Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest international graduate scholarship program in the world. It is named after Cecil Rhodes, a successful businessman from England and the founders of the biggest diamond company De Beers. The scholarship was established after Cecil passed away in 1902.
The Rhodes Scholarship offers a scholarship to international student all over the world to study in the graduate or postgraduate level at the university of Oxford in England. The tuition supported by Rhodes trust.
Other than being the oldest scholarship, Rhodes Scholarship is also the "world's most prestigious scholarship" guarantee by many reliable sources.
There are approximately 7,000 people all over the world who have been graduated by Rhodes Scholarship since its beginning. Many other countries set up similar scholarships later on to honor their great people or instituion such as Kennedy Scholarship in USA etc.
