REACH OXFORD

Overview

  • A number of Oxford colleges offer Reach Oxford scholarships to students from developing countries who, for political or financial reasons, or because equivalent educational facilities do not exist, cannot study for a degree in their own countries.

Nationality

  • Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia, FYR Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Paraguay, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, West Bank and Gaza, Zimbabwe.

Other criteria

  • This scheme is only suitable for candidates of the highest academic ability who have outstanding examination results. However, financial need and social commitment are also major criteria for selection.

Level of study

  • Undergraduate degrees

Subject

  • All undergraduate subjects except Medicine

Duration

  • Full course duration

Type of student

  • Students accepted to start an undergraduate course from October 2010

Value

  • University and college fees, a full grant for living expenses and flights to/from the UK at the start and end of the course

Number

  • A small number of awards will be made, number to be confirmed

Closing date

  • 26 February 2010.

You must write a supporting statement that answers the following two questions in Section E of the application form:

  1. Why are you applying for this scholarship and what impact will it have on your career?
  2. How would you use the education you receive at Oxford for the benefit of your community?

Results

  • We expect to notify successful candidates in early May 2010.
  • A notice will appear on the online scholarship profile when decisions have been made. If you have not heard from us by the time this notice is posted, then your application to this scheme has been unsuccessful.

Other information

  • This scheme was formerly known as Oxford Students Scholarship (OSS)
  • In order to APPLY must  first have been offered a place at the University of Oxford for entry

Online scholarship information – three links

  1. www.admin.ox.ac.uk/studentfunding/scholarship_profiles/reachox.shtml
  2. SCHOLARSHIP – APPLICATION FORM
  3. How to APPLY – Oxford Undergraduate

 

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