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Postgraduate Study

Funding Opportunities

Funding provided by the UK Research Councils may be available from Departments participating in the programme: Physics, Materials Science & Metallurgy, Chemistry, Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. Please visit the departmental websites for further information.

There may also be opportunities for funding via prospective supervisors and applicants are encouraged to discuss these directly with the academics before applying, or to contact the Course Director if they have specific projects that they wish to pursue.

In addition, there is funding for scholarships managed by the Department of Physics, and applicants will be considered for these awards automatically if they enter the Postgraduate Funding Competition.

Other funding opportunities offered by colleges will have a variety of different deadlines which will be listed on their webpages.

Please note that fees shown for the PhD portion of the course are an estimate based on the current PhD fee, as fees applicable to your year of entry to the PhD have not yet been confirmed.

General Funding Opportunities


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Key Information


Michaelmas 2026
Applications open
Sep. 3, 2025
Application deadline
May. 14, 2026
Course starts
Oct. 1, 2026
Some courses can close early. See the Deadlines page for guidance on when to apply.
Funding Deadlines
Course Funding Deadline
Jan. 7, 2026
Gates Cambridge US round only
Oct. 15, 2025

These deadlines apply to applications for courses starting in Michaelmas 2026, Lent 2027 and Easter 2027.

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