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The award is among the most selective and prestigious awards offered to international students [2] [3] and scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence and research potential. The Scheme is funded through the four UK higher education funding bodies (for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
The scholarship is extremely competitive with around 1.3% of applicants receiving an award in recent years. [1] The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation established the Gates Cambridge Scholarships in 2000 with a $210 million donation to support outstanding graduate students' study at the University of Cambridge. [2]
The recruitment target was met in one year and in the 2022/23 academic year, there were 758,855 international students studying at UK higher education institutions, equivalent to 25.8% of all higher education students in the UK – ranging from 18.6% in Wales to 28.7% in Scotland.
The Chevening Scholarship is an international scholarship, funded by the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organizations, [1] that enables foreign students to study at universities in the United Kingdom.
Several scholarship programs are in operation between the US and the UK. However, the US-UK Fulbright Commission is the only organization that offers scholarships on a bi-national basis in any field and at any university. [8] Fulbright offers a wide range of programs, including Distinguished Chairs for senior academics, postgraduate study ...
In the early years of the Marshall Scholarship, it was common for new scholars to travel together to the UK on an ocean liner, but now scholars are usually flown together to London from Washington, D.C. following a welcome program at the White House with top United Kingdom and United States government and diplomatic officials.
Pages in category "Scholarships in the United Kingdom" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[6] Rhodes also bequeathed scholarships to German students in the hope that, "a good understanding between England, Germany and the United States of America will secure the peace of the world." Rhodes, who attended Oriel College, Oxford , believed the university's residential colleges would be the best venue to nurture diplomatic ties between ...