King's International Studentships

King's offers a small number of competitive studentships open to candidates from EU and overseas countries. All awards are based on academic excellence as well as on financial need. Awards will be made to help support fees and maintenance costs for the duration of a student's course.

Overseas students are eligible to apply for some financial support from the Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust. King’s offers additional overseas studentships based on financial need and academic excellence.

Please be aware, however, that King’s studentships, even in conjunction with the Cambridge Bursary and scholarships from the Cambridge Commonwealth European and International Trust, are unlikely to cover the full fees, and maintenance costs, associated with your degree. While occasionally we might cover the full costs (fees and maintenance) of a degree for one student, in conjunction with the Cambridge Commonwealth European and International Trust, these studentships are highly competitive, and it is thus advised that you do not rely too heavily on the prospect of King’s funding to cover your costs.  

Overseas students who receive an offer from King's are sent information and an application form about the Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust part-scholarships shortly after we send offer letters. All overseas students who apply for a part-scholarship from the Trust are automatically considered for a King's International Studentship.

If you receive a studentship from King’s, one or several of the following studentships may be awarded in each year. There is no expectation that the interests or background of recipients will match those of the scholars after whom they have been named. These studentships commemorate past members of the College who have in various ways helped to establish our strong international presence.


Ernest Gellner Studentship

Having grown up in Prague, the philosopher and anthropologist Ernest Gellner (1925-95) came to King's in 1984 as the William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology. He had studied at Oxford, and previously taught at the London School of Economics and the University of Edinburgh. After retiring from Cambridge in 1993, he returned to Prague as Resident Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Nationalism at the Central European University.

Wanda Henry Studentship

Wanda Maree Henry (1962-96) came to King's as a Research Fellow in Engineering in 1989. In 1993, Henry returned to Australia to take up a Lectureship at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Scholarships in her memory have been established at La Trobe University and at the Australian National University.

Anne McLaren Studentship

Dame Anne McLaren (1927-2007) was a reproductive biologist and developmental geneticist who came to King's as a Senior Research Fellow in 1992, and became an Honorary Fellow in 1996. She was the Director of the Medical Research Council's Mammalian Development Unit at University College London from 1974-92, and the Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution from 1990-95. McLaren was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1975, and in 1991 became the first woman to serve as the Royal Society's Foreign Secretary.

George Plimpton Studentship

George Plimpton (1927-2003) was a writer, journalist, actor, and literary editor who came to King's from Harvard in 1950 to pursue a second B.A. and then an M.Phil. in English literature. Amongst a host of other pursuits, Plimpton went on to become the first and only editor of The Paris Review, a legendary literary magazine he directed for fifty years.

Joan Robinson Studentship

The economist Joan Robinson (1903-83) was the first woman to become an Honorary Fellow of King's in 1979. Robinson published The Accumulation of Capital (1956) among more than a dozen other books on economics, including several for a general readership.

Otakar Vočadlo Studentship

Otakar Vočadlo (1895-1974) was a Professor of English literature, first at Bratislava, then at the Charles University in Prague. He survived Terezin, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald, and was brought to King's in 1945, where he was put up in the Lodge by Provost Sheppard. He returned in 1947 and 1964. Having been twice removed from his Professorship by the Nazis, and retired by the Communists, he was rehabilitated during the Prague Spring and then dismissed again within a year. He published on Karel Čapek, Shakespeare, and the Czech reception of English literature.

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