Financing Graduate Study
It is essential to have your funding in place before you start your graduate course. Most of the available scholarships are awarded on admission and it is very unlikely that you would get a major award once you have started on your course. We have detailed below the scholarships and bursaries support by our generous alumni (former students). There are more sources of graduate scholarship on the University website.
You will automatically be considered for awards that are made jointly by LMH and the relevant department. If you have accepted a place at another college, you will still be considered for these awards but will be asked to move to LMH to take up that award.
For on course students, there is also access to small grants for academic expenses, including giving papers at conferences, and a hardship fund for unforeseeable circumstances. In common with all other colleges in the University, LMH is able to offer places only to graduate students who can demonstrate they have sufficient funding, which students do by completing a Financial Declaration (more information on Financial Declarations can be found on the University website).
Course fees for graduate students are published as a single figure (in previous years, there were separate figures for university fees and college fees). Course fees will vary according to your programme of study and your fee status. University and college services are included in the course fees you pay and are divided between the University (including your department and/or faculty) and the College.
Course fees are payable for each year of study (i.e. for the duration of your fee liability). Please note that course fees and living costs usually increase annually. Course fees are also payable to the College with the exception of a small number of courses that are delivered by the Saïd Business School and the Department for Continuing Education (they collect fees directly). It is important to note that course fees for the full academic year are payable annually in advance – no later than Week 1 in the term you commence your studies.
Full details of course fees can be found on the University's Fees via the button below.
LMH Graduate Scholarships
LMH is actively raising money for graduate scholarships. Our ambition is that no student of high academic potential should be turned away because of lack of funding. You can find information about some of our existing graduate scholarships below (please note that this list is a work in progress and is not yet complete).
Beer Family Scholarship
Lady Margaret Hall, in conjunction with the Law Faculty, is delighted to offer the Beer Family Scholarship in Law.
The Beer Family Scholarship is an annual award that offers £10,000 funding to any graduate applying to read law, either through a DPhil course or a one-year Masters, who would not otherwise have the independent means to fund their place. The award has a preference for students from the North of England.
This award is administered through the Law Faculty and eligible applicants will be invited to complete the Faculty's means assessment form (a link to this form will be sent out by the Law Faculty to all eligible applicants). The successful candidate will become a member of Lady Margaret Hall.
The Beer Family Scholarship is next available in the coming academic year of 2024–25. If you have any questions about this scholarship, please contact the Law Faculty at: firstname.lastname@example.org. Information about the award can be found on the Law Faculty’s website at this link.
British Council GREAT Scholarships
LMH and the Oxford Pakistan Programme are pleased to be partnering with the British Council to offer two GREAT Scholarships to students who are resident in Pakistan and applying for eligible taught postgraduate courses starting in 2025.
Scholarship awards will be £10,000. Eligible applicants will also be considered for additional funding from the Oxford Pakistan Programme.
Successful applicants must fulfil the following GREAT Scholarship criteria:
- Be a passport holder and a resident of Pakistan.
- Hold an undergraduate degree, and demonstrate motivation and interest in the proposed subject area.
- Meet the English language requirements of the University of Oxford.
- Be willing to establish an engagement with the UK as a scholar, though personal and academic fulfilment.
- Be willing to attend a networking event of all UK-based GREAT scholars, to discuss experiences and capture perceptions of studying in the UK.
- Be willing to maintain contact with the British Council and the University of Oxford and act as an ambassador for the GREAT Scholarships, by sharing experiences of studying in the UK with future GREAT scholars.
- As an alumnus of the GREAT Scholarships, be willing occasionally to speak to potential candidates about your own experience of studying in the UK.
All applicants to the Oxford Pakistan Programme will be automatically considered for a GREAT Scholarship. For further details about eligibility criteria and the application process, please visit the Oxford Pakistan Programme website.
Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP) Scholarships
The OPP Graduate Scholarships programme offers a range of scholarships, including both partial and full scholarships, to deserving students. The selection committee will make the decision on whether a partial or full scholarship is awarded based on the individual merit and circumstances of each applicant.
The scholarships are offered to students applying for a one-year taught master’s course at the University of Oxford (excluding MBA courses). You can still apply if you are admitted into a course that is longer than one year (e.g., M.Phil and D.Phil). In such cases, the OPP might be able to offer partial support.
Find out more about the support the OPP can offer and how to apply via their website.
For the latest accommodation costs, take a look at the Graduate Accommodation pages on our website. For graduates living on-site, accommodation fees are due termly. There is no additional charge for water, gas or electricity for on-site College accommodation.
College meals are very popular and considered good value. The College uses a cashless payment system which allows students to top-up their credit and take as many or as few meals in Hall as they like. Graduates students also dine free at the first three formal halls each term (weekly 3-course dinners), after which they are charged at a subsidised rate. This is regardless of whether you live on-site or off-site!
You will receive an annual free printing allowance of 600 sheets (over which there is a small charge). There is also a small fee for membership of the Middle Common Room (the graduate student body in the college).
See the University website for more information about graduate living costs.