2018 Rhodes Scholarships for West Africa [How to Apply]
How to apply for the 2018 Rhodes
Scholarship for West Africa. The Rhodes
Scholarships are postgraduate awards.
The Management of Rhodes Scholarship for
West Africa is therefore inviting accomplished
and outstanding graduates between the ages
of 19-25 to apply for the 2018 Rhodes
Scholarship for West Africa.
The Rhodes Scholarships are postgraduate
awards supporting exceptionally bright
students from around the world to study at
the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
This Scholarship is generously supported by
Miles Morland and the Cohen Charitable Trust.
West Africa includes : Benin, Burkina Faso,
Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania,
Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Principe
and Togo.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS
ELIGIBILITY.
a. You must be a citizen of one of
the following countries:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde,
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the
island of Saint Helena, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, São Tomé and
Principe and Togo.
b. You must have been resident in
one or more of the countries listed
above for at least five of the last
ten
c. You must have completed an
undergraduate degree from a
college or university (normally a
Bachelor’s degree) with the
highest classification your
University awards, eg First Class
or Upper Second Class
d. You must have reached your 19th
and not have passed your 26th
birthday on 1 October This means
candidates must have been born
after 30 September 1992 and on or
before 1 October 1999.
e. You must have a sufficiently high
standard of English to meet the
English language proficiency
requirements (at the Higher Level
listed) of the University of Oxford.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS –
SELECTION CRITERIA.
Rhodes Selection Committees are looking for
young persons of outstanding intellect,
character, leadership, and commitment to
service from 20 Rhodes constituencies (64
countries) worldwide.
The four criteria governing the selection of
Rhodes Scholars are:
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.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS –
BENEFITS.
1. Full tuition fees to pursue any
course available at Oxford (with
minor limitations) for two years
with an option of a third year.
2. A maintenance stipend that will
cover accommodation, feeding and
incidentals
3. Tailored leadership courses
designed to equip the scholar on
how to solve critical problems in
any community they find
themselves.
4. One economy class airfare to and
from Oxford at the beginning and
end of tenure.
HOW TO APPLY FOR RHODES
SCHOLARSHIPS.
a. Applicants may apply online at
rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk via the
scholarships tab.
b. All candidates are required to
ensure that their completed
electronic application is received
online by midnight, GMT, 30
September Candidates are
responsible for ensuring that
referees submit their references
online no later than midnight, GMT,
14 October 2017.
c. In preparation for making their
application, all candidates should
read carefully the general
information for candidates on the
Rhodes website, the Conditions of
Tenure for the Rhodes Scholarship,
the information in this document
and the graduate admissions
pages of the University of Oxford:
ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate.
d. Shortlisted candidates will be
invited to No candidate will be
selected without interview. You
must be available to attend the
interview, in person , as no
accommodations can be made on
date and time of interview. The
interviews will take the format of a
Dinner with the Selection
Committee, followed by a Panel
Interview the following day, most
likely on a Friday evening/Saturday
between mid-November/early
December. Interviews will be held
in Lagos. Overnight
accommodation will be provided if
necessary. Travel expenses are
not normally provided. However,
candidates who need to travel to
the interview location from their
country of origin within the West
Africa region, may apply to the
National Secretary for financial
assistance to travel.
e. Candidates who do not receive
further communication by the end
of November should assume that
their application has been
unsuccessful.
Closing date: Your application must be
submitted online by midnight, GMT, 30
September
Scholarship for West Africa. The Rhodes
Scholarships are postgraduate awards.
The Management of Rhodes Scholarship for
West Africa is therefore inviting accomplished
and outstanding graduates between the ages
of 19-25 to apply for the 2018 Rhodes
Scholarship for West Africa.
The Rhodes Scholarships are postgraduate
awards supporting exceptionally bright
students from around the world to study at
the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
This Scholarship is generously supported by
Miles Morland and the Cohen Charitable Trust.
West Africa includes : Benin, Burkina Faso,
Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania,
Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Principe
and Togo.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS
ELIGIBILITY.
a. You must be a citizen of one of
the following countries:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde,
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the
island of Saint Helena, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, São Tomé and
Principe and Togo.
b. You must have been resident in
one or more of the countries listed
above for at least five of the last
ten
c. You must have completed an
undergraduate degree from a
college or university (normally a
Bachelor’s degree) with the
highest classification your
University awards, eg First Class
or Upper Second Class
d. You must have reached your 19th
and not have passed your 26th
birthday on 1 October This means
candidates must have been born
after 30 September 1992 and on or
before 1 October 1999.
e. You must have a sufficiently high
standard of English to meet the
English language proficiency
requirements (at the Higher Level
listed) of the University of Oxford.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS –
SELECTION CRITERIA.
Rhodes Selection Committees are looking for
young persons of outstanding intellect,
character, leadership, and commitment to
service from 20 Rhodes constituencies (64
countries) worldwide.
The four criteria governing the selection of
Rhodes Scholars are:
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.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS –
BENEFITS.
1. Full tuition fees to pursue any
course available at Oxford (with
minor limitations) for two years
with an option of a third year.
2. A maintenance stipend that will
cover accommodation, feeding and
incidentals
3. Tailored leadership courses
designed to equip the scholar on
how to solve critical problems in
any community they find
themselves.
4. One economy class airfare to and
from Oxford at the beginning and
end of tenure.
HOW TO APPLY FOR RHODES
SCHOLARSHIPS.
a. Applicants may apply online at
rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk via the
scholarships tab.
b. All candidates are required to
ensure that their completed
electronic application is received
online by midnight, GMT, 30
September Candidates are
responsible for ensuring that
referees submit their references
online no later than midnight, GMT,
14 October 2017.
c. In preparation for making their
application, all candidates should
read carefully the general
information for candidates on the
Rhodes website, the Conditions of
Tenure for the Rhodes Scholarship,
the information in this document
and the graduate admissions
pages of the University of Oxford:
ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate.
d. Shortlisted candidates will be
invited to No candidate will be
selected without interview. You
must be available to attend the
interview, in person , as no
accommodations can be made on
date and time of interview. The
interviews will take the format of a
Dinner with the Selection
Committee, followed by a Panel
Interview the following day, most
likely on a Friday evening/Saturday
between mid-November/early
December. Interviews will be held
in Lagos. Overnight
accommodation will be provided if
necessary. Travel expenses are
not normally provided. However,
candidates who need to travel to
the interview location from their
country of origin within the West
Africa region, may apply to the
National Secretary for financial
assistance to travel.
e. Candidates who do not receive
further communication by the end
of November should assume that
their application has been
unsuccessful.
Closing date: Your application must be
submitted online by midnight, GMT, 30
September
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