Funding

As a condition of your offer, your college will require proof that you can pay the necessary fees and support yourself for the duration of the course. 

Fee rates for courses offered by the Faculty of English have been subject to review and in many cases have been increased significantly.  This affects both Home/EU and Overseas rates. For full details of fees please see here The Faculty has a small number of studentships available to fund graduate study in English. To be considered for faculty funding you must apply through the university admissions process by the January deadline. Studentships include Faculty/college studentships (which are offered across all of our M.St. courses and some doctoral research areas) as well as a number of trust-funded studentships, managed by other committees/Boards to whom the Faculty can make recommendations, and which have specific criteria. These include the E.K. Chambers Studentship for candidates with a degree other than single honours English and with good classical attainments (held at Somerville or Corpus Christi); the Jeremy Griffiths Studentship for candidates studying for the MSt/MPhil 650-1550 (held at St Hilda's); the Cecily Clarke studentship for candidates studying a subject relating to Middle English Philology (held at Keble); and the Violet Vaughan Morgan Studentship –for candidates studying a subject relating to world literatures in English.

Funding support for the MSt in English Language is available through the Faculty’s News International Scholarships, which pay the full cost of tuition plus a maintenance grant equivalent to the AHRC grant.  The scheme is competitive, but all applicants for the M.St will automatically be considered.

All candidates applying for our graduate courses are automatically considered for these various awards and should NOT submit a separate application. Successful candidates will be informed at the point of an offer of a place.

The majority of the studentships are for M.St./M.Phil. applicants, although there is some funding for D.Phil./PRS applicants. The studentships include a maintenance grant equivalent to the AHRC grant and full university /college fees.

The AHRC grant application process (for Home/EU students) will be managed by the University, so there is no need for a separate application to the AHRC. English has a block grant allocation of doctoral and master’s awards from the AHRC. You must ensure that you complete the relevant section on the application form to ensure that you are considered for AHRC funding.

English also nominates candidates each year for Clarendon funding. Here too application is made through the central admissions process and candidates must complete the relevant section on the application form.

For further information about funding, please see here