The Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffman Scholarship and Leadership Programme, managed by the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust, enables exceptional students from transition and emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and South America to pursue graduate degrees.
Institution To study
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Eligible graduate programs:
1. MSc Advanced Computer Science
2. MSc African Studies
3. MSc Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
4. MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management
5. MSc Comparative Social Policy
6. MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies
7. MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice
8. MSt Diplomatic Studies
9. MSc Economics for Development
10. MSc Education (Comparative and International Education)
11. MSc Education (Digital and Social Change)
12. MSc Education (Higher Education)
13. MSc Energy Systems
14. MSc Environmental Change and Management
15. MSc Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation
16. MSc Financial Economics
17. MSc Global Governance and Diplomacy
18. MSc Global Health Science and Epidemiology
19. MSc International Health and Tropical Medicine
20. MSc Islamic Studies and History
21. MSt Jewish Studies
22. MSc Japanese Studies
23. MSc Korean Studies
24. MSc Latin American Studies
25. MSc Law and Finance
26. MSc Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing
27. MSc Migration Studies
28. MSc Modern Middle Eastern Studies
29. MSc Modern South Asian Studies
30. MSc Nature, Society and Environmental Governance
31. MSc Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
32. MSc Russian and East European Studies
33. MSt Slavonic Studies
34. MSc Social Data Science
35. MSc Social Science of the Internet
36. MSc Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment
37. MSc Water Science, Policy and Management
38. MSt Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
142 targeted groups:
Students from transitional and emerging economies throughout Africa, Asia, and South America:
1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. Angola
5. Argentina
6. Armenia
7. Azerbaijan
8. Bangladesh
9. Belarus
10. Belize
11. Benin
12. Bhutan
13. Bolivia
14. Bosnia and Herzegovina
15. Botswana
16. Brazil
17. Bulgaria
18. Burkina Faso
19. Burundi
20. Cambodia
21. Cameroon
22. Cape Verde
23. Central African Republic
24. Chad
25. China
26. China and Tibet
27. China Macau SAR
28. Colombia
29. Comoros
30. Congo Dem. Rep.
31. Congo Rep.
32. Costa Rica
33. Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
34. Cuba
35. Djibouti
36. Dominica
37. Dominican Republic
38. Ecuador
39. Egypt
40. El Salvador
41. Equatorial Guinea
42. Eritrea
43. Eswatini
44. Ethiopia
45. Fiji
46. French Guiana
47. Gabon
48. Gambia
49. Georgia
50. Ghana
51. Grenada
52. Guatemala
53. Guinea
54. Guinea-Bissau
55. Haiti
56. Honduras
57. India
58. Indonesia
59. Iran
60. Iraq
61. Jamaica
62. Jordan
63. Kazakhstan
64. Kenya
65. Kiribati
66. Korea (North)
67. Kosovo
68. Kyrgyzstan
69. Lao PDR
70. Lebanon
71. Lesotho
72. Liberia
73. Libya
74. Madagascar
75. Malawi
76. Malaysia
77. Maldives
78. Mali
79. Marshall Islands
80. Mauritania
81. Mauritius
82. Mexico
83. Micronesia
84. Moldova
85. Mongolia
86. Montenegro
87. Morocco
88. Mozambique
89. Myanmar (Burma)
90. Namibia
91. Nepal
92. Nicaragua
93. Niger
94. Nigeria
95. North Macedonia
96. Pakistan
97. Palau
98. Palestinian territories
99. Panama
100. Papua New Guinea
101. Paraguay
102. Peru
103. Philippines
104. Réunion
105. Russian Federation
106. Rwanda
107. Saint Helena
108. Samoa
109. São Tomé and Príncipe
110. Senegal
111. Serbia
112. Sierra Leone
113. Solomon Islands
114. Somalia
115. South Africa
116. South Sudan
117. Sri Lanka
118. St Lucia
119. St Vincent and the Grenadines
120. Sudan
121. Suriname
122. Syria
123. Tajikistan
124. Tanzania
125. Thailand
126. Timor-Leste (East Timor)
127. Togo
128. Tonga
129. Tunisia
130. Turkey
131. Turkmenistan
132. Tuvalu
133. Uganda
134. Ukraine
135. Uzbekistan
136. Vanuatu
137. Venezuela
138. Vietnam
139. Western Sahara
140. Yemen
141. Zambia
142. Zimbabwe
Scholarship worth, factors, and duration:
The scholarship will cover 100% of university and college fees and a grant for living costs (of at least £18,662). Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed-upon course.
Eligibility:
You should be applying to start one of the eligible courses at Oxford (see above). You must be ordinarily resident in one of the eligible countries (see above). You should intend to return to your country of ordinary residence once your course is completed.
Successful applicants must demonstrate an interest in serving the global community through their chosen field of work. You should be able to demonstrate a connection between your subject of study and your longer-term career objectives, explaining how you see your professional work contributing to the improvement of public life in your country of origin or at a wider regional or international level.
Application instructions:
In order 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 and submit your application for graduate study by the relevant December or January deadline for your course (5 January or 19 January 2024). You must also complete a Weidenfeld-Hoffman Scholarship Statement and upload it together with your graduate application form by the deadline.
It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.
Website:
Official Scholarship Website: http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/fees-and-funding/fees-funding-and-scholarship-search/weidenfeld-hoffmann-scholarships-and-leadership-programme/oxford-weidenfeld-and-hoffmann-scholarships-and-leadership-programme
Weidenfeld Hoffman Trust Website: http://www.whtrust.org/
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