Famous rhodes scholars

The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest (first awarded in 1902) international scholarship programme, enabling outstanding young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford.

Key Facts about the Rhodes Scholarships

• The Rhodes Scholarships are postgraduate awards to support study at the University of Oxford.

  Established in 1903, they are the oldest international graduate scholarship programme in the world.

• We now award over 100 Scholarships a year. The Scholarship covers all fees and a stipend for two to three years, with over 300 Scholars in Residence in Oxford at one time.
• Students from anywhere in the world can apply.
• Rhodes Scholars may study almost any full-time course at Oxford and are distributed across a high proportion of the university’s 39 colleges each year.
• Nearly 8,000 Rhodes Scholars have gone on to serve at the forefront of government, education, the arts, NGOs, commerce, research, journalism, and ot