University of Oxford Graduate Prospectus 2012-13

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Graduate Prospectus 2012–13

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Our graduate students are vital to the University of Oxford. They form part of the academic research community, and the teaching and training they receive sets them up to join the next generation of leaders and innovators.

Graduate study at Oxford is a very special experience. Our graduate students have the opportunity to work with leading academics, and the University has some of the best libraries, laboratories, museums and collections in the world. Our colleges are an outstanding feature of an

Oxford education. As multidisciplinary academic and social communities within a large university, they offer a wonderfully rich and supportive environment to all our undergraduate and graduate students.

Our graduate students are committed, resourceful and innovative, and they demonstrate great independence of thought. They come from all over the world, bringing different perspectives to their subject areas and helping create a uniquely stimulating academic environment.

I hope this prospectus gives you an inspiring glimpse into life as a graduate student here at Oxford, and that it will lead you to find out more about what the University has to offer.

Dr Sally Mapstone, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)

Welcome to Oxford

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The quotes featured in this prospectus were collected through interviews with current graduate students, recent alumni and academic staff at the University of Oxford. They include:

Becky Waller Beth EvansDaniel DeckerEmefa AmoakoFarida Makar

Hannah FieldJames MaloneKulveer SinghMarcus GarveyMark Stevenson

Marvin LeeMatthew KerrMichael HaslamMorgan WesleyNelson Oppong

Roya Haghighat-KhahStephanie DobrowolskiDr Lucie CluverDr Angus HawkinsDr Sally Mapstone

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6-7 Where do Oxford’s graduate students come from?

8-9 What are Oxford’s graduate students like?

10-11 How will I fund my study?

12-13 Arriving in Oxford

14-15 Living in Oxford

16-17 Settling in to life at Oxford

18-19 Oxford’s colleges

20-21 Colleges as communities

22-23 A supportive environment

24-25 Oxford’s academic departments and faculties

26-27 Research at Oxford

28-29 The University’s research impact

30-31 Life as a graduate student

32-33 Doctoral degrees

34-35 Master’s-level degrees

36-37 Part-timeandflexiblestudy

38-39 Oxford’s libraries

40-41 Making the most of your time in Oxford

42-43 Sport at Oxford

44-45 Nightlife and music

46-47 Oxford’s museums and Botanic Garden

48-49 Coming to the end of your course

50-51 Continuing support in your career

52-53 What’s next?

54-55 How do I apply?

56-60 List of courses

61 Making the commitment

62-63 Maps

Contents

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Photograph by Ekaterina Soboleva, Magister Juris (Harris Manchester College)

Yasemin Sengul, DPhil Mathematics (The Queen’s College), winner of the photography competition 2011

There is no such thing as a typical Oxford graduate student. Our graduates are different ages, they come from different countries and cultures, and from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds. We attract graduate students of the highest calibre and offer them a vibrant environment in which to study and learn.

As a graduate student at Oxford, you will join a thriving research community of more than 9,300 other graduates, 60 per cent of whom come from outside the UK. Oxford is one of the most

international universities in the world. Our graduate student body includes 130 different nationalities and our academics are drawn from more than 70 countries. Our research spans all areas of the globe and tackles issues of global significance.

Where do Oxford’s graduate students come from?


Photograph by Rebecca Scott, DPhil Economics (Balliol College)

• Morethan9,300exceptional graduate students

• 130nationalities• Over60percent

from outside the UK

“You get to be friends with these people who do such fantastic things it’s unreal, and the more you get to know them, the more you realise they’re excelling in so many different areas that it just seems impossible. People here are so interesting and have really different stories.”Stephanie Dobrowolski, DPhil Social Intervention (Jesus College)

Research carried out at Oxford has, over the centuries, made an enormous impact on the world of ideas, on our fundamental understanding of the physical world, on health prevention and treatment,onpublicpolicy, international affairs, the arts, business andmuchmore.GraduatestudentsarecentraltotheUniversity’sresearchefforts.Theycarryoutalotoftheresearchthathappens at Oxford, they help to push the boundaries of knowledge and understanding in their fields,andtheyjoinacademicsintacklingsomeofthemajorchallengesfacingtheworldinthetwenty-firstcentury.Graduate qualifications from Oxford are recognised and valued all around the world. Our

graduatestudentsgoontoworkinsomeoftheworld’sfinestorganisations.Whetheryouwantto join thenextgenerationofacademic researchersand teachersorbuilda successful careeroutsideacademia,youwillbenefitfromtheexceptionalpeopleandresourcesthatOxfordhastooffer.

I was amazed to find the different nationalities. I’ve never been in an environment where people ask: ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I’m from Iran.’ ‘Where are you from? I’m from Iceland.’ Even within Africa, I’ve not had the opportunity to meet and interact with people from such diverse backgrounds.”Nelson Oppong, DPhil International Development (Green Templeton College)

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Photograph by Rebecca Scott, DPhil Economics (Balliol College)

Graduate students at Oxford not only come from all kinds of different backgrounds, they also have diverse career goals and study a broad array of subjects, from archaeology to zoology. The University currently offers 120 doctoral programmes and

around 200 master’s-level courses, so whatever your passion, you are likely to find a course to suit you. Graduate study falls into two broad categories: doctoral research programmes and taught master’s courses.

