Rhodes Scholarships (Australia)

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. Applications from refugees/asylum seekers currently residing in Australia will also be considered in this constituency.
• Have completed at least two years of schooling at an Australian secondary school.
• Have reached your 18th and not have passed your 25th birthday on 1 October 2023, which means you must have been born after 1 October 1998 and on or before 2 October 2005.   OR (for older candidates who completed their first undergraduate degree later than usual) on 1 October 2023, you must not have reached your 27th birthday (i.e. have been born after 1 October 1996) AND you have met or will meet the academic requirements for completing your first degree on or after 1 July 2022.
• Have already completed, or will have completed by July 2024, an undergraduate degree (normally a Bachelor’s degree, with or without Honours [Australian Qualifications Framework levels 8 or 7], or the equivalent) with an academic background and grade that - at a minimum - meets or exceeds the specific entry requirements of your chosen full-time course at the University of Oxford. By way of guidance it is expected that students will have a GPA of at least 6.75/7 or equivalent.

Selection criteria

Prospective applicants from Australia should carefully review the Information for Candidates specific for Australia. They should then contact their State or Territory Honorary Secretary to discuss their eligibility to apply, and for general information on the preparation of applications and the selection of referees.

The four criteria which governed the selection of Rhodes Scholars in 1902 are still the guiding criteria for the selection of Rhodes Scholars:

• literary and scholastic attainments (academic excellence)
• energy to use one's talents to the full (as demonstrated by mastery in areas such as sports, music, debate, dance, theatre, and artistic pursuits, particularly where teamwork is involved)
• truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship
• moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one's fellow beings.

Applications usually open in June or July for study beginning in October of the following year and must be submitted via the Rhodes Scholarships website.