Gates Cambridge: Class of 2023
Introducing the next cohort of Gates Cambridge scholars.
From linguists to engineers to experts on biodiversity and burying beetles, we welcome 77 talented students to Cambridge from 32 different countries.
Gates Cambridge Scholars are selected not just for their academic excellence, but for their ability to do just that in order to achieve wider social impact. The Scholarship’s mission is based on social leadership combined with academic excellence and this year’s cohort demonstrates just what that involves.
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme was established through a US$210 million donation to the University of Cambridge from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation in 2000; this remains the largest single donation to a UK university. It funds international postgraduate students from across the globe and from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds with an emphasis on diversity Foof thinking. Together the scholars form a network of engaged academics who are open to sharing new ideas and who understand the urgency of many of the problems facing us.
Since the first class in 2001, Gates Cambridge has awarded 2,100 scholarships to scholars from 112 countries who represent more than 700 universities globally and more than 80 academic departments and all 31 Colleges at Cambridge.
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