The College offers financial support towards the educational and research activities of its undergraduate and graduate students in any subject, through a variety of studentships and bursaries. Preference will be given to those nominating Wolfson as their College of first choice, and recipients are required to be members of the College.
Further details of how to apply may be obtained from the Wolfson College website at http://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/proxyadmissions/awards/ or from the College Tutorial Office.
Wolfson College provides part of the funding for two studentship for home students in conjunction with the University of Cambridge Domestic Research Studentships. This is open to UK and EU students who wish to undertake postgraduate research in any subject at the University of Cambridge. Students must be registered as Ph.D. or prospective Ph.D. candidates, and must be nominated by their Department or Faculty. This Studentship provides support which includes University and College Fees for UK and EU applicants, plus a maintenance stipend for UK applicants.
A Donald and Beryl O'May Studentship is offered every two or three years for study in the arts and social sciences (including law). The award may be held for one, two or three years (subject to satisfactory progress) and covers University and College fees. An additional sum of £5,000 per annum is provided towards maintenance. A successful applicant may be at undergraduate (as a mature or affiliated student) or postgraduate level and must be a citizen of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. Preference will be given to candidates who have had a significant break in their studies at some stage since leaving school. Applicants for postgraduate study should hold (or expect to achieve) a first-class or good upper-second honours degree, or equivalent, and must be accepted by a University Department or Faculty through the Board of Graduate Studies. This studentship will become available for the academic year starting October 2010.
Wolfson College offers a Research Studentship in honour of the late Roger Needham, Fellow and subsequently Honorary Fellow of the College, latterly Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Microsoft Research Laboratory (Europe).
The purpose of the Studentship is to enable an outstanding graduate to study for a Ph.D. Degree at Cambridge in any of the fields in which Professor Needham had a professional interest. These are defined as being Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy.
The Studentship is restricted to residents of the United Kingdom and will cover the cost of all fees and provide a stipend of £9,000 a year. The successful candidate must gain admission to the University as a Ph.D. Degree student in the regular way, and must be, or become, a member of Wolfson College. This studentship will become available for the academic year starting October 2011.
This bursary is for students from China who have been offered a place at Wolfson College. This is a part-cost bursary offered to one student from time to time and is intended to go towards the costs of a one-year postgraduate course of study. Preference will be given to candidates from Peking University.
Further information can be found on The Cambridge Trusts website: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/funding/overseas/countries/index.shtml?country=china.
Wolfson College, in partnership with the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, the Cambridge Overseas Trust and the Cambridge European Trust, provides funding for up to 12 studentships annually for overseas students. The selection of suitable CCT/COT/CET-funded students in residence will be performed by a College panel in Michaelmas Term and the successful applicants will be known as Wolfson Cambridge Trust Scholars.
Further information can be found on The Cambridge Trusts website: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/funding/overseas/.
Bursaries are available to help medical students with costs incurred in elective studies.