YH2 Capital Scholarship

• You must be a citizen of Malaysia (Malaysian passport holders).
• You are studying for an undergraduate degree leading to a bachelor's degree.
• You must have stated Magdalene as your College choice on your academic application and you must have received a conditional offer of a place at Magdalene College in the University of Cambridge upon application. The award is conditional upon the fulfilment of the conditional offer. Following receipt of application, a check will be made to confirm that the applicant has been offered a conditional place at the Magdalene College.
• You are applying to study for a course within Group 1 to 4 (SEE FULL LIST BELOW), except for Architecture, Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Studies, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. (Please note, the Scholar will not be able to change to one of the excluded subjects during the course of his/her degree. Doing so would result in the withdrawal of the scholarship.)
• The Selection Committee will comprise of five members; the Master of Magdalene College, the Senior Tutor of Magdalene College, a further Fellow in a humanities subject and the two Donors.
• The Selection Committee will assess applications based on financial needs, academic record, the ability to make a significant contribution to the Magdalene community, the proposed field of study within the University, testimonials as well as interviews carried out.
• The applicant should be one:
  • who has a record of academic excellence consistent with the proposed field of study;
  • who can also demonstrate the potential to make a significant contribution to the broader life of Magdalene College;
  • who can articulate the personal benefit he/she believes this opportunity would afford him/her; and
  • would not be able to accept a place at the College without financial assistance (please note that a means test will be applied).
• The application and selection process will be overseen throughout by the Senior Tutor in his capacity as Admissions Tutor and as Director of Admissions for East and South East Asia.

Group 1

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic; Archaeology; Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Classics; Economics; Education; English; History; History and Modern Languages; History and Politics; History of Art; Human, Social, and Political Sciences; Land Economy; Law; Linguistics; Modern and Medieval Languages; Philosophy; Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion

Group 2

Mathematics

Group 3

Geography; Music

Group 4

Computer Science; Natural Sciences; Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

In determining the value of the Scholarship in individual cases, the College will take into account the candidate’s income from all sources and a partial scholarship may be awarded. The maximum award per annum that will be made to a Scholar who has no other sources of finance will be a sum of the amount as follows:

*Maintenance grant: £10,310 (estimated cost for 9 months in 2019-2020)

University fees: £20,157 (Group 1 fees for 2019-2020 set by University)

College fees: £9,387 (cost for 2019-2020)

Flight allowance: The cost of one return economy fare between London and the Scholar’s home airport. It covers the cost of one return economy fare within the full duration of the undergraduate study.

*Maintenance levels are the basic minimum amounts required to meet the financial requirement of the admission and include the extra provision of £350 for overseas students to cover costs of settling when moving to the UK from overseas.

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