Rhodes East Africa Scholarships 2027 for postgraduate study at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Fully Funded) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: 27 August 2026.

Applications are actually open for the 2027 Rhodes East Africa Scholarships. The Rhodes Scholarship is a fully-funded postgraduate award which allows gifted younger individuals from round the world to study full-time at the University of Oxford. The Rhodes Scholarship is merit-based, with the goal of creating public-spirited leaders, and to advertise worldwide understanding and peace by a global neighborhood of Scholars. 

Eligibility Criteria

• Nationality/citizenship: You have to be a citizen of Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania or Uganda.
• Residency: You should have been resident in a number of of the nations listed above, or in Kenya, for at least 5 of the final ten years.
• Age: You should meet both of the under standards:

i. You have to be aged 18-24 on 1 October 2026 (i.e. you could have been born after 1 October 2001 and earlier than 2 October 2008) OR (for older candidates who accomplished their first undergraduate diploma later than ordinary)
ii. You have to be below the age of 27 on 1st October 2026 (i.e. have been born after 1 October 1999) AND you could even have accomplished your first undergraduate diploma on or after 1 July 2025*

• A college’s coverage determines the date of completion of educational requirement for a level and this can be totally different from when a level is taken into account awarded by the college or the date of a commencement ceremony. In ambiguous instances, the determination of the National Secretary is remaining.
• Academic achievement: You should have accomplished an undergraduate diploma (often a Bachelor’s) by July 2027, and you could have a tutorial background and grade that – at a minimal – meets or exceeds the particular entry necessities of your chosen course at the University of Oxford.
  Candidates can have a better likelihood of profitable admission to Oxford if they’ve:
  o A First Class Honours Degree or equal,
  o A GPA of 3.70/4.0 or increased,
  o A GPA of 4.5/5 or increased,
  o or the equal grade*

• English Language proficiency: You should meet the University of Oxford’s English language necessities. This signifies that until you qualify for a check waiver, you could present English check outcomes with scores that meet the University’s increased degree requirement. Please check the University of Oxford’s webpage to see which exams are accepted, the scores required, and the full circumstances for a language check waiver.

Benefits

• The Rhodes Scholarship covers University of Oxford course charges, in addition to offering an annual stipend.
• For the 2026-27 educational yr, the stipend is £20,400 every year (£1,700 per 30 days) from which Scholars pay all residing bills, together with lodging. Please be aware: this isn’t ample to cowl companions or dependents. 
  

Following choice for the Scholarship, the Rhodes Trust can even cowl: 

• The price required to apply to study at the University of Oxford 

• Fees for a scholar visa and related International Health Surcharge (IHS), which allows worldwide college students to entry the UK’s National Health Service 

• Two economic system class flights to and from the UK, for the starting and finish of research in Oxford. 

On arrival in Oxford, Scholars obtain a settling in allowance, and Scholars who transition to a second course of study in Oxford will obtain help to cowl the charges for visa renewal and additional application for IHS. 

How to Apply

• To apply for the Rhodes Scholarship, you could full and submit our on-line application kind earlier than 23:59 East Africa Time (EAT), 27 August 2026.
• There isn’t any application price for submission of the Rhodes Scholarship application. You should submit your application on-line, earlier than the deadline, and we will’t settle for another kind of application.
• You ought to apply for the Rhodes Scholarship earlier than making use of for your proposed course at the University of Oxford. Candidates chosen for the Rhodes Scholarship are then required to apply for their chosen course through the University of Oxford’s graduate application kind, with assist from the group at Rhodes House.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Rhodes East Africa Scholarship