THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP FOR KENYA
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES 2018 ONLY
Background Information
The Rhodes Scholarship is administered by the Rhodes Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom. Scholarships are awarded in 20 Rhodes constituencies (64 different countries) around the world. Selection Committees for the Rhodes Scholarship are looking for outstanding leaders who are motivated to engage with global challenges, to 'esteem the performance of public duties as their highest aim', and to promote international understanding and peace. In short, Selection Committees seek young women and men of outstanding intellect, character, leadership, and commitment to service, and who demonstrate a strong propensity to emerge as 'leaders for the world’s future'.
Please see the Rhodes Trust website for full details : www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk
The information below assumes that you have read and familiarised yourself with the basic selection criteria for the Rhodes Scholarships on the Rhodes Trust website. You should also pay close attention to the detailed Conditions of Tenure for the Scholarship, available here: http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/files/application_conditions‐of‐tenure
1. Closing date
Applications must submitted online by 23:59, local time, 31 August 2017.
2. Eligibility criteria
a. Nationality/citizenship : You must be a citizen of Kenya. Candidates with dual citizenship may not apply to more than one of the Rhodes constituencies.
b. Residency : You must have been resident in Kenya for at least five of the last ten years.
c. Age : You must have reached your 19th and not have passed your 25th birthday on 1 October 2018, which means you must have been born after 30 September 1993 and on or before 1 October 1999. Exceptions may be made for students who have undertaken an undergraduate degree of five years or more.
d. Academic achievement : You must have completed (or will have completed by the summer of 2018) an undergraduate degree from a university (normally a Bachelor’s degree) with a First or Upper Second class standard (ie an average core of 69%/GPA 3.7 or higher). In this respect, please note carefully the requirements for your chosen course at Oxford.
3. Application Procedure
a. Candidates may apply online from 1 June 2017 at http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.ukvia the scholarship tab.
Queries in this regard should be directed to the National Secretary.
b. You must submit your application online, with all supporting documents, by 23:59, local time, 31 August 2017.
c. In preparation for making their application, all candidates should read carefully the general information for candidates on the Rhodes website, the Conditions of Tenurefor the Rhodes Scholarship, the information in this document and the graduate admissions pages of the University of Oxford: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate.
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