--- description: Pakistani human-rights and education advocate Malala Yousafzai has been accepted to study at the University of Oxford in the U.K. title: Malala Yousafzai Will Study at Oxford University image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07256fc8001aeda7/6988da16096a94665069f302/gettyimages-666978298.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [United Kingdom](/tag/united-kingdom/) ## United Kingdom Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Malala Yousafzai Has Been Accepted to Study at Oxford University by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 17, 2017 8:15 AM CUT  Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai during a ceremony after she was received UN. .Peace Envoy in New York, on April 10, 2017. Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai during a ceremony after she was received UN. .Peace Envoy in New York, on April 10, 2017.Volkan Furuncu/—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 17, 2017 8:15 AM CUT Pakistani human-rights and education advocate Malala Yousafzai has been accepted to study at the University of Oxford in the U.K. The 20-year-old [tweeted](https://twitter.com/Malala/status/898083175213260800 "undefined") Thursday: “So excited to go to Oxford!! Well done to all A-level students – the hardest year. Best wishes for life ahead!” along with a screen shot of her acceptance into the prestigious university. Yousafzai joins thousands of other young people in Britain who find out the results of their A-Level exams on Thursday. The grades determine whether prospective undergraduates will gain a place at their preferred college. As a 15-year-old blogger, Yousafzai was almost killed by Taliban soldiers when they shot her in the head for her efforts to encourage girls’ education in her native Pakistan. In 2014, she became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and has since [become a symbol](http://time.com/3482434/malala-yousafzai-wins-nobel-peace-prize/ "undefined") for the fight for human rights and education. In April, Yousafzai [was the youngest ](http://time.com/4734179/malala-yousafzai-messenger-of-peace/ "undefined")person to be named a U.N. Messenger of Peace. “If you want to see your future bright, you have to start working now \[and\] not wait for anyone else,” she said at the acceptance ceremony. In March, [it was reported](http://motto.time.com/4699565/malala-yousafzai-college-offer-uk-university/ "undefined") that she had received a conditional offer to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall if she achieved three A grades. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007, also studied there. Speaking to TIME [while ](http://time.com/4854392/malala-yousafzai-iraq-mosul-isis-girl-power/ "undefined")meeting with displaced girls in Iraq, she said that it was tough to balance her advocacy work with studies. “It has been challenging, because I was getting my own education. I had to go to school. I had to do my homework. I had exams. I had teachers,” she said last month. “And then, I come out of school and then there’s another life, where you have lots of things to do.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4904192/malala-oxford-university-alevels/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4904192/malala-oxford-university-alevels/"},"headline":"Malala Yousafzai Has Been Accepted to Study at Oxford University","datePublished":"2017-08-17T08:15:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:01:45.602Z","description":"The education activist will read Philosophy, Politics and Economics","url":"https://time.com/4904192/malala-oxford-university-alevels/","keywords":["United Kingdom","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07256fc8001aeda7/6988da16096a94665069f302/gettyimages-666978298.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07256fc8001aeda7/6988da16096a94665069f302/gettyimages-666978298.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Malala Yousafzai receives UN Peace Envoy","caption":"Malala Yousafzai receives UN Peace Envoy","creditText":"Volkan Furuncu/—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/united-kingdom/","name":"United Kingdom"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4904192/malala-oxford-university-alevels/","name":"Malala Yousafzai Has Been Accepted to Study at Oxford University"}}]}] ```