100 Fully Funded Knight Hennessy Scholars Program for International Students at Stanford University in USA

Up to 100 Knight
Hennessy Scholarships are now available to pursue any graduate degree at
Stanford in the USA. Students from around the world are eligible to apply for
this scholarship programme.

The aim of the
scholarship is to call students from around the world to receive full funding
to pursue a wide?ranging graduate education at Stanford, with the goal of
developing a new generation of global leaders.

Stanford University
– with seven world-class graduate schools that foster service, collaboration,
innovation and entrepreneurship – is uniquely positioned to fill this need. The
Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program will empower an exceptional cohort of graduate
students to effect large-scale positive impact across the globe.

Course
Level: Scholarships
are available to pursue Graduate (PhD) degree programme.

Study
Subject:
Scholarships are awarded to pursue any graduate degree at Stanford, from PhDs
in arts, education, engineering, humanities, or social sciences to professional
degrees in business, law, or medicine.

Scholarship
Award: Full
funding includes tuition, stipend, graduate program and related academic
expenses, with additional financial support available.

Number of
Scholarships:
Up to 100 scholarships are available.

Scholarship
can be taken in the
USA

Eligibility: The following criteria must
be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:

Are you a potential
Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University? Below is a listing of the
general requirements.

All Citizens
Welcome

We encourage
applications to the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program from citizens of all
countries. That’s natural since we expect Knight-Hennessy Scholars to have a
global impact.

We expect that over
time about one-third of our Scholars will be from the United States, and about
two-thirds will be from countries outside the United States. Those numbers will
fluctuate from year to year, since our goal is to admit the world’s very best
students, regardless of location.

All Graduate
Programs at Stanford; Only for Graduate Degrees

You are eligible to
apply to the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program if you are applying to enroll in
a full-time graduate degree program at Stanford (for example, but not limited
to, JD, MA, MBA, MD, MS, or PhD) or if you plan on pursuing one of Stanford’s
many joints- and dual- graduate degree options (for example, but not limited
to, MD+PhD, JD+MA, MBA+MS).

The Stanford
education of Knight-Hennessy Scholars is fully funded. The Knight-Hennessy
Scholars program funds up to the first three years of your graduate education,
and if your degree program exceeds three years – such as an MD or PhD program,
or a Stanford dual- or joint-degree program – then your Stanford home
department will fund the remainder of your education to the extent consistent
with its standard funding commitment for that program. (That is, e.g., six
years for PhDs in engineering, five years for PhDs in humanities.)

While we are excited
to build a cohort that reflects the breadth of excellence at Stanford, there
are no allocations or quotas by discipline or program. Please note, however,
that we will give priority to applicants who will spend at least two years at
Stanford: we do not believe one year is sufficient to build community and
develop leadership.

First/Bachelor’s
Degree Received in 2013 or Later; Enrolling in 2018 or Later

You are eligible to
apply to the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program if you apply within four years,
and enroll within five years, after you earn your first/bachelor’s degree. For
the pioneer class that enrolls in 2018, that means you must have graduated in
2013 or later and must apply in 2017. We will select Scholars who enroll at
Stanford in 2018 or later.

If you’re still in
college studying for your first/bachelor’s degree, you’re eligible to apply as
long as you complete your first/bachelor’s degree before you enroll as a
graduate student at Stanford. Even if you have earned a graduate degree
already, you remain eligible for consideration as long as you earned your
first/bachelor’s degree within four years of applying and five years of
enrolling.

If you graduated
with your first/bachelor’s degree more than four years ago (in 2012 or earlier,
for the pioneer class), then you are not eligible for consideration as a
Knight-Hennessy Scholar. This applies even if you have earned an additional
degree in 2013 or later. The good news is that you still may apply to the
Stanford graduate program of your choice, and there are many other options for
funding your graduate education at Stanford.

Earned
first degree in
Apply no later than
Enrol no later than

2013

Fall 2017

Fall 2018

2014

Fall 2018

Fall 2019

2015

Fall 2019

Fall 2020

2016

Fall 2020

Fall 2021

2017

Fall 2021

Fall 2022

Other
Eligibility Requirements

Beyond the
eligibility requirements listed above, you are eligible for the Knight-Hennessy
Scholars Program as long as you meet the requirements of the Stanford graduate
program(s) that you wish to pursue. You must complete the entire application
process for your department – including any standardized test that your
discipline requires (GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, etc.) and, if needed, an English
proficiency test.

While we expect
Knight-Hennessy Scholars to have performed well, there is no minimum
requirement for your grades or scores.

A Special
Note for Graduate Students Enrolling at Stanford Before 2018

Are you enrolled or
planning to enroll as a graduate student at Stanford?

If you enroll in a
graduate degree program at Stanford in 2017 or earlier, you are ineligible for
consideration as a Knight-Hennessy Scholars program for your current degree
program. You are, however, welcome to apply to the Knight-Hennessy Scholars
program if you either defer enrollment to 2018 or later, or if you apply for a
new graduate degree program at Stanford that starts in 2018 or later.

Deferring
Enrollment? Apply the Year Before You Enroll

The Knight-Hennessy
Scholars Program does not defer Scholar offers. If you are selected as a
Knight-Hennessy Scholar and are unable to enroll, we ask you to reapply. We
consider exceptions to this policy only under rare and unforeseen circumstances
(e.g., delayed separation from the military, health issues).

Deferral of
enrollment to a graduate program is the purview of that department. Some
programs allow deferral while others do not.

If you defer
enrollment to a Stanford graduate program, you may apply to start as a
Knight-Hennessy Scholars program for the year that you enroll in that graduate
program. For example, if you have been admitted to the Stanford MBA
Program and deferred enrollment to September 2020, then you could apply to the
Knight-Hennessy Scholars program in 2019 to enroll as a Scholar in 2020 – thus
aligning your initial enrollment in the MBA Program and as a Knight-Hennessy
Scholar.

Nationality:
Students
from around the world are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme.

College
Admission Requirement

Entrance
Requirements: Candidates should apply the Knight?Hennessy Scholars
program within four years, and enroll within five years, after receiving their
first/bachelor’s degree. Candidates still studying for their first/bachelor’s
degree should complete the aforesaid degree before enrollment as a graduate
student at Stanford.

English language
Requirements: Scores on standardised tests for admission, as required by
the graduate program that you are pursuing – e.g., GMAT for the MBA Program,
LSAT for the JD Program, MCAT for the MD Program, GRE (with GRE subject test
encouraged) for PhD in biophysics. It’s helpful and preferred if you have
the test scores by the time you apply to the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program,
but this is not a requirement. You must, however, have these test scores by the
departmental deadline.

If you have a degree
from a university at which English is the language of instruction, then you do
not need results of the TOEFL.

How to
Apply: The
mode of application is online. The application comprises the following
materials: