2023 Rhodes Trust Scholarships for African Students to Study at University of Oxford, UK

Rhodes Trust Scholarships 2023 for African Students

2023 Rhodes Trust Scholarships for Students

Rhodes Trust offers Rhodes Trust Scholarships Postgraduate Scholarship Program for international students globally including Africans, to study at University of Oxford (See country list below).

Application Deadlines:

East Africa: 31st August, 2022 (23:59 Eastern Africa Time)
Kenya: 31st August, 2022 (23:59 Eastern Africa Time)
Southern Africa: 15th August, 2022 (23:59, SAST)
West Africa: 15th September 2022 (23:59 GMT)
Zambia: 31st August, 2022 (23:59 Central Africa Time)
Zimbabwe: 31st August, 2022 (23:59 Central Africa Time)

Offered Annually: Yes

Eligible African Countries:

East Africa: Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and Burundi
Kenya.
West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Principe and Togo.
Southern Africa: South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and eSwatini),
Zambia
Zimbabwe.
See Countries specific criteria

Other Countries: Australia, Bermuda, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica & the Commonwealth Caribbean, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, SJLP (including Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine), United Arab Emirates, United States.

To be Taken at: University of Oxford.

Acknowledged Subject Areas: Courses presented at University of Oxford

About the Award: The Rhodes Trust Scholarships is a postgraduate honor supporting outstanding understudies from around the world to learn at the University of Oxford.

Every year, the Rhodes Trust Scholarships are proposed to in excess of 90 Rhodes Scholars chose from 20 Rhodes bodies electorate (64 nations) overall to read up for postgraduate certificate at college of Oxford. They are exceptional young ladies and men of different foundations and interests who demonstrate solid potential to be public-vivacious pioneers for the world’s future.

Type: Postgraduate

Rhodes Selection Criteria: Rhodes Selection Committees are searching for youthful people of remarkable astuteness, character, administration, and obligation to support from 20 Rhodes bodies electorate (64 nations) around the world.
The four measures overseeing the determination of Rhodes Scholars are:

scholarly and educational accomplishments (scholastic greatness)
energy to utilize one’s gifts without limit (as exhibited by dominance in regions like games, music, banter, dance, theater, and imaginative pursuits, especially where cooperation is involved)
truth, boldness, commitment to obligation, compassion toward and assurance of the frail, charity, unselfishness and association
moral power of character and senses to lead, and to check out one’s kindred creatures.
Who is able to apply? The accompanying qualification rules apply to all candidates for the Rhodes Scholarships:

Citizenship and residency: You should meet the citizenship/residency prerequisites of one of the Rhodes Africa voting public : Kenya, Southern Africa (counting South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and Swaziland), West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Principe and Togo), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Age: You probably arrived at your eighteenth birthday celebration and not have passed your 24th birthday celebration on 1 October in the extended period of utilization. There is some minor departure from the upper age limit across electorates relying upon the neighborhood climate. Kindly look at cautiously the particular age prerequisites for your voting demographic prior to applying. Effective applicants will show up in Oxford the October following the choice cycle. The Scholarship may not be conceded.

Training: Rhodes Scholars probably finished a Bachelor’s certification prior to coming up to Oxford, to an adequately exclusive requirement to meet both the Rhodes and the Oxford models. If it’s not too much trouble, counsel the nitty gritty data given by the voting public to which you are applying on our How to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship page and the outline pages of the University of Oxford. NB: Some voting demographics require finishing of your college degree in the time of utilization for the Scholarship.

Number of scholarships: Up to 19 (99 Annual Scholarships Worldwide)

East Africa: 1
Kenya: 2
West Africa: 2
Southern Africa: The Scholarships for these countries are administered from a regional secretariat based in Johannesburg. There are:
- four Scholarships every year for applicants from South Africa-at-Large,
- one for applicants from KwaZulu-Natal,
- one for an applicant from one of: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and eSwatini, and
- one each for applicants of or from Diocesan College, Rondebosch; South African College School, Newlands; Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch; and St Andrew’s College, Grahamstown (including their identified partner schools, which are listed here).

Zambia: 2
Zimbabwe: 2

Duration: Rhodes Scholars may study for any full-time postgraduate degree (including the BA with senior status over two years) at the University of Oxford.

At the discretion of the Trustees, the Scholarship may be extended for a third year for those who take a recognized route to the DPhil. The Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and the Masters of Financial Economics (MFE) are only tenable in the second year of the Scholarship.

The basic tenure of the Scholarship is two years, subject to satisfactory academic performance and personal conduct.

How to Apply: For detailed application requirements for each constituency, please visit the country pages via the country 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 any postgraduate 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)