Students on doctoral programmes focus on a specific research project. They work closely with an academic supervisor who supervises their studies, and they produce a thesis that represents a significant and substantial piece of work. Students in the experimental sciences are also likely to collaborate with their supervisor on shared laboratory work as part of a research team. After completing their DPhil (as it is known in Oxford – most other institutions call it a PhD), research students frequently go on to pursue academic careers or careers requiring advanced research skills. Most commonly, doctoral degrees last three or four years.

Students on taught master’s degrees study a range of core and optional courses, supported by lectures and seminars. Their work is assessed through a combination of coursework, written examinations and a dissertation. Some taught programmes prepare students for further research, while others are more oriented towards a particular profession, leading to a career in law, finance or the Christian ministry, for example. Some courses are delivered in a part-time format and are aimed at particular groups of professionals, such as diplomats and senior managers, who want the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of their field, while also catalysing their career development. Taught programmes usually lead to a master’s or master’s-level qualification and last one or two years.

To be eligible to apply for graduate study at Oxford, you need to have a record of academic excellence. As a minimum, you will usually need to have a good first or upper second class bachelor’s degree or the international equivalent. However, there are some courses that will take relevant experience or alternative backgrounds into consideration. In addition, if English is not your first language you will need to provide evidence of a high level of linguistic competence, since English is the language of instruction and examination for all courses at Oxford. For more information on specific courses and their entry requirements, see our online Course Guide.

Whichever route you take, Oxford places emphasis on academic rigour and on a graduate student’s ability to study independently and to take the initiative, whether in exploring a new area of research, making connections, extending their networks, exploiting resources or acquiring new skills.

What are Oxford’s graduate students like?

You have to be resourceful, committed, independent, original and ambitious – in the best possible way.”Dr Sally Mapstone, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)“

• 120doctoralprogrammes• 200master’s-levelcourses

We like to have people who think differently. We don’t want people who are just going to do what they’re told. We want someone who comes in with new ideas and new perspectives and can challenge us.” Dr Lucie Cluver, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Social Policy and Intervention“

The University of Oxford always aims to attract the best graduate students regardless of their background or financial circumstances. Funding for graduate study is available from a variety of sources including University-wide scholarships, departmental and college awards, external sources of funding, and loans.

Significant levels of funding are available from UK research councils – government-funded agencies that provide financial support to researchers from the UK and EU across a range of different disciplines. Competition for research council awards is intense, and the high number of awards received by our graduate students is a reflection of the quality of research at Oxford. Approximately 15 per cent of all our new graduate students are funded by UK research councils.

The University offers a variety of scholarship programmes to give the brightest candidates from around the world the opportunity to pursue graduate study. Oxford’s Clarendon Fund is the UK’s largest university graduate scholarship scheme, offering at least 100 full scholarships every year to graduate students, awarded on the basis of academic excellence. Since it was launched in 2001, the Clarendon Fund has enabled more than 1,000 scholars from more than 60 countries to undertake graduate studies at Oxford. The Clarendon Fund’s scholarly community includes students from all subject areas, making it one of the most diverse scholarship communities at the University.

Other scholarships unique to Oxford include the Rhodes Scholarship – the oldest and perhaps most prestigious international graduate scholarship in the world, which awards 83 scholarships each year – and the Weidenfeld Scholarship and Leadership Programme. Both programmes recognise and develop leadership potential and a commitment to public service as well as academic excellence and rigour.

In addition, many graduate students receive funding from schemes such as the Marshall Scholarships, the Fulbright Programme, the Commonwealth Scholarships and other regional scholarship schemes run by the student’s home government.

Some of our graduate students benefit from scholarships for specific research projects. In some instances these are supported by charities; for example, the Wellcome Trust supports a number of research students via the Doctoral Training Centre courses offered in the medical sciences.

How will I fund my study?


Photograph by Ashley Massey, DPhil Geography and the Environment (Keble College)

• Over£50millioninfundingisawardedto graduate students at Oxford each year from a variety of sources• 50percentofOxford’sdoctoralstudents

are fully funded

The scholarship that I have has been quite good for meeting people because they have receptions and various events.”Hannah Field, DPhil English and Clarendon Scholar (Somerville College)

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Insomecases, students takeouta loan tocover theircosts.Loan funding isdependenton thestudent’s country of residence, as it is often linked to government or state-run schemes, the largest ofwhichareavailabletostudentsfromtheUSAandCanada.

To explore funding options further, and for full information about fees and the costs associated withgraduatestudyatOxford,visit theFeesandFundingsectionofourwebsite.Youcanfindout which awards you might be eligible to apply for using the Oxford Funding Search, which is anonline, searchabledatabaseof fundingopportunities that includesmore than400graduatescholarshipschemesofferedbyOxford’sdepartments,facultiesandcolleges.

www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding

If you are offered a place on one of our courses, the University will support your move to Oxford and help you to settle in. We offer a range of advisory services, including help with visas, finding accommodation, arranging medical care and sorting out childcare. Over 60 per cent of our full-time graduate students come from outside the UK, and we have extensive experience of welcoming and caring for international students.

If you are an overseas student from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, one of the first things you will need to do before you come to Oxford is apply for a visa in your home country to get permission to come to the UK to study. Our Student Information and Advisory Service provides specialist advice on visa and immigration processes.

If you are bringing your family to Oxford, our dedicated Childcare Services can help you to arrange childcare. The University has three nurseries open to University staff and students, and offers a number of subsidised nursery places and a subsidised play scheme during the vacations. Four colleges also have their own nurseries – Balliol, St Anne’s, Somerville and Wolfson – and the University retains some places in private nurseries.

So that you can access student computing services remotely as well as while you are at Oxford, in advance of arriving you will be given a University of Oxford IT account. Oxford University Computing Services provides online information about bringing your own computer to Oxford, how to set up your IT access when you arrive, whom to contact for computing support, and how to make the most of the University’s IT resources when you are here.

If you are flying to the UK, the University offers a ‘meet and greet’ service at Heathrow for new students on certain days in late September and early October. Representatives from the University will meet you, accompany you to Oxford and explain how to get to your college or accommodation, and will help you with any questions you may have about your first few days.

Once you are in Oxford, your college will help you to arrange health care with a local National Health Service doctor (who will often be referred to as ‘the college doctor’), or you can choose to register with another local medical practice. For minor complaints, most colleges have a college nurse and provide sickbays or have special arrangements for students who are confined to bed. Like all doctor–patient relationships, those between college doctors, college nurses and students are confidential.

Further details of these and many other services designed to make your move to Oxford as painless as possible are available via the Student Gateway on our website.

Arriving in Oxford


Photograph by Joseph Caruana, DPhil Astrophysics (Christ Church)

I thought I was going to be on my own to do everything, but there was someone for everything.”Farida Makar, MSt Middle Eastern Studies (St Antony’s College)

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At the start of the year, we did inductions for international students, just telling them about Oxford, all the little stuff they might not know.”Beth Evans, MSt Women’s Studies (Wadham College) and Vice-President (Graduates), Oxford University Student Union (OUSU)

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Photograph by Sarah Fordham, MSc Nature, Society and Environmental Policy (Worcester College)

Oxford is about 60 miles (90km) north-west of London and is only an hour away from Heathrow Airport. Ancient and beautiful buildings dominate the city, but it is also modern and cosmopolitan, offering everything you could want in the way of amenities and entertainment.

Many colleges are able to offer accommodation to their graduate students, and some have accommodation suitable for couples and families as well. College accommodation is not always on site, and may be in a separate annexe or in college-owned houses, flats or apartments elsewhere in the city. As the availability of college accommodation is limited, it is a good idea to submit your application relatively early in the admissions year.

The University’s Accommodation Office can help you to find somewhere to live if college accommodation is unavailable, or if your college is unable to provide the type of housing you need. The Office lets and manages 500 residential units for graduate students, their partners and families on several sites close to the centre of Oxford. It also keeps a register containing houses, flats and rooms to rent in the private sector.

Both college and private accommodation is spread throughout the city, so you may wish to consider in advance which area of Oxford you want to live in. Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) publishes a guide to ‘living out’, describing different areas of the city and covering issues such as finding accommodation, financial issues, legal standards and health and safety.

Many students live in Jericho, which is a five-minute walk from the science and maths buildings and is home to a range of international restaurants, including an authentic Lebanese restaurant and a couple of popular Indian restaurants. Jericho has its own arts cinema and a wide selection of bars and pubs.

The Cowley Road area is also popular with students. It is the most ethnically diverse part of the city, with many different international eateries and lots of regional food shops and take-aways. It is slightly further from the University’s departments and faculties than Jericho, but there are regular buses and it is an easy cycle ride. Lovers of live music can head for the O2 Academy, or one of the other, smaller music venues that line the Cowley Road.

Other areas where students commonly live include: Iffley Road, which has fewer amenities but is close to the sports ground, gym and swimming pool; Botley Road and Osney Island, which are convenient for the train station and the Saïd Business School; Abingdon Road in the south of Oxford, situated near the river and great for keen rowers; Summertown, which is a residential area about a mile north of Oxford city centre with a plethora of shops and cafes; and Headington, which is ideal for students whose research is based at the John Radcliffe Hospital or at the Old Road Campus.

Living in Oxford

“ It’s really beautiful and easy to get around. I feel constantly really grateful to be here and sort of awestruck. Every time I walk up to the Bodleian Library, I just look up and can’t believe I’m here. I think it’s a wonderful place.”Hannah Field, DPhil English (Somerville College)

The best thing is that you can cycle everywhere in Oxford in about 10 minutes, and there are lots of nice bars and restaurants, and even though there’s constantly the opportunity to party and have fun if you want, you never get disturbed by it.”Mark Stevenson, MPhil Classical Archaeology (St Hilda’s College)

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Two weeks into being here, I felt like I’d been here forever; it was a very bizarre feeling.”Farida Makar, MSt Middle Eastern Studies (St Antony’s College)

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When you first arrive in Oxford, it may take a little while for you to find your way around. The University is a large organisation that is fully integrated into the city and has been evolving for 800 years. Some of the first things our students do when they arrive include finding a bike (most students in Oxford find cycling is the best way to get around), setting up a bank account, getting their computer and mobile phone working, finding their department, getting to know their college and working out the best places to socialise.

One of the major events you will experience shortly after ‘coming up’ to Oxford is matriculation. Matriculation is held at the University’s Sheldonian Theatre and is the ceremony at which you are formally admitted to the University.

International students are invited to an orientation day at the start of the academic year. Sessions run throughout the day that will give you practical information about living and studying in the UK and introduce you to other graduate students from all over the world who are starting their studies at Oxford at the same time as you, as well as to current Oxford graduate students and staff who will be able to help and advise you. The day covers topics such as studying and learning in the Oxford system, University services, information on living in Britain and cultural differences, as well as addressing practical issues such as employment, immigration and visas, health and safety. You can choose which talks to attend and at the end of the day there is a social hour so you can meet fellow students.

Another good thing to experience early on is college dining. Most colleges have a tradition of regular formal hall dinners, which consist of three or four courses, and the ambience of an evening out in a nice restaurant. On some of these occasions you can invite people around to your college for dinner and then they may return the favour. In this way, you can get to know people studying your own and other subjects at the same time as visiting many of the historical college grounds and dining halls.

Further information on your first few weeks at Oxford is available via the Student Gateway on our website, and you can get first-hand accounts of what life at Oxford is like by watching videos of students talking about their experiences on our Wall of 100 Faces.

Settling in to life at Oxford


Photograph by Julia Long, MSt History of Art and Visual Culture (Kellogg College)

Pretty awesome that everything you could want or need is all within a square mile.”Stephanie Dobrowolski, DPhil Social Intervention (Jesus College)“

You can quite often get into just absolutely fantastic lunchtime conversations with people who are totally out of your field but doing very interesting work … it’s less a food service location and more of a social interaction.” Morgan Wesley, DPhil History (Linacre College)

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As an Oxford graduate student, you will belong to one of the University’s colleges or halls, as well as to a department or faculty. College life will enrich your time at Oxford, offering you the chance to socialise with students and academics from diverse academic backgrounds all around the world.

There are 38 colleges scattered across the city, seven of which are solely dedicated to graduate students. There are also six permanent private halls, which were founded by different Christian denominations and still retain their religious character.

Each college has its own distinctive identity. Some are grand and ancient, some are modern with award-winning architecture, and some are small and intimate. Many feature stunning courtyards called quadrangles (‘quads’) and have beautiful grounds and gardens, where you can read and reflect, play croquet or tennis, or catch up with friends.

The University’s oldest colleges are University College, Balliol College and Merton College, all of which were established by the thirteenth century. Green Templeton College, which came into existence in 2008 following the merger of Green College and Templeton College, is the University’s newest college. Membership of colleges ranges from fewer than 100 people to nearly 800.

Colleges and halls have their own libraries and study spaces, dining halls, bars and common rooms, sporting and social facilities. College teams compete with each other in sports such as rowing, hockey, cricket, netball and rugby; plays and concerts are staged in college auditoriums, chapels, gardens and quadrangles; and dinners in hall are an excellent way to get to know other members of the academic community.

Oxford is relatively small and most colleges are no more than about a 15-minute walk from the city centre. However, graduate accommodation is sometimes located away from the college and can therefore be slightly further from central Oxford.

Whichever college you go to, you are likely to develop a strong loyalty to it that will last you for life, and you can be sure of a warm welcome.

Oxford’s colleges


All Oxford colleges are within easy

walking distance of the centre

of Oxford

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There’s increasing emphasis on being able to communicate your research to the general public, and the college system provides opportunities for developing that ability.”Professor Anton Van Der Merwe, Director of Graduate Studies, Medical Sciences Division

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• 38independent, self-governing colleges

• 6permanentprivatehalls

Photograph by Jaanika Vider, MSc Visual Anthropology (St Cross College)

Colleges are more than beautiful places; they are close-knit academic communities of fellows (the Oxford term for college academics), students and staff. At your college, you will have the opportu-nity to create a circle of friends and to get to know people studying a range of different subjects. Colleges can offer a calm retreat, a quiet place to study, or somewhere to get together with other students and socialise.

As a graduate student, interactions with people at your college might range from asking the college librarian to help you find a book you need, to getting up before breakfast with other members of your college to go and row on the river, or perhaps finding out more about astrophysics from a fellow student over dinner.

All graduate students belong to a college common room. This is often known as the Middle Common Room (MCR), which refers both to a community of graduate students within the college and to the physical space in the college that is dedicated to their exclusive use. The MCR is a hub for graduate social life and usually has facilities such as a kitchen, TV, DVD collection, computers, games and sports equipment. Graduate student volunteers on the MCR committee organise a programme of graduate social events such as bops (parties), film nights, lecture suppers, guest dinners, sporting events and cultural trips.

Seven of Oxford’s colleges – Green Templeton, Kellogg, Linacre, Nuffield, St Antony’s, St Cross and Wolfson – are dedicated to graduate students only, and provide tailored support to over a third of Oxford’s graduate population. They provide a friendly and supportive environment for master’s-level and doctoral students and are home to a diverse, international student body.

