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How Eligible International Students Apply for the Gates and/or Rhodes
Gates applications are organized by program and global region:
- Applicants who have already studied, or are currently studying in Cambridge
- Applicants for Affiliated Study* from every country of the world
- Applicants for postgraduate** study from the USA
- Applicants for postgraduate** study from countries of the European Union, excluding the U.K.
- Applicants for postgraduate** study from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
- Applicants for postgraduate** study from India
- Applicants for postgraduate** study from the rest of the world
* i.e. a second undergraduate degree
** i.e. one-year postgraduate courses or research leading to the degree of PhD
Rhodes
International Students may also apply for the Rhodes Scholarship in their home country provided that country is included in the approximately 20 jurisdictions that the scholarship is offered. A limited number of scholarships are allotted to each country.
Country/Number of Scholarships
- Australia 9
- Bangladesh 1
- Bermuda 1
- Canada 11
- Commonwealth Caribbean* 2
- Germany 4
- Hong Kong 1
- India 6
- Jamaica 1
- Kenya 1
- Malaysia 1
- New Zealand 3
- Pakistan 1
- South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, and Swaziland 10
- Singapore 1
- Uganda 1
- Zambia 1
- Zimbabwe 2
*The countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean are Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago.
International Students must contact the Rhodes representative in their home country as their very first step in order to find out the rules and regulations of the Rhodes competition in their particular country. Some countries, such as India, permit only students studying at universities in India to compete. However, rules change, so always check first before making any assumptions. At least several countries permit their citizens studying in the United States to compete in the Rhodes competition in their own country.
