Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarship and Leadership Programme for 2024/2025
The Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffman Scholarship and Leadership Programme endorse exceptional students from transition and emerging economies across Africa, Asia, and South America to pursue a graduate degree at Oxford University. This initiative is administered by the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust.
University of Oxford
Masters Degree
Deadline: 5/19 Jan 2024 (annual)
Study in: UK
Course starts: 2024
Host Institution(s):
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Level/Field(s) of study:
Eligible graduate programmes:
- BCL Bachelor of Civil Law
- MBA Master of Business Administration
- MJur Magister Juris
- MPP Master of Public Policy
- MSc Advanced Computer Science
- MSc African Studies
- MSt Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management
- MSc Comparative Social Policy
- MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies
- MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice
- MSt Diplomatic Studies
- MSc Economics for Development
- MSc Education (Comparative and International Education)
- MSc Education (Digital and Social Change)
- MSc Education (Higher Education)
- MSc Energy Systems
- MSc Environmental Change and Management
- MSc Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation
- MSc Financial Economics
- MSc Global Governance and Diplomacy
- MSc Global Health Science and Epidemiology
- MSc International Health and Tropical Medicine
- MSt Islamic Studies and History
- MSt Jewish Studies
- MSt Japanese Studies
- MSt Korean Studies
- MSc Latin American Studies
- MSc Law and Finance
- MSc Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing
- MSc Migration Studies
- MSc Modern Middle Eastern Studies
- MSc Modern South Asian Studies
- MSc Nature, Society and Environmental Governance
- MSc Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
- MSc Russian and East European Studies
- MSt Slavonic Studies
- MSc Social Data Science
- MSc Social Science of the Internet
- MSc Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment
- MSc Water Science, Policy and Management
- MSt Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Number of Awards:
Not specified
Target group:
Students from transition and emerging economies throughout Africa, Asia, and South America.
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, China Tibet, China, Macau SAR, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (North), Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Réunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Scholarship value/inclusions/duration:
The scholarship covers 100% of University and college fees and a living costs grant (minimum of £18,662). Awards are granted for the entire duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, you must be applying to commence one of the eligible courses at Oxford (listed above). You must be ordinarily resident in one of the eligible countries (listed above). Additionally, you should intend to return to your country of ordinary residence upon completion of your course.
Successful applicants are expected to show an interest in serving the global community through their chosen field of work. It is crucial to demonstrate a connection between your subject of study and your long-term career objectives, explaining how your professional work contributes to the improvement of public life in your country of origin or on a wider regional or international level.
Application instructions:
To be considered for this scholarship, you must select the Weidenfeld-Hoffman Scholarship and Leadership Programme in the Funding section of the University’s graduate application form. Submit your application for graduate study by the relevant December or January deadline for your course (5 January or 19 January 2024). Additionally, complete a Weidenfeld-Hoffman Scholarships Statement and upload it together with your graduate application form by the deadline.
Visit the official website for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.
Weidenfeld Hoffman Trust Website: http://www.whtrust.org/
