Oxford University Rhodes Scholarship For International Students

Course(s) Offered: All Fields

Course Level: Masters and PhD

Provider: Rhodes Scholarship

Country To Study In: UK

Eligibility:  

The following eligibility criteria apply to all applicants for the Rhodes Scholarships:

Age: Age limits vary between constituencies and range from a minimum age limit of 18 to a maximum of 28 by 1 October of the year following selection. In most constituencies, the age limit is 24 or 25. Please check carefully the specific age requirements for your constituency before applying.  Successful candidates will arrive in Oxford the October following the selection process.  The Scholarship may not normally be deferred.

Education: All applicants must have achieved academic standing sufficiently advanced to assure completion of a bachelor's degree by the October following election. Academic standing must be sufficiently high to ensure admission to the University of Oxford, which has very competitive entry requirements, and to give confidence that Rhodes Scholars will perform to a high academic standard in Oxford. Individual constituencies may specify a 1st or equivalent.  Some constituencies require an undergraduate degree to have been taken within the constituency of application.

Scholarship Duration: Total duration of study

Scholarship Value:

Scholarship Worth between $10,000 and $20,000

Method Of Application:

Applications for Rhodes Scholarships open during the spring and summer of the preceding year.
All candidates for the Scholarship should read the information about the Scholarships applicableglobally, and then proceed to their country-specific page. Online application is not available for applicants to New Zealand.  Please refer to the relevant country page: New Zealand.
In broad terms, all constituencies will require the following materials in differing forms:

Evidence of academic record / transcript (complete or in progress) of undergraduate degree and any postgraduate study

Curriculum vitae/resumé or list of principal activities

Personal statement or essay (including, crucially, a clear statement of what the applicant wishes to study at Oxford and why)

Evidence of age / birth certificate / passport

English Language proficiency (where English is not the first language)

Photograph

List of referees (usually several are required) who can attest in confidential references to the character and intellect of the applicant, including academic, personal, extra-curricular and leadership achievements (and who should never include people to whom you are related)

Eligibility Group:

Citizenship & residency: Each applicant must fulfil the citizenship and residency requirements of the Rhodes constituency for which they are applying.  Please check the detailed information carefully via the country links.

Deadline:  October, 2016

Scholarship Link: http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/