• Amount: The AfOx graduate scholarship will cover 100% of course fees, a grant for living costs and one return flight to and from the UK. Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course. The scholarship also provides logistics support, including an economy return flight, visa and Immigration Health Surcharge fees, settling down allowance. The first year includes a Leadership and Impact Programme, which supports scholars to develop the collaborative leadership qualities needed to build cross-sector, interdisciplinary solutions to address complex social and environmental problems. Beyond this, the scholarship provides academic and social support programs and links with the broader AfOx networks across the UK and Africa.
  
  After completing their Master’s Program, Scholars will be supported to take up 4-6 months placements in leading Africa-based organisations for their Ubuntu Period of Service. The scholars will work on initiatives in Africa, receiving mentoring from leading Africa-based academics and practitioners, enabling the Scholars to develop pathways to building impactful careers in Africa. Scholars will be linked with research, business and policy leaders based in the continent for mentorship and experiential learning.
• Eligibility: AfOx Scholarships enable students from all African countries to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford, for full details of eligibility please see the AfOx website. All eligible offer holders who receive a conditional offer from the University will be considered for the scholarship. The scholarship emphasises explicitly groups who have historically been under-represented, including but not limited to female scholars, people from refugee and displaced backgrounds and disabled scholars. Necessary residence considerations will be made for students from refugee and displaced backgrounds.
• Application process: To be considered for this scholarship, submit your application for graduate study by the January deadline for MPP or MSc applications. All invited candidates will be expected to fill in the AfOx Graduate Scholarship questionnaire during the application process. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed virtually before decisions are made. The decision timelines will be communicated at the interview stage. AfOx has strategic partnerships with specific Oxford colleges and scholars will be expected to be hosted by the partner colleges during their studies. For more information, please see the AfOx website.

• Amount: Full fees and a set amount to cover living expenses
• Eligibility: These scholarships are available for applicants who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, who are of Black or Mixed Black ethnicity and who hold an offer for either a taught or research postgraduate degree, starting in the 2025–26 academic year. This includes all full-time and part-time DPhil and master’s courses.
  These scholarships support students across the University and are open to all subject areas, with some funding dedicated to supporting students on specific courses.
• Application process: To apply for the Black Academic Futures scholarships, all you have to do is submit your completed graduate course application, including ethnicity information, by either the December or January deadline (whichever is relevant for your course) and you will automatically be considered. You do not need to submit any additional documents and there is no separate scholarship application form for these awards.

If you are eligible for these scholarships, you will be considered automatically regardless of which college (if any) you state as your preference on your graduate application form. However, some of these awards are only tenable at specific colleges and successful applicants will be transferred to the relevant college in order to take up the scholarship if applicable. Selection is expected to take place in May.

Chevening Scholarships is the UK government's international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders. Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations, Chevening offers two types of awards – Chevening Scholarships and Chevening Fellowships – the recipients of which are personally selected by British Embassies and High Commissions throughout the world. The deadline for Chevening in most countries is early November.

Read about Esther Soma's journey to the MPP as a Chevening Scholar

• Amount: Full fees and a set amount to cover living expenses
• Eligibility: Academic merit and potential
• Application process: No separate application process
• Clarendon Scholarships aim to give the most academically-able students not only the life-changing opportunity to study at Oxford but also the chance to form lasting social, academic and professional networks.
• Read about Hannah Foxton's experiences as a Clarendon Scholar on the MPP.

• Amount: Full fees and a maintenance stipend
• Eligibility: The Studentships are open to any person who is, or (in the case of awards for graduate study) has been, a student member of Exeter College, Oxford, and who, by the time of taking up a Studentship, shall have successfully completed a degree of the University, or who is currently studying for a postgraduate degree of the University.
• Application process: via Exeter College’s application form. This scholarship is available every year. A call for applications is normally made towards the end of each calendar year, with a deadline in Hilary Term (around March). Application materials should be submitted to academic.office@exeter.ox.ac.uk. For further information and to download a copy of the application form, please visit Exeter College’s website.
• These Studentships were generously endowed by the Will of Amelia Jackson (1842–1925), wife of the Revd W. W. Jackson, DD, (Rector 1887–1913).

• Amount: The scholarship will cover 100% of course fees, a grant for living costs and one return flight from India to the UK. Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.
• Eligibility: The Felix Scholarship enables outstanding students from India to pursue graduate studies. One award is made each year to a non-Indian student who is ordinarily resident in a country (outside of India) which is categorised as Other Low Income Countries or Least Developed Countries on the DAC List of ODA Recipients. For full details of eligibility please see the Felix Scholarship website.
• Application process: To be considered for this scholarship, submit your application for graduate study by the January deadline for MPP applications. Decisions are expected to be made by the end of May.
• Felix has been supporting students at Oxford since 1991. The scholarships are administered by the three partner universities, with the support of the Felix Trustees. Please see the Felix Scholarship website for more information.

