FULLY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
We are very excited to announce that due to a collaboration between the Parasol Foundation and Murray Edwards College that a limited number of fully paid scholarships are available to Home-fee status female students for entry to the MPhil in Astronomy and MPhil in Planetary Science and Life in the Universe in October 2025.
These awards give us the opportunity to enable more women to pursue higher education at the Institute of Astronomy and benefit from a Master’s degree at the University of Cambridge.
The award covers all tuition fees and provides a generous maintenance allowance. Offer holders meeting the eligibility criteria will automatically be considered for this award, no additional application is required.
Further information about the eligible courses is available via their webpages:
Planetary Science and Life in the Universe MPhil (Taught)
MPhil in Astronomy (Research)
Please email admissions@ast.cam.ac.uk for further details.
Deadline for applications is the 16th May 2025.
New - Fully Funded PhD Opportunity
The University of Cambridge is thrilled to announce a fully funded PhD opportunity at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Astronomical Imaging. The successful candidate will become part of a vibrant and collaborative research community that spans the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cavendish Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, and the Institute of Astronomy. This is a unique chance to work at the forefront of data-driven astrophysics, developing and applying state-of-the-art computational methods to unlock new discoveries about the Universe. We welcome applications from highly motivated students with backgrounds in astrophysics, physics, computer science, and/or mathematics. The deadline for applications is 16 April 2025, and the successful applicant will join the University in October 2025 to work in collaboration with Drs Miles Cranmer and Vasily Belokurov.
Apply here - PhD in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics | Postgraduate Study
Postgraduate Courses at the Institute of Astronomy
As one of the world's foremost research institutions in astronomy, the Institute offers exciting opportunities for postgraduate research and study. The Institute offers the opportunity to study for the Ph.D degree, for which the normal duration of study is expected to be three years. The format is almost exclusively research based. In addition to this, the Institute offers both a taught (MASt) and research (M.Phil) masters course. The PSLU MPhil will train students to understand life's origins, and the prospect for habitable and inhabited planets being found elsewhere in the galaxy.