What is OPP?
What is OPP?
Our Aims
On Thursday 30th September, the Oxford Pakistan Programme was launched at the Pakistan High Commission in London. LMH's Principal Christine Gerrard, former Principal Alan Rusbridger, Dr Nick Brown, Syed Babar Ali and alumna Malala Yousafzai all gave speeches at the event in strong support of the initiative.
Adeel Malik is a development macroeconomist with a strong multi-disciplinary orientation. He completed his doctorate in economics at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 2004, having also been affiliated with the Department of Economics at Oxford (2004-5), Merton College (2002-3), the Centre for International Development at Harvard University (2001) and the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre in Islamabad (1997-9).
Talha J. Pirzada is currently a lecturer in Material Science at Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is also a post doctorate fellow at Oxford. Talha is a Chartered Aerospace Engineer working on jet engine efficiency. He is also serving as the Research and Technology Manager at Cross Manufacturing Ltd.
The Oxford Pakistan Programme is pleased to announce the launch of the OPP Graduate Studentships for continuing / on-course graduate students. To be eligible for the OPP Graduate Studentships, applicants must be (a) either Pakistani nationals who are ordinarily resident in Pakistan or a British Pakistani and (b) reading for a Master’s, MPhil, or DPhil degree.
The OPP Graduate Studentships are designed to provide support to graduate students of Pakistani origin, who remain the most underrepresented BAME group at the graduate level at Oxford.
Deadline to apply is noon 20th January 2023.
World’s Youngest Nobel Prize Laureate
Lady Margaret Hall (2017-2020)
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Lady Margaret Hall (1973–1977)
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Keble College (1972–1975)
Renowned Molecular Biologist
Magdalen College (1965-1969)
Political Activist and Journalist
Exeter College (1964-1966)
Former President of Pakistan
Wadham College (1964-1966)
Former President of Pakistan
St Catherine’s College (1960-1963)
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Christ Church (1950-1952)
Philosopher of Islam
(1945–1949)
Leading Bureaucrat and Intellectual
St John’s College (1941)
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Exeter College (1920-1921)
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
St Catherine’s College (1913–1914)
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Wadham College (1913-1916)
Founder and President of All-India Muslim League
Lincoln College (1898-1902)