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The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest international scholarship programme in the world, enabling outstanding young people from around the world to undertake full-time postgraduate study at the University of Oxford.

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50 Years of Rhodes Scholar Women

2027 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Rhodes Scholarship first becoming open to women. Read more about the history of this change, and about the Rhodes Visiting Fellowship which preceded it.

Save the date: 50 Years of Rhodes Women, 24-27 June 2027

Women and the Rhodes Scholarship

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1977 saw the arrival of the first women Rhodes Scholars in Oxford, following a growing movement for change. Women now make up half of Rhodes Scholars in Residence.
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Celebrating the Rhodes Visitings Fellowships for Women

Rhodes Visiting Fellows
Between 1969 and 2000, 33 women were appointed Rhodes Visiting Fellows, with many going on to long and distinguished careers in academia and beyond.
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