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Christ Church seeks applicants of the highest academic potential and merit and aims to provide a high-quality environment for academic study. 

Course fees

For information on tuition fees and college fees as well as funding options, please see the fees section of the University website.

Our scholarships

Financial support for graduate students is a priority for Christ Church, and the College offers a range of scholarships each year for new graduate students. In recent years, for example, we have partnered with the Law Faculty to offer a BAME Scholarship to a DPhil student in Law, and with the University to offer two Black Academic Futures Scholarships and have offered a fully-funded Refugee Academic Futures scholarship thanks to the generosity of many members of college, staff and students, and alumni. Scholarships available for students starting in the 2025/26 academic year are listed below.

There is no separate College application procedure for any of the scholarships listed.

Any queries about Christ Church scholarships from prospective students or offer-holders should be directed to the Admissions Office. 

Any queries from current students should be directed to the Academic Office. 

Please note more scholarships will be added by the end of October 2024.

Research Council awards

  • Two AHRC Humanities Scholarships each year in partnership with the University

    Details of scholarship: See https://www.oocdtp.ac.uk/our-studentships

    Eligibility: Home/ROI/Islands/Overseas applicants for the Humanities subjects the College normally considers

    Value: Course fee and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate

    Duration: Up to three years (depending on period of fee liability)

    Application process: No separate application process for Christ Church, but applicants should follow the OOC DTP application process

Subject-specific awards - Humanities Division

Subject-specific awards - Social Sciences Division

  • One Anne Campbell Scholarship in Law

    Details of scholarship: The Anne Campbell Scholarship was given by Emily Campbell (ChCh 1990) in memory of her late mother.  It is awarded to the Christ Church law graduate with the highest average mark in the Final Honours School who remains at Christ Church, or returns to Christ Church, in order to study for the BCL or MJur

    Eligibility: Home/ROI/Islands/Overseas applicants to Christ Church for the MJur and BCL who have previously completed their undergraduate Law degree at Christ Church

    Value: £3,300 towards course fees and £500 towards living costs

    Duration: Ten months

    Application process: No separate application process.

  • One Hale Scholarship in Physical Geography

    Details of scholarship: this award is funded by the generosity of Mr Simon Hale.

    Eligibility: Home/ROI/Islands/Overseas applicants for any course in Physical Geography

    Value: £5,000 p/a

    Duration: Between one and three years (depending on period of fee liability)

    Application process: No separate application process.

Subject-specific awards - Maths, Physical & Life Sciences Division

  • One Philip Wetton scholarship in Astrophysics

    Details of scholarship:

    Eligibility:  Home candidates applying for the DPhil in Astrophysics

    Value: Course fees and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate

    Duration: Up to three years (depending on period of fee liability)

    Application process: No separate application process.

Non-subject-specific awards

  • Christ Church is contributing to five AfOx graduate scholarships for 25/26 entry

    https://www.afox.ox.ac.uk/students

  • One American Friends Endowment Scholarship

    Details of scholarship: The Scholarship is funded by American alumni of Christ Church and was established through the generosity of Peter Paine, a New York lawyer, and John Ward, a business consultant.

    Eligibility: Applicants who are ordinarily resident in the USA and who completed their first degree at an American University for any course that Christ Church offers

    Value: A grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend date

    Duration: Up to twelve months (depending on period of fee liability)

    Application process: No separate application process

  • Four Clarendon Scholarships in partnership with the University

    Details of scholarship: See https://www.ox.ac.uk/clarendon/information-for-applicants

    Eligibility: Home/ROI/Islands/Overseas applicants for subjects the College normally considers. One award is normally made in each of the Divisions as follows: Humanities, Social Sciences, MPLS, Medical Sciences.

    Value: Course fee and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate

    Duration: Up to four years (depending on period of fee liability)

    Application process: No separate application process

  • One Scholarship in partnership with the University Palestinian Crisis Scholarship Scheme

    University Palestinian Crisis Scholarship Scheme

    Details of scholarship scheme: This scheme provides access to higher education to students displaced by the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank through the provision of full graduate scholarships to study at Oxford.

    Eligibility: The scholarships are open to those who hold an offer for any one-year full-time or two-year part-time taught master's course starting in the 2025-26 academic year, and have been displaced by the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. These scholarships are open to all subject areas.

    Duration: 1 year (full-time) or two years (part-time) on a taught master’s course.

    Application procedure: Applicants should follow the university application procedure for these awards, noting the need to indicate that you are a refugee/displaced person in your application and that support is available for preparing your application."