EIT’s graduate-opportunities page is a gateway to fully funded doctoral study at the University of Oxford. It covers direct EIT Graduate Scholarships and separately administered doctoral routes in Fundamentals of AI, Generative Biology and Correlates of Immunity.
Across the routes, students undertake full-time DPhil research in Oxford and connect their work to EIT projects addressing global challenges. The direct EIT route uses EIT selection, while the other three routes have their own application processes, project availability and funding arrangements.
Benefits & funding
- Direct Graduate Ellison Scholars funding covers Oxford course fees for the duration of the graduate course and a living stipend.
- It also covers travel and conferences, personal technology, and arrival costs including flights, visa charges and healthcare access.
- The Fundamentals of AI, Generative Biology and Correlates of Immunity routes have different funding packages; check each course page.
- Students work with EIT and Oxford researchers on projects linked to EIT’s research areas.
Eligibility
- Applicants must meet the qualifications, grades and English-language requirements of their selected Oxford DPhil; depending on the course, eligible applicants may hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree.
- The opportunity is presented to candidates worldwide, with no stated nationality, age, gender or prior-residency restriction.
- Study is full-time in Oxford, and applicants must show skills aligned with their selected EIT funding area or doctoral programme.
- No fixed minimum or maximum work-experience requirement is stated.
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Application process
- 1Choose between a direct EIT-funded project, the Fundamentals of AI CDT, the Generative Biology DTP or Correlates of Immunity.
- 2Check the relevant Oxford doctoral course’s academic and English-language entry requirements.
- 3For a direct EIT project, apply through EIT by 1 December 2026; direct applicants are automatically considered for Ellison Scholars recognition.
- 4For the AI CDT and Generative Biology DTP, apply through the Oxford course pages; for Correlates of Immunity, apply through the form EIT links to; then complete the Ellison Scholars application where EIT instructs applicants to do so.
Program timeline
16 September 2026
Applications for October 2027 entry opened.
Application deadline.
1 December 2026, 5pm UK time
Students begin at Oxford.
October 2027