• Amount: Full fees and a set amount to cover living expenses
• Eligibility: Residents of countries identified by the Jardine Matheson Group, and applicants to specific Oxford colleges
• Application process: You can apply directly to the Foundation – applicants will also be considered through a separate strand automatically if applying to the MPP.
• Up to five full scholarships are available for applicants who are ordinarily resident in Cambodia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand or Vietnam. The scholarships have been made possible through the support of the Jardine Foundation, an educational trust supporting scholars who have the potential to become outstanding citizens with a high commitment to the community.
• The scholarship is only tenable at one of the Foundation’s four link colleges: Exeter College, Oriel College, The Queen’s College and Trinity College. All eligible applicants will be considered for this scholarship, regardless of which college (if any) you state as your preference on the graduate application form. However, successful applicants will be transferred to one of the link colleges in order to take up the scholarship.
• Read about Weijie Tan's experience on the MPP as a Jardine Scholar.

Many national governments provide funds for their students to study overseas in the interest of fostering the skills and knowledge of their citizens.

Many of our students have successfully been awarded funding to complete their studies. For example, previous students have been successful in securing scholarship support from the governments of Chile (through the BECAS Chile), India, Indonesia, Singapore, Mexico (through CONACyT), and Qatar.

The Open Society Foundations award grants, scholarships, and fellowships throughout the year.

• Amount: Full fees and a set amount to cover living expenses
• Eligibility: Applicants who are ordinarily resident in one of the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. You should be intending to return to one of the eligible countries on completion of your studies.
• Application process: Via University of Oxford application form

The scholarships have been jointly funded by the University and H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum through the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) was established in 2007 to provide support for knowledge and development in the Arab region and beyond. The Foundation actively promotes education at all levels to enable individuals to make the best use of their abilities to benefit themselves and others.

• Amount: The Oxford-Oak Zimbabwe Graduate Scholarships cover 100% of course fees and a grant for living costs.
• Eligibility: Offer-holders who are ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe or Zimbabwean nationals ordinarily resident outside of Great Britain and committed to returning to Zimbabwe on the completion of their studies to support its  future through public service.
• Application process:  The Blavatnik School of Government scholarship questionnaire (which will be sent to everyone who receives an offer).
• Preference will be given to students commencing a Master’s course of study in Public Policy at the University’s Blavatnik School of Government, then to other eligible students studying on a degree programme at the School. 

The Refugee Academic Futures Scholarships offer financial support to pursue graduate study at Oxford to students who are refugees or other people with lived experience of displacement.

• Amount: Full fees and a set amount to cover living expenses
• Eligibility: The Refugee Academic Futures scholarships are available for applicants who have been displaced due to conflict, persecution, or other serious human rights violations or deprivations, whether within or outside their country of origin, and who hold an offer for either a one-year full-time or two-year part-time master’s degree, starting in the 2024–25 academic year. In order to be eligible for the award applicants must:
  • Hold an offer to commence a master’s degree at the University of Oxford in 2025–26 for a one-year full-time course or two-year part-time course.
  • Have been displaced within, or beyond, their home country due to conflict or violation of human rights, such as persecution. Further details will be published at the start of the application process for this scholarship.
  • Face barriers to progressing their education and have limitations on the financial support for their university studies.
  • Have not previously completed a degree at the same level (master’s) for which they are making an application.

For further information on this scholarship visit the University’s Academic Futures webpage.

• Amount: Full fees and a set amount to cover living expenses
• Eligibility: Please see the Rhodes Trust website.
• Application process: Separate application process through the Rhodes Trust – follow link for details
• The Rhodes Scholarships are postgraduate awards supporting exceptional students from around the world to study at the University of Oxford. Rhodes's vision in founding the Scholarship was to develop outstanding leaders who would be motivated to fight 'the world's fight' and to 'esteem the performance of public duties as their highest aim' and to promote international understanding and peace.
• Read Rafiullah Kakar's experience on the MPP as a Rhodes Scholar.

• Amount: Annual stipend of AUD $100,000 for each year of study, up to a maximum of $300,000 AUD over three years, for tuition, living expenses and related costs, plus travel support.
• Eligibility: Australians
• Application process: Apply through their website between May and July for programmes starting in September the following year.

• Amount: The size and duration of awards vary according to each scholar's circumstances. The scholarship is jointly funded by the University and the Vicky Noon Educational Foundation.
• Eligibility: Up to two full/partial scholarships are available for applicants who are ordinarily resident in Pakistan. You should be intending to return to Pakistan once your course is completed. If you have previously studied outside Pakistan you will not normally be considered unless there are exceptional circumstances which explain why you have studied abroad.
• Application process: To be considered for this scholarship, submit your application for graduate study by the relevant January deadline. If you are eligible for this scholarship, you will be contacted by email in April and asked to submit a short statement setting out how you intend to contribute to Pakistan on your return, and how your studies in Oxford will help with this. Only applicants who submit the statement will be considered for the scholarship.
• Selection is expected to take place in July.
• Read about Batool Asadi's time as a Vicky Noon Scholar on the MPP.