OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS/ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD'S SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES DIVISIONS SCHOLARSHIPS

Background

Offered in collaboration with the Open Society Foundations and the University of Oxford, these scholarships enable students of outstanding academic merit to pursue one-year taught postgraduate courses of study at the University of Oxford in subjects relevant to the needs of their countries.

Eligibility

- Selected one year taught master's courses within the University of Oxford’s Social Sciences and Humanities Divisions
- Any scholarship awards are conditional upon you being offered a place to study at Oxford, and meeting all the conditions of that offer
- Applicants will be required to have passed an English proficiency test before being offered a scholarship. The minimum requirement for
  study on the eligible courses at Oxford is IELTS 7.5 (with minimum 7.0 in each component) or TOEFL - 630 (minimum Test of Written
  English score - 5) or Computer based TOEFL - 267 (minimum essay writing score - 5) or Internet based TOEFL – 109 or Cambridge
  Certificate of proficiency in English - B. Local representatives of Open Society Foundations will arrange tests for short-listed candidates
  after the interviews, if applicants have not already successfully taken a test in the 2 years prior to the interview.
- All applicants must have completed at least three years of BA course (in the Bologna system) or four years of university study and have
  obtained, or expect to obtain, the appropriate degree(s) not later than September 2012.
- Applicants must be citizens of and resident in one of the following countries during the academic year in which they apply for the award:
  Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Georgia, and Montenegro. Applicants who are temporarily out of the country (for a total
  period of less than three consecutive months) may be treated as being resident.
- Applicants should be planning to return to their home country at the end of the period of study.
- Applicants should have a proven track record of success or excellence in their professional life distinguishing them from their peers and
  contemporaries and clear commitment to open society goals.

Scholarship

Each scholarship provides tuition fees and college fees at the University of Oxford, a stipend to cover living costs(for one person only) and return air travel from the scholar’s homecountry.  On completion of the scholarship, scholars will return to their home countries to continue their studies/work there.

Deadline: 20 January 2012

For more info click here