Deadline: 23 April 2014
University of Oxford is offering Commonwealth Scholarships to candidates from developing African and South Asian Commonwealth countries to study for the part-time Master’s in International Human Rights Law starting September 2014. The students should apply for the Master’s course to be considered for scholarships.
The scholarship covers course and college fees at the University of Oxford over two years, return air travel from the scholar’s home country for each residential session and a stipend to cover reading materials.
Eligibility Criteria –
- Applicants must be Commonwealth citizens of a developing African (Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone , South Africa , Swaziland, Tanzania , Uganda, and Zambia)/South Asian (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) Commonwealth country, refugees or British protected persons and be permanent residents of, and currently resident in, a developing African/South Asian Commonwealth country at the time of application and throughout the program.
- Applicants are expected to remain resident in a developing African/South Asian Commonwealth on completion of their studies.
- Applicants must not already have received or be currently receiving financial benefit from a previous Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarship.
- Applicants must have a first-class (1) or an upper second class (2:1) undergraduate degree (or equivalent international qualifications) in order to apply for this course.
- Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to human rights based on work experience, volunteer activities or concentration on human rights and international law at university.
- Applicants must have access to computing facilities sufficient to take an online course.
- Applicants must meet the minimum requirements for English proficiency.
For more information, please visit Commonwealth Scholarships Page and read the Guidance Note.
