Scholarships at University of Oxford

The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme cultivates the leaders of tomorrow by providing an opportunity for outstanding university graduates and professionals mainly from developing and emerging economies, but also those who would not otherwise be able to support themselves, to pursue fully-funded graduate studies at the University of Oxford alongside a comprehensive programme of leadership development, long-term mentoring and networking.

About

The Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme was established in 2015 thanks to generous donations from multiple donors to mark the 95th birthday of Lord Weidenfeld. In June 2017, Trustee and Chairman André Hoffmann made an additional donation of £9m to the Trust which, thanks to matched funding of £6m from Oxford University, doubled the size of the Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme.

This scholarship is part of the Oxford Graduate Scholarships, which were established through a ground-breaking matched funding initiative to create fully-funded scholarships for graduate students of the highest calibre from across the world. The University contributes 40% of the funds for these scholarships, together with 60% from generous donations provided by supporters of the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust, including Fondation Hoffmann. 

The Leadership Programme is a unique part of these scholarships, and over the course of a year scholars take part in philosophical discussions, learn business skills and receive communication training within a supportive community.

The scholarship will cover 100% of course fees and a grant for living costs (of at least £19,237). Awards are made to cover the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.

Eligibility

You must be applying to start a new full-time graduate course at Oxford.

Eligible courses 

• 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 Nature Recovery

• 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 Health Service Improvement and Evaluation

• 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