There are a number of funding opportunities reserved specifically for students in the Department:

The Boyce Family Scholarship covers the fees for one full-time, one-year MPhil student. It is open exclusively to students who are normally resident in North America (including the Caribbean) and South America. Preference will be given to the following:

• Students from backgrounds underrepresented at postgraduate level in their field of study, in the first instance, to women and students from racially minoritized backgrounds.
• Who are pursuing an MPhil in Land Economy, or another course in the social sciences with a focus on the built environment, sustainability, and/or conservation.

The Professor Yeoh Ghim Seng PhD Studentship in Land Economy is the Department's first endowment PhD scholarship. The Studentship will offer one fully funded place each year for one student accepted onto our PhD programme. The inaugural recipient of the Professor Yeoh Ghim Seng PhD Studentship in Land Economy will commence their studies in October 2025, with a new scholar entering the Department each year. The process for applying for the Studentship will be announced in due course.

We have been awarded an ESRC-funded PhD studentship for Oct 2025 entry. The topic of the PhD studentship is ‘A place-based, intersectoral approach for Net Zero’. Funding is available for usually 3.5 years, including a 3-month Innovation Fellowship.

This PhD studentship aims to develop a place-based approach for understanding the behavioural interdependences of the transport, housing and energy sectors at the city-regional scale. This will be done through empirical research using both novel behavioural / experimental data and conventional statistical data such as census.

Applicants are advised to submit their applications by 3rd December 2024.

The Department currently has Economic and Social Research Council funding. This funding is only available to UK and EEA students. The Department has ESRC recognition for the following courses:
 

• MPhil in Real Estate Finance (full time, 1+3)
• MPhil in Planning, Growth & Regeneration (full time, 1+3)
• MPhil in Environmental Policy (full time, 1+3)
• MPhil in Land Economy Research (full time, 1+3)
• PhD in Land Economy (full time, +3)
   

Studentships available to the Department have in previous years been limited to only one or two scholarships a year. Applicants should apply for admission in the normal way. The Department will consider all eligible candidates for this funding.

Use the link below to find out more about the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership:

Finally, there is also funding available via the Department's Research Development Fund, for example if you require funding to register for a particular conference. Refer to the relevant form on the Department's Sharepoint for more information:

The Postgraduate Admissions Office website provides information on funding administered centrally within the University. It also provides the Postgraduate Funding Search database that contains information on other funding, such as that offered by Colleges. Applicants are advised that funding deadlines are often earlier than the closing dates for courses and that they should thoroughly research their funding options and the relevant deadline dates suitably in advance. Students who wish to be considered for central funding (for example, funding from the Cambridge Trusts) must ensure that they complete the relevant section of the application form and supply the additional personal reference as required.

Head to the Postgraduate Admissions Office's website more information on course costs and fee status:

The Postgraduate Admissions Office also has information on funding opportunities:

For detailed information about how to apply for specific funding opportunities, and relevant deadlines, please see the dedicated page here:

Information about most of the funds available to our prospective or current students can be found on the University's Postgraduate Funding Search database:

The Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust offers scholarships for MPhil and PhD study. These include Cambridge International Scholarships (for overseas PhD students), Vice-Chancellor's Awards (for PhD students from the UK and Ireland) and Cambridge Masters Studentships (for MPhil students).

To apply for Cambridge Trust funding you must complete the funding application section of the Applicant Portal. Some scholarships offered by the Cambridge Trust have their own additional application process: see the Trust's website for details.

The Gates Cambridge Trust offers scholarships for MPhil and PhD study. They are open to applicants from any country other than the UK.

To apply, complete the funding application section of the Applicant Portal, including a 500-word personal statement.

You must also have a Gates Cambridge reference, which is in addition to your two academic references. It is important to ensure that your Gates Cambridge referee is fully briefed about the scholarship and its selection criteria so they can write the most appropriate reference for you.

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program provides students from under-represented communities in Africa with a fully funded opportunity to complete their Master's training, develop transformative leadership skills and contribute to climate resilience and sustainable futures in Africa. Ultimately, the mission of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is to contribute to the development of a transformative network of young people, critical to driving sustainable change. 

A recent agreement with Suzano will establish the Suzano Scholars Fund, a perpetual endowment at Jesus College to fund Brazilian nationals studying for a postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge connected to the environment, ecology and conservation, educating the next generation of sustainability experts and leaders.

The Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme offers fully-funded scholarships for PhD study.

The Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (CERF) Scholarship covers doctoral funding for up to a maximum of 3 years (fees and maintenance). The deadline is 9th February 2025.

UK Government student loans are available for master's and doctoral students. There are also student loan schemes for students from the United States and Canada.

There is also help available for students in need of extra financial assistance or who are otherwise facing exceptional and unexpected financial need.

Some of the Colleges offer postgraduate funding. See Cambridge Funding Search as well as each College's website to find out what is available and how to apply.