Fully Funded Master Scholarship at the University of Oxford
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The University of Oxford is offering the ‘Oxford 1+1 MBA’ Program for talented students to combine a Master's degree from selected Oxford University departments with its one-year MBA. As the global business environment becomes increasingly complex and interconnected, this powerful joint degree combination allows you to gain deep knowledge and expertise in your specialist fields, as well as developing a comprehensive understanding of business, exceptional leadership skills and practical experience.
About the Programme:-
- You will spend your first year completing a Master's in your chosen discipline before joining the MBA in your second year.
- As soon as you start the 1+1 MBA, you will become an integral part of Oxford’s diverse community, developing strong relationships with current MBA students, international alumni, prominent academics, and expert practitioners.
- You will also have full access to the career and professional development resources of the business school throughout your time in Oxford on this. You will become a dynamic leader who is able to use management practices to translate specific knowledge into practical applications with wide-reaching impact.
- In year 1, you will deepen your knowledge with a Master's degree from one of Oxford’s partnering departments at the University of Oxford, including the Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, the MSc in Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, the MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, and the MSc in Environmental Change and Management at the School of Geography and the Environment.
- In year 2, You will broaden your business skills as an Oxford MBA student. Oxford’s curriculum of core business principles and tailored elective courses will help you to extend the learnings from your Master's degree and accelerate your career. As an Oxford 1+1 MBA student, you will have access to the network of Saïd Business School from day one, so that by the time you begin your MBA in year two you are already a fully entrenched member of the wider Saïd Business School community.
Benefits
the Pershing Square Foundation awards up to six full scholarships to support outstanding students on the 1+1 MBA, covering the tuition & living fees for both the Master's degree and the MBA year.
Eligibility criteria
- Both the master’s programme and the MBA Programme will have their own entry requirements, application deadlines and admissions process.
- For the Partnering master’s programme, there are 36 available programmes to apply for with each programme having its own requirements and deadline. You can check all the partnering programmes from here.
- For the MBA Programme, you should comply with the following requirements:
- You should have at least two years of full-time work experience, detailed on a one page CV.
- the University of Oxford looks for evidence of career progression and international exposure, as well as being able to show leadership potential. It does not look for experience in a specific sector.
- You will be asked to detail your post-MBA career plans and demonstrate how the programme will equip you with the skills to reach these goals.
- By indicating a clear view of your professional development, you will show that you understand the strengths of your professional experience, have researched your future professional goals, and how an MBA will bridge the gap between the two.
About the University of Oxford:-
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. The university is made up of thirty-nine semi-autonomous constituent colleges, six permanent private halls, and a range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions. All the colleges are self-governing institutions within the university, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and activities. Oxford operates the world's oldest university museum, as well as the largest university press in the world and the largest academic library system nationwide.
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