University life can be demanding and all colleges offer a strong support system. Each graduate student has a college adviser, who is a member of the college’s academic staff, and will be able to offer support and advice. All colleges offer medical support via college doctors and nurses; in addition, many offer support to those of any faith, or none, via a college chaplain or pastoral adviser, and peer support from student welfare officers, mentors and trained peer supporters.

The city of Oxford houses many places of worship that cater to a variety of different faith communities. The vast majority of colleges also have their own chapels, and many people of different religious beliefs and none enjoy taking an hour out of their day to appreciate the experience of listening to their college choir.

Colleges as communities


Photograph by Brett Tully, DPhil Engineering Science (Magdalen College)

I have to hold my hands up and say my college has the best graduate social life, I think, in the whole of Oxford – but everybody says that!”Mark Stevenson, MPhil Classical Archaeology (St Hilda’s College)

“ I now have friends from every continent (including a penguinologist who studies in Antarctica).”Daniel Decker, MPhil Social Anthropology (Trinity College)

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I would say that Wadham was home away from home for me, and I will always remember its immense warmth and support.”Emefa Amoako, DPhil Education completed in 2010 (St Anne’s College)

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The African Society gave me an opportunity to identify with people like myself who are here and have similar ambitions, and I have found that very, very useful, especially thinking about what we can give back to Africa as a continent.”Nelson Oppong, DPhil International Development (Green Templeton College)

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One of the most important things we offer in terms of welfare is the Student Advice Service. So if any graduate students have academic problems, problems with housing, problems with their supervisor, then they can get in touch; it’s a free and confidential advisory service.”Beth Evans, MSt Women’s Studies (Wadham College) and Vice-President (Graduates), Oxford University Student Union (OUSU)

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Colleges offer a great deal of support to graduate students. A range of University-wide services and societies are also on offer to help graduate students and their families to settle in, to provide financial, personal, emotional and social support, and to help them get the most out of their studies.

Although you might be leaving your home country for a while, you don’t have to leave behind your culture, your sense of national identity or your religion. Oxford has a huge number of national, regional and religious societies set up and run by students, so that you can meet other Oxford students from your own part of the world with similar backgrounds, political views or beliefs. Examples include the Baha’i Society, the Sikh Society, Democrats Abroad, the Chinese Society, the Nigeria Society, the Middle Eastern Society and the African and Caribbean Society. These clubs can also serve as a way for you to introduce your nation and culture to other students from all over the globe.

The University has a large and well-equipped Language Centre that is open to all students. Foreign language courses are offered in twelve languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Japanese. The first-class Language Library has text, audio, video and computer-based material in 140 languages, satellite reception in 13, and internet links to language learning sites. The Centre also runs popular English language courses that are aimed at improving students’ communication skills and academic writing.

As a student at Oxford, you will automatically become a member of the Oxford University Student Union (OUSU). OUSU exists to represent students in the University’s decision-making, to act as the voice for students in higher education policy debates, and to help students to get the most out of their time at the University. Each year a small number of students are elected to full-time sabbatical positions, including that of a Vice-President who is specifically dedicated to graduate students and who acts as a spokesperson for the student body and helps shape University policy.

If you want personal support, the University has a professionally staffed Student Counselling Service that is confidential and free to graduate students. The counsellors are accustomed to helping people from many different backgrounds and cultures with a wide range of issues. Nightline is a telephone helpline, run by students for students; it operates from 8pm to 8am during term time. OUSU also has a Student Advice Service, which offers information, advice and support. These services are confidential, impartial and non-judgemental, and have no religious, political or social bias.

If you are planning on bringing your partner or children to Oxford, you may like to know about the Oxford University Newcomers’ Club, which provides a meeting point for partners of newly arrived graduate students and staff.

Other support services available to graduate students at Oxford include: the Student Financial Support team, which offers advice to students suffering financial hardship; the Disability Advisory Service, which supports students with disabilities; and the Student Information and Advisory Service, which advises students on a range of issues including visas and immigration.

A supportive environment


Photograph by Jaanika Vider, MSc Visual Anthropology (St Cross College)

As a graduate student at Oxford you will belong to an academic department or faculty. There are more than 70 departments located around the city. Each one has its own academic community, dedicated to advancing knowledge in particular subject areas, but departments also work together to teach joint courses and to collaborate on interdisciplinary research projects.

Your department will be responsible for organising the lectures, classes and seminars that may form part of your course and for the supervision of your academic work. It will offer access to a flourishing research community and provide exceptional resources to support your studies. Departments belong to four broader academic divisions – humanities, mathematical, physical and life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences – which coordinate skills training for graduate students and help foster networking and an interdisciplinary approach.

Departments and faculties facilitate knowledge exchange by hosting seminars, guest lectures and academic conferences, giving graduate students the opportunity to learn about and challenge each other’s work and to build relationships with leading scholars and professionals in their field of study. Events also foster multidisciplinary research in areas of critical importance such as climate change, energy policy, financial regulation, global governance, public health, poverty, migration and social inequality.

