Best graduate students from Central Asia to be able to study at University of Cambridge.

Some of the best graduate students from Central Asia will be able to study at the University of Cambridge thanks to a co-funding scholarship agreement signed last week between the Cambridge Overseas Trust and the University of Central Asia, UCA said. The signing on 12 June was witnessed by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard, and His Highness the Aga Khan, visiting Cambridge to receive an Honorary Degree later in the day.Signatories were Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko, the Director of the University of Central Asia (UCA), and Michael O'Sullivan, Director of the Cambridge Overseas Trust.The agreement is an outcome of the strong links established at an academic level with the University of Central Asia by the Cambridge Central Asia Forum (CCAF), the Cavendish Laboratory and others.It will fund two graduate students each year at Cambridge, and has two main aims - to bring some of the best students from Central Asia to study at Cambridge, one of the most outstanding universities in the world, and to assist in the development of the future faculty of the University of Central Asia. The Cambridge programme is part of UCA's Central Asian Faculty Development Programme.The scholarships are for MPhil degrees followed by PhD research for candidates who reach the necessary standard.The University of Central Asia was founded in 2000 by the governments of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, and His Highness the Aga Khan. This is its first collaboration with Cambridge University.Also present at the signing were family and staff of His Highness, Sir Richard Dearlove, the Master of Pembroke College, who kindly hosted the occasion in his home, Dr Siddarth Saxena Chair, of the Cambridge Central Asia Forum, and Peter Agar, the University's Director of Development.

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