Postgraduate Scholarships

Scholarships for which University of Oxford applicants are automatically considered

Clarendon Partnership Awards
We are offering prestigious Clarendon Partnership Awards for entry in 2026. 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 2026 entry include:

• 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 in any subject considered by the College – Clarendon and St Edmund Hall 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 4 March 2025 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.

Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme
Each year the College can support three 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 Shuaib Chaudhary 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 is available from Columbia College.