Fully Funded Oxford Pershing Square Scholarships 2019-21 at University of Oxford by Pershing Square Foundation supports Oxford Pershing Square Scholarship with an aim to aid exceptional leaders and innovative organizations that tackle social issues and deliver scalable and sustainable impact. It is committed to supporting areas such as economic development, education, healthcare, justice, and the arts. The Pershing Square Foundation’s gift of £4.5m will endow the scholarships in perpetuity. The University of Oxford has provided a further £3m under the Oxford Graduate Scholarship Matched Fund, taking the total funding to £7.5m

Benefits

• The Pershing Square Foundation awards up to five full scholarships to support outstanding students on the 1+1 MBA, covering both the Master’s degree and the MBA year.
• The Scholarship provides funding for tuition, college fees and at least £14,553 toward living expenses for both years of study.
• Recipients are exceptional individuals who can demonstrate the potential and commitment to finding scalable and sustainable solutions to world-scale social challenges
• can pursue any of the partnering Master’s degrees and combine it with their MBA.
• It is also available if you are currently studying one of the Master’s partnering programmes and wish to apply to the MBA programme.
• will be invited to a spring ‘trek’ to New York City hosted by the Pershing Square Foundation, where you can participate in meetings and workshops with leading innovators and change makers.
• can also attend prestigious conferences and events throughout the year, including the Ditchely Conferences and the Skoll World Forum.
• will also have opportunities for mentorship and networking with inspirational individuals and organizations that are part of the Pershing Square Foundation’s community.

Eligibility

Scholarships are awarded to individuals with:

• Academic achievement
• Leadership potential demonstrated through experience and motivation
• Strong personal character, integrity, and commitment
• Intention to focus on addressing world-scale social challenges in your career, either in an existing organization or through the development of a new enterprise
• Ability to envision how to achieve scalable and sustainable solutions to these challenges
• Articulated vision on how the Oxford 1+1 MBA will allow you to fulfill your objectives

Highlight these attributes in your MBA application, scholarship essay and interview answers.