Rhodes Southern Africa Scholarships Programme 2026 for Postgraduate study at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline: 01 August 2025

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 Rhodes Southern Africa Scholarships Programme. The Rhodes Scholarship is a completely funded, full time, postgraduate award which allows proficient younger individuals from round the world to study at the University of Oxford. Rhodes Scholars come to the UK for two or extra years and might apply to study most full-time postgraduate programs provided by Oxford University.

Scholarships in Southern Africa are distributed as follows:

a. South Africa-at-Large Scholarships: You ought to apply to the Regional Selection Committee in whose space you completely stay or during which you’ve got obtained, or are presently receiving, any appreciable part of your schooling. All profitable candidates from Regional Selection Committees (besides for KwaZulu-Natal as defined under), are despatched to the South Africa-atLarge Selection Committee, for the closing spherical of interviews. The South Africa-at-Large Selection Committee could choose eight Rhodes Scholars.

There are 4 regional Selection Committees, particularly:
i. Eastern Cape and Free State;
ii. KwaZulu-Natal;
iii. Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North-West; and iv. Western Cape and Northern Cape

b. KwaZulu-Natal Scholarship:

You could apply for the KwaZulu-Natal Scholarship if you happen to stay completely or have obtained, or are receiving, a substantial part of your schooling in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The KZN Selection Committee could choose one profitable candidate annually, and also can ship candidates to the South Africa-at-Large Selection Committee.

c. Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and eSwatini (previously Swaziland) Scholarship (BLMNS): You could apply to the BLMNS Selection Committee if you happen to fulfil the citizenship or authorized residence requirement in a single of the talked about international locations. The BLMNS Selection Committee could choose one candidate annually.

Eligibility Criteria

• Nationality/citizenship: You have to be a citizen or authorized everlasting resident of South Africa,
  Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia or eSwatini. Applications from refugees/asylum seekers
  in South Africa may even be thought-about on this constituency.
• Residency: You will need to have been resident in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia
  or eSwatini for at least 5 of the final ten years.
• Age:
  (i) Upon entry to Oxford on 01 October 2026, you have to be at least 19 years previous and never have
  handed your twenty fifth birthday (which implies you will need to have been born after 01 October 2001 and
  on or earlier than 01 October 2007).
  (ii) For older candidates who may have handed their twenty fifth birthday on 01 October 2026, and
  accomplished their first undergraduate diploma later than ordinary:
• Candidates will need to have accomplished their first undergraduate diploma inside the final 2
  years, i.e. after 1 October 2024*; and
• could not have handed their twenty eighth birthday on 01 October 2026 (which implies they will need to have been born after 01 October 1998).

Key Documents
You might want to add copies of the following paperwork. Please notice that each one paperwork have to be
submitted in English. If your official paperwork, resembling your delivery certificates, passport or transcript are
not in English you will need to additionally add English translations. Please notice that you could be be requested to offer
the authentic paperwork at a later date.

• A replica of your delivery certificates.
• A replica of a sound passport or ID doc. For these candidates not born in a single of the international locations
  listed at the prime of web page one, please additionally provide extra supplies essential to validate
  citizenship, authorized everlasting residency, or refugee standing.
• An official educational transcript from the college at which you’re finding out, or have studied,
  exhibiting grades achieved (thus far).
• Copies of your diploma certificates.
• A replica of your college leaving certificates.
• You might want to full the curriculum vitae (CV) template PDF (accessible to obtain right here)
  and add it into your application type. The template covers the following areas:
  o Academic awards, prizes and scholarships
  o Leadership roles and expertise
  o Volunteering and/or group involvement
  o Publications and shows
  o Skills, hobbies and extra-curricular actions

Application Timeline:

• 01 August 2025: Deadline for purposes

• 15 August 2025: Deadline for submission of references
• August: Your application will probably be checked for eligibility and completeness
• August-September: purposes are reviewed by our Selection Committee(s).This evaluation
  determines in case your application will proceed to the subsequent stage.
• September – November: Interviews will probably be held in South Africa. All interviews will happen
  between 26 September and 9 November 2025. The Selection Committees for BLMNS, KZN and
  areas meet in September and October. The South Africa-at-Large/ nationwide alternatives are
  held in November.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Rhodes Southern Africa Scholarships Programme