There is an application fee for some of our postgraduate courses. Some applicants do not have to pay this fee.
If you are eligible, your fee will be automatically waived (if you're an international applicant) or you will need to submit a fee waiver request (if you're a UK student or refugee).
Automatic application fee waivers
Eligible applicants
You do not need to pay an application fee or complete a fee waiver form if you are:
- a national from our list of eligible countries and you have lived there since birth
- applying for the Mastercard Foundation African Scholars Programme
List of eligible countries
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Djibouti
- East Timor (Timor-Leste)
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Iran
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)
- Lao PDR
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Niger
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)
- Tanzania (United Republic of)
- Togo
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Yemen
- Zambia
Requesting an application fee waiver
Eligible applicants
UK applicants
If you're a UK applicant, you can request a waiver if you:
- received full state support for living costs (also known as maintenance) in your final undergraduate year at a UK university (within the last 4 years).
- were not a student in the last full academic year and are receiving one of the following when you apply:
- Income support
- Income-based jobseeker's allowance
- Income-based employment support allowance
- Pension credit guarantee credit
- Universal credit (UC)
Applicants with asylum seeker, refugee or humanitarian protection status in the UK
You can request an application fee waiver if you have a UK Home Office issued:
- Asylum Registration Card
- Biometric Residence Permit
How to request an application fee waiver
Start your application to study at Cambridge. Before you submit your application:
- complete and submit the
Application fee waiver request form - provide your supporting documents listed on the request form
It will take at least 10 working days for us to review your request and make a decision.
After we confirm whether we will waive your fee, you can submit your application.
Submit your fee waiver request well ahead of your course or funding application deadline.
Deadline if you are applying for funding
If you are applying for funding you must submit your request for a fee waiver by:
- 22 November 2024 for the 3 December 2024 funding deadline
- 20 December 2024 for the 7 January 2025 funding deadline