Departments and faculties provide graduate students access to study resources. Oxford’s science and engineering departments, for example, give students access to state-of-the art laboratories that support cutting-edge research. The £20 million Chemistry Research Laboratory, opened by Her Majesty The Queen in 2004, houses 11 nuclear magnetic resonance machines, 11 mass spectrometers and an X-ray crystallography facility, while at the £5 million Jenner Institute Laboratories, researchers are developing vaccines against some of the most damaging diseases worldwide, such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.

The University invests heavily in departments and faculties to ensure they remain world class. For example, the University is planning a new humanities development in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in the centre of Oxford. This will provide a home for most of the faculties in the humanities, and will offer excellent teaching facilities, dedicated graduate space and academic offices, as well as space for visiting scholars and research projects. At the centre of the development will be a new humanities library, accompanied by lecture theatres, cafés and other communal areas. In the meantime, from 2012 there will be a temporary Humanities building on the same site that will offer some library facilities as well as space for graduate study and training. It will also house a Humanities research centre.

Oxford’s academic departments and faculties


Photograph by Alyssa Ovadis, MSt History of Art and Visual Culture (St Peter’s College)

“People leave their doors open and whoever it is, whether it’s a student or a professor or a lecturer, if the door’s

open, they’ll pop their head round and say ‘hello’.”Becky Waller, DPhil Social Intervention (Green Templeton College)

‘Every week, or every fortnight we have a seminar going on in the department. These seminars will either be given by visitors, like professors from overseas, or someone from the department will give a talk, and every year we have a departmental retreat.’

Every week, or every fortnight, we always have a seminar going on in the department. So these seminars will either be given by visitors, like professors from overseas, or someone from the department.”Marvin Lee, DPhil Biochemistry (Lincoln College)

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• Morethan70departments•Morethan1,500academicstaff•Morethan3,500researchand researchsupportstaff•Morethan5,300graduate research students• Morethan4,000studentson master’s level courses

Oxford is one of the world’s leading research universities – a place where some of the brightest and best minds in the world look at some of the toughest challenges facing the world today: reducing poverty, tackling disease, preventing climate change, coping with ageing populations, developing new energy sources and conserving biodiversity. In the course of its history, Oxford has produced 47 Nobel Prize winners and its current academic community includes 80 Fellows of the Royal Society and 100 Fellows of the British Academy, the UK’s most distinguished academic bodies.

The standard of Oxford academics is regularly recognised in the award of prestigious international prizes. Recent examples include the International Balzan Prize, awarded to Professor Terence Cave in 2009 for his contribution to our understanding of Renaissance literature; the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, given to Professor Peter Ratcliffe in 2009 for his pioneering research into how cells respond to a lack of oxygen; and the Royal Society’s Copley Medal bestowed on Sir Roger Penrose for his exceptional contributions to geometry and mathematical physics.

In 2011, Professor Carol Robinson won the Women in Science Award made by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS). It recognises her pioneering work in the development of mass spectrometry as a tool used for investigating the structure and dynamics of protein complexes as well as her mentoring of women pursuing careers in science.

The scale of research activity at Oxford is substantial, involving more than 70 departments, more than 1,500 academic staff, 3,500 research and research support staff, and 4,500 graduate research students. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise held at a national level in the UK, Oxford submitted the largest number of researchers of any UK university spread over 48 different fields, and was judged to have the largest volume of world-leading research (4* rated). The University of Oxford’s total research income for 2009–10 totalled £485.9 million. Of this sum, £118.9 million was received in research funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), and £367 million was received from externally funded grants and contracts.

In order to continue this tradition of research excellence, the University is committed to recruiting and retaining researchers of the highest potential and distinction, to attracting the very best research students nationally and internationally, and to providing a supportive research environment in which scholars, at every stage of their career, can flourish. It is also committed to fostering research collaboration regionally, nationally and internationally, and to building partnerships with other research institutions, research agencies, funding bodies, industrial and commercial partners, sponsors and benefactors.

Research at Oxford


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We have the best libraries, laboratories, museums, collections and the best array of scholars in the world, I would say.”Dr Sally Mapstone, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)“

There’s a kind of intellectual buzz about this place which is quite hard to find elsewhere.”Dr Lucie Cluver, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Social Policy and Intervention

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Oxford is committed to sharing the exciting research it does with the world and to maximising the benefits of its research by contributing to better public policy, improved health outcomes, economic prosperity, social cohesion, international development, a better quality of life, and more. To this end, the University disseminates, applies and commercialises research in numerous different contexts.

Academics and graduate students sometimes get involved in outreach programmes in order to communicate their enthusiasm for their subject to the general public or to school children. Marcus’ Marvellous Mathemagicians (M3), for example, is a group of current maths students who, under the leadership of Marcus du Sautoy, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, run workshops, activities and give talks about maths to a wide range of audiences. Accelerate!, a programme started and run by graduate physics students, engages audiences with accelerator physics through a 45-minute live show.

The University’s Press Office deals with more than 6,000 queries a year from media outlets all around the world, including many about newsworthy research findings. The Press Office provides media training to researchers who are leading research projects likely to be of interest to the media; it puts journalists looking for experts in touch with the right researchers, and has a broadcast studio with links to major broadcasters. It also proactively promotes newsworthy research in written and multimedia form.

