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Postgraduate Study

Funding Opportunities

Fully funded studentships (covering home fees + maintenance) will be available, sometimes in conjunction with participating departments or Cambridge Trusts Scholarships. Applicants with pre-settled status are expected to qualify for home-level fees if they meet the relevant criteria.

Applicants eligible for Home fees may also be eligible for full scholarships provided by Cambridge Trusts, including the prestigious Harding and Gates scholarships. No separate application is normally needed for these, but applicants must tick the relevant boxes on the main application for admission.

Applicants eligible for Overseas fees and accepted to the programme will be considered for partial funding (home-level fees and maintenance) from the NanoDTC. They will also be put forward for various additional funding sources for the home-overseas fee difference. Funding offers will normally be made as a full package.

Some additional external funding sources may also offer full scholarships to applicants who are successful in their competitive selection process. Details of some of these are on our website.

General Funding Opportunities


Fees and Maintenance

My fee status is:

I shall have the following financial dependants:

Your Estimated Annual Commitment:

Component Cost
University Composition Fee £10,356
Maintenance £19,000
Total Annual Commitment £29,356

If you study part-time, the University Composition Fee will be 60% of the annual full-time fee for 5 years; or 75% of the annual full-time fee for 4 years.

Guidance on calculation of your maintenance costs can be found here: Maintenance costs for part-time students | Postgraduate Study (cam.ac.uk)

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Key Information


3-4 Years full-time

4-7 years part-time

Study Mode : Research

Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Physics This course is advertised in multiple departments. Please see the Overview tab for more details.

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Dates and deadlines:

Michaelmas 2025

Applications open
Sept. 4, 2024
Application deadline
May 16, 2025
Course Starts
Oct. 1, 2025

Some courses can close early. See the Deadlines page for guidance on when to apply.

Course Funding Deadline
Jan. 7, 2025
Gates Cambridge US round only
Oct. 16, 2024

These deadlines apply to applications for courses starting in Michaelmas 2025, Lent 2026 and Easter 2026.


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