Hill Foundation Scholarships
| Am I eligible? | What does it cover? | How do I apply? | How will I know if I've been successful? |
The Hill Foundation is a UK registered charity which provides scholarships for outstanding citizens of the Russian Federation.
Seven to ten scholarships will be available in 2014-15 for graduate and undergraduate applicants. The details on this webpage relate to scholarships for graduate students. For information about the scholarships for undergraduate degrees, please refer to the Hill Foundation webpage for undergraduate applicants.
Am I eligible?
You should be applying to start a new full-time graduate course at Oxford. Please ensure that you meet the selection criteria for your course (see the Course Guide for more information).
You must be a citizen of Russia, with a first degree from a Russian university, and you must not subsequently have been enrolled in any other degree programme. Successful candidates will be required to confirm that they will return to Russia for at least one year, following completion of their studies in the UK.
The Trustees favour candidates who demonstrate extremely high academic ability and personal and social qualities of a high order. They seek applicants who intend to develop their careers in their homeland and who wish to spend their lives in ways that are beneficial to their home society, whether in business, academic life, public service, the arts or the professions. The Trustees will use the information that you provide in your graduate application form to assess how you meet these criteria.
This scholarship is not open to candidates applying for Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma courses, part-time courses, non-matriculated courses or to students with deferred entry.
What does it cover?
100% of university and college fees and a grant for living costs (at least £13,726).
Awards are made for the full duration of a student's fee liability for the agreed course. If your scholarship is offered for a course lasting more than one year, the continuation of your scholarship each year is subject to an annual renewal process based upon satisfactory academic progress.
How do I apply?
Apply at the same time as you apply to Oxford by selecting the Hill Foundation Scholarship in the Funding section of the University's graduate application form.
In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must submit your application for graduate study by the relevant January deadline for your course (10 January 2014 for Medical Sciences, Philosophy, Politics & International Relations and Computer Science; 24 January 2014 for all other subjects).
If you do not apply as detailed above by the deadline, you will not be considered for this scholarship, even if you have selected the Hill Foundation Scholarship on the graduate application form.
Additional points to note when applying for this scholarship:
If, following the assessment of the January deadline applications, your department places your application on a waiting list or decides to re-evaluate it against the applications received for the next deadline (14 March 2014), then you will no longer be eligible for this scholarship.
If you are accepted onto a different course from the one you originally applied for, you should contact us as soon as you are notified of the change in order to ensure that your application for a scholarship is maintained on the new course. However, please note that such a change of course may mean that you are no longer eligible for this scholarship.
How will I know if I have been successful?
Decisions are expected to be made around the end of April 2014. This webpage will be updated as soon as successful candidates have been notified. If you have not heard from us by this time, then your application to this scheme has been unsuccessful. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to contact unsuccessful applicants individually or provide feedback on applications.
Further information
If you have any questions about this scholarship which are not answered above, please email us through the Ask a Question facility, selecting the Funding category.