The University of Oxford is one of the top universities in the world, located in Oxford, England. If you're looking for graduate scholarships, good news: applications for Oxford's 2025-26 graduate programs are now open. There are 1,000 scholarships available for new graduate students, either fully or partially funded.
Oxford offers more scholarship opportunities than you might expect. In the 2023-24 academic year, 45% of new graduate students received full or partial funding. Some scholarships require a separate application, while others consider you automatically once you receive an admission offer.
How Are Scholarships Awarded at Oxford?
For most Oxford scholarships, you don’t need to submit a separate application. Once you complete the admission process and receive an offer, you'll be automatically considered for any scholarships you qualify for. This is the case with the Clarendon Scholarship—there’s no need for an extra application. Just make sure to submit your graduate application by the December or January deadline for your chosen course.
Oxford Courses
You can choose any graduate course you're interested in. Each course page provides detailed information on requirements, the application process, and available funding options.
Application Fee Waiver
If you’re from a low-income country, you might qualify for an application fee waiver.
Scholarship Award Timeline
If you apply by the course deadline (December or January 2025), you’ll find out whether you've received a scholarship by late February or June 2025.
Deadlines
The deadline for most Oxford graduate programs is December 2024 or January 2025. Scholarships are awarded based on the evaluation of your application.
Scholarships at Oxford
Here are a few scholarships at Oxford that require a separate application, as well as those that don’t:
Scholarships that Require an Additional Application:
- Care-Experienced Academic Futures
- China Oxford Scholarship Fund
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarships
- Hill Foundation Scholarship
- Oxford-Taiwan Graduate Scholarships
Scholarships that Don’t Require an Additional Application:
- Clarendon Scholarship
- Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships
- Refugee Academic Futures Scholarship.
Scholarships Automatically Considered:
If you apply by the December or January deadline, you'll automatically be considered for these scholarships:
- All Souls Hugh Springer Graduate Scholarships
- Black Academic Futures Scholarship
- Clarendon Fund
- CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Lebanon Scholarships
- Crankstart Graduate Scholarship
- The Duke Of Cambridge Scholarship
- Felix Scholarships
- Helmore Graduate Scholarships
- The Hong Kong Jockey Club Graduate Scholarships
- Jardine-Oxford Graduate Scholarships
- Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarships
- Oppenheimer Scholarships
- Oxford Kobe Scholarships
- Oxford-Adrian Swire Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Anderson Humanities Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Ashton Graduate Scholarship in Engineering
- Oxford-Berman Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Bob Thomas Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry
- Oxford-Bounden Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Brunsfield ASEAN Human Rights Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Catharine French Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Creat Group Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-David Jones Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-DeepMind Graduate Scholarship (Computer Science)
- Oxford-Drue Heinz Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Emmy Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Exeter-Peter Thompson Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Farthing Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Feltham Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Finnis Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Hackney BCL Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Hasmukh Patel Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Hoffmann Graduate Scholarships in Medical Sciences
- Oxford-Indira Gandhi Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Jeffrey Cheah Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-John Oldacre Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Kaifeng Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Ko Cheuk Hung Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Leon E and Iris L Beghian Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Mary de Zouche Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Mary Frances Wagley Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-McCall MacBain Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Moh Family Foundation Global Health Scholarship
- Oxford-Murray Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-NaturalMotion and Oxford-Oxitec Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Nizami Ganjavi Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Nuffield Tony and Judith Atkinson Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Oak Zimbabwe Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Orjiako Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Percival Stanion Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Qatar-Thatcher Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Radcliffe Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-R. E. Jones Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Reuben Foundation Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Reuben Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Richards Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Robert and Soulla Kyprianou Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Ryniker Lloyd Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBRF) Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Sir Anwar Pervez Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Sir Colin Lucas Graduate Scholarship in French History
- Oxford-Thatcher Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-The Queen’s College Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-TrygFonden Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-Uehiro Graduate Scholarships
- Oxford-University College-Burma Graduate Scholarship
- Oxford-Wolfson College-Reginald Campbell Thompson Graduate Scholarship in Assyriology
- Oxford-Wolfson-Marriott Graduate Scholarships
- Saven European Scholarships
- Scatcherd European Scholarships
- Vicky Noon Educational Foundation Oxford Scholarships
- Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicants from any country can apply.
- Each scholarship has its own specific criteria.
- To be considered, apply for admission by the December or January 2025 deadline.
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