Univ currently has some 200 graduate students reading for taught Master’s, Master’s by research, and Doctoral degrees. Graduates form about 40 percent of our overall student body. This is a large enough number of graduates to create a stimulating environment, but also small enough to ensure a sense of community. Graduates come to Univ from across the world, and we are very pleased to have so international a group of scholars working in the College and participating in its social life.

Funding for graduates is a high priority for the College. We offer a large and increasing number of competitively awarded financial packages to graduates, some 30 in each year. Indeed, Univ is arguably one of the most successful of Oxford’s colleges in raising and offering graduate financial support. Most of this consists of fully-funded studentships created through joint initiatives between the College and various University departments and faculties. We offer book, travel and conference grants to all graduate students, whether or not they are in receipt of a College scholarship. We are very grateful to the many benefactors who support graduate funding at Univ so generously.

Univ has a thriving graduate centre, known as the Weir Common Room, of which all graduate students are members. The WCR offers a meeting place and College base that is managed by and for our graduate students. Amongst many other academic and social events, new graduate students are invited to a welcome dinner at the start of their course, and are provided with a bespoke academic and social induction programme.

All of our graduate students have a College Adviser, a senior academic in a relevant field associated with the College, who can support them in their work. Each research student meets with the Master, the Tutor of Graduates and their College Adviser at least once each year for an Academic Review. Should any problems arise during your studies in Oxford then the College is well placed to offer support and advice.

Univ has tutorial and professorial Fellows in most subjects, as well as five statutory chairs (in Jurisprudence, Chinese, Earth Sciences,  US Politics and Political History and Neuroimaging) and some seven Junior Research Fellows. Most Fellows act as supervisors to their own graduate students, and several have large departmentally-based research groups.

Meet our academics on our Academics A-Z pages

Applications for graduate study at Oxford are processed in the first instance by the University, not the College. Only once you have been accepted onto a graduate course is your application considered by your chosen College. Full details are available at graduate.ox.ac.uk

Univ welcomes applications for any of the courses in which the College offers admission. To check if Univ offers the course you’re interested in please select the “Courses” tab at ox.ac.uk

Univ makes available a large number of graduate studentships for the support of our students. There is no separate application system for the vast majority of our many studentships. Most of our fully-funded studentships are linked to departments and faculties. Simply apply to the department or faculty of your choice and you will automatically be considered for any Univ-linked studentship for which you are eligible, even if you do not list Univ as your preferred college.

The College expects to offer approximately 30 fully-funded studentship packages in each year of entry. This represents an extraordinarily strong commitment on the part of the College to graduate study. Some of our studentships are for Masters programmes and some for Doctoral programmes. They are intentionally spread across academic disciplines and course durations. These studentships cover all costs for your study (Course fees) plus a maintenance (living cost) stipend, and are awarded by departments, faculties and the academic divisions to the most academically excellent applicants. Please note that the University’s main December and January online applications deadline is the one used for the award of almost all of these fully-funded studentships.

For most of our studentships and scholarships, we will consider all eligible applicants to Oxford, regardless of whether or not you choose University College as your preferred college. If we offer you a University College scholarship or studentship we will also offer you a place at University College, which will take the place of any earlier college offer you may have received. There is no separate application process for these scholarships.

Details of the full range of studentships currently available, including all partnerships with University Departments, Rhodes House, the Clarendon Scholarship Scheme etc. are available to read or download in our Studentships and Scholarships 2026-27 PDF.

Information on loans for US students studying at Oxford can be found here.

The Roger Short Memorial Fund finances a travel scholarship programme to Turkey and neighbouring countries (particularly Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus, but with the emphasis on Turkey) in perpetuity.

“My time in Turkey provided me with a fundamentally unique experience, which I could never have experienced without the benevolence of a Roger Short Scholarship.” – Abigail Reeves (2012, Law)

Roger Short was educated at Malvern College and at Univ, where he was a Classics Scholar from 1963-1967. A fluent Turkish speaker he devoted much of his subsequent career in the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office to the country; he was serving as British Consul General in Istanbul when he was killed in a terrorist attack on the Consulate building in November, 2003.

Current students will find further information and application details on our Intranet.

A selection of Travel Reports can be found on our News and Features page or select one to read here:

The Roger Short Memorial Fund Newsletters detail those students who have benefited from the fund set up in Roger’s name which finances a travel scholarship programme to Turkey and neighbouring countries.

Select one of the RSMF Newsletters below to read or download as a PDF.

The David and Lois Sykes Scholarships for travel to China were established through the gift of Univ Old Member David Sykes and his wife Lois.

Two awards for travel in mainland China are generally awarded and are available to both undergraduates and graduates (other than Chinese nationals).

Current students will find further information and application details on our Intranet.

A selection of Travel Reports can be found on our News and Features page or select one to read here:

For students who wish to travel to a conference, undertake an academic placement or research trip, or embark on other travel relevant to studies, there are a variety of grants available. These include:

For undergraduates the Academic Opportunity Fund can assist with exceptional costs of additional training, experience, or opportunities that contribute to the quality of the applicant’s academic performance (for example academically-relevant internships, specialist courses or research work.)

Old Members’ Trust Conference and Academic Travel Fund – There are separate funds for both undergraduates and graduates for those who wish to travel especially to attend conferences, make trips to specific archives, or undertake other research trips.

The Leney Travel Fund (in memory of AM Leney, Univ 1919), and the Keasbey Travel Grants are available to undergraduates to assist with the costs of other travel relevant to courses of study during the vacations.

The Research Training Fund, available to our graduates, can assist with exceptional costs of additional training, experience or opportunities that contribute to the quality of the applicant’s research – for example specialist courses, research work opportunities in laboratories elsewhere, and fieldwork.

The Sylvanus Classical Travel Scholarship can be used towards funding academic travel for those undergraduates studying Classics.

Current students will find further information and application details on our Intranet.

A selection of Travel Reports can be found on our News and Features page or select one to read here:

Thanks to the generosity of the late Dr Acer Nethercott the College has funds to support those who are offered a place in a Chalet party but who would be prevented from attending by cost. Both Undergraduates and graduates in receipt of an Oxford and/or OMT Bursary are eligible for support depending on their financial circumstances; whilst those not in receipt of bursaries may be considered on the basis of need, subject to availability of funds.

The video below is a lighthearted look at Chalet folklore, delivered by Dr Stephen Golding at New College on 9 September 2018, as part of the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Francis Urquhart.

Find out more about the Chalet.

Several alumni groups in the UK make annual awards to students from their region currently studying at Oxford. Awards are used to support a range of opportunities including internships, long vacation projects and travel. Please visit the Oxford Alumni website for further information on each scheme and details of how to apply: alumni.ox.ac.uk

For information about estimated living costs and how they are calculated, see the University website.