Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme

Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme

The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme is designed to nurture future leaders by offering exceptional university graduates and professionals from developing and emerging economies the opportunity for fully-funded graduate studies at the Oxford University. This initiative is coupled with a comprehensive leadership development program, long-term mentoring, and networking opportunities.

Background

Established in 2015, the Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme commemorated Lord Weidenfeld’s 95th birthday, supported by generous donations from various benefactors. An additional donation of £9 million by Trustee and Chairman André Hoffmann in June 2017, along with matched funding of £6 million from Oxford University, doubled the program’s size.

These scholarships are a part of the Oxford Graduate Scholarships, formed through a pioneering matched funding initiative to provide fully-funded scholarships for outstanding graduate students worldwide. Oxford University contributes 40% of the funds, with the remaining 60% generously donated by supporters of the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust, including Fondation Hoffmann.

The Leadership Programme is an integral component, where scholars engage in philosophical discussions, gain business skills, and receive communication training within a supportive community. Further details about this program are available on the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust website.

Scholarship Coverage

The scholarship covers 100% of course fees and offers a living cost grant of at least £18,622. Awards are provided to cover the full duration of the course fee liability.

Partnership Schemes

In addition to the Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarship and Leadership Programme, the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust collaborates with the Hualan Education Group and Chevening. The Hope Scholarships are also extended as part of the University’s ‘Oxford Sanctuary Community’ for individuals with a displacement background. These scholarships involve partnerships with multiple colleges, where the college contributes to the funding, and successful candidates will be transferred to one of the partner colleges upon receiving the scholarship.

Scholarship Outcomes

Decisions on scholarship awards are anticipated to be made by the end of May 2024. Applicants not notified by this time should assume that their application was unsuccessful. Due to the high volume of applications, individual feedback on unsuccessful applications cannot be provided.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be applying for a new graduate course at Oxford and must be ordinarily resident in one of the eligible countries listed. Additionally:

• Applicants should intend to return to their country of ordinary residence after completing the course.
• A strong connection between the subject of study and long-term career objectives should be demonstrated, explaining how their professional work will contribute to public life.

Eligible 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
• MSt Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
• MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management
• MSc Comparative Social Policy
• MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies
• MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice
• MSt Diplomatic Studies
• MSc Economics for Development
• MSc Education (Comparative and International Education)
• MSc Education (Digital and Social Change)
• 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 Japanese 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 Russian and East European Studies
• MSt Slavonic Studies
• MSc Social Data Science
• MSc Social Science of the Internet
• MSc Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment
• MSc Water Science, Policy and Management
• MSt Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Eligible countries

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• China
• China Tibet
• China, Macau SAR
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo, Dem. Rep.
• Congo, Rep.
• Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• Cuba
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• French Guiana
• Gabon
• Gambia, The
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Haiti
• Honduras
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Korea (North)
• Kosovo
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lao PDR
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar (Burma)
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Macedonia
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestinian territories
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Réunion
• Russian Federation
• Rwanda
• Saint Helena
• Samoa
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Syria
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste (East Timor)
• Togo
• Tonga
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Western Sahara
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Application Process: To be considered for the scholarship, applicants must select the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme in the University of Oxford Scholarships section of the graduate application form and submit the application for graduate study by the relevant December or January deadline for the course.

Further information, including eligibility criteria, details on the application process, and partnership awards with other organizations, can be found on the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust website or by contacting info@whtrust.org. Candidates for the Chevening-Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships should apply via the Chevening website and designate the University of Oxford as their first preference university choice. Chevening-Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholars are also subject to the terms and conditions of the Chevening Scholarship.

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