Application Deadline: 31 July, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2026 Ellison Scholars Undergraduate Programme. Alongside their studies at the University of Oxford, Ellison Scholars work on cutting-edge EIT projects that aim to tackle global challenges through technology. These research and innovation projects, conducted as summer internships, are central to the Scholars programme and we seek exceptionally talented individuals with strong collaboration skills and the ambition to make a real impact.
Scholars collaborate with each other and with world-leading experts to solve real-world problems, while pursuing a fully-funded undergraduate degree in any discipline at one of the world’s top universities – the University of Oxford. Places on this programme are extremely limited and highly competitive.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants will need to meet the University of Oxford’s entry requirements for their chosen undergraduate course. They must:
- Have, or be on track to be awarded, a secondary education/high school leaving qualification, diploma or certificate accepted by the University of Oxford,
- Have met, or be on track to meet, the minimum grade requirements for their chosen undergraduate course and
- Have met, or be on track to meet, the University’s English language requirements for their chosen undergraduate course.
Applicants who do not meet these criteria are strongly dissuaded from applying for this scholarship opportunity.
Internships for undergraduate Ellison Scholars
For ten weeks of each “long vacation” (summer) between academic years, undergraduate Ellison Scholars will work with EIT teams on existing EIT programs that aim to solve big global problems through science and technology. Those internship projects will span one or more of the following Humane Endeavours, which provide focus areas for what EIT is trying to solve:
- Health & Medical Science
- Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
- Clean Energy & Climate Change
- Government Innovation in the Era of AI
Scholars will bring their relevant skills, experiences or interests in areas such as AI & data, economics & policy, generative biology, robotics, engineering,chemistry, physics, biology, computer science, mathematics, medicine and law into the internship projects.
Application Timeline:
May – July 2025
Application window opens on 1 May and closes on 31 July.
Semi-finalist selection
September – October 2025
Semi-finalists are selected and invited to submit their applications to the University of Oxford. Applicants must follow the University’s separate and independent admissions process.
Finalists identified
January – February 2026
Semi-finalists who receive an offer of admission from the University of Oxford automatically progress to the finalist stage. Finalists are invited to interviews conducted by the EIT Faculty of Fellows.
Ellison Scholars announced
March – April 2026
Ellison Scholars are selected, onboarded and announced. Supported by the Ellison Scholars team as they prepare for their arrival in Oxford.
Scholars begin their studies
October 2026
Ellison Scholars start their first academic year at the University of Oxford and their engagement with EIT Oxford.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Ellison Scholars Undergraduate Programme
