Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities

You must also complete a supporting statement (Word doc) and upload it as a pdf document together with your Graduate Application Form by the application deadline in order for your application to be complete. The statement requires you to answer three questions that relate to the aims and mission of the Ertegun Scholarship programme. The Selection Committee will consider your supporting statement in conjunction with your course application.

All Ertegun Scholarships cover course fees in full. Scholars also receive a generous annual grant for living costs (the rate for 2025-26 is £20,780), which is normally sufficient to cover the living costs of a single student living in Oxford.

Applications to The Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme may be made by those in fields covered by the following Faculties: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Classics (including classical archaeology) English Language and Literature Fine Art (DPhil in Contemporary Art History and Theory only), History (including History of Art and the History of Architecture) Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics Medieval and Modern Languages (covering most European languages and their literature) Music Philosophy Theology and Religion and the interdisciplinary courses of Celtic Studies, Comparative Literature & Critical Translation, Medieval Studies, Film Aesthetics, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and Digital Scholarship.

The University's application portal lists all scholarships and does not cover specific eligibility criteria. If your course is not on the list of eligible courses above, then it is not eligible to apply for the Ertegun scholarship. Only courses administered by the Humanities Division and its faculties are eligible (some exceptions apply to courses jointly administered by a faculty of the Humanities Division and the School of Archaeology or Global and Area Studies which are included in the eligible courses list).