Funding postgraduate study

University and departmental funding

• Scholarships, Research Councils and studentships offered through Oxford University.
  • Postgraduate funding search tool
  • A-Z of postgraduate scholarships
  • Academic Futures scholarship programmes
    • Black Academic Futures Scholarships: these offer UK Black and Mixed Black students financial support to pursue graduate study at Oxford.
    • British Bangladeshi Academic Futures Scholarships: These offer British Bangladeshi students financial support to pursue graduate study at Oxford. 
    • The British Pakistani Academic Futures Scholarships: These offer British Pakistani students financial support to pursue graduate study at Oxford.
    • The Refugee Academic Futures Scheme: these scholarships offer financial support to pursue graduate study at Oxford to students who are refugees or other people with lived experience of displacement.
    • Care-Experienced Academic Futures Scholarships: this offers financial support to students who have experienced being in care in the UK to pursue graduate study at Oxford.
  • Scholarships and funding for under-represented groups
• Continuing Education Departmental bursaries for students on a low income.
• Prizes and awards
• Course-specific funding (check your course web page for details)

External funding

• External funding

• Student loans and other government financial support
• Other student loans
• Help from your employer 
• Other Sources of Funding for Postgraduate Study
• Funding for International Students

Targeted support

• Disability support funding
• Support for student parents
• Hardship
• Managing your finances

Check your course web page for specific funding, bursaries and scholarships