Information for undergraduate and postgraduate current students in financial need.
These pages provide information about funding that is available to registered students at the University of Cambridge who find themselves in need of extra financial assistance after starting their course. This funding is additional to statutory and other government support.
The information may also prove useful to the parents/guardians/advisers of students, as well as to College Tutors and other members of University staff.
Prospective students, or registered students seeking funding to begin a new course, should visit the undergraduate funding or postgraduate funding pages. You may also wish to visit the Cambridge Students' Union's Student Advice Service website. Loan Fund I is closed for new applications, but existing borrowers should contact financialassistance@admin.cam.ac.uk with any queries about their loan.
Please note that the Sheikh Family Bursaries are no longer available.
Undergraduates
Postgraduates
Other sources of support
Financial assistance from the University
The University's Financial Assistance Funds are limited and receive a high volume of applications. You should speak to your College Tutor and explore all other sources, including funds available from your normal funder and from your College, before approaching the University for support.
Students from 'zones of conflict' who are in financial need should apply to the Undergraduate Financial Assistance Fund or the Postgraduate Financial Assistance Fund.
The University provides several central sources of financial assistance:
The Undergraduate Financial Assistance Fund is for current undergraduate students facing exceptional and unexpected financial need.
Postgraduate Financial Assistance Fund is for postgraduate students facing exceptional and unexpected financial need.
The Crane Medical Fund is for any student facing exceptional and unexpected medical costs leading to financial need.
The Realise Financial Assistance Fund is for Home undergraduate students on intermission who fall into one of the following groups as identified by The Realise Project:
- Care experienced and estranged students
- Refugee, asylum seeker and forced migrant students
- Young carer students
- Gypsy, Roma, traveller, showman and boater students
The Humanitarian Response Fund is £100,000 pledged by the University to aid current students facing financial difficulties due to conflicts or crises in their home countries.
ADRC financial support is for disabled students.
Childcare costs is for students with dependent children