The Rhodes Scholarship
Rhodes Trust Oxford, United Kingdom · open to applicants worldwide
Fully funded postgraduate study at the University of Oxford for exceptional young leaders selected through country or regional constituencies, including a Global route. Scholars get Oxford fees paid plus a living stipend and travel costs.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: Oxford course fees plus a stipend of about £20,400 per year (2025-26 rate).
Also: visa fee and health surcharge covered; two economy flights; settling-in allowance; Rhodes House community and leadership programming.
Who can apply: Selection is by constituency (country/region) or the Global constituency; age and degree requirements differ by constituency and are set out on the eligibility pages.
Free to apply.
Annual; the 2026 round is closed and applications reopen in 2027 for Oxford entry in 2028 (dates vary by constituency).
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: cv, personal statement, academic statement, references, transcript.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Applications for the Rhodes Scholarship are now closed.”
Who can apply
- Open to students, researchers
- Selection is by constituency (country/region) or the Global constituency; age and degree requirements differ by constituency and are set out on the eligibility pages.
What you will need
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Rhodes Trust without your tap.
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