Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford University for International Students
Last updated: 27 Jun 2013
Rhodes Scholarship
Fund
Masters/PhD Degree
Deadline: varies, Aug-Sept (annual)
Study in: UK
Course starts Oct
2014
Brief description:
The Rhodes Scholarships are postgraduate awards supporting
exceptional all-round students at the University of Oxford. Established in the will of Cecil Rhodes in
1902, the Rhodes is the oldest and perhaps the most prestigious international
scholarship program in the world.
Host Institution(s):
Oxford University in
UK
Fields of study:
Rhodes Scholars come
from many academic backgrounds and pursue a wide variety of courses at
Oxford. The scholarship is more
accurately viewed as an investment in a person of remarkable promise than
support for a particular course of study.
Applicants should review the University of Oxford’s course
programmes to determine the degree for which they would apply. There are very
few restrictions on the full-time post-graduate degrees supported by Rhodes
Scholarships and these are found here. Rhodes Scholars may only undertake the
Master of Business Administration or the Master of Financial Economics in the
second year of the Scholarship.
Number of
Scholarships:
A class of 83 Scholars is selected each year
Target group:
Students from Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Hong
Kong, India, Jamaica and Commonwealth Caribbean, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan,
Southern Africa (including South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia,
and Swaziland), United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Scholarship
value/inclusions:
A Rhodes Scholarship covers:
• All University and College fees;
• The University
application fee;
• A personal stipend
which is fixed by the Trustees (£13,390 per annum 2013-14);
• Private health
insurance, currently offered through BUPA;
• One economy class airfare to Oxford at the
start of the scholarship and one economy flight back to the student’s home
country at the conclusion of the scholarship.
Eligibility:
The Rhodes Trust warmly welcomes applications from talented
young women and men of diverse backgrounds. Selection of Rhodes Scholars is
made without regard to gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, colour,
religion, sexual orientation, social background, or disability.
Cecil Rhode’s will outlines four criteria to be used in the
election of Scholars:
• literary and scholastic attainments
• energy to use one’s talents to the full
• truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and
protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship
• moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to
take an interest in one’s fellow beings.
Application
instructions:
The selection of Rhodes Scholars is overseen by a National
Secretary in each Rhodes country. For details of the selection process in your
own country, including detailed eligibility criteria and application form,
follow the country links here.
It is important to read the how to apply page and visit the
official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply
for this scholarship.
Website:
Official Scholarship Website:
http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk
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