Clarendon Fund Scholarships at University of Oxford

Oxford University Press
Masters/PhD Degrees

Deadline: 7 Jan/21 Jan 2023 (annual)
Study in:  UK
Course starts October 2022

Brief description:

The Clarendon Fund is a major graduate scholarship scheme at the University of Oxford, offering around 140 new scholarships every year. Clarendon Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence and potential across all degree-bearing subjects at graduate level at the University of Oxford.

Host Institution(s):

University of Oxford in United Kingdom

Level/Field(s) of study:

All degree-bearing courses at graduate level in any subject are eligible. This encompasses all full-time and part-time master’s and all DPhil courses. A list of all the graduate courses offered by the University of Oxford can be found on the Courses page.

Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma courses are not eligible for this scholarship.

Number of Awards:

Approximately 140 scholarships are offered every year.

Target group:

All applicants from any country

Scholarship value/inclusions/duration:

All Clarendon Scholarships cover tuition and college fees in full.

Scholars on a full-time course receive a generous annual grant for living costs – which will be at least £15,009 for 2020-21. Scholars on a part-time course will receive a study support grant, to assist with non-fee costs. Scholars on a part-time course will receive a study support grant, to assist with non-fee costs. In 2020-21, part-time DPhil scholars should expect to receive at least £2,502 and part-time Master’s scholars should expect at least £5,003.

The scholarships are normally offered for the full period for which you are liable to pay tuition fees to the University, which is usually the same as the length of your course.

Eligibility/Selection Criteria:

Clarendon Scholarships are awarded on the basis of outstanding academic merit and potential to graduate students from all around the world. Scholarships are tenable in all subject areas and are open to candidates who apply for a new master’s or DPhil course by the January admissions deadline.

See the selection criteria at this page.

Application instructions:

Applications are currently closed but will be opened soon.

If you apply for a full- or part-time master’s or DPhil course at Oxford by the January deadline for your course, you will automatically be considered for a Clarendon Scholarship. You do not need to submit any additional documents specifically for the Clarendon Scholarships – there is no separate scholarship application form.   You do, however, need to apply before the January deadline (7 or 21 January 2022) for your course if you wish to be considered for the scholarship.

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: https://www.ox.ac.uk/clarendon

About university of Oxford:

 World-class university

 In 2022, University of Oxford was ranked the best university in the world for six consecutive years by Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

It  was also the  first in the THE‘s 2021  subject rankings for clinical and health and the subject rankings for computer science. The University was also ranked in the top 5 in the World University Rankings by subject for social sciences, life sciences, engineering and technology, business and economics, arts and humanities, law, and education. 

The QS World University Rankings, 2022 place Oxford as the second best university in the world, and the best university in Europe. Oxford also ranked first in the global subject rankings for arts and humanities, and top five for natural sciences, life sciences and medicine, and social sciences and management.

Juicy job offers from top companies

It is no gainsaying that top employers want to employ Oxford graduates. 95% of Oxford graduates are employed or in further study within 6 months of graduating.  Being the best university,  Oxford graduates are employable enough to be able to take the time to find the job they want, rather than worrying about getting into employment as quickly as possible, even if the role isn’t ideal.
Third-year Oxford students get an array  of careers guidance through the excellent university careers service, and also endless invitations to dinners and receptions from top employers hoping to woo them to apply to their companies. This is particularly the case for students in subjects like Law (where firms have the money to really show off to students) but applies to a certain extent regardless of the subject.