Cambridge scholarships
The Cambridge Long Vacation Scholarship provides the opportunity for 8 students to attend Kings College and 1 student to attend St John’s College for four weeks during the summer, from Monday 14 July to Saturday 9 August 2025.
The Kings College Cambridge exchange commemorates the period during World War II when Queen Mary College was evacuated to King’s College, Cambridge.
The St John’s College Cambridge exchange marks the retirement of Robert Tong who was the Registrar and Secretary of Queen Mary College 1946-1979 and was a Choral Scholar at St John’s.
Requirements
Students are expected to spend their time at Cambridge in the furtherance of their undergraduate studies by using the academic facilities. Although there is no formal academic element of the scholarship, students can arrange to meet with specific academic staff at Cambridge by making the arrangements in advance. Cambridge University laboratory facilities can only be used by making prior arrangements directly to the department of interest. Please note:
Students are required to provide a short report of their time at King's and St John’s
Participation in the CLVS will be recorded as an extracurricular activity on the HEAR
Scholarship overview
- The Scholarship provides students with the following:
- Free accommodation at Kings College or St John’s College Cambridge
- £455 from Queen Mary University of London to cover travel and maintenance costs
- The option to participate in planned activities
- Reading rights access to the Cambridge University Library and relevant Faculty Libraries
- Borrowing rights Kings College Library or St John’s College Library
Eligibility and application process
To be eligible for the scholarship, students must:
- Be a non-final year undergraduate student in the 2024/25 academic year
- Be fully enrolled for the 2024/25 academic year
- Successfully complete the 2024/25 academic year with no outstanding assessments or exams
- Have no academic commitments during the summer vacation
- Not have participated in the CLVS before
Applications from School of Law students should be made via the Cambridge Long Vacation Scholarship Application Form 2024-25 [DOC 67KB] and sent to law-scholarships-bursaries@qmul.ac.uk by Friday 7 March 2025 to be considered. If you have any further questions about the award itself, please check the scholarship page or contact the University’s Bursaries, Grants & Scholarships team at bursaries@qmul.ac.uk.