Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Fellowships at University of Oxford

Applications are currently ongoing for the Chevening/Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Fellowships at University of Oxford. Interested students should see the details below.

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Fellowships Details and FAQs

Fellows undertake a period of self-directed research and study at OCIS based on the culture and civilisation of Islam, and of all aspects of contemporary Muslim societies in the global context. The Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowship is only open to applicants from Turkey.

Fellows will benefit from meeting a multi-disciplinary group of scholars focusing on the Islamic world, and have the opportunity to develop contacts with relevant individuals, discuss issues relating to the Islamic world, including Islamic history, classical Islamic sciences, economics and Islamic finance, and the study of Muslims in the West. Fellows will contribute to the Centre’s objective to encourage and promote sustained dialogue and collaboration within the global academic community of the culture and civilisation of Islam, and contemporary Muslim societies.

The Chevening-OCIS Fellowship Award offers financial support to individuals to undertake a period of independent study and research at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarship (OCISS) was established to allow muslim scholars undertake independent studies of benefit to the Muslim community. OCISS was established in 1985 to encourage the scholarly study of Islam and the Islamic world.

About University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University or simply Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England. It has no known date of foundation, but there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world’s second-oldest university in continuous operation. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two “ancient universities” are frequently jointly referred to as “Oxbridge”.

The university is made up of a variety of institutions, including 38 constituent colleges and a full range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions. All the colleges are self-governing institutions within the university, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and activities. Being a city university, it does not have a main campus and instead its buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the city centre. Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around weekly tutorials at the colleges and halls, supported by classes, lectures and laboratory work provided by university faculties and departments.