Reporter 18/11/98: Merton College

Merton College

DOMUS GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

Merton College is offering three or four Domus Graduate Scholarships in 1999, in two separate competitions, A and B. The Scholarships are intended to assist students of outstanding academic excellence who for financial reasons would not otherwise be able to study at the University of Oxford. They cover full board and accommodation in the College, College and University fees, and an additional grant of £2,500 (under review for 1999); this makes a total annual value of about £9,800-£22,700, depending on the origin of the student and the subject studied. Subject to satisfactory progress, the scholarships will be tenable for three years. These Scholarships replace the College's previous Domus and Harmsworth Senior Scholarship competition.

Competition A is open to graduates of any university, who are not ordinarily resident in the UK, and have not done more than two years of postgraduate study or research, and propose to begin a course of study leading to a doctorate at the University of Oxford in October 1999 in any of the subjects normally acceptable for graduate study at the College, and have no other funding which would allow them to do so. The College intends to award two Scholarships. The closing date for this competition is 7 April 1999, by which date all applicants must have been accepted as doctoral students by the relevant Faculty or Department of the University. This process, over which the College has no control, may take about two months. Those interested in applying should contact the Assistant Tutorial Secretary, Merton College, Oxford, OX1 4JD (tel. 0865 276299; fax: 0865 286500; email julie.gerhardi@ merton.ox.ac.uk) as soon as possible to ask for further particulars. Those who have not already applied for admission to the University are advised to contact the Oxford University Graduate Admissions Office (University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD, email: graduate.admissions@admin.ox.ac.uk), or the relevant department of the University. They should also consult the University's Graduate Prospectus, obtainable from the Graduate Admissions Office, and on the University's home page (http://www.ox.ac.uk/), where Departmental addresses (Appendix 1) and much other important information may be found.

Competition B is open to graduates of any university with a first class honours degree, who are ordinarily resident in the UK, and have not done more than two years of postgraduate study or research, and have been accepted to begin a course of study leading to a doctorate at the University of Oxford in October 1999 in any subject normally acceptable for graduate study at the College, and have no other funding which would allow them to do so. The College intends to award one or two Scholarships. Those interested in applying should contact the Assistant Tutorial Secretary as above. Inquiries may be made at any time after 1 January 1999, but applications should be submitted no earlier than 15 August 1999. The closing date will be 6 September 1999.

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