2015 MASTER'S IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW - BOTSWANA CITIZENS

Each year we apply to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission of the United Kingdom for funding to enable up to ten human rights advocates from selected developing African and South Asian Commonwealth countries to undertake the Master’s in International Human Rights Law.  Since 2012, Commission has generously provided this funding and we are pleased to report that our latest application has also been successful.

We had anticipated that the latest funding would be for the course starting September 2016 but it will, in fact, be for the course starting September 2015.

The scholarships will be open to candidates from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Candidates usually need to be Commonwealth citizens of one of the eligible countries AND be permanent residents and currently resident in a developing Commonwealth country at the time of application and throughout the program. They will also need to meet the eligibility criteria for the course itself which are set out on our Admissions pages. The scholarships will not be open to students who have deferred entry from a previous year.

The Commonwealth Scholarships are funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and a secondary donor. They provide course and college fees at Oxford University over two years plus return air travel from the scholar’s home country for each residential session.

If you are interested in applying, please read this guidance note about the scheme to check you meet the eligibility criteria (for both the course and the scholarship) and then follow the instructions to submit an application to the University’s online application system remembering to use the scholarship code given in the guidance note (this is very important) . The closing date for applications is noon on Friday 17 April. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.