It's Official: Malala Yousafzai Will Attend Oxford University Starting This Fall
Already the youngest woman to ever be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize and be named a UN Messenger of Peace, girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai has yet another achievement to add to her growing list of accomplishments: Come this fall, she’ll be attending Oxford University in England.
In a tweet posted on Thursday, Yousafzai posted her acceptance notice and revealed that she will be studying philosophy, politics, and economics at the British University—the same institution where Yousafzai’s role model, the late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, once studied.
The 20-year-old first became an international figure in 2012 when, after boarding a school bus, she was shot in the head by members of the Taliban. The then-15-year-old Yousafzai had been an outspoken advocate for girls’ rights—specifically, their right to a quality education—and was targeted by the Taliban for her beliefs. Following her recovery from the attack, she relocated to England.
“So excited to go to Oxford!!” she wrote. “Well done to all A-level students—the hardest year. Best wishes for life ahead!”