Zambia

Your Constituency

Your Nationality or citizenship

Are you a citizen or legal permanent resident of Zambia?

Your Education / residency

Have you been resident in Zambia for a minimum of 4 of the last 10 years, and have you either:

i. completed secondary education in Zambia?
ii. or completed an undergraduate degree at a university in Zambia?

Your Age Criteria

Do you meet either of the below criteria?

i. You must be aged 18-25 on 1st October 2026 (i.e. you must have been born after 1 October 2000 and before 2 October 2008).

OR (for older candidates)

ii. You must be under the age of 27 on 1st October 2026 (i.e. have been born after 1 October 1999) AND you must also have completed your first undergraduate degree, or Honours degree or Master’s degree on or after 1 October 2025*.

* A university's policy determines the date of completion of academic requirement for a degree and this may be different from when a degree is considered awarded by the university or the date of a graduation ceremony. In ambiguous cases, the decision of the National Secretary is final.

Your Academic Achievement

Have you already completed, or will have completed by the application deadline on 1 September 2026, an undergraduate degree (normally a Bachelor’s degree) with an academic background and grade that - at a minimum - meets or exceeds the specific entry requirements of your chosen full-time course at the University of Oxford?

Given the very intense international competition for places at the University of Oxford, Zambian candidates will have a greater chance of successful admission if they have:

• An undergraduate degree with distinction or equivalent from Zambia, OR,
• An undergraduate degree with a GPA of 3.7/4 or higher, or First Class Honours or equivalent, or an Honours degree (or have taken an Honours year) from a University outside Zambia