The Skoll Scholarship

Entrepreneurial experience

• Minimum three years of experience building and leading a social venture, with demonstrated evidence of significant social impact.

Changemaking qualities

• Demonstrates curiosity, humility, and persistence in seeking to understand the systemic roots of social or environmental challenges.

• Has lived experience with the issue they seek to address or has meaningfully engaged with the issue through long-term work, research, or collaboration with those directly affected.

• Displays self-awareness regarding their position, privilege, and limitations and a willingness to listen, learn, and adapt.

Leveraging the Oxford MBA to contribute to systemic change

• Demonstrates a clear intention to pursue a career aligned with long-term, systemic social or environmental impact.

• Articulates how being part of the University of Oxford, the Saïd Business School MBA programme, and the Skoll Centre community would advance their professional growth and their ability to create systemic social or environmental impact.

• Demonstrates the need for the scholarship to achieve these career ambitions, based on financial situation, past work experiences, or personal circumstances.

Apply for the scholarship

• Apply directly to Saïd Business School for the Oxford MBA during stages 1, 2, 3, or 4 of the admissions process.

• Upload your responses to the Skoll Scholarship essay questions as part of your MBA application.

• The MBA Admissions Team will assess your application for MBA acceptance. If accepted, your application automatically proceeds to the Skoll Scholarship Selection Committee.

• Scholarship applications are reviewed after the relevant MBA admissions stage. Receive updates on your scholarship application status shortly after MBA admission decisions.

• If shortlisted, expect an email from the Skoll Centre outlining the next steps, including a Logistics and Reference Form to complete. Final shortlisted scholarship applicants will be notified about first-stage online interviews with the Skoll Scholarship Selection Committee. Successful candidates will proceed to a final online interview.