Members of the University frequently share their research in an informal way online. A group of researchers digitising more than 1,000 poetic ‘miscellanies’ (popular poetic collections) from the eighteenth century regularly blog about their surprising discoveries, which recently included a bawdy poem mischievously ascribed to the Puritan poet John Milton; and the Oxford Science Blog gives followers the inside track on science at Oxford – the people, the projects and what’s happening behind the scenes.

In 2008, the University of Oxford launched its free iTunesU site, featuring lectures by Oxford academics and famous visitors. New audio and video files and e-publications are added each week, and recent additions include Shakespeare’s first folio of 36 plays with their original spellings, and lectures on the history of tropical medicine and the future of journalism. The University also has its own YouTube channel featuring lectures, reports of current events and information about applying to Oxford.

Isis Innovation, the technology transfer company of the University of Oxford, helps researchers to commercialise intellectual property arising from their research, whether by patenting or licensing their discoveries, or by helping them to create spin-out companies. The company also identifies and manages consultancy opportunities for University researchers. It is the most successful university technology transfer company in the UK, filing, on average, one new patent per week.

The University supports a large number of other regional, national and international initiatives designed to maximise the impact of research, including through learned societies, research councils, charities, literary and artistic exhibitions, trade fairs and international conferences.

The University’s research impact


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Students who have innovative new ideas can really help us build our projects. I don’t think there’s this kind of division, whereby the students are these passive recipients of information from us, and we’re these knowing, all-knowing academics – we’re just not.” Dr Lucie Culver, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Social Policy and Intervention

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It’s very exciting and rewarding working with graduate students, because of the concentration on areas on which one is working oneself.”Angus Hawkins, Director of International Programmes, Department for Continuing Education

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Graduate students are encouraged to produce research that creates impact through publication in top-tier journals, and can attend skills courses focusing on what they need to know in order to submit articles for publication in their field. There are also opportunities for them to train in and help with lecturing and tutoring undergraduates, so that they can share their passion for their subject with junior members of the University.

As a graduate student, you will benefit from access to some of the finest libraries in the world, but you may also work in a range of other settings either within Oxford or elsewhere in the world.

Students in the sciences and engineering spend a lot of their time in the University’s state-of-the-art laboratories. Oxford continually invests to ensure it has the finest facilities for researchers from around the world. One example is the new £30 million Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute (OMPI) at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, which is due to be completed by 2012. Its new laboratories will have facilities for carrying out frontline research into the causes of diseases such as cancer, HIV, influenza, Alzheimer’s and heart disease.

Students across a range of disciplines make use of the University’s exceptional museums. The Ashmolean Museum, the world’s first university museum, established in 1677, reopened in 2009 following a major, multi-million pound redevelopment. The new building, designed by award-winning Rick Mather Architects, has been acclaimed by both the international media and members of the public. The Museum’s collections are an important research resource and form the basis for dissertations in subjects such as archaeology and ancient languages.

Oxford’s researchers carry out field work all around the world either alone or in teams. In zoology, an Ecuadorian graduate student recently combined academic expertise with his own local knowledge to study conservation on the Galapagos Islands, the species-rich archipelago where Darwin conceived his theory of evolution; and the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Research Project is currently working to protect one of the most important areas of tropical rainforest in Borneo, the Sebangau Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Many doctoral students receive financial support to attend conferences all over the world and training in presenting and networking so they can make the most of these events. They also contribute to some of the many academic conferences that are hosted in Oxford each year; often this will involve them in sharing their own ideas and research by presenting papers and creating posters.

Life as a graduate student


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One of the main things that I find studying English is that having people around you that are really passionate about the discipline makes an enormous difference – to be able to talk to people about it and integrate it into your daily life.”Matthew Kerr, DPhil English (Somerville College)

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The benefits of studying for a doctoral degree at Oxford include the chance to become part of a pioneering research community, to acquire rigorous training in research methods, to stretch yourself to the limit in your field of interest, to benefit from working with other high-calibre researchers in your field, and to get access to the University’s exceptional physical and intellectual resources. Oxford’s main doctoral degree is called a DPhil rather than the more familiar PhD, which is used in most other universities.

As a doctoral student in Oxford, you will enjoy a close working relationship with your supervisor or supervisors. They will help you to devise a programme that allows you to realise the full benefits of the resources available, and will meet with you regularly to stimulate your thinking and provide guidance about how to approach, implement and report on your research. Doctoral students often work closely with and receive advice from other academics as well as their own supervisor, including academics in other departments where research is interdisciplinary.

It usually takes three to four years to complete a DPhil, which is awarded on the basis of a thesis and an oral examination called a viva voce. The thesis must be a significant and substantial piece of research, conveyed in a lucid and scholarly manner, and must demonstrate that you have a good general knowledge of the field.

Some structured, four-year DPhil courses in specific subject areas are offered by our Medical Sciences and Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences divisions. These involve students receiving training and taking rotations in different laboratories before concentrating on a specific research project in their second year onwards.

Students undertaking doctoral degrees often choose to attend courses on specific research skills to ensure that they are not only accomplished in the practical and theoretical aspects of their research, but also able to manage themselves effectively and communicate their research findings to a wide audience. The broad areas covered by skills training include research skills and techniques, the research environment, research management, personal effectiveness, communications skills, networking and team working, and career management.

