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Clarendon Fund Scholarships

University of Oxford · University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Level
Master’s or DPhil (doctorate)
Where
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Money
Full fees and a living grant
Fields
Law, Medicine, Engineering

In short

Oxford’s flagship, University-wide graduate scholarship: more than 200 awards a year, covering full fees and a living grant. It is open to all nationalities and almost every graduate course, so a Sierra Leonean and a Nigerian and a Brazilian all apply the same way — by applying for the course itself.

There is no subject preference, so Law (BCL, MJur, MSc, DPhil), Medicine and the health sciences, and Engineering Science all qualify. What matters is the strength of your course application: grades, references and, for research, a supervisor who wants you.

Who can apply

  • You have applied for a full-time or part-time master’s or DPhil at Oxford. Non-degree courses, and standalone PGCert or PGDip courses, are not eligible.
  • You have, or are on track for, a strong first degree — a UK first or high upper-second, or the overseas equivalent.
  • You are any nationality. There is no country restriction.
  • You are not already holding a deferred offer and you are not simply continuing the same Oxford degree into another year.

Papers they ask for

  • The Oxford graduate application for your chosen course: transcripts and degree certificates.
  • References in the number your course sets, usually two or three, academic.
  • A personal statement or statement of purpose, and for research courses a research proposal.
  • A writing sample, GRE/GMAT, or English-language test only where your specific course asks for it.

What it pays

  • All University and college fees, in full
  • A living grant for the whole course (at least about £20,000 a year for full-time study)
  • Access to the Clarendon Scholars’ community, events and development funds

How to apply

  1. Pick the exact Oxford course and read its page for the deadline and the documents it wants.
  2. Build the application early: order transcripts and ask referees weeks ahead, not days.
  3. Submit the complete course application by that course’s deadline — this is also your Clarendon deadline. There is no extra form.
  4. If you are offered the course and selected, Oxford tells you about the Clarendon award with, or soon after, the course offer.

Read this before you file

  • Course deadlines differ. A December date for one course and a January date for another are both normal — use your own course page, not a general one.
  • A late or incomplete course application is simply not considered for Clarendon, even if you are admitted later.
  • The living-grant figure is reviewed each year; treat the amount here as the order of magnitude, not a promise.

Checked against the provider’s page on 11 October 2026. If this note and that page disagree, the provider is right. Lanbuk does not award this scholarship.