The Skoll Master’s Scholarship at Oxford University 2023 is an annual scholarship for incoming MBA students who wish to further their education at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and who also wish to pursue a degree in entrepreneurial solutions for urgent social and environmental challenges. The scholarship program covers the full tuition fee for the MBA program and other partial living expenses for successful students.
The Skoll Scholarship provides funding assistance for entrepreneurs who have set up or have been working in entrepreneurial initiatives with a social purpose or who have pursued an impact career, and who wish to improve their knowledge of market-oriented practices so as to be more effective in their progressing pursuit for social change.
In addition to financial support, the Scholarship provides access to the Skoll Scholar community, a group of leaders who are positively impacting the world through innovation and systems change, as well as exclusive opportunities to meet with world-renowned entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and investors.
The Scholarship is given in recognition that the MBA may represent a significant financial burden, particularly for those who have chosen to work in the social impact/innovation space rather than the purely commercial or public sectors.
About the University of Oxford
As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford is a unique and historic institution. There is no clear date of foundation, but teaching existed at Oxford in some form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris.
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Aim and Benefits of the University of Oxford Masters Scholarship
The Skoll scholarship provides funding for entrepreneurs who have set up or have been working in entrepreneurial initiatives with a social purpose or who have pursued an impact career, and who wish to improve their knowledge of market-oriented practices so they can be more effective in their subsequent social change pursuits.
The Skoll Master’s Scholarship at Oxford University 2023 provides access to the Skoll Scholar community, a group of leaders who are positively impacting the world through innovation and systems change, as well as exclusive opportunities to meet with world-renowned entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and investors.
The Scholarship is given in recognition that the MBA may represent a significant financial burden, particularly for those who have chosen to work in the social impact/innovation space rather than the purely commercial or public sectors.
Requirements for Skoll Master’s Scholarship at Oxford University 2023
Entrepreneurial action
You have identified opportunities and taken action to make a positive social impact
You have spent preferably at least 3 years driving change through entrepreneurial approaches. For example, you could have:
1. Started or grown a social venture
2. OR led the expansion of a social impact initiative within an organization
3. OR been tackling a specific social/environmental issue, through a core thread that unites your work
4. Creating impact with a focus on systems change
5. You can demonstrate the outcomes and impact of your entrepreneurial action
6. Your impact addresses unjust systems and practices in your area of work
7. Personal qualities of a social entrepreneur
8. You are a force for positive change
9. You are single-minded and persistent, with a willingness to fail and start again
10. You have a bias toward action
11. You tend to explore your environment for opportunities and resources
12. You have the willingness to take personal, and sometimes financial, risks
13. You develop networks and leverage members to pursue mutual goals
14. You have apprenticed with the problem* or experienced the problem you are trying to solve
15. The Oxford MBA is critical to your career trajectory
16. You can demonstrate why business education is essential in helping to develop your
work/impact at this stage
17. Financial need
18. You are in a position where the cost of the program is a significant financial burden
19. You can demonstrate the need for the scholarship (for example, due to previous work experiences or personal circumstances)
Application Deadline
January 4, 2023
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to the University of Oxford on skollscholarship.org to apply
To apply for the Skoll Scholarship follow these steps:
Connect with us to register your interest in the Scholarship and make sure you’re kept up to date with announcements about upcoming deadlines.
Apply for the Oxford MBA program directly to Saïd Business School. You need to do this during stages 1, 2, or 3 of the MBA admissions process.
As part of your MBA application, upload your answers to the Skoll Scholarship essay questions and submit your MBA application! You’ll find the Scholarship essay questions under the “Funding” section of the MBA application. We would advise that you allow yourself about 1-weeks’ time to answer the Skoll Scholarship essay questions.
The MBA Admissions Team will then assess your application and determine if you are accepted into the MBA program or not.
If you received confirmation that you have been accepted into the MBA program, your application will automatically go forward to the Skoll Scholarship Selection Committee.
Applications for the Scholarship are reviewed after each MBA admissions stage.
You will receive an update on the status of your Scholarship application and whether your application is going forward to final shortlisting shortly after MBA admission decisions have been made from each stage.
If you receive confirmation that your Scholarship application is going forward to final shortlisting, keep an eye out for an email from the Skoll Centre with a link to the Logistics and Reference Form. See the timelines below to know when to expect this email.
Once you have received the email, complete the Logistics and Reference Form. This consists of a series of short questions to confirm your contact details (in case you are invited to interview), how you heard about the Scholarship and your referee contact details. Please note, your referees will not be contacted unless you get to the final stages of the selection process.
