A '''Rhodes Scholar''' is a holder of a Rhodes Scholarship at the [[University of Oxford]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. The scholarships are awarded by the Rhodes Trust, endowed by the will of the imperialist statesman [[Cecil Rhodes]] and founded in 1902, and originally open to scholars from the [[British Empire]], the [[United States]] and [[Germany]]. Scholars are eligible to study any postgraduate degree at Oxford (excluding [[MBA]]). Since the foundation of the trust, more than 7,000 Rhodes Scholars have attended Oxford. | A '''Rhodes Scholar''' is a holder of a Rhodes Scholarship at the [[University of Oxford]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. The scholarships are awarded by the Rhodes Trust, endowed by the will of the imperialist statesman [[Cecil Rhodes]] and founded in 1902, and originally open to scholars from the [[British Empire]], the [[United States]] and [[Germany]]. Scholars are eligible to study any postgraduate degree at Oxford (excluding [[MBA]]). Since the foundation of the trust, more than 7,000 Rhodes Scholars have attended Oxford. |