Description:
The Rhodes Scholarships are provided as postgraduate awards supporting exceptional all-rounder students at the University of Oxford. The Rhodes is the oldest and perhaps the most prestigious international scholarship program in the world established in the will of Cecil Rhodes in 1902.
Scholarship Provider: Oxford University in UK
Area of Study:
Rhodes Scholars may study any full-time postgraduate degree (including the BA with senior status over two years) at the University of Oxford.
Benefits:
- A Rhodes scholarship covers all University and College fees
- A personal stipend
- One economy class airfare to Oxford at the beginning of the Scholarship and an economy flight back to the student’s home country at the ending of the Scholarship.
- The timeframe of the scholarship is two years, subject always, and at all times, to satisfactory academic performance and personal conduct.
Eligibility:
The following eligibility criteria are needed to apply for the Rhodes Scholarships:
- Citizenship & residency:Each applicant must fulfill the citizenship and residency criteria of the Rhodes constituency for which they are applying. Please check the detailed information carefully via the country links.
- 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.
- Successful candidates will start 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
- Individual constituencies may specify a 1st or equivalent. Some constituencies require an undergraduate degree to have been taken within the constituency of application.
How to Apply:
- All candidates for the Scholarship should read the information about the Scholarships applicable globally
- Then they need to proceed to their country-specific page to read the application criteria, eligibility requirements, and deadline specific to their country.
- Applications for Rhodes Scholarships open during the spring and summer of the preceding year. Deadline varies per country but is aroundJuly-October of the preceding year the applicants wish to study.
- It is important to read thehow 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/
