Scholarships & Exchanges

Grants, awards and prizes

Also see information about the wide range of grants, awards and prizes offered by St John's College, available in the Academic Life section of the website.

The Davies-Jackson Scholarship

The Davies-Jackson Scholarship presents a unique opportunity for students with exceptional academic records, who are among the first in their families to graduate college, to participate in a course of study at St John’s College. After two years of study, candidates are awarded a Cambridge BA degree, known as the Cantab degree.

Mary Gray Studentship

St John's College is honoured to work alongside Bishops Diocesan College, South Africa, to consider applications for Undergraduate study in the fields of Theology, Russian (Modern and Medieval Languages) or Law.  For further information please contact the Admissions Team. 

The John Crook Scholarships

Candidates will be British Citizens and will normally be completing or have completed a full-time three/four year Honours Degree course, at an exceptionally high standard. The John Crook Scholar will be admitted to St John’s College, Cambridge to study for a second Bachelor’s Degree in the arts or humanities (excluding law or theological studies, as required by the donor), or the Degree of Master of Advanced Studies in mathematics or science subjects. Other options may be available for an appropriately qualified candidate. The award will be for up to two years (depending on the course), and will comprise a maintenance grant at the rate of at least £10,000 per annum plus payment of approved College and University fees. Find out more...

Exchange students

Details of exchange programmes with Caltech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Heidelberg University and Collegio Ghislieri Pavia may be found in the Academic Life section of this website.