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Full Tuition MA/PhD Scholarships, Univ. of Oxford

Deadline: 18 January 2013 (or 4 January for Medical Sciences, Philosophy, Politics and International Relations)
Open to: ALL graduate applicants to degree-bearing courses for 2013-14 entry at the University of Oxford
Scholarship: full tuition and fees, plus a generous living stipend

Description

The Clarendon Fund is a major graduate scholarship scheme at the University of Oxford, offering over 100 new scholarships every year. In 2012-13, there are over 300 Clarendon scholars at Oxford from more than 50 different nations. Awards are made based on academic excellence and potential across all subject areas, enabling the most distinguished scholars to study at Oxford University, one of the world’s top five universities and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

The University has one goal in mind when selecting Clarendon scholars: to elect the best students worldwide, as decided by experts in each student’s field. This aspect makes the scholarship unique: while many other scholarships stress the need for demonstrated leadership in their selection criteria, Oxford believes that by electing and nurturing the best and brightest minds in any given field the advancement of their study at Oxford will, by its very nature, produce leaders in that field. Furthermore, the process of selection means that the Clarendon scholarly community contains equal number of students from each of the University’s four academic divisions, and this diversity is an immense strength for inter-disciplinary interaction amongst the scholars.

Clarendon Scholarships are awarded to academically excellent students with the best proven and future potential. The Scholarships cover tuition and college fees in full and a generous grant for living expenses, and are open to students starting a new course at Oxford. They are highly competitive, with less than 3 percent of graduate offer holders being also offered the scholarship.

Whilst there are no quotas by course type, the majority of Clarendon scholars are working towards a DPhil (PhD). Scholarships are also awarded for 2-year graduate degrees (MPhil/BPhil/MLitt) or 1-year degrees (MSc/MSt/MBA/MFE).

A distinguishing feature of Clarendon scholarships is that scholars are selected from the leaders in their field – that is, academic departments nominate whom they believe are the most deserving of their place at the University of Oxford based on their academic record and ability to contribute significantly to their field of study, both in the present and future. This feature ensures the best and brightest minds are selected as Clarendon scholars.

Please review the Frequently Asked Questions page HERE.
 

Eligibility

• Clarendon Scholarships are awarded on the basis of outstanding academic merit and potential to graduate students from all around the world. Scholarships are tenable in all subject areas and open to candidates who will be starting a new course.
• Applicants of all nationalities for graduate study at the University of Oxford are eligible.
• Clarendon scholars come from all continents in the world: from the USA to Australia, Venezuela to Vietnam and from Norway to Nigeria!
• All degree-bearing courses at graduate level are eligible.
• This encompasses all full-time and part-time Master’s courses (MSt, MSc, BCL/MJur, MBA, MFE, MPhil, BPhil, MSc by Research, MTh) and all DPhil programmes. A list of the all the graduate courses offered by the University of Oxford can be found on the Graduate Course Guide.
• All subjects can be funded by a Clarendon Scholarship. There is no quota by subject or preference for any particular course type.
• Candidates applying to start a new graduate course at Oxford are eligible. This includes students who are currently studying for a Master’s degree at Oxford but who will be re-applying for a DPhil (you would be eligible for funding for the DPhil).

Candidates who already have a place but who deferred entry from a previous year are not eligible to apply (as you can apply for Clarendon in the year that you applied for your place and then, if you are successful, you can apply to defer your funding if you need to defer your place).

Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma courses are not eligible for this scholarship.

Students who will continue to study for the same degree at Oxford in the next year are not eligible for this scholarship.

For more information about the selection criteria, see the website HERE.
 

Application

Applications for 2013-14 are now open! The Clarendon Fund has now opened up to all graduate applicants regardless of nationality. All graduate applicants to degree-bearing courses for 2013-14 entry will be eligible for this prestigious scholarship.

The closing date for Graduate Admissions for 2013-14 is Friday 18 January 2013 (or 4 January for Medical Sciences, Philosophy, Politics and International Relations).

By applying for graduate study at Oxford University (Graduate Application) you will automatically be considered for a Clarendon Scholarship. You do not need to submit any additional documents specifically for the Clarendon Scholarships and there is no separate scholarship application form.

The information that you provide with your application form for graduate study at Oxford will be used to assess your funding application. Once the application deadline has passed, you are not able to provide any additional supporting materials (unless the department you are applying to has specifically requested this in support of your application for admission to Oxford).

For questions or further inquiries, please contact clarendon@admin.ox.ac.uk or ring +44 (0)1865 280099.

The official website is AVAILABLE HERE.