Fees and Funding

Undergraduates

Comprehensive information about tuition fees and funding can be found on the University admissions website:

It is also worth taking a look at the fees, funding and scholarship search tool to discover what funding opportunities may be available.

Graduates

There are numerous and varied funding opportunities, but essentially there are five types:

Many Oxford Scholarships for which an eligible graduate application will be considered automatically if the application is submitted by the January deadline (such as Clarendon Funding and the Birla Studentship outlined below);
Some Oxford Scholarships which one needs to select specifically on the graduate application form, with, if required, additional materials (such as the Ertegun Scholarship, AHRC and ESRC Funding outlined below);
Other Oxford Scholarships, for which one needs to apply independently from the graduate application (such as certain College Scholarships mentioned below);
External Funding, for which one needs to apply independently from the graduate application and to an organisation external to Oxford (such as the Philological Society Master’s Bursary Scheme mentioned below);
Extra Support, beyond scholarships and loans.

All Oxford Scholarships are searchable with the Fees, funding and scholarship search tool. External funding and extra support listed by the University need to be researched using the separate web-sites below.

Funding opportunities that include, or are specifically intended for, taught graduate courses are usually available to both M.St. and M.Phil. students (such as the Ertegun Scholarships). Other funding opportunities are available to D.Phil. students only and may include the M.St. / M.Phil. plus prospective D.Phil. pathway (such as Research Council scholarships).

Funding Tools

Fees, funding and scholarship search tool
For Master’s courses, search under “Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, Master of Philology/Master of Studies”; for the D.Phil., search under “Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, Doctor of Philosophy”.

For the latest information on fees charged by the University please visit the Fees and Funding page: http://www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/fees/

Humanities Division — Graduate funding

The Humanities Division provides advice on funding for all graduate students:
https://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/graduate-funding

D.Phil. Applicants — AHRC Funding

AHRC provides funding at the D.Phil. level via the Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership.

In order to be considered for OOC DTP funding, applicants must ensure that all required material, including the OOC DTP application form and references, is submitted by the January deadline.

All Applicants — Clarendon Funding

Clarendon funding is available for all students. Master’s funding is reserved for students who intend to continue their studies to D.Phil level. This should be made clear in the application.

In order to be considered for Clarendon funding, applicants must ensure that all required material, including references, is submitted by the January deadline.

The Faculty may nominate Masters and D.Phil applicants for Clarendon funding. More information can be found here: http://www.clarendon.ox.ac.uk/about/

All Applicants – Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities

Ertegun funding is available for all graduate students.

In order to be considered for Ertegun funding, applicants must ensure that all required material, including the Ertegun supporting statement references, is submitted by the January deadline.

The Faculty may nominate M.St., M.Phil. and D.Phil. students for Ertegun Scholarships. More information can be found here: http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/fees-and-funding/fees-funding-and-scholarship-search/ertegun-graduate-scholarship-programme-humanities.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Funding

The ESRC is the UK’s largest organisation for funding research on social and economic issues. The University, in collaboration with Brunel University and the Open University, hosts the Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership — one of fourteen Doctoral Training Partnerships accredited by the ESRC as part of a Doctoral Training Network.

In order to be considered for a Grand Union DTP ESRC studentship, you must select ‘ESRC Grand Union DTP Studentships in Social Sciences’ in the University of Oxford scholarships section of the University’s graduate application form. You must also complete a Grand Union DTP Application Form and upload it, together with your graduate application form, by the relevant January deadline for your course.

Information about ESRC studentships at Oxford can be found on the Grand Union DTP website. Please ensure you have read all of the guidance available on the website before completing the Grand Union DTP Application Form. Questions can be directed to the Grand Union DTP Office.

Basant Kumar and Sarala Birla Graduate Studentship

Funding for one three-year graduate studentship has been donated by Birla International Limited. The Scholarship provides in full the tuition and college fee, and a maintenance grant commensurate to the national minimum doctoral stipend of the UK Research Councils, for three years. It is open to students of all nationalities.

College Scholarships

Most colleges offer their own bursaries or partial scholarships, available to applicants in a number of disciplines. These are listed in the funding search tool. In some cases, you must name the relevant college as your first choice on your application in order to be eligible for the bursary or scholarship.

In some years, the Faculty is able to offer joint scholarships with certain colleges. In years in which these scholarships are available, information on how to apply will be provided on this website.

Note also this external advice page: http://www.postgraduatestudentships.co.uk/

The Philological Society Masters Bursary Scheme

The Philological Society offers a limited number of annual bursaries for students embarking on a taught postgraduate programme in the areas of linguistics or philology for which MPhil and MSt applicants may be eligible. See the website of the Philological Society for more details: http://www.philsoc.org.uk/funding.asp