Benavitch Scholarships

To be eligible for Benavitch Scholarships, applicants are required to fulfill the eligibility criteria set by the University of Cambridge.

• Domestic and international students can both apply for the scholarship
• Intended admission applications must be made for programs that include-
  • Cambridge MBA
  • Cambridge EMBA
  • Master of Finance (MFin)
  • Ph.D. program
• Applicant must have obtained
  • a first-class degree
  • a GPA of at least 3.7 (out of 4) or equivalent from a recognized university
  • a minimum GMAT score of 700 (MBA only)
  • full-time post-graduation work experience (3 years for MBA and EMBA or 2 years for MFin).

To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicants must apply for admissions to Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) for the required course(MBA, EMBA, MFin, or Ph.D.). A separate scholarship application would be required by the applicant. No incomplete or late applications will be accepted under any circumstances.

The table below shows the documents required to apply for Benavitch Scholarships:

The covering letter submitted must not be more than 300 words. The letter must contain details about the applicant’s thoughts on his/her expected contribution to business and society in the future.

Applicants enrolled in the Cambridge Ph.D. program must send In the documents at grad.admin@caths.cam.ac.uk. The academic references must be sent separately to the same email handle, the subject being – “ reference for the applicant’s name - Benavitch Ph.D. scholarships.

After the application form has been detailed and received by the Cambridge Judge Business School by March 6, 2023, a careful analysis of the application forms will be made. The awards will then be announced by the board, tentatively by the end of March. The main criteria for selection for Benavitch Scholarships is academic merit.

Note: It is deemed that after the selection of a candidate for the award, the student will become a full-time member of St. Catherine’s College. In case the student is already a member of another Cambridge College, the scholarship will be awarded on the condition that the particular student transfers himself to St. Catherine’s College as a full-time member, failure of which can lead to a withdrawal of the award.