- You must be ordinarily resident in an eligible country; Pakistan is on the list.
- You must be applying for a new full-time graduate course on the list of eligible one-year Master's courses. DPhil courses are not covered.
- You must intend to return to your country after the course and show how your career will improve public life there or more widely.
- You must receive a course offer after the December or January deadline round. Held-over or wait-listed applications and deferred offers are not eligible.
- You must meet Oxford's English language requirement.
There is no age limit and work experience is not required, although many scholars have five or more years of experience.