Oxford Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarship 2027-28: from 1 Dec

This is a fully funded Oxford scholarship with a leadership programme built in. It pays for one of 40 listed Master's-level courses and adds a year of leadership training, mentoring and networking run by the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust. The University puts up 40% of the money and the Trust's donors 60%.

Is India eligible?

Yes. India is on the scholarship's list of eligible countries. What decides it is where you are ordinarily resident, not your passport: you must be ordinarily resident in one of the eligible countries, and Oxford reads this from the nationality and ordinary residence section of your graduate application form. An applicant who declared refugee or displaced status is assessed on nationality instead.

Who can apply

• You are applying to start a new full-time graduate course at Oxford, on one of the eligible courses below
• You intend to return to your country of ordinary residence when the course ends
• You can show how your subject connects to your long-term career, and how your work will improve public life in your country of origin, in your region or internationally
• The scholarship is meant for outstanding graduates and professionals, mainly from developing and emerging economies, who could not otherwise afford to study at Oxford
• Not eligible: anyone holding a deferred offer to start in 2027-28, and current Oxford students unless they are already Weidenfeld-Hoffmann scholars

What it pays

• All of your course fees
• A grant for living costs of at least £21,805
• Both for the full length of your fee liability on the agreed course
• A year-long leadership programme: philosophical discussions, business skills and communication training

Several colleges pay part of the award, so successful scholars are moved to one of those partner colleges.

Only these 40 courses qualify

The BCL, MBA, MJur and MPP, and the MSc or MSt in Advanced Computer Science, African Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Biodiversity Conservation and Nature Recovery, Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience, Comparative Social Policy, Contemporary Chinese Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Diplomatic Studies, Economics for Development, Education (three pathways: Comparative and International Education, Digital and Social Change, and Higher Education), Energy Systems, Environmental Change and Policy, Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation, Financial Economics, Global Governance and Diplomacy, Global Health Science and Epidemiology, Health Service Improvement and Evaluation, International Health and Tropical Medicine, Islamic Studies and History, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Law and Finance, Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, Migration Studies, Modern Middle Eastern Studies, Modern South Asian Studies, Nature Society and Environmental Governance, Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Russian and East European Studies, Social Data Science, Social Science of the Internet, Sustainability Enterprise and the Environment, and Water Science Policy and Management.

Deadlines — every course sets its own

You must apply for your course by its December or January deadline. These were read on the course pages for 2027-28 entry on 21 September 2026. Every deadline is 12:00 midday UK time, which is 5:30 pm in India in December and January:

• 1 December 2026 — MSc Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience; MSc Global Health Science and Epidemiology
• 2 December 2026 — MPP; MSc Global Governance and Diplomacy
• 5 January 2027 — MSt Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
• 6 January 2027 — MSc Advanced Computer Science
• 7 January 2027 — MSc Comparative Social Policy; all three MSc Education pathways
• 26 January 2027 — MSc African Studies; MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Nature Recovery; MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies; MSc Economics for Development; MSc Environmental Change and Policy
• 27 January 2027 — BCL; MJur; MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice; MSc Energy Systems; MSt Diplomatic Studies

That is 20 of the 40. The rest, the MBA included, are on their own course pages. Some courses also list a March deadline, and it does not count: an application held over to be judged in the March round, or put on a waiting list, is not considered for this scholarship.

How to apply — two steps beyond the course application

• In the University of Oxford Scholarships section of your graduate application form, select the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme. If you do not select it, you are not considered
• Download the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships Statement 2027/28 from the scholarship's page, complete it, and upload it with your application by your course's deadline
• You must then be offered a place on your course in the December or January round

Selecting this scholarship also lets the Trust consider you for its partner awards, including those with Chevening and the Oxford Pakistan Programme. The Chevening-Weidenfeld-Hoffmann award itself is applied for separately, through Chevening's own application, with Oxford as your first choice of university.

The cost the scholarship does not mention

The scholarship costs nothing, but applying to an Oxford course does. Oxford charges £75 for taught courses, which it defines as including the MSc and MSt, and £20 for research courses. The BCL, MJur, MBA and MPP are not named on Oxford's fee page, so check the fee when you apply. It is paid in pounds by card when you submit and it is not refunded. India is not on Oxford's list of countries whose applicants have the fee waived.

Selection and results

• Shortlisted candidates are interviewed, probably online, in April 2027
• Oxford expects to make decisions by the end of May 2027
• Unsuccessful applicants are not contacted individually and get no feedback. If you have heard nothing by the end of May 2027, assume you were not selected

Where to apply

Apply for your course through Oxford's graduate application form, select this scholarship in its Oxford scholarships section, and upload the statement. The scholarship's page, linked above as the official source, has the statement form and the full lists of eligible courses and countries.

Checked on 21 September 2026 against Oxford's Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme page, including its eligible course and country lists, twenty of the eligible courses' own pages for 2027-28 entry, and Oxford's application fee pages. Oxford sets deadlines course by course, so open your own course page before you plan around any date here.