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Rhodes Scholarship
  • Students apply during the spring semester, usually before their last undergraduate year or even a year or two later.
  • Students must be not yet 24 on October 1 the year of application (year before going to England).
  • The scholarship provides for two years of study at Oxford, with possible opportunity for a third.
  • Criteria: High academic achievement, character, interest in /respect for others, leadership, energy.
  • There are thirty-two recipients selected nationwide.
  • Students must receive a nomination from KU to be considered
  • An information meeting regarding the Rhodes Scholarship will be held Tuesday, March 31 at 7 p.m. in Nunemaker Center.
  • Applications for a KU nomination are due by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2009, at Nunemaker Center. (Submit draft 2 weeks earlier.)


2009 Application

Rhodes Scholarship Website