Postgraduate Scholarships
Scholarships available by direct application to the College
You can apply for our scholarships if you are an applicant to, or current member of, the University of Oxford, applying or studying for a research programme for which St Edmund Hall admits graduate students (please see here for details of our courses). All awards are conditional on the holder becoming a member of St Edmund Hall.
- Up to three William R Miller Postgraduate awards – each in the form of a rent-free College room (present value approximately £6,000 p.a.). The awards will be made for one academic year to students entering the first or second year of a research degree (DPhil or MRes) in the academic year 2024-25.
- One Emden Doctorow postgraduate award to the value of £5,000, to be awarded for one academic year to a student entering the first or second year of a DPhil in the Social Sciences in the academic year 2024-25.
- One E.P.A. Cephalosporin postgraduate award to the value of approximately £5,000 p.a. to be awarded for three or four years (whilst within fee liability) to a student commencing a DPhil in the academic year 2024-25 to conduct research in the medical, biological or chemical sciences, and whose research falls within the interests of the E.P.A. Cephalosporin Fund.
Applications for the scholarships listed have now closed.
Scholarships for which University of Oxford applicants are automatically considered
Clarendon Partnership Awards
We are offering prestigious Clarendon Partnership Awards for entry in 2024. The Clarendon Fund is now open to students of all nationalities. The scholarship award process is conducted by the Clarendon Fund following nominations from departments and faculties.
The Specific Partnership Awards part funded by St Edmund Hall and available for 2024 entry include:
- DPhil in Old or Middle English – Bruce Mitchell Fund
Bruce Mitchell (1920-2010) was an outstandingly distinguished and famous scholar, whose text-books on Old English are classics in the field. He was a Fellow and a Tutor at St Edmund Hall from 1955 to 1987, and after his retirement was elected an Emeritus Fellow. The Bruce Mitchell Scholarship has been made possible by the generosity of Bruce and his widow, Mrs Mollie Mitchell (1921-2017). - DPhil Law – William Asbrey Scholarship
This award is made possible thanks to the generosity of Mr William Asbrey, to support a promising graduate student commencing a DPhil in Law. William Asbrey won a state scholarship and came to the Hall to read Law in 1949. This was followed by National Service in the Royal Air Force. He was a solicitor in his home town of Kettering, Northamptonshire and made much of his wealth on the stock market. He was a keen follower of cricket and politics. When he died in 2015, he left his entire estate to the Hall. - DPhil French – Besse Scholarhip
- DPhil in any subject considered by the College – Frederick Brockhues Scholarship
Routledge Scholarship
A scholarship of £6,000 awarded annually to a student on the MSc in Comparative and International Education. All those who apply for the programme by the 2 March 2024 deadline are automatically considered by the Department of Education. The fund is intended to serve a student who may not otherwise be able to enrol.
William Asbrey BCL Studentship
A studentship of £10,000 awarded annually to a student on the BCL. The studentship is jointly funded by the Asbrey legacy and the Law faculty. Applicants are automatically considered for the studentship by the Law Faculty.
St Edmund Hall Oxford Women in Law BCL Scholarship
A studentship of £10,000 awarded annually to a student on the BCL. The studentship is jointly funded by a Teddy Hall Alumnus and the Law faculty. Applicants are automatically considered for the studentship by the Law Faculty.
St Edmund Hall OxCEP Scholarship
A scholarship of £5,000 awarded to a DPhil student for three years. This award is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Oxford Chinese Economy Programme (OxCEP), which aims to foster academic links between St Edmund Hall and Chinese academic institutions through visiting speaker programmes and academic courses, including ones in medical topics, in Oxford. Applicants are automatically considered for the scholarship by the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine.
The Harriet and Joan Neal Graduate Research Scholarship into Amyloid Angiopathy
Michael Neal, St. Edmund Hall, (1955) generously created the Harriet and Joan Neal Scholarship in 2023 in memory of his mother Harriet and his wife Joan, who sadly died in March 2020 as a result of a stroke caused by cerebral amyloid angiopathy. CAA may be familial and in an attempt to protect his family from the disease (however unlikely it may be) Michael set up the Harriet and Joan Neal Scholarship to fund research in this area.
Michael was born in 1934 in Liverpool. He went to school at Rossall. He did national service in the army from 1953-1955 and was commissioned in the Royal Artillery where he qualified as an Air Observation Post pilot. He came up to Oxford at the age of 21 to the Hall where he read Jurisprudence, completing his degree in 1958, and he moved to Canada later that year where he forged a successful career in Chartered Accountancy and working with underperforming companies and venture capital firms. He retired in 1990.
The scholarship is open to both UK Home students and those with overseas status. For information on eligibility, fees and how to apply, please click here.
Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme
Each year the College can support five partnership awards with the Weidenfeld-Hoffman Scholarship and Leadership Programme. The scholarship provides full fees and stipend with the College contributing to living costs each year. This is largely for Masters courses lasting one year. Interested students can find out more information and how to apply on the Weidenfeld-Hoffman website. Our contribution to several of these awards is made possible by the generous contributions from the Julius Baer Foundation, as well as the Mitchell, Mrs Brown and Shauib Chaudhardy Funds.
Scholarships available by application to other institutions
China Scholarship Council – University of Oxford Scholarships
Up to twenty scholarships are available for Chinese nationals, ordinarily resident in the mainland Peoples’ Republic of China, who are applying to start a new DPhil course at Oxford. These awards include all university and college fees, a grant for living expenses and a return flight from China to the UK. More information is available on the University website.
The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Fellowship
Awarded for one year to a student who has just completed an undergraduate programme at Columbia College and who wishes to pursue a Masters degree in the Social Sciences at St Edmund Hall. Further information from Columbia College.
