Postgraduate Scholarships & Studentships at the University of Oxford:

Graduate scholarships and studentships for entry in 2010

All Univ-specific graduate scholarships for entry in 2010 have now been awarded.

Graduate scholarships and studentships for entry in 2011

(1) Univ-specific Graduate Scholarships:

University College will consider all applicants to whom it has offered a college place for the following Univ-specific graduate scholarships and studentships, to be awarded on a competitive basis, for entry in 2011.

Students currently reading for the M.Phil, B.Phil, M.Sc or M.St in Oxford and applying to begin a doctorate are also eligible for the studentships.

Candidates must apply to the University by the 1st or 2nd deadlines (subject to University Admitting Body [UAB] restrictions) in the normal way. There is no separate application procedure for the scholarships. Awards will be announced in late spring 2011.

Old Members’ Trust Graduate Scholarship

Duration: Up to three years
Value: Up to £5,000 p.a.
Eligibility: Any subject. Applicants must have the intention to read for the D.Phil.

Senior Scholarship

Duration: Up to three years
Value: Up to £7,000 p.a.
Eligibility: Any subject. Applicants must have the intention to read for the D.Phil.

Loughman Scholarship

Duration: Up to three years
Value: Up to £4,000 p.a.
Eligibility: Open to graduates who are outstanding in their academic field and who, in addition, can demonstrate that they will make significant contributions to College life through the quality of their extra-academic pursuits (arts, sports, community service etc.).

Chellgren Scholarship

Duration: Up to three years
Value: Up to £4,000 p.a.
Eligibility: Any graduate degree, but with a preference for Economics.

Bartlett Scholarship

Duration: Up to three years
Value: Up to £2,500 p.a.
Eligibility: Any subject; applicants must have the intention to read for the D.Phil. North American preference.

Class of 58 Scholarships

Duration: Two scholarships, one for a three-year programme of studies, one for a one-year course
Value: Up to £4,000 p.a. for each scholarship
Eligibility: There will be one scholarship in the arts, and one in the sciences.

Class of 59 Scholarship

Duration: Up to three years
Value: Up to £4,000 p.a.
Eligibility: Any subject.

(2) Scholarships in partnership with University Departments, Faculties and Divisions (including the Clarendon College-linked scheme)

A number of scholarships will be offered in partnership with University Departments; procedures for considering applicants for these scholarships vary. Details will be posted here as they become available:

Clarendon Awards

University College contributes each year two College-linked awards to international students, in partnership with the Clarendon Fund. For entry in 2011-12, there will be one University College-Clarendon Scholarship in any of the courses in the Medical Sciences Division for for which the College admits, and one in any of the courses in the Social Sciences Division for which the College admits. Both award-holders will receive a fully-funded scholarship.

For further details of the scheme and of the application procedure please consult the Clarendon Fund website.

War Memorial Scholarship

The War Memorial Scholarship is open to new EU students who have secured a fees-only studentship in open competition and have been offered a D.Phil. place in a department in the Medical Sciences Division, for entry in October 2011. One scholarship is available, offering a stipend at the UK Research Council level. The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of outstanding academic merit, is restricted to programmes of study to which University College admits, and is only tenable at University College (i.e. students admitted by another college will be required to migrate to University College in order to take up the award).

There is no separate application process, however to be eligible candidates must have submitted their application for graduate study by 7 January 2011 (Application Deadline 2 in the Medical Sciences Division). Departments in the Medical Sciences Division will be asked to nominate eligible candidates for consideration by the Divisional Funding Panel and by University College.

(3) Swire Scholarships

Duration: Up to three years
Value: College and University fees, maintenance, and economy return fare between Taiwan and London.
Eligibility: All applicants must be Taiwanese nationals intending to read for a D.Phil. in one of the following areas of study: Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Immunology, Mathematics, Medicine, Physiology, Physics, Psychology.
Application procedures and documents: Eligible candidates wishing to be considered for a Swire Scholarship must follow the application procedure detailed in the application information pack, available here. Applicants are also required to fill out an application coversheet.