- Citizenship & residency: Each applicant must fulfill the citizenship and residency requirements of the Rhodes constituency for which they are applying. Please check the detailed information carefully via the Country links.
- Age: Age limits vary between constituencies and range from a minimum age limit of 18 to a maximum of 28 by 1October of the year following selection. In most constituencies, the age limit is 24 or 25. Please check carefully the specific age requirements for your constituency before applying. Successful candidates will arrive in Oxford the October following the selection process. The Scholarship may not normally be deferred.
- Education: All applicants must have achieved academic standing sufficiently advanced to assure completion of a bachelor’s degree by the October following election. Academic standing must be sufficiently high to ensure admission to the University of Oxford, which has very competitive entry requirements, and to give confidence that Rhodes Scholars will perform to a high academic standard in Oxford. Individual constituencies may specify a 1st or equivalent. Please check the detailed requirements via the Country links. Some constituencies require an Undergraduate degree to have been taken within the constituency of application.
Four criteria to be used in the election of Scholars:
- L iterary and scholastic attainments
- energy to use one’s talents to the full
- truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and Fellowship
- moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one’s fellow beings.
- In short, Rhodes scholarship selection committees will be seeking young women and men of outstanding intellect, character, leadership, and commitment to service.
83 Rhodes Scholars are selected annually from 14 countries or groupings of countries around the world.
Citizen for following countries- Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica & the Commonwealth Caribbean, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Southern Africa (including South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and Swaziland), United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe .
The Rhodes Scholarships for International Students at University of Oxford will cover:
- A 2016 Rhodes scholarship covers all University and College fees, a personal stipend and one economy class airfare to Oxford at the start of the Scholarship, as well as an economy flight back to the student’s home Country at the conclusion of the Scholarship.
For detailed application requirements for each constituency, please visit the Country pages via theCountry links.
In broad terms, all constituencies will require the following materials in differing forms:
- Evidence of academic record / transcript (complete or in progress) of Undergraduate degree and AnyPostgraduate study;
- Curriculum vitae/resumé or list of principal activities;
- Personal statement or essay (including, crucially, a clear statement of what the applicant wishes to study at Oxford and why);
- Evidence of age / birth certificate / passport;
- English Language proficiency (where English is not the first language); Photograph;
- List of referees (usually several are required) who can attest in confidential references to the character and intellect of the applicant, including academic, personal, extra-curricular and leadership achievements (and who should never include people to whom you are related).
The deadlines are: 1stSeptember 2015 (Australia), 23 October 2015 (Bermuda), October 16, 2015 (Canada), October 14, 2015 (Germany), 25 September 2015 (Hong Kong), 15 August 2015 (India), 30 September 2015 (Jamaica and the Commonwealth Caribbean), 31 August 2015 (Kenya), 1 August 2015 (New Zealand), 31 August 2015 (Pakistan), 23 October 2015 (United Arab Emirates), 15 September 2015 (Southern Africa), 6 November 2016 (Zambia) and 1 September 2015 (Zimbabwe). Applications for Rhodes Scholarships in the United States will be open in early July.
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Number of Scholarships
- 83 Rhodes Scholars are selected annually from 14 countries or groupings of countries around the world.
Open for International Students?
- Yes. Citizen for following countries- Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica & the Commonwealth Caribbean, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Southern Africa (including South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and Swaziland), United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe .
Deadline: July 2015