Gates Cambridge
Class of 2024
How do we change the world for the better? We need people with vision and the necessary skills to tackle the complex challenges we face. The Gates Cambridge Scholarship brings people together achieve this. Meet the Gates Cambridge Scholars.
Why Cambridge?
Find out why studying at Cambridge is for you
How to apply
Step-by-step guidance on the applications process
News
Updates from across the University
Features - Many people with breast cancer ‘systematically left behind’
Report highlights inequalities and hidden suffering among people living with breast cancer. Lancet Commission, led by Professor Charlotte Coles, sets out recommendations to tackle urgent challenges in breast cancer.
News - Pork labelling schemes ‘not helpful’
Farmers don’t have to choose between lowering environmental impact and improving welfare for their pigs, a new study has found: it is possible to do both. But this is not reflected in the current food labelling schemes relied on by consumers.
Features - Medieval money mystery solved
New tests reveal the origins of Europe’s revolutionary silver coins. Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in Charlemagne’s Francia.
Events
Concerts, lectures, sports events, and more
Panel discussion - Is democracy dying? – Wednesday 24 April
The second Vice-Chancellor’s Dialogues grapples with the question, 'Is liberal democracy dying?'. Hosted by Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice and chaired by the Master of Selwyn College.
Online - Subject Masterclasses - until Monday 29 April
If you're currently studying for your A levels, sign up for one of our Subject Masterclasses to experience typical undergraduate teaching at Cambridge.
Exhibitions - Murder by the book – until Saturday 24 August
This exhibition at the University Library unravels the history and popularity of British crime fiction. It includes some of the most influential, best-selling and famous crime novels in the UK.
