International Fellowships

Distinguished International Fellowships are prestigious awards that offer postgraduate students the opportunity to pursue advanced studies abroad. Due to their highly competitive nature, applying for these fellowships requires an intensive application process. The Global Education Office can provide valuable assistance throughout this process to help increase your chances of success.

Standing up for the world

The Rhodes Scholarship

When different people come together in a shared spirit, exciting new things begin. The Rhodes Scholarship is a life-changing opportunity to join outstanding young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford with a fully-funded, full-time postgraduate award.

Contact the GEO International Fellowships & Internships Advisor at [email protected] by July 3, 2025 in order to be considered for a required institutional endorsement. Candidates must submit their application materials by August 22, 2025 to be reviewed internally for the endoresement. Candidates must submit their full application online by October 1, 2025.

Lead the future

Schwartzman Scholars

A one-year fully funded master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, designed to build a global community of future leaders who will serve to deepen understanding between China and the rest of the world.

Marshall

Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to fifty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study.

Contact the GEO International Fellowships & Internships Advisor at [email protected] by June 20, 2025 in order to be considered for a required institutional endorsement. Candidates must complete and submit their online application by August 8, 2025 to be reviewed internally. If an endorsement is granted, the fulll application will be submitted on candidates' behalf by September 18, 2025.

The Mitchell Scholarship

Twelve Mitchell Scholars between the ages of 18 and 30 are chosen annually for one academic year of postgraduate study in any discipline offered by institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The program provides tuition, accommodation, and a stipend for living expenses and travel.

The Mitchell Scholarship Program is currently paused. For more information, see here.

International scholarships (Language acquisition)

Explore these fully-funded scholarship opportunites to gain and improve your language skills. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

Critical-Need Language Scholarship
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an immersive summer opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America's engagement with the world. Languages offered
Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu
CLS Spark

This program provides opportunities for American undergraduate college and university students to study Arabic, Chinese and Russian virtually at the beginning level. Designed to leverage best practices in online language learning, CLS Spark provides students with the opportunity to study critical languages virtually when they may not have access to studying these languages on their campuses.
Boren Awards
This program is targeted at students who are interested in critical-need languages (non-western European languages), U.S. national security issues and government service, studying abroad longer term, and completing the federal service requirement (normally one year) upon graduation.