The Rhodes Scholarship is a postgraduate award supporting exceptional students from around the world to study at the University of Oxford. The program was established in 1903 and first awarded in Canada in 1904. To date, the University of Manitoba has had the privilege of cultivating 99 Rhodes Scholars, the highest in Western Canada.
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University of Manitoba Rhodes Scholarship - Postgraduate Award
Requirements for University of Manitoba Rhodes Scholarship - Postgraduate Award Qualification
For the 2023 competition (2024 Rhodes Scholarship), the following Eligibility Criteria apply:
- Nationality/citizenship: You must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada. Applications from refugees/asylum seekers currently residing in Canada will also be considered.
- Residency: You must be domiciled in Canada.
- Age: You must meet either of the below criteria:
- You must be aged 18-23 on October 1st, 2023 (i.e., you must have been born after October 1st, 1999, and before October 2nd, 2005).
- OR (for older candidates who completed their first undergraduate degree later than usual)
- You must be under the age of 27 on October 1st, 2023 (i.e. have been born after October 1st, 1996) AND you must also have completed your first undergraduate degree on or after October 1st, 2022.
- Academic achievement: You must have completed an undergraduate degree (usually a Bachelor’s) by July 2024, and you must have an academic background and grade that - at a minimum - meets or exceeds the specific entry requirements of your chosen course at the University of Oxford (https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/courses-a-z-listing). Candidates will have a higher chance of successful admission to Oxford if they have:
Interview date, Process and Venue for University of Manitoba Rhodes Scholarship - Postgraduate Award
The Rhodes selection criteria are powerful and have remained largely unchanged over the past 100 years, having been drawn directly from the founder’s Will:
- ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
- ENERGY TO USE YOUR TALENTS TO THE FULL as demonstrated by success in areas such as sports, music, debate, dance, theatre, and artistic pursuits, including where teamwork is involved
- TRUTH, COURAGE, DEVOTION TO DUTY, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness, and fellowship
- MORAL FORCE OF CHARACTER and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in your fellow human beings
Application Deadline
September 28, 2023
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
University of Manitoba on www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk to apply
