Bachelor's Scholarship•UK · Oxford

Undergraduate Ellison Scholars

Funding

Fully Funded

Program dates

Oct 1, 2027

The Undergraduate Ellison Scholars programme, run by the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) in Oxford, fully funds exceptional students from around the world to read for an undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford. Alongside their Oxford studies, scholars spend roughly ten weeks each long vacation (summer) interning on EIT innovation projects tackling global challenges — across health and generative biology, food security and sustainable agriculture, climate change and atmospheric CO₂, and artificial intelligence and robotics. Candidates apply for the scholarship and to the University of Oxford through Oxford’s separate admissions process; both must succeed to take up a place. The number of funded places is expected to grow each year.

Benefits & funding

  • Full tuition (course fees) for the duration of the undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford
  • A generous academic scholarship stipend covering living costs, accommodation and travel in Oxford
  • The equivalent of paid internships for work on EIT innovation projects, guaranteed each year
  • Travel and conference costs, plus a personal technology set-up
  • Arrival-in-Oxford costs, including flights, visa charges and access to healthcare
  • (EIT lists these inclusions but does not publish specific monetary amounts.)

Eligibility

  • Open to applicants from around the world; no nationality or residency restriction is stated
  • Hold a secondary education / high-school leaving qualification, diploma or certificate accepted by the University of Oxford
  • Grades meeting the University of Oxford’s minimum requirements for the chosen course
  • On track to meet the University of Oxford’s English language requirements for the course
  • Aged at least eighteen by the end of the first academic year (Medicine applicants must be eighteen by the start of the course)
  • Strength in fields such as computer science, artificial intelligence, economics, mathematics, robotics, plant sciences, machine learning, chemistry, biology, engineering, medicine or microbiology, and alignment with EIT’s selection criteria (alignment, excellence, innovation, collaboration, tenacity, integrity)

Application process

  1. 1
    Complete the short online eligibility checker, then submit the scholarship application at ellisonscholars.eit.org/undergraduate by 31 July 2026.
  2. 2
    Selected semi-finalists are invited to apply to the University of Oxford through Oxford’s standard admissions process (by 15 October 2026).
  3. 3
    Finalists are identified in January/February 2027 and awards are announced in March/April 2027, with the programme starting in October 2027.

Program timeline

  1. Applications open

    May 1, 2026

  2. Application deadline

    Jul 31, 2026

  3. Semi-finalist selection

    2026-09 to 2026-10

  4. Semi-finalists invited to apply to the University of Oxford

    Oct 15, 2026

  5. Finalist selection

    2027-01 to 2027-02

  6. Awards announced

    2027-03 to 2027-04

  7. Programme starts

    2027-10