Eni Full-funded Masters Scholarships at University of Oxford UK for African Students

Eni Full-funded Masters Scholarships at University of Oxford UK for African Students

Eni Scholarships | St Antony’s College 

Course(s) Offered: Social sciences, Humanities

Course Level: Postgraduate (masters)

Provider: Eni Oil & Gas, St Antony’s College Oxford

Country to Study in: UK

Scholarship Description 

Since 2011, St Antony’s College at the

University of Oxford , in partnership with the

international integrated energy company Eni , has

offered students from selected African countries

the opportunity to study for a fully funded

Master's degree.

This will allow St Antony’s to admit some of the

best African students irrespective of means and

will add immeasurably to the diverse and

intellectual character of the College. This is part

of a joint initiative between Eni & St Antony’s

College to invest in and strengthen African

leadership.

For the 2017/18 academic session, students

from Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, or the

Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) have

the opportunity to study for a fully funded

degree.

Eligibility 
The scholarships are open to applicants who are
ordinarily resident in Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria or the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville).

Preference will be given to applicants whose
first degree is from an African university.

To receive the Scholarship, candidates must
satisfy any academic conditions placed by the
University on their offers of admission, including
providing evidence of their linguistic competence
if English is not their first language.

Selection criteria 
The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of
both academic merit and potential, and financial
need. Preference will be given to applicants who
have clear ambitions to use their accumulated
learning to benefit their home country after
graduation.

Consideration will be given to qualified students
who can demonstrate that they do not otherwise
have the financial means to continue their
studies at Oxford.

Eligible groups 
Citizens of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria
and Congo-Brazzaville

Participating Institutions 
St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, United
Kingdom.
Applicants may be from any African university in
the eligible African countries
Fields of study 
St Antony’s College specializes in international
relations, politics, economics, history and
anthropology. Eni Scholars will be drawn from a
pool of applicants holding conditional offers of
admission to the following one or two year
taught Master’s programmes:

1 year Master’s courses

• MSc African Studies
• MSc Economics & Social History
• MSc Economics for Development
• MSc Global Governance & Diplomacy

2 year Master’s courses ( NOT eligible for
2017/18 session )

• MPhil Development Studies
• MPhil Economic & Social History
• MPhil Economics
• MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies
• MPhil International Relations

3 year Doctoral course ( NOT eligible for 2017/18
session )

• DPhil International Development

Please ensure you meet the requirements for
entry to your course, including English language
requirements. See the University's course guide
for more information.

Number of awards 
Up to three grants will be awarded

Sponsorship duration 
The whole duration of the program - 1, 2 or 3
years. Continued funding of any course
supported by an Eni Scholarship is subject to
satisfactory academic progress and appropriate
personal conduct.

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.

Scholarship benefits 
100% (fully-funded) of university and college
fees, and an annual grant for living costs (the
rate was £14,057 for 12 month courses and
£10,722 for 9 month courses in 2015/16). The
stipend for courses with different durations will
be adjusted accordingly.

The scholarship also covers one economy return
airfare from your home country to the UK at the
start and end of your course.

St Antony’s and Eni are equally keen to provide
encouragement and where possible, structured
incentives for Eni Scholars to continue their
studies or find useful employment back in their
home country after graduating from Oxford.
Discussions about this are on-going and scholars
will be informed of relevant contacts and
partnerships as they emerge.

Method of Application 
In order to be considered for this scholarship:
1). Apply online to the University of Oxford for
one of the eligible courses:

• you must submit your application for graduate study by the announced deadline (see below) and
• you must have secured a conditional or unconditional place on your chosen programme of study by the expected final decision date (17 March 2017). It would help if you select St Antony's College in the college choice section of the application form, though this is not compulsory.

2). Once you have applied to the University, you
must complete the online Eni scholarship
application form and submit before the deadline
below.

It is important to visit the official website (link
to it is below) for complete details on how to
apply for this scholarship award.

DEADLINES:
Deadline for submission of graduate course
application to the University of Oxford is 6 or 20
January 2017 (depending on your course); while
deadline for submission of the online Eni
scholarship application is 12 noon, UK time on
Friday, Friday 17 March 2017 .

PLEASE NOTE:
Scholarship decisions is expected to be
communicated by email to successful
candidates by the end of May 2017. If you have
not been contacted by then, please assume that
your application has not been successful on this
occasion.

St Antony's College is one of the constituent
colleges of the University of Oxford in England.
Founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of
French merchant Sir Antonin Besse of Aden, St
Antony's is one of the most cosmopolitan of the
University of Oxford's colleges and is considered
to be a centre of excellence for study and
research in the fields of international relations,
economics, politics, and area studies.

Application Deadline: 6/20 January / 17 March
2017
Open to International students: No (ONLY
selected African countries)