{"id":364,"date":"2024-11-28T13:42:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/?p=364"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:46:06","slug":"gates-cambridge-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/gates-cambridge-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Gates Cambridge Scholarships for International Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"chrome-extension:\/\/hhojmcideegachlhfgfdhailpfhgknjm\/web_accessible_resources\/index.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-masters","category-phd","category-united-kingdom"],"acf":{"host_country":"United Kingdom","host_school":"University of Cambridge","closing_date":"20261208","study_type":["International Students"],"level_of_study":["masters","phd","postgraduate"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"\u00a321,000","description":"<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> Gates Cambridge applications for <strong>2027\/28 entry open in September 2026<\/strong>. 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