The Optiver Foundation Master’s Scholarship targets women scholars from low and middle-income countries (Kenya included) who are able to take up offers to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects at postgraduate level at Oxford. It aims to nurture female global researchers, academics and scientific leaders of the future. The programme will provide full financial support to cover course fees, as well as a grant for living costs.
To be eligible, apply for an eligible course by the relevant November, December or January application deadline for the academic year starting October 2023. Pick a course of your choice in either of the following departments: Departments of Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Science, or the Mathematical Institute.
For more information about the scholarship programme, click here.
About the University of Oxford
The University of Oxford has a reputation as one of the highest ranking universities in terms of teaching, research and contribution to academia and society in general. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 placed the University of Oxford as the best university in the world for the sixth consecutive year, ahead of Harvard and Yale.
As one of the oldest universities in the world with evidence of teaching as early as 1096, the university has seen some of the world’s most famous people walk its halls as students. For example;
- World famous authors Oscar Wilde and Dr. Seuss
- Indira Gandhi, India’s first female Prime Minister
- Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire owner of Fox News
- Benazir Bhutto, the first female prime minister of Pakistan
- Former British Prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron.
Would you like to join this list some day? Then apply to a graduate programme at Oxford. To learn more, head over to the University of Oxford Application Guide here.
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