can be used to indentify the sources most approriate to the applicant.
In the Department of Physics the main soures of funding are likely to be:
Home Fee Status: Research Council Studentships (PhD only).
Cambridge Home/EU Studentships Scheme (CHESS)
EU Fee Status: Research Council Studentships (PhD only)—either full studentship (if resident in the UK for at least three years before commenting the PhD course> or fees only.
Cambridge Home/EU Studentships Scheme (CHESS)
Overseas Fees Status:
Cambridge International Scholarships Scheme (CISS)
Cambridge Overseas Trust / Cambridge Commonwealth Trust: part awards.
In additon the following awards may be appropriate for some Physics students:
Mott Fund for Physics of the Environment
Details of other specific awards that become available in the Department can be found here: Departmental Funding.
Fees and Finance information
The University requires evidence of adequate financial support for the entire period of the course before admission can be confirmed. Students can supplement their financial support by teaching in the Colleges or in Department practical or examples classes, but the amount that can be earned is not sufficient for full support and cannot be used to satisfy the University.s financial condition.
When considering your financial support, please note that in the academic year 2011/12 the University composition fee for a PhD is estimated at £3,770 per annum for UK and EU students and £15,480 per annum for overseas science students.
With the addition of College fees and living expenses, the minimum total support required by a single UK student will be at least £16,815 per annum, for a single EU student at least £17,140 per annum and for a single Overseas student at least £28,850 per annum. Those bringing a partner and/or children will be obliged to make additional provisions. Should a conditional offer be made, the University requires evidence of adequate financial support for the entire period of the course before admission can be confirmed.
Breakdown of 2011/12 fees and maintenance costs for PhD students
| University Composition fee(1) | College Fee (est) | *Minimum* Maintenance (tbc)(2) | Minimum Annual Cost (est) | |||||||
| Home (est) | EU (est) | O/S | All Students | Home | EU | O/S | Home | EU | O/S | |
| PhD | £3,770 | £3,770 | £15,480 | £2,295 | £10,750 | £11,075 | £11,075 | £16,815 | £17,140 | £28,850 |
| MPhil | £3,570 | £3,570 | £15,480 | £2,295 | £10,750 | £11,075 | £11,075 | £16,615 | £16,940 | £28,850 |
| MASt(3) | £3,390 | £3,390 | £18,000 | £5,000 | £8,062 | £8,387 | £8,387 | £16,452 | £16,777 | £31,387 |
| Minimum Additional Provision Required for Accompanying Dependant(s) | ||
| Adult Dependant | £6,180 | |
| First Accompanying Child | £3,520 | |
| Each Subsequent Child | £1,200 | |
Notes on the figures above:
- Home and EU Fee rates are to be confirmed in early 2011.
- Maintenance levels are the basic *minimum* amounts required to meet the financial condition of admission.
- MASt students are treated as undergraduates for fee purposes, and are therefore charged the undergraduate College fee. The figure provided is the maximum college fee charged in 09/10. Please consult the college for exact college fee charges. MASt students from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man will be charged at approximately £10,845 in 2011/12.