University of Oxford Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme 2020

The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme cultivates the leaders of tomorrow by providing outstanding university graduates and professionals from developing and emerging economies with the opportunity to pursue fully-funded graduate studies at the University of Oxford, combined with a comprehensive programme of leadership development, long-term mentoring and networking.

The Leadership Programme is a unique part of these scholarships, and more information on this can be found on the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust website.

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The scholarship will cover 100% of course fees and a grant for living costs (of at least £15,009). Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.

Eligible courses

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
MSt Diplomatic Studies
MSc Economics for Development
MSc Education (Comparative and International Education)
MSc Education (Higher Education)
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 Water Science, Policy and Management

You should be intending to return to your country of ordinary residence once your course is completed. Students currently at Oxford are not eligible to apply unless they are already Weidenfeld-Hoffmann scholars.

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.

The above qualities will be assessed during the selection process, including using your graduate application form, your Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships Questionnaire and (if relevant) your interview.

This scholarship is not open to applications from candidates who hold deferred offers to start in 2020-21.

How to Apply

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 January deadline for your course. See the relevant course page for the deadline applicable to your course.

You must also complete a Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships Statement and upload it, together with your graduate application form, by the deadline.

We will use the details you insert in the ‘Nationality and ordinary residence’ section of the graduate application form to assess your country of ordinary residence. For a definition of ordinary residency and further details on how to complete this section of the graduate application form, please see the Nationality and Ordinary residence sections of the graduate application form and the advice contained with the Application Guide.

To be eligible for consideration for this scholarship, applicants must be successful in being offered a place on their course after consideration of applications received by the relevant January deadline for the course. Course applications which are held over after the January deadline to be re-evaluated against applications received by the March deadline or course applications which have been put on a waiting list are not eligible for scholarship consideration.

If you are shortlisted for the scholarship, you will be required to participate in an interview, which is likely to be held via Skype in April/May 2020.