From these areas, research students can select courses to suit them, for example: scientific writing, publishing, statistical analysis, presentation skills, intellectual property, research ethics, entrepreneurship, project management, time management or career planning.

Doctoral degrees


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One of the key requirements for research students is to come up with a project, which needs to be a good combination of what is interesting and novel and ambitious, and what is doable. So it’s coming up with a project that balances those requirements.”Professor Anton Van Der Merwe, Director of Graduate Studies, Medical Sciences Division

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The University of Oxford offers approximately 200 taught master’s-level courses of various kinds, some of which combine academic rigour with a strong career orientation, for example some of the courses offered in law, finance and education. They range from full-time courses designed to im-merse you in a particular subject to part-time courses designed to suit particular groups of profes-sionals. Master’s programmes may focus on a broad discipline such as archaeology, a sub-discipline such as theoretical chemistry, an interdisciplinary field such as mathematics and computer science, or a professional field like cognitive behavioural therapy.

Taught master’s courses normally result in either a Master of Studies (MSt – often called an MA in other universities), a Master of Science by coursework (MSc) or a Master of Philosophy (MPhil). Other master’s-level taught courses include the world-renowned Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) and Magister Juris (MJur) offered by the Faculty of Law, and the Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) offered by the Faculty of Philosophy.

The composition of these taught courses varies according to the subject, but they normally comprise a range of core and optional modules, supported by teaching in the form of lectures and seminars. They are typically assessed through a combination of course assignments, a dissertation, and written examinations. The MPhil degree takes two years to complete, whereas most other taught master’s-level courses take between nine and twelve months to complete.

Some of the full-time courses on offer may be suited to recent graduates looking to launch a career in a particular field, such as the MSc in Financial Economics, or to graduates who have already been working in a particular field for several years, such as the one-year MBA programme or MSt in Diplomatic Studies.

Similarly, the new Master of Public Policy (MPP) course is aimed at those already established in a career but seeking to improve their opportunities and widen their skills base. MPP students will be taught the practice of government and leadership on ways that will strengthen communities, create opportunities and foster cooperation across the world.

Part-time programmes are sometimes designed to suit professionals training for a particular specialism, or may be tailored to more senior professionals who wish to pursue their studies alongside professional and family commitments.

Our online Course Guide gives full details of specific course content and the relevant entry requirements.

Master’s-level degrees


It taught me to think broadly, research, and find answers effectively, and to see problems from a variety of points of view. These are invaluable skills in my profession.”Daniel Decker, MPhil Social Anthropology (Trinity College)

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The University, particularly via its Department for Continuing Education, provides a range of high-quality, flexible, part-time graduate courses, including postgraduate certificates and di-plomas, taught master’s degrees, and doctoral degrees in a number of disciplines.

Studying for an Oxford qualification on a part-time basis can be exhilarating and challenging but also demanding, particularly if you have to balance the demands of home,

family and work with your course requirements. Additional support is available for mature students in the form of the Mature Students’ Association, which holds regular social events during term at which you can meet other mature students and share your experiences.

In addition to courses leading to qualifications, the Department for Continuing Education offers a range of professional development programmes, part-time evening and weekend classes, residential and summer schools, and online distance learning courses. Every year more than 8,000 people currently aged 18 to 88 join one of the more than 800 courses on offer, either because they want to pick up their education from where they left off, improve their employment or promotion prospects, prepare for a career change, or follow an interest for its own sake.

If you are unable to come to Oxford to study, our online courses open up the rigorous academic study for which the University is known to students anywhere in the world. Courses are structured as weekly meetings, offering online interaction with the course tutor and other students in a virtual learning environment. There are more than 60 short courses to choose from across a range of disciplines of 5, 10 or 20 weeks duration. No physical attendance is required but you will need to be able to devote about 10 hours a week to studying.

The Department also brings together participants from around the world to study in Oxford on our summer schools. Courses are both accredited and non-accredited, run for between one and three weeks’ duration, and are taught by some of the finest tutors in the country. Most are designed for the general public; others are designed to allow professionals to update their skills. Covering subjects from ancient Rome to modern politics to creative writing, summer school classes are kept small to facilitate discussion and to provide a generous amount of one-on-one time between you and your tutor. There are approximately 100 courses available each summer.

Further details of part-time graduate and continuing education courses are available on the Department for Continuing Education’s website.

Part-time and flexible study


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There are quite a lot of older people who work part time or, like me, have retired, and it’s an opportunity to do something that for most of us you couldn’t do when you’re in employment.”Michael Haslam, DPhil Architectural History (Kellogg College)“

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I have found the course to be exactly what I was looking for, the lecturers very knowledgeable and friendly and the course achievable despite holding a full-time job. Furthermore, the course has opened doors to me in new areas and has no doubt played some part in a new position which I recently took up.”James Malone, MSc Bioinformatics (New College)

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The Bodleian Libraries, the world-renowned group of research libraries of the University of Oxford, form a global power house for research and learning, embracing a vast range of collections and services from ancient Egyptian fragments of papyