The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is an institution for the fantastic study of Islam and the Muslim world. The Centre is a meeting place for people from both the Western and Islamic sciences. Oxford Centre established the scholarships for Islamic Studies to enable students to pursue their studies in a way that will aid people in and around the Muslim world.
At Oxford, the university is a significant contributing institution to cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary research that focuses on its study of the Islamic world. Beyond Oxford, its role is strengthened by the worldwide network of academic connections.
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarship will cover the full tuition and a grant to pay for daily living (at least £17,668). The awards will be used for the duration that you are responsible for the charges for the course you’ve opted to attend. Awards are awarded in conjunction with other funding sources. But this is a factor when deciding the value of the award.
Eligibility
You must be applying to start a new full-time master’s or DPhil course at Oxford.
You must be either:
- ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and from a Muslim community (with a preference for those from households with financial hardship), or
- a national of, and ordinarily resident in, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
It is recommended that you plan to return to the country of your usual residence after your course is complete.
The scholarships will be awarded according to academic merit.
You are likely to pursue a degree in an area related to Islamic practice that is relevant and beneficial for the Muslim world.
The scholarship is not available to applicants applying for postgraduate certificates or postgraduate diploma courses, part-time or non-matriculated classes.
Students who have deferred offers that will start in 2023-24 are not eligible to be considered for this scholarship.
How to Apply for Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarships
To be eligible and considered for this scholarship, you must follow these steps:
- In the University of Oxford Scholarships section of the University’s graduate application form, tick the box for the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarship;
- Submit your graduate studies application before the appropriate December/January deadline. Check the appropriate course page for deadlines that apply to your particular course; and
- Complete the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarships Supporting Statement to upload along with your graduate application form before the deadline.
The application committee will consider the information you fill in for the graduate admission form to evaluate your nationality as well as your country of regular residence. To find out the definition of ordinary residence and additional details regarding how to complete your graduate form, look up the nationality and ordinary residence area of the application for graduate studies and the guidelines included in the Application Guide.
To be considered for the application, candidates must successfully get granted a spot in their chosen course following the evaluation of their applications by the appropriate deadline in December/January. Course applications that are only considered on the December/January deadline date to be reviewed against those submitted by the deadline of March or those put on a waiting list will not be eligible for consideration for the scholarship.