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Two Saudi students win fully funded Rhodes scholarships to Oxford
Saudi students Joudi Alahmadi and Lina Alshunaifi won Rhodes scholarships for 2027, which will fund their graduate studies at the University of Oxford in the UK.
The awards are part of a group for more than 100 students from around the world, and the scholarships begin in October.
The wins bring the number of Saudi Rhodes scholars to 20 since a Saudi scholarship program began in 2018.
Alahmadi studies quantum technologies and plans to pursue a doctorate in atomic and laser physics at Oxford.
Shunaifi studies economics and political science at the University of Pennsylvania and plans to pursue graduate degrees in global health, epidemiology and digital health at Oxford.
The scholarships support academic and research opportunities for Saudi students, with the recipients planning to contribute to research and health policy in Saudi Arabia.
Applications for the 2028 scholarships open in June 2027 through the Rhodes Trust website.
Judy Alahmadi and Lina Alshunaifi won fully funded Rhodes scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford in 2027.
They are part of a cohort of more than 100 students from around the world.
The scholarships are due to begin in October 2027.
Their awards bring the number of Saudis to receive Rhodes scholarships to 20 since the Saudi program began in 2018.
- Who
- Saudi students Judy Alahmadi and Lina Alshunaifi.
- What
- They won fully funded Rhodes scholarships for postgraduate study at Oxford.
- When
- The scholarships are for 2027 and are due to begin in October.
- Where
- The University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The scholarship program for Saudis began.
The sons of Abdulrahman Al Oqail added a second scholarship.
Alahmadi and Alshunaifi won Rhodes scholarships.
The scholarships are due to begin.
Applications for the 2028 Rhodes scholarships are scheduled to open.
- Scholarship recipients
- Judy Alahmadi and Lina Alshunaifi
- Award year
- 2027
- University
- University of Oxford
- Cohort
- More than 100 students from around the world
- Saudi recipients since 2018
- 20
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The institution has continued for more than a century to attract outstanding people to Oxford, and the 2027 cohort brings together students from diverse cultural and intellectual backgrounds.