The Oxford and Cambridge Society of India Scholarship (OCSI), UK 2022 is a program of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of India (OCSI) for Indian students seeking undergraduate, graduate, and research studies in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The Oxford and Cambridge Society of India (OCSI) is a not-for-profit alumni organisation based in New Delhi, India. The scholarships offered by OCSI are Equal Opportunity, i.e. the decisions made in awarding these scholarships are not based on race, colour, religion, disability, age (except for maximum age criterion), sex or ancestry.
Eligibility Criteria
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Must be a citizen of India
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Must be ordinarily resident in India
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Must be not more than 30 years of age on 1 September of the year of application for the award
Institutions
The Oxford and Cambridge Society of India has been offering scholarships every year, but these are dependent on the annual generosity of a few donors.
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University of Cambridge, UK
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University of Oxford, UK
(Some scholarships may be limited to one or the other university, or sometimes to specific colleges at the universities)
Field of Study or Courses
Generally available for any subject/course/field of study available at the two universities (some scholarships may be limited to specific courses or fields of study)
The levels of study include the following:
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Research leading to the PhD degree
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One-year post-graduate courses (e.g. MPhil, LLM, BCL, Diploma, CASM or Part III Maths, MBA, PGCE etc.)
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Taught and research based Masters programmes of various durations (including M.Sc., engineering, medicine)
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Second Bachelors degree as an Affiliated Student/Senior Status
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Bachelors degree programme
OCSI Scholarship 2022
The Oxford and Cambridge Society of India is offering scholarships for admission to the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in the academic year 2022-23, as below:
OCSI scholarship(s) worth INR 200,000 (Rupees Two Lacs) each of the following three scholarships:
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OCSI K.K. Luthra Memorial Scholarship. tenable at either the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford.
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OCSI Anita Banerji Memorial Scholarship, tenable at either the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford.
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OCSI Nirmal Luthra Memorial Scholarship, tenable at the University of Cambridge.
Four further OCSI scholarships worth INR 200,000 (Rupees Two Lacs) each tenable at either the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge
One scholarship worth INR 100,000 (Rupees One Lac) tenable only at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, from Emmanuel College Cambridge (India) Trust.
One scholarship worth INR 100,000 (Rupees One Lac) tenable only at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, from Ritika Dhamija.
Application Process
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Application forms for OCSI scholarships will be available on the website of the Society by March every year.
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All completed applications must reach the Oxford and Cambridge Society of India by 15 May 2022.
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Candidates who are shortlisted for the interviews shall be informed by Mid-June 2022. The decision of the OCSI Scholarship Committee on the short-listing and selection of candidates shall be final.
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All short-listed candidates will be required to attend an interview with the OCSI scholarship committee tentatively on 10 July 2022. Details with respect to the interview (whether virtual or physical) shall be available in due course.
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Award offers will normally be made to selected candidates by 31 July 2022.
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