Scholarships
Wolfson believes that financial hardship should not be a barrier to access for higher education. Supporting our students is a priority for Wolfson College and in recent years the College has been focused on increasing the scholarship support available.
General Information
Applications for all scholarships should be submitted to the University of Oxford under the standard procedure before the January deadline.
Students applying for UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) graduate funding may also be considered for a Wolfson-partnered UKRI award. Preference will be given to applicants who have listed Wolfson as their first-choice college when two (or more) candidates are of equal academic merit. As there are specific eligibility requirements for UKRI awards, information should be sought from the department, faculty or the Centre for doctoral training.
Any queries about Wolfson scholarships can be directed to the Academic Registrar.
Eligible degree subjects
- DPhil Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics (LPP)
Scholarship for a DPhil in LPP, offered in partnership with the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics. - DPhil Astrophysics
Scholarship for a DPhil in Astrophysics, offered in partnership with the Sub-Department of Astrophysics. - DPhil Materials
Scholarship for a 3.5-year DPhil in Materials, offered in partnership with the Department of Materials. *Note: this scholarship has not yet been finalised and may not be available for award. - DPhil Social Intervention & Policy Evaluation OR DPhil Social Policy
Scholarship for a three-year DPhil in Social Intervention & Policy Evaluation, OR a three-year DPhil in Social Policy, offered in partnership with the Department of Social Policy & Intervention.
Value of award
Course Fees (at the Home/ROI rate) and a grant for living costs (up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend, which was £18,622 in 2023-2024). A student on a part-time course will receive a study support grant instead. Awards are made for the full duration of fee liability for the agreed course.
The awards will be made in partnership with a number of departments, faculties and centres for doctoral training that may, exceptionally, enhance an award to bring it up to the Overseas Course Fee rate.
The Oxford Wolfson Marriott Scholarships have been made possible by a donation the late Dr Francis Marriott, who was a University Lecturer and Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 2012.
Wolfson College is a partner to the University’s Academic Futures scheme, which offers fully-funded scholarships to both postgraduate research and taught students across three programme streams which target under-represented groups.
More information on Academic Futures, including detailed information on each stream, eligibility, value of award and application process, can be found here.
Eligible degree subjects
Open to any applicants who are applying for a DPhil based in the Department of Physics in any branch of Physics.
Value of awards
Course Fees and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part time students will receive a proportional study support grant.
Partnership
The scholarships are offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund for 2024-25 entry.
The Wolfson Harrison Physics Scholarships are generously funded by Dr Simon Harrison. Dr Harrison is an alumnus of the Wolfson College and the Department of Physics
Eligible degree subjects
Open to applicants who are applying for a DPhil based in the Department of Computer Science and who will research multidisciplinary quantum structures.
Value of award
Course Fees (at the Home/ROI rate) and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant.
Partnership
The award is offered in partnership with the Department of Computer Science.
The Wolfson Harrison UKRI Quantum Scholarship is generously funded by Dr Simon Harrison. Dr Harrison is an alumnus of Wolfson College and the Department of Physics.
Eligible degree subjects
The Dr Liu Chak Wan Scholarships are available for applicants who are applying to undertake any qualifying 9 or 12-month Master’s degree offered by Wolfson College and the University of Oxford.
Value of award
Course fees and a grant for living costs for full-time students of £18,365 per year (students on part-time courses will receive a study support grant instead). Awards are made for the full duration of fee liability.
Eligibility criteria
Applicants must be graduates of the Macau University of Science & Technology.
How to apply
All applicants should apply to the University of Oxford under the standard procedures for graduate degrees for 2024-25, by the January deadline for their eligible programme of study. Applicants must also complete a short application form which can be found here.
Eligible degree subjects
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates who are applying for entry to a postgraduate research programme in October 2024 in an area of Ancient Word Studies: Classical Languages and Literature, Ancient History, Classical Philology, AMES (ancient areas) or Archaeology.
Value of award
Course Fees (at the Home/ROI rate) and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part time students will receive a proportional study support grant.
The Lorne Thyssen Scholarship is awarded by the Ancient World Research Cluster at Wolfson College. The Cluster comprises Governing Body Fellows, emeritus, supernumerary, and research fellows, and current students.
Eligible degree subjects
The Wolfson Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley Clarendon Scholarship is available for applicants who are applying to undertake any taught or research postgraduate course in history, for research pertaining to (1) Spanish or Latin American history, or (2) general European history.
Value of award
Course Fees and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant. Any award is pro-rata length of course.
Partnership
The Wolfson Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley Clarendon Scholarship was endowed by the family of Professor Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley, and is partnered with the Clarendon Fund.
Eligible degree subjects
The Wolfson Guy Newton Clarendon Scholarship, offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund, is available for applicants who are applying to undertake a DPhil with a focus on conducting biological, chemical or medical research.
Value of award
Course Fees and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant.
Partnership
The scholarship is offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund.
The Guy Newton Trust Fund was established from a donation in 1975 for the purpose of funding biological, chemical or medical research.
Eligible degree subjects
The Ken and Veronica Tregidgo Scholarships in Atomic and Laser Physics, offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund for 2024-2025, are open to any applicants who are applying to undertake a DPhil in Atomics and Laser Physics, based in the Department of Physics.
Value of award
Course Fees and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant.
Partnership
These scholarships are offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund.
These scholarships are made possible thanks to the generosity of Wolfson alumnus Ken Tregidgo.
Eligible degree subjects
The scholarship, offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund, is open to applicants applying to undertake a DPhil with a focus on Jewish History in the Second Temple Period and Late Antiquity.
Value of award
Course Fees and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part time students will receive a proportional study support grant.
Partnership
The scholarship is offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund.
This scholarship is made possible thanks to the generosity of the 2nd J. A. Littman Foundation.
Eligible degree subjects
This scholarship is open to applicants applying to undertake a 1-year Masters course with a focus on Greek material culture from 700 to 30BC.
Value of award
Course Fees and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) pro-rata length of course for the duration of fee liability; part time students will receive a proportional study support grant. Where the scholar’s course is less than 12 months, the stipend is pro-rata length of course.
Partnerships
The scholarship is offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund.
This scholarship is made possible thanks to the generosity of Christian Levett and Wolfson College’s Ancient World Research Cluster.
Eligible degree subjects
Applicants who are applying for any full-time or part-time graduate course for which Wolfson accepts students, and who are specialising in Assyriology.
Value of award
Course Fees (at the Home/ROI rate) and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part time students will receive a proportional study support grant.
Partnerships
The scholarship is jointly funded by the Oxford Graduate Scholarship Matched Fund and an anonymous donation.
Eligible degree subjects
The Wolfson Jeremy Black Clarendon Scholarship is available for applicants who are applying to undertake a DPhil in any course specialising in Assyriology, Sumerian, or Akkadian studies.
Value of award
Course Fees and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part time students will receive a proportional study support grant.
Partnerships
The scholarship is offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund.
The Jeremy Allen Black Trust Fund was established in memory of Dr Jeremy Allen Black, a former Fellow of Wolfson College and University Lecturer in Akkadian.
Eligible degree subjects
The Rachel Conrad Scholarship is available for applicants who are applying to undertake a DPhil specialising in the study of clinical depression.
Value of award
Course Fees and a grant for living costs for full-time students up to the UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£18,622 in 2023-24) for the duration of fee liability; part time students will receive a proportional study support grant.
Partnerships
The scholarship is offered in partnership with the Clarendon Fund.
This endowed scholarship has been made possible thanks to a generous legacy from Reuben Conrad CBE in memory of his late wife, Rachel.
Eligible degree subjects
The Khyentse-Pritzker scholarship is available to all Master’s students (MPhil and MSt) in the field of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies. The award may be held in conjunction with other partial scholarships, but the total value of your scholarships may not exceed full Course Fees and the UKRI National Minimum Doctoral Stipend.
Value of award
These are partial scholarships at the value of £5,000 each.
The funding for this scholarship has been made available thanks to the generosity of the Margot and Tom Pritzker Art Collaborative and the Khyentse Foundation.
