Exceptionally talented individuals who have strong collaboration skills and the desire to make impact in the world, the Ellison Scholars Undergraduate Programme has opened its doors to you. You also get a chance to a fully-funded scholarship to study any course of your choice at the prestigious University of Oxford.

As a scholar, you collaborate with your colleagues and other world-leading experts to solve real-world problems, while pursuing your undergraduate programme. The research and innovation projects you will engage in are central to the Ellison Scholars Undergraduate Programme. Places on this programme are extremely liminted and highly competitive.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants will need to meet the University of Oxford’s entry requirements for their chosen undergraduate course. They must:

• Have, or be on track to be awarded, a secondary education/high school leaving qualification, diploma or certificate accepted by the University of Oxford.
• Have met, or be on track to meet, the minimum grade requirements for their chosen undergraduate course and
• Have met, or be on track to meet, the University’s English language requirements for their chosen undergraduate course.

Applicants who do not meet these criteria are strongly dissuaded from applying for this scholarship opportunity.

Internships for Undergraduate Ellison Scholars

For ten weeks of each “long vacation” (summer) between academic years, undergraduate Ellison Scholars will work with EIT teams on existing EIT programs that aim to solve big global problems through science and technology. Those internship projects will span one or more of the following Humane Endeavours, which provide focus areas for what EIT is trying to solve:

• Health & Medical Science
• Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
• Clean Energy & Climate Change
• Government Innovation in the Era of AI

Scholars will bring their relevant skills, experiences or interests in areas such as AI & data, economics & policy, generative biology, robotics, engineering,chemistry, physics, biology, computer science, mathematics, medicine and law into the internship projects.

Application Timeline:

May – July 2025

Application window opens on 1 May and closes on 31 July.

Check eligibility and apply

Semi-finalist selection

September – October 2025

Semi-finalists are selected and invited to submit their applications to the University of Oxford. Applicants must follow the University’s separate and independent admissions process.

Finalists identified

January – February 2026

Semi-finalists who receive an offer of admission from the University of Oxford automatically progress to the finalist stage. Finalists are invited to interviews conducted by the EIT Faculty of Fellows.

Ellison Scholars announced

March – April 2026

Ellison Scholars are selected, onboarded and announced. Supported by the Ellison Scholars team as they prepare for their arrival in Oxford.

Scholars begin their studies

October 2026

Ellison Scholars start their first academic year at the University of Oxford and their engagement with EIT Oxford.

For more details and to apply, kindly visit the official website of the Ellison Scholars Undergraduate Programme.