The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to offer, in 2025-26, one or more graduate scholarships of between £8,000 - £15,000 for MPhil or DPhil students whose study or research focuses on Buddhist Studies (including all areas, historical periods, and aspects of this field). The scholarships have been established thanks to a generous donation made by the GS Charity Foundation in support of Buddhist Studies at Oxford.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified individuals who are applying to an MPhil or DPhil course at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for entry in October 2024, or current students studying for an MPhil or DPhil at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. This scholarship may be held in conjunction with other partial awards, but the total value of your scholarships should not exceed the combined cost of course fees in full and a grant for living costs at a rate agreed with Graduate Admissions and Recruitment.
The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and potential. In making a decision between equally qualified applications, preference will be given to students with a research interest in Chinese Buddhism, or in Chinese Buddhist sources.
The scholarship is open to UK, EU, or Overseas students and will be tenable only for one year at a time. Students holding the scholarship who would wish to reapply for it for the following year would be required to submit a new application for that year, which would be considered competitively alongside other applications for that year.
Renewal is contingent on satisfactory progress: MPhil students must pass all their Qualifying Examinations with no mark lower than 65; evidence of satisfactory progress will be sought from supervisor(s) of DPhil students.
How to apply
Prospective applicants for graduate study
Applicants applying for a new course for entry in October 2024, and who submit their application to the University by the January deadline at the latest, will automatically be considered.
Current students
On-course students should submit an application form to graduate.administrator@ames.ox.ac.uk by Friday 2 May 2025 at the latest.
