Oxford-Thatcher Graduate Scholarships

A limited number of full scholarships for incoming postgraduate students applying to a graduate programme at the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, and the Department of Engineering
Scope: any incoming postgraduate student holding an offer to follow any fulltime graduate programme Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, and the Department of Engineering and University College, Oxford
Funding: full tuition-fee waiver and living allowance
Duration: full duration of programme

Two Oxford-Thatcher Graduate Scholarships are available for applicants to full-time or part-time graduate courses with a preference in 2023/24 for applicants to courses in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, and the Department of Engineering. To check whether the course you are planning to apply for is accepted by Somerville College, please review the relevant Course page.

The scholarship is jointly funded by the University and the Thatcher Development Programme at Somerville College. The late Lady Thatcher, studied Chemistry at Somerville College Oxford from 1943 to 1946 and received bursary and scholarship support from the College. Lady Thatcher went on to become not only the first woman but also the first scientist to be Prime Minister of the UK, from 1979 to 1990. Following her death in 2013, Somerville College established the Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust in her memory.