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Scholarships for Graduates

Balliol College offers numerous scholarships for graduate study every year. For admission in the academic year 2024/2025 we intend, if there are candidates of sufficient merit, to make the awards listed below. Where appropriate they may be held in conjunction with other awards, particularly those of the University of Oxford such as the Clarendon Fund, and those of the UK Research Councils.

We will consider all eligible applicants to Oxford for our College scholarships, regardless of whether or not you state Balliol as your preferred college on your graduate application form. If we offer you a Balliol scholarship we will also offer you a place at Balliol, which will take the place of any earlier college offer you may have.

There is no separate application process; you simply need to apply for your graduate course by the relevant December or January deadline (see your course page for more information). Please see available scholarships with eligibility criteria below.

  • Alfred Douglas Stone Scholarship: No restrictions
  • Andrew Neil Crompton: Students applying to read for an advanced degree in Classics
  • The Bruce Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced degree that contributes to achieving global net zero green house gas emissions.
  • Arthur James Richmond Paton Scholarship: Students with a previous degree from Balliol applying to read Law
  • Balliol Scholarship: No restrictions
  • Dan Norman Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced degree and conducting scientific research relating to addiction (discipline restrictions apply, please refer to advertisement)
  • Dervorguilla Scholarship: Female students applying to read for advanced degrees in the Medical Sciences, MPLS or Social Sciences divisions
  • Eddie Dinshaw Scholarship: Students of Indian nationality to read for any advanced degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, History, Law or Physical and Biological Sciences
  • Foley-BĂ©jar Scholarship: Students from Spain, Mexico and the Republic of Ireland, or Northern Ireland applying to read advanced degrees with no subject restrictions
  • Jason Hu Scholarship: Students from Taiwan and China applying to read advanced degrees with no subject restrictions
  • John Henry Jones Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced research degree in MPLS or Social Sciences divisions
  • Jowett Scholarship: No restrictions
  • McDougall Law Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced degree in Law
  • Oxford Economics Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced degree in macroeconomics, whose applications demonstrate a particular interest in contemporary policy in its international context
  • Peter Storey Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced degree in History
  • Ramage Scholarship: Female students applying to read for an advanced degree in Medical Sciences or the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division
  • Singapore Law Scholarship: Students from Singapore applying to read for an advanced degree in Law
  • Tang Scholarship: Students studying for the BPhil or DPhil in the Faculty of Philosophy or the DPhil in Legal Philosophy in the Faculty of Law who are researching a topic related to the rule of law in its broadest sense

Not all College scholarships are available every year. The following scholarships are offered by the College, but are not expected to be awarded to new students for the 2024/2025 academic year:

  • Anderson Scholarship: Students who are applying to read for an advanced degree and are nationals of France, Norway or Mauritius
  • Black Academic Futures Scholarship: Students resident in the UK who are of Black or Mixed-Black ethnicity applying to read for a research degree
  • Brassey Italian Scholarship: Students applying to read for a higher degree in Modern Languages where the principal language of study is Italian.
  • Brian Dickinson Scholarship: Students applying to read for a higher degree in Maths, Classics, or Philosophy
  • Gregory Kulkes Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced degree in Law
  • Hakeem Belo-Osagie Scholarship: Students from Africa (or with a passport from any African country) studying for an advanced degree in any subject
  • J T Hamilton Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced degree in Physics
  • Mark Sadler Scholarship: Students applying to read Mathematics
  • Mehnert Chemistry Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced degree in Chemistry
  • Marvin Bower Scholarship: Students applying to read for a higher degree in International Relations, Management or Business Studies (excluding the MBA), Economics, or Mathematics,
  • Sir John Keegan Scholarship: Students applying to read for an advanced degree in History, with a preference for work in the tradition of military history pioneered by Sir John Keegan
  • Snell Exhibition and Snell Scholarship: applying to read for a higher degree having already completed a degree at the University of Glasgow.