OCSI Scholarships by University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Designation/Position- OCSI Scholarships

University of Oxford, United Kingdom invites application OCSI Scholarships (Fully Funded) for eligible and interested candidates

About- The Oxford and Cambridge Society of India Scholarships are part-cost awards for undergraduate, second undergraduate, graduate study and research in any subject available at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, UK. University of Oxford, United Kingdom invites application OCSI Scholarships for eligible and interested candidates

The Oxford and Cambridge Society of India (OCSI) is a not-for-profit alumni organisation based in New Delhi, India. The scholarships offered by OCSI are Equal Opportunity, i.e. the decisions made in awarding these scholarships are not based on race, colour, religion, disability, age (except for maximum age criterion), sex or ancestry.
Relatives of the Executive Committee of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of India are not eligible for consideration for these scholarships.

Study level- Master’s Degree

Location- University of Oxford, United Kingdom 

Eligibility/Qualification–

• Must be a citizen of India
• Must be ordinarily resident in India
• Must be not more than 30 years of age on 1 September of the year of application for the award
• Must be a graduate of an Indian university if applying to a second undergraduate or for a post graduate course (applicants who are expected to graduate in the year of the award are also eligible to apply for the awards), or be from a school in India if applying for an undergraduate course.
• Must have applied for and secured admission to study a full-time course at the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford. Candidates are required to present proof of admission before grant of the scholarship, and proof of having taken up residence at Cambridge or Oxford before the scholarships funds are released.
• Must intend to pursue a course of study that is one of the following:Research leading to the PhD degree
• One-year post-graduate courses (e.g. MPhil, LLM, Diploma, CASM or Part III Maths, MBA, PGCE etc.)
• Taught and research based Masters programmes of various durations (including M. Sc., engineering, medicine)
• Second Bachelors degree as an Affiliated Student/Senior Status
• Bachelors degree programme
• Must be admitted to the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford through the University’s normal academic procedures. OCSI cannot admit students or assist in this process.

Job/Position Description- 

The Oxford and Cambridge Society of India is offering scholarships for admission to the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in the academic year 2021-22, as below:

• OCSI scholarship(s) worth INR 200,000 (Rupees Two Lacs) each of the following two scholarships: OCSI K.K. Luthra Memorial Scholarship and OCSI Anita Banerji Memorial Scholarship, tenable at either the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford.
• Four further OCSI scholarships worth INR 200,000 (Rupees Two Lacs) each tenable at either the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge
• One scholarship worth INR 100,000 (Rupees One Lac) tenable only at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, from Emmanuel College Cambridge (India) Trust.
• One scholarship worth INR 100,000 (Rupees One Lac) tenable only at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, from Ritika Dhamija.

Note: Each year we seek to raise funds and receive other grants that become available by June each year. Candidates will be eligible for any such additional grants as well.

The levels of study include the following:

• Research leading to the PhD degree
• One-year post-graduate courses (e.g. MPhil, LLM, BCL, Diploma, CASM or Part III Maths, MBA, PGCE etc.)
• Taught and research based Masters programmes of various durations (including M.Sc., engineering, medicine)
• Second Bachelors degree as an Affiliated Student/Senior Status
• Bachelors degree programme

How to Apply- 

• Application forms for OCSI scholarships will be available on the website of the Society by March every year.
• Announcement of the OCSI scholarships will be sent to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the colleges of the two universities, the British Council and the British High Commission.
• All completed applications must reach the Oxford and Cambridge Society of India by 15 May 2021.
• Candidates who are shortlisted for the interviews shall be informed by Mid June 2021. The decision of the OCSI Scholarship Committee on the short-listing and selection of candidates shall be final.
• All short-listed candidates will be required to attend an interview with the OCSI scholarship committee tentatively on 10 July 2021. Details with respect to the interview (whether virtual or physical) shall be available in due course.
• Award offers will normally be made to selected candidates by 31 July 2021.

View the OCSI Scholarship Guidelines document

Last Date for Apply– 15 May 2021

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