The Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffman Scholarship and Leadership Programme support outstanding students from transition and emerging economies throughout Africa, Asia, and South America to pursue a graduate degree at Oxford University.
The Weidenfeld and Hoffman Scholarship and Leadership Programme is combined with a comprehensive programme of leadership development, long-term mentoring and networking. It is managed by the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust.
This scholarship is part of the Oxford Graduate Scholarships, which were established through a ground-breaking new matched funding initiative to enable the creation of fully-funded scholarships for graduate students of the highest calibre from across the world.
Host Institution(s):
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarship and Leadership Programme Level/Field(s) of study:
Eligible graduate programmes:
- BCL Bachelor of Civil Law
- MBA Master of Business Administration
- MJur Magister Juris
- MPP Master of Public Administration and Policy
- MSc African Studies
- MSc Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management
- MSc Comparative Social Policy
- MSc Computer Science
- MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies
- MPhil in Development Studies
- MSt Diplomatic Studies
- MSc Economics for Development
- MSc Education (Comparative and International Education)
- 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
- MSc International Health and Tropical Medicine
- MSt Islamic Studies and History
- MSt Jewish 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 Social Science of the Internet
- MSc Sustainability, Enterprise, and the Environment
- MSc Water Science, Policy and Management
Number of Awards:
Not specified
Target group:
Students from transition and emerging economies throughout Africa, Asia, and South America
Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarship and Leadership value/inclusions/duration:
The scholarship will cover 100% of University and college fees and a grant for living costs (of at least £15,609). Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.
Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarship and Leadership Programme Eligibility:
You should be applying to start one of the eligible courses at Oxford. You must be ordinarily resident in one of the eligible countries (see the official website for the complete list). You should be intending 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.
How to Apply for Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarship and Leadership Programme
In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must select the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme in the University of Oxford Scholarships 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.
See the relevant course page for the deadline applicable to your course (7 January or 21 January 2022). You must also complete a Weidenfeld-Hoffman Scholarships Statement and upload it together with your graduate application form, by the deadline.
You must also complete a Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships Statement and upload it, together with your graduate application form, by the deadline.
Click here to complete the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships Statement form for 2022-23 entry
If you are shortlisted for the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarship, you will be required to participate in an interview, which is likely to be held online in April/May 2022.
