Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships

Fellowships to study at the University of Oxford

The Rhodes Scholarships are the oldest and most celebrated international fellowship awards in the world. Each year 32 young Americans are selected as Rhodes Scholars, through a decentralized process representing the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Applicants from more than 300 American colleges and universities have been selected as Rhodes Scholars. In most years, even after a century of competition, a Rhodes Scholar is selected from an institution which has not formerly supplied a successful applicant.

Rhodes Scholars are chosen not only for their outstanding scholarly achievements, but for their character, commitment to others and to the common good, and for their potential for leadership in whatever domains their careers may lead. The Rhodes Trust, a British charity established to honor the will and bequest of Cecil J. Rhodes, provides full financial support for Rhodes Scholars to pursue a degree or degrees at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The first American Rhodes Scholars entered Oxford in 1904.

For more information, please visit the Rhodes Scholarships website.

2015 – 2016 Application Deadline

October 1, 2014 11:59pm EST

Faculty Representative

Virginia Maxwell
Associate Dean, College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science
South Campus Hall, 107
vmaxwell@newhaven.edu
203.479.4599