Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme 2022-23

Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme 2022-23

About

The Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme has established in 2015 thanks to generous donations from multiple donors to mark the 95th birthday of Lord Weidenfeld. In June 2017, Chairman André Hoffmann pledged an additional donation of £9m to the Trust which, thanks to matched funding of £6m from Oxford University, will double the size of the Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme.

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 caliber from across the world. The University contributes 40% of the funds for these scholarships, together with 60% from generous donations provided by supporters of the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust, including Fondation Hoffmann. Foundation Hoffmann is a Swiss-based grant making institution supporting the emergence and expansion of concrete projects which address global problems in today's societies.

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

The scholarship will cover 100% of course 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.

Partnership Schemes

In addition to the Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarship and Leadership Programme the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust also has a partnership with the Louis Dreyfus Foundation, the Hualan Education Group and Chevening. The scholarships also benefit from partnerships with multiple colleges where the college contributes a portion of the funding and therefore successful candidates will be transferred to a partner college when taking up the scholarship.

Scholarship outcomes

Decisions are expected to be made by the end of May 2022.  If you have not heard from us by this time, then please assume that your application has been unsuccessful. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that we are unable to contact unsuccessful applicants individually or provide feedback on applications.

Eligibility

You must be applying to start a new graduate course at Oxford.

Please review the information below to see the complete list of eligible courses.  You must also be ordinarily resident in one of the eligible countries listed.

Eligibility courses

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

MSc Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management

MSc Comparative Social Policy

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 and Epidemiology

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

Eligible countries

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

China Tibet

China, Hong Kong SAR

China, Macau SAR

Colombia

Comoros

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Congo, Rep.

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

French Guiana

Gabon

Gambia, The

Georgia

Ghana

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea (North)

Korea (South)

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Lao PDR

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Macedonia, FYR

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia

Moldova

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar (Burma)

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Palestinian territories

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Qatar

Réunion

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Saint Helena

Samoa

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

St Kitts and Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Syria

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe  

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 Statement, and (if relevant) your interview.

This scholarship is not open to applications from candidates who hold deferred offers to start in 2022-23.

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 December or 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.

Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships Statement form for 2022-23 entry

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 December or January deadline for the course. Course applications that are held over after the December or January deadline to be re-evaluated against applications received by the March deadline or course applications that 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 online in April/May 2022.

College preference

All graduate students at the University of Oxford benefit from membership not only in their department but also in one of our multi-disciplinary colleges. Applicants may select a preferred college as part of their application or leave the allocation of a college to the University. The Weidenfeld and Hoffmann scholarships and leadership program benefit from partnerships with multiple colleges where the college contributes a portion of the scholarship and therefore successful candidates will be transferred to a partner college to take up the scholarship.

Other Schemes

The Weidenfeld Hoffmann Trust has partnership awards with the Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Hualan Education Group and Chevening. Please note that the selection process for these scholarships is managed by the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust and their respective partners, and is not managed by the University of Oxford.

Candidates applying for the Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and leadership program will automatically be considered for the Louis Dreyfus and Hualan Education Group partnership awards. Please note the Louis Dreyfus Foundation award comes with a work placement with the Louis Dreyfus Foundation to be done after the completion of the Master's program at Oxford. The partnership award selection and interview process are run entirely by the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust and the University of Oxford is not involved in the selection process. For more information please visit the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust website or contact info@whtrust.org

Applications for the Chevening-Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships must be made via the Chevening website. To be considered as an award recipient, applicants must list the University of Oxford as their first preference university choice. Chevening-Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholars will also be subject to the terms and conditions of the Chevening Scholarship.