Rhodes Scholarship

The Rhodes Scholarship, named for the British colonialist, mining magnate and South African politician Cecil John Rhodes, is an international postgraduate award for non-British students to study at the University of Oxford. Describing itself as "perhaps the most prestigious scholarship" in the world, the award is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious scholarships by public sources such as Time, The McGill Reporter, and the Associated Press. Established in 1902, it was the first large-scale programme of international scholarships, inspiring creation of other awards like the Kennedy Scholarship for British nationals, the Fulbright Program for citizens of over 150 countries, the Marshall Scholarship for Americans, and more recently the international Gates Scholarship at Cambridge University and two programs in China (namely, the Yenching Scholarship and Schwarzman Scholarship).