University of Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarships 2025/2026

The University of Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies scholarships are created to allow graduates to pursue studies beneficial to the Muslim world.

Application Deadline: January 2025, depending on your course

To be taken at (country): UK

Eligible Field of Study: All

About the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarships : The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is a Recognized Independent Centre of the University of Oxford. It was established in 1985 to encourage the scholarly study of Islam and the Islamic world. The Centre provides a meeting point for the Western and Islamic worlds of learning. At Oxford, it contributes to the multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary study of the Islamic world. Beyond Oxford, its role is strengthened by an international network of academic contacts. For more information, please refer to the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies scholarships website.

Type: All full-time master’s and DPhil courses

Who can apply for Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarships: 

• You must be applying to start a new full-time master’s or DPhil course at Oxford.
• You must be either:
  • ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and from a Muslim community (with preference given to those from a financially disadvantaged household), or
  • a national of, and ordinarily resident in, one of the following countries in Asia and Africa
• You should intend to return to your country of ordinary residence once your course is completed.
• Scholarships will be awarded based on academic merit.
• You should be intending to study in a field derived from or of relevance to the Islamic tradition, which is of relevance and/or benefit to the Muslim world.
• This scholarship is not open to applications from candidates who hold deferred offers to start in 2024-25.

Selection Process: Decisions are expected to be made by June 2025. If you have not heard from the University by this time, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful. Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we regret that we are unable to contact unsuccessful applicants individually or provide feedback on applications.

Number of Awardees: Up to 5

Value of Scholarship: 100% of course fees and a grant for living costs (at least £15,285)

Duration of Scholarship: Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.

How to Apply for Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarships : In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must complete the following steps:

• tick the box for the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarship in the University of Oxford Scholarships section of the University’s graduate application form;
• submit your application for graduate study by the relevant December/January deadline. See the relevant course page for the deadline applicable to your course; and
• complete an Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarships Supporting Statement (see related documents on this page) and upload it, together with your graduate application form, by the deadline.

We will use the details you supply on the graduate application form to assess your nationality and country of ordinary residence. For a definition of ordinary residency, and further details on how to complete this section of the graduate application form, please see the ‘Nationality and ordinary residence’ section of the graduate application form and the advice contained with the Application Guide.

To be eligible for consideration for this scholarship, applicants must be successful in being offered a place on their course after consideration of applications received by the relevant December/January deadline. Course applications which are held over after the December/January deadline to be re-evaluated against applications received by the March deadline, or course applications which have been put on a waiting list, are not eligible for scholarship consideration.

Visit Scholarship Webpage for details