Graduate study at Oxford

A guide to applying for students from

 Australia

Scholarships

Graduate students at Oxford are highly successful at winning scholarships from all sources, and are current supported by nearly £70m of scholarship funding. Almost two thirds of our doctoral students are fully-funded.

Use our Fees, Funding and Scholarship Search tool to get a comprehensive list of all of the University scholarships for which you are eligible.

Australian students have access to an extensive range of scholarships. The Oxford Australia Scholarship Fund was established in 1993 by donations from Australian Oxford graduates and since 1998, has supported 73 Australian scholars studying at the University of Oxford. It provides partial support for up to eight young Australians per year at graduate or second Bachelor degree level. Since 2011, the Scholarship has increased the value of its awards in partnership with the Oxford University Clarendon Scholarships.

The Charlie Perkins Scholarships were established in 2009 to commemorate Dr Charles Perkins AO, who was the first Indigenous Australian man to graduate from university and the first Indigenous head of an Australian Government department. These scholarships are earmarked for high-achieving Australian aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander scholars.

Some of the key scholarship schemes available to Australian graduate students include:

In addition, Australian students enjoy a range of funding opportunities from external sources.

Photograph by Alyona Rydannykh, MSc Environmental Change and Management (St Catherine's College)