The University of Oxford is a premier collegiate research university and is renowned around the world as an institute of excellence and for its research capacity. One of the oldest universities in the world, it was functioning as early as 1096 AD, making it the oldest institution in the English-speaking world. Oxford operates world’s oldest university museum called the Ashmolean as well as the largest university press in the world. The university of Oxford can prove to an ideal location for pursuing higher studies as it provides state-of-the-art infrastructure and research grants for budding scholars. The university has produced 28 prime ministers of the United Kingdom, 72 Nobel laureates, 3 Field Medalists and 160 Olympic medallists. The university accommodates international students with academic excellence through its numerous scholarships including the Rhodes scholarship. However, for those applicants who are social and environmentally conscious and want to create entrepreneurial solutions to tackle these challenges, the University of Oxford provides the Skoll Scholarship for its prestigious MBA programme.
The Skoll Scholarship is offered to incoming MBA students to the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, who wish to pursue entrepreneurial solutions for urgent social and environmental challenges. The scholarship covers the entire fee for the MBA programme, as well as provides living expenses. The Skoll Scholarship also offers funding for entrepreneurs who have set up or have been working in entrepreneurial initiatives with a social purpose or who have pursued an impact career, and who wish to improve their knowledge of market-oriented practices so that they can be more effective in their subsequent social change pursuits.
In addition to financial support, the scholarship provides access to the Skoll Scholar community, a group of leaders who are positively impacting the world through innovations and systematic changes, as well as exclusive opportunities to meet with world-renowned entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and investors. The scholarship is given considering the fact that MBA might entail a significant financial burden, particularly for those who have chosen to work in the arenas of social impact/innovation. Please note, applications for the Oxford MBA admission and the Skoll Scholarship are accepted in four ‘stages’. The deadlines correspond to the final ‘stage’ for application submission, however applicants are encouraged to submit prior to the final stage.
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