Graduate Scholarships
St Catherine's College expects to be able to award the following Graduate Scholarships with effect from October 2012:
College Scholarship (Arts) | For students reading for a research degree in the Arts | Closing date: Friday 9 March 2012 | |
College Scholarship (Sciences) | For students reading for a research degree in the Sciences. | Closing date: Friday 9 March 2012 | |
Glaxo Scholarship | For students with a confirmed place on the 2nd BM or accelerated graduate entry medicine course | Closing date: Friday 9 March 2012 | |
Great Eastern Scholarship | For Indian nationals reading for a research degree | Closing date: Friday 9 March 2012 | |
Leathersellers' Company Scholarship | For graduates of European (including UK) universities reading for a research degree in the Sciences | Closing date: Friday 9 March 2012 | |
Light Senior Scholarships | For graduate students of the College who registered during or before the current academic year | Closing date: Friday 9 March 2012 | |
Magellan Prize | For the best student beginning graduate studies in the University of Oxford in the language, literature, culture, or history of the Portuguese speaking world |
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Random House Scholarship | For students reading for a postgraduate degree related to Jewish Studies (particular preference will be given to topics related to the history of the Holocaust) | more information | Closing date: Friday 9 March 2012 |
Wilfrid Knapp Scholarship (Sciences) | For students reading for a research degree in the Sciences | more information | Closing date: Friday 9 March 2012 |
All the above Graduate Scholarships may be held in conjunction with an award from another body and carry entitlement to limited High Table dining rights. With the exception of the Light Senior Scholarships they also carry entitlement to up to two years’ single accommodation in College or a College House (at the current room charge rate), which should be taken in the first two years of the scholarship.
The scholarships are open both to new graduate students commencing graduate study at Oxford in October 2012 and to current graduate students who will have completed no more than two years of graduate research degree study at Oxford in October 2012.
With the exception of the Light Senior Scholarships, students at other colleges are eligible to apply, but would need to migrate to St Catherine's to take up any of these scholarships if their application was successful.
Before awarding any Scholarship, the College must be satisfied that sufficient funding is available to cover all costs, including University and College fees and maintenance, for the full duration of the course. For the academic year 2011/12, the University estimates that a single student spending 12 months in Oxford, and in college accommodation or in private accommodation in a shared house, would need at least £12,300 to cover living expenses, excluding the cost of travel to and from Oxford.
There is no application form for any of these scholarships. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae with a covering letter including a research outline (where appropriate) and statement of other means of financial support to the Academic Registrar, St. Catherine's College, Oxford OX1 3UJ (Email: academic.registrar@stcatz.ox.ac.uk. Fax: +44 (0)1865 271768) to arrive not later than Friday 9 March 2012.
Please remember to specify the scholarship(s) for which you wish to apply.
In addition, candidates should arrange for two people acquainted with their recent academic work to send a confidential report direct to the Academic Registrar, St. Catherine's College, Oxford OX1 3UJ (Email: academic.registrar@stcatz.ox.ac.uk. Fax: +44 (0)1865 271768) to arrive not later than Friday 9 March 2012.
The College plans to interview short-listed candidates during the weeks ending Friday 20 April, Friday 27 April and Friday 4 May 2012 and expects to notify applicants of the outcome of their applications during the week ending Friday 25 May 2012.
