Stanford University Scholarships 2026

Stanford University Scholarships 2026 are fully funded scholarships for international students who are interested in taking their Masters and Ph.D studies at the Stanford University. These scholarships cover full tuition fees, traveling allowance, Living allowance and academic expenses.

Stanford University was founded in 1885. The university is a place for learning, discovery, innovation, expression, and discourse. Stanford has changed with the world over the last 125+ years, often leading the way with new ideas and discoveries. Stanford University is one of the world top universities. Knight-Hennessy Scholarship Program in the United States is a magnet for talent. They curate a multidisciplinary community of scholars, offer a platform for purposeful leadership development and empower scholars to effect large-scale positive impacts in the world.

Host institution

Stanford University, USA.

Eligible countries

Students from every country of the world can apply for Stanford University Scholarships.

Level and field of study

Master’s and Ph.D courses offered at Stanford University.

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Scholarship value and inclusions

Stanford University Scholarships provide each recipient with the following benefits:

A travel stipend intended to cover an economy-class ticket for one annual trip to and from Stanford.
A stipend for living and academic expenses (such as room and board, books, academic supplies, instructional materials, local transportation, and reasonable personal expenses).
A fellowship applied directly to cover tuition (commensurate with the standard departmental level of enrollment) and associated fees.
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program typically does not cover costs that your home department at Stanford pays for its students – such as for subscriptions or lab equipment.

Eligibility criteria

To be considered for the Stanford University Scholarship, you must:

Be fluent in English — listening, reading, speaking, and writing — to study at Stanford. The minimum TOEFL score for most graduate programs at Stanford is 100iBT or 600PBT. All Stanford graduate degree programs accept the TOEFL, and the MBA Program also accepts the IELTS and PTE.
Be a bachelor or master degree holder.
Be first-step mental sharpness, seeks out knowledge and new experiences, full of original ideas, makes sense of ambiguous situations and can hold a contrarian or dissenting point of view.
Have completed not only your Knight-Hennessy Scholars application but also the entire application process including any standardized test that your graduate degree program requires (GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, etc.) and if needed, an English proficiency test.
Be ambitious, in the best sense of the word, driven to improve self, willing to take risks. Self-aware and persists and bounces back from adversity. Personally humble and kind, inclusive respects difference, concerned for and helpful to others and Low ego.
Apply to be accepted by, and enroll in a full-time Stanford graduate degree program. Each incoming Knight-Hennessy Scholar must be a newly enrolling student in a Stanford graduate program including, but not limited to, DMA, JD, MA, MBA, MD, MFA, MPP, MS, or PhD programs. There are no quotas by discipline or program. Note that we will give priority consideration to those who will spend at least two years studying at Stanford.

How to apply for Stanford University Scholarships

Application is online. Kindly follow the steps below:

Create an account on the application portal and start your online application.
Complete and submit the online application for admission (including personal and academic information, etc.). The university will ask for basic biographic and demographic details, as well as explanations of your activities and interests.
Submit the following documents:
- A resume that frames your intellectual, personal, and professional background and accomplishments. The rule is one page for every decade of experience after secondary school.
- An unofficial or self-reported transcript of your academic performance in college and, if applicable, graduate school for each institution you attended for an academic year or longer.
- Two recommendation letters.
- Essay of a maximum total of 1,750 words stating how will your Stanford education and your Knight-Hennessy Scholars experience will influence your contribution to societal development.
- Two short answer responses stating eight improbable facts about you. Please list three goals/objectives that you are working toward right now (being admitted to Stanford and/or being selected as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar can not count as one of those goals).
- Video story: Your video should not be longer than two minutes in duration. If you only need 30 seconds to answer, that is fine. There is no expectation or obligation for you to speak for the maximum time.
- In-person assessment.