How to Apply
Full guidance on how to apply, application deadlines, and entry requirements can be found on the central admissions pages of the University website.
For all queries, including those relating to potential supervisors in individual languages or to co-supervision of comparative and cross-linguistic projects, please contact graduate.studies@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk and we will redirect your enquiry to the appropriate colleagues.
Funding Opportunities for 2023 Entry
The Faculty has one of the largest number of studentships/funding opportunities available of any Modern Languages department in the country. All applications received for either the November or January admissions deadlines are automatically considered for a number of funding opportunities, but these are highly competitive, particularly at Masters (PGT) level. The following funding opportunities are available for 2023 entry.
Funding Opportunities for Postgraduate Taught (MSt, MPhil) Applicants
- Lidl Graduate Scholarship for an applicant for the MSt in Modern Languages (German); full fees at Home/ROI or Overseas rates, and a Research Council equivalent maintenance grant.
The following funding opportunities were available for 2022 entry. Further information on funding opportunities for 2023 entry will be announced soon.
- Masters Studentship in Collaboration with Lincoln College for the MSt or MPhil in Modern Languages (French); full fees at Home/ROI or Overseas rates, and a Research Council equivalent maintenance grant.
- Living Languages Studentship for the MSt in Modern Languages (all subjects); when awarding this scholarship priority will be given to UK-based students who are underrepresented at graduate level in Oxford, including those from ethnic or lower socioeconomic backgrounds; full fees at Home/ROI rates and a Research Council equivalent maintenance grant.
Funding Opportunities for Postgraduate Research (DPhil) Applicants
Further details for 2023 entry will be announced soon.
Other Funding Opportunities
All applicants who apply by the 06 January 2023 deadline are automatically considered for any funding held within the Faculty and other funding held within the University including the Clarendon Scholarships, the Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships, and the UK BAME Studentships in the Humanities.
Applicants to Faculty courses are also eligible for funding from other schemes, some of which require further application materials to be submitted, or additional actions to be taken — details of which can be found on the individual pages:
- The Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Programme (OOC-DTP)
- The Ertegun Scheme
- The Hill Foundation (for Russian students)
A full list of funding schemes offered by the University can be found on the Graduate Admissions website, which applicants are strongly recommended to consult. Details of further Humanities funding schemes are available on the Humanities Division website.
