How to apply

You need to apply for a masters programme through Cambridge University and then apply for a Tigris Scholarship through the Cambridge Trust. You’ll need to write a statement saying what you intend to do with your qualification once completed.

Note: you cannot apply to the scholarship through this website, only through the Cambridge Trust. Please make sure your subject and country are listed below.

eligible subjects:

Advanced Chemical Engineering, Advanced Computer Science, Astronomy, Basic and Translational Neuroscience, Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computational Biology, Data Intensive Science, Developmental Biology, Earth Sciences, Energy Technologies, Engineering , Engineering for Sustainable Development, Genomic Medicine, Geographical Research, Geography (Science), Holocene Climates, Human Evolutionary Studies, Industrial Systems, Manufacturing, and Management, Innovation, Strategy, and Organization, Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence, Materials Science and Metallurgy, Nuclear Energy, Physics, Polar Studies, Population Health Sciences, Scientific Computing, Translational Biomedical Research

eligible countries:

Latin America

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana and Suriname, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Africa

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Asia

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.