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RHODES SCHOLARSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 2026

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Application Deadline: August 28, 2025.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The Rhodes Scholarship is a life-changing postgraduate opportunity to join outstanding young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford. Applications for the Rhodes Scholarship 2026 are now open!

ELIGIBILITY:

You must be a citizen of one of the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Principe and Togo.

You must have been resident in one or more of the countries listed above for at least five of the last ten years.

You must be aged 18-24 on 1st October 2025 (i.e. you must have been born after 1 October 2000 and before 2 October 2007)

OR for medical, dental, pharmaceutical, law and engineering students, to allow you to complete your professional internship,you must be aged 18-25 on 1st October 2025 (i.e. you must have been born after 1 October 1999 and before 2 October 2007)

You must have completed an undergraduate degree (usually a Bachelor’s) by the application deadline, and you must have an academic background and grade that is a First Class Honours Degree or equivalent.

In the case of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy courses, the highest classification your University awards, e.g. a Distinction would be considered equivalent to a First Class Honours Degree. Candidates must also have achieved a distinction in at least three of the five following subject areas: Medicine&surgery, Pathology, Pharmacology, Gynaecology, Paediatrics

You must meet the University of Oxford’s English language requirements. This means that unless you qualify for a test waiver, you must provide English test results with scores that meet the University’s higher level requirement

A certified copy of your birth certificate (or an affidavit of birth). A National Identity Card. A valid passport (with translation, if necessary) . A voter’s card . An affidavit notarised by a competent authority confirming that you are a bonafide citizen of your country

An official transcript from the college or university at which you are studying, or have studied, showing grades achieved (to date).

Evidence of residency within the region for at least five of the last ten years, for example official school records.

Evidence that you meet the University of Oxford’s English language requirements

A CV

A Personal Statement

 A total of four (minimum) to six (maximum) referees

BENEFIT:

The Rhodes Scholarship covers University of Oxford course fees, as well as providing an annual stipend. For the 2024/25 academic year, the stipend is £19,800 per annum (£1,650 per month) from which Scholars pay all living expenses, including accommodation. Please note: this is not sufficient to cover partners or dependents. 

The fee required to apply to study at the University of Oxford 

Fees for a student visa and associated International Health Surcharge (IHS), which enables international students to access the UK’s National Health Service 

Two economy class flights to and from the UK, for the beginning and end of studies in Oxford. 

On arrival in Oxford, Scholars receive a settling in allowance, and Scholars who transition to a second course of study in Oxford will receive assistance to cover the fees for visa renewal and further application for IHS. 

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2026 UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO FULLY FUNDED UNIVERSITY RECOMMENDED JAPANESE GOVERNMENT (MEXT) SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline: From October 15 to October 31, 2025, Japan Standard Time. The electronic application must be submitted within the application period.

LOCATION: Japan

The Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, accepts applications from international students for study in Japan who satisfy the following qualifications and conditions. Its aim is to foster human resources who will become bridges of friendship between the recipient’s country and Japan through study in Japan and who will contribute to the development of both countries and the wider world.

ELIGIBILITY:

International students with outstanding academic records who wish to enter Japan in October 2026 as new students and study in the Master’s or Doctoral Program at the Graduate School of Science. Additionally, applicants who have completed their admission application for entering the Master’s/Doctoral Program following the “Instructions for International Students applying to the Graduate School of Science (Special Selection for International Applicants)”

Applicants who have already graduated from their latest degree program should have a final grade point of 2.30 or higher, while current students should have a grade point of 2.30 or higher for their current courses, and both should be expected to maintain the same academic standards during the course of the scholarship program.

Grade points shall be calculated according to a formula specified by MEXT. Furthermore, students must meet one of the criteria given under “(7) Language Proficiency” given below.

Applicants must have the nationality of a country with diplomatic relations with the Japanese government. Applicants who have Japanese nationality at the time of application are ineligible. However, Japanese nationals that reside outside of Japan at the time of application, holding dual nationality with another country, and plan to renounce their Japanese nationality before arrival (equivalent to the time when they enroll as a student at a Japanese university) may apply.

In principle, applicants must be born on or after April 2, 1991.

Applicants must have the necessary qualifications to be admitted to the Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo as a Master’s or a Doctoral Program student.

Applicants should apply for the field of study that they studied at their previous university or a related field. Applicants should select a field that they are able to research at their chosen host university in Japan.

Applicants must meet one of the language requirements in either English or in Japanese as described below:

English: Holds an English proficiency test score equivalent to B2 or above on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scale (e.g. TOEFL iBT 72 or above, IELTS 5.5 or above).
To see what counts as “B2 or above on the CEFR scale”, please refer to the CEFR Equivalency Chart.

Has completed an educational program whose primary language of instruction is English that satisfies the entrance requirements to the Master’s Program or Doctoral Program at the Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo.

Japanese: Has passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) with a score of N2 or higher.

Has completed an educational program whose primary language of instruction is Japanese that satisfies the entrance requirements to the Master’s Program or Doctoral Program at the Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo.

Applicants must be physically and mentally healthy enough to pursue their studies in Japan.

For a recipient who will enroll in a Master’s Program or Doctoral Program, the scholarship will be payable for the standard period of time necessary for the recipient to complete his or her program (standard course term), starting from October 2026.

Master’s Program = October, 2026 – September, 2028 (2years)

Doctoral Program = October, 2026 – September, 2029 (3years)

BENEFIT:

AY2025 actual amounts: 144,000 yen/month (for a student of a Master’s Program), or 145,000 yen/month (for a student of a Doctoral Program)
(an additional monthly stipend of 2,000 or 3,000 yen may be added to those students undertaking study or research in some designated regions of the country.)

The scholarship will not be paid to a recipient during a leave of absence or a long absence from his or her university.

Transportation to Japan: MEXT will stipulate the travel schedule and route and provide an airline ticket for recipients who arrive in Japan during the designated period specified in “1.(9) Arrival in Japan“. The airline ticket will be an economy-class ticket for the flight from the international airport closest to the recipient’s residence (in principle, the country of nationality) to an international airport in Japan used on the normal route to the accepting university. 

School Fees: Enrollment and tuition fees will be exempted.

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