ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to apply to the China Oxford Scholarship Fund post-graduate awards programme, a student must be a Chinese citizen with a valid PRC passport or SAR Hong Kong passport . An applicant must also be ordinarily resident in the People’s Republic of China (Chinese Mainland) or Hong Kong and hold an official offer or official conditional offer to study full-time for a postgraduate degree from the University of Oxford at the time of application.
Graduate students who are already studying at the University of Oxford are also eligible to apply. They must provide a “confirmation of registration and student status” letter from the University of Oxford or from their department as part of their application.
Please note preference is given to incoming 1st-year graduate students.
HOW TO APPLY
Before applying, it is important to read carefully our 2026 FAQ document which covers how to complete your application form and the most commonly asked questions to help guide you through the process. You can view or download the document here.
THE APPLICATION FORM
You can view and download the 2026 application form here.
If you are unable to download the form by directly clicking onto the link, please right click the link and open it in a new window or tab. From there, you should be able to download the application.
All information provided on the application form must be in English and the form must be endorsed with your signature otherwise your application is invalid and will not be accepted.
SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION
Applicants may submit their forms online or by post.
BY POST
You can print off and complete the application and send it with all supporting documents to our Hong Kong postal address.
We will only accept applications starting on the 1st January 2026 to the 1st April 2026. Applications sent by post must be received by the 1st April at our Hong Kong postal address. This is not a postmark date deadline. Postal submissions must be sent to the following address:
China Oxford Scholarship Fund, G.P.O. Box 2755, Central, Hong Kong
BY EMAIL
FOR APPLICANTS SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATIONS ONLINE, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
Online applicants must submit only 2 PDF files.
The first PDF file must consist of:
• The completed and signed application form
• Personal statement
This means these 2 documents must be combined into a single PDF file no more than 5 mb total in file size. Please mark this file with your preferred title and name along with “PDF1”. For example “MR ZHANG XIAOMIN PDF1 “
The second PDF file must comprise of supporting documents such as:
• Official offer letter from the University of Oxford
• Copies of your undergraduate transcripts. If you are currently a graduate student at the University of Oxford, you are exempt from this requirement.
• Copies of awarded scholarships
• For current Oxford graduate students applying: A confirmation of registration and student status letter from their departments as evidence they will be officially studying in the 2026-2027 academic year.
These supporting documents must be combined into a single PDF file no more than 10mb total in file size. Please mark this file with your preferred title and name along with “PDF2”. For example “MR ZHANG XIAOMIN PDF2 “
Applications are rejected if the PDF files are sent with:
• Passcodes or security codes placed on the files
• PDFs that exceed the file size limit
• PDFs sent via a URL link
• PDFs that require downloading from any kind of cloud storage.
ONLINE SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 23:59 HONG KONG TIME OR 16:59 UK TIME ON THE 15TH APRIL. SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DEADLINE TIME WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
We strongly advise applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible and not wait until the last minute to email their forms.
Online submissions must be sent to: application@chinaoxford.org
Please ensure that the email subject heading states your full name along with “Application 2026” after it.
For example: “MR ZHANG XIAOMIN APPLICATION 2026”
ALL ONLINE AND POSTAL APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS ARE FINAL.
If you have any queries, please do contact us at info@chinaoxford.org