Scholarships

Wolfson College will be offering a large number of new scholarships for students starting graduate programmes in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Please contact the Academic Registrar with any queries or for further information.

Support for students is a priority for Wolfson College and in recent years the College has been focused on increasing the scholarship support available. 


General Information

  • There is no separate College application procedure for any of the scholarships, except the Dr Liu Chak Wan scholarships.
  • Applications should be made by the January deadline for your chosen course. 
  • All applicants should apply to the University under the standard procedures for graduate degrees.
  • Applicants who apply by the January deadline for their chosen course will automatically be considered for Clarendon awards.
  • 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.


Oxford Wolfson Marriott Graduate Scholarships

These scholarships have been made possible by a philanthropic legacy from the late Dr Francis Marriott and from a donation from the University's Graduate Scholarship Matched Fund. Each scholarship covers course fees (at the Home/ROI rate for DPhil applicants) and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant). 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 fee level. 

Wolfson will be offering several Marriott awards for 2024 entry. Please refer to the further particulars below for more information.

When awarding these scholarships, 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. 

Further particulars are available here.


Academic Futures

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. We hope to welcome at least one Academic Futures scholar from October 2024.

More information on Academic Futures, including detailed information on each stream, eligibility, value of award and application process, can be found here.


Wolfson Harrison Physics Scholarships

Up to two scholarships, partnered with the Clarendon Fund, which together cover course fees and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be at least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant) for applicants applying for a DPhil in any branch of Physics. 

Further particulars available here.


Wolfson Harrison UK Research Council Quantum Foundation Scholarship

The scholarship covers course fees (at Home/ROI rate) and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant) for applicants who are applying for a DPhil based in the Department of Computer Science and who will research multidisciplinary quantum structures. 

Further particulars available here.


Dr Liu Chak Wan Scholarships

These scholarships cover course fees and a grant for living costs (for full-time students the grant will be £18,365; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant). Applicants must be graduates of the Macau University of Science & Technology and must be applying for an eligible Master's degree.

A separate College application is required for this scholarship, which must be submitted to admissions@wolfson.ox.ac.uk by 1st February 2024.

For more information about eligible programmes, and the application form, please click the link below. Preference may be given to applicants who have listed Wolfson as their first-choice college. 

Further particulars available here.


AWRC Lorne Thyssen Scholarship

The scholarship covers course fees (at the Home/ROI rate) and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant) and is open to applicants who are applying for a postgraduate research programme in an area of Ancient World Studies (Classical Languages and Literature, Ancient History, Classical Philology, AMES, or Archaeology).

Further particulars available here.


Wolfson College Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley Clarendon Scholarship

The scholarship, partnered with the Clarendon Fund, together covers course fees and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant) 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. 

Further particulars available here.


Wolfson Guy Newton Clarendon Scholarship

The scholarship, partnered with the Clarendon Fund, together covers course fees and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant) for students applying to undertake a DPhil with a focus on conducting biological, chemical or medical research.

Further particulars available here.


Ken and Veronica Tregidgo Scholarship in Atomic and Laser Physics

Up to two scholarships, partnered with the Clarendon Fund, which together cover course fees and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant) for students applying to undertake a DPhil in Atomic and Laser Physics.

Further particulars available here.


Louis Littman Scholarship in Jewish History in the Second Temple Period and Late Antiquity

The scholarship, partnered with the Clarendon Fund, together covers course fees and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant). The scholarship is open to applicants applying to undertake a DPhil with a focus on Jewish History in the Second Temple Period and Late Antiquity.

Further particulars available here.


Mougins Museum Ashmolean Scholarship

The scholarship, partnered with the Clarendon Fund, together covers course fees and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622 pro-rata length of course; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant). The scholarship is open to applicants applying to undertake a 1 year Masters course with a focus on greek material culture from 700 to 30BC.

Further particulars available here.


Oxford-Wolfson-Reginald Campbell Thompson Graduate Scholarship in Assyriology

The scholarship covers course fees (at Home/ROI rate) and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant). This award is for applicants who are applying for any course for which Wolfson admits for, and who are specialising in Assyriology. 

Further particulars available here.


Wolfson Jeremy Black Clarendon Scholarship

The scholarship, partnered with the Clarendon Fund, covers course fees and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant) for DPhil applicants who are applying to any course specialising in Assyriology, Sumerian, or Akkadian studies. 

Further particulars available here.


Rachel Conrad Scholarship for the study of Clinical Depression

The scholarship, partnered with the Clarendon Fund, covers course fees and a grant for living costs (for full time students the grant will be least £18,622; part-time students will receive a proportional study support grant) for DPhil applicants specialising in the study of clinical depression.

Further particulars available here.


Khyentse-Pritzker Scholarships in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies

Two partial scholarships of £5,000 each are available to applicants of all Master's programmes (MPhil and MSt) in the field of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies. Recipients of the scholarship will be based at, and become a member of, Wolfson College. The award will be for the duration of one academic year in the first instance, but it may be possible to re-apply in the following year. 

Further particulars available here.