Overview
The Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarship and Leadership Programme pays for a graduate degree at the University of Oxford for students from transition and emerging economies in Africa, Asia and South America. The award covers all University and college fees plus a grant towards living costs. The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust runs the programme.
Host Institution(s):
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
At a glance
- Host: University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Level: Masters degree
- Study destination: UK
- Deadline: December 2026 or January 2027, depending on your course
- Awards: Number not specified
- What is covered: 100% of University and college fees plus a grant for living costs of at least £19,237
- Course starts: 2027
Subjects and level
Eligible graduate programmes:
- 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 Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience
- 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 Policy
- 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
- 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
- MSc Social Data Science
- MSc Social Science of the Internet
- MSc Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment
- MSc Water Science, Policy and Management
Awards available
Not specified
Who can apply
Students from transition and emerging economies throughout Africa, Asia and South America:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, China Tibet, China, Macau SAR, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (North), Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Réunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
What the award covers
The scholarship covers 100% of University and college fees and provides a grant for living costs of at least £19,237. Awards run for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.
Eligibility requirements
You must meet all of the criteria below to be considered. These are assessed during selection, using your graduate application form, your Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships Statement and, if relevant, your interview.
- You must be applying to start a new full-time graduate course at Oxford.
- You should intend to return to your country of ordinary residence once your course is completed.
- You must show a connection between your subject of study and your longer-term career objectives, explaining how your professional work will contribute to the improvement of public life in your country of origin or at a wider regional or international level.
- This scholarship is not open to candidates who hold deferred offers to start in 2027-28.
- Students currently at Oxford are not eligible to apply unless they are already Weidenfeld-Hoffmann scholars.
Application instructions:
To be considered, 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. You must also complete a Weidenfeld-Hoffman Scholarships Statement and upload it with your graduate application form by the deadline.
Visit the official website (link below) for detailed information on how to apply.
Official website
Official Scholarship Website: https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/fees-and-funding/fees-funding-and-scholarship-search/weidenfeld-hoffmann-scholarships-and-leadership-programme
Weidenfeld Hoffman Trust Website: http://www.whtrust.org/