Oxford-Pershing Square Graduate Scholarships

Established in 2014, the Oxford-Pershing Square Graduate Scholarships provide up to five full awards covering both the Master’s and the MBA degrees. Scholars can pursue any of the 1+1 MBA partnering programmes and combine it with the MBA.

Recipients are exceptional individuals who can demonstrate the potential and commitment to find scalable and sustainable solutions to world-scale social challenges. You will benefit from a range of on-course opportunities such as attending prestigious conferences, termly events and scholar community activities, a spring ‘trek’ to New York hosted by the Pershing Square Foundation, and mentorship opportunities.

Scholarship of Square Graduate Scholarships

• The scholarship covers course fees for both the Master’s degree and MBA programme, plus a grant for living costs of at least £19,237 per year for both years of study.

Eligibility for Square Graduate Scholarships

You will be considered in order of priority for the scholarship:

• New applicants to the Oxford 1+1 MBA programme.
  • You must be admitted both to a 1+1 MBA partnering programme and to the MBA before being considered for the scholarship (applicants on the waiting list will not be considered).
• Applicants admitted to both a full-time one-year master’s course that is not currently part of the official list of 1+1 MBA partnering programmes, and to the MBA (as a separate application).
• Current master’s students who have been admitted to the MBA and were not considered for the scholarship in the previous year.

Selection Criteria

• Academic achievement demonstrated through degree results, GMAT or GRE score, previous university prizes and awards, and other academic achievements.
• Leadership potential demonstrated through experience and motivation.
• Strong personal character, integrity, and commitment.
• Intention to focus on addressing world-scale social challenges in your career, either in an existing organisation or through the development of a new enterprise.
• Ability to envision how to achieve scalable and sustainable solutions to these challenges.
• Articulated vision on how the Oxford 1+1 MBA will allow you to fulfil your objectives.

You are advised to highlight these attributes in your 1+1 MBA application, scholarship essay and interview answers.

Application

You must submit a complete application for both courses and upload the scholarship essay in the ‘Funding’ section of the 1+1 MBA programme application by the deadline to be considered.

Answer the following question in no more than 500 words:

• How do you intend to change the world and what does this tell us about you as a person?