St Catharine’s is committed to ensuring we attract and support outstanding students to come to Cambridge, irrespective of any financial constraints.
The adequate provision of undergraduate and postgraduate support is essential to the College attracting the brightest and most inventive minds from all backgrounds. With your support the College will continue to offer financial backing that is both essential and reassuring to students in the greatest need. We hope that you will help us to move beyond barriers and into brilliance by supporting our students with a gift.
Early in our campaign, we were able to meet our target for PhD studentships thanks to the tremendous gift from the David and Claudia Harding Foundation. Their gift fully funds five PhD studentships each year on the Harding Distinguished Scholars Programme, and the College has now welcomed its second cohort of 5 students.
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We are asking for your help to give to the St. Catharine’s Student Support Fund, so that our College can continue to be a welcoming home for all. St. Catharine’s gratefully welcomes gifts of all sizes to this important campaign.
St Catharine’s College welcomes first Harding scholars
In January 2019, news of the David and Claudia Harding Foundation gift of £25m to St Catharine’s College, of a total of £100m to the University of Cambridge, received global coverage. The gift supports postgraduate and undergraduate scholarship at St Catharine’s and the first five Distinguished Harding Postgraduate Scholars joined the College in Michaelmas 2019. […]
“St Catharine’s is committed to attracting the very best applicants from all backgrounds. In partnership with the University, we work to make sure that the most talented young people in the UK and across the world know that they can flourish and fulfil their potential at Cambridge. Once our students arrive, we ensure that they […]
Master of St Catharine’s announces transformative gift
The Master, Professor Sir Mark Welland, is delighted to announce a donation to the College of £25 million, as part of a £100 million gift to Cambridge University, from alumnus David Harding (1979, Natural Sciences) and his wife, Claudia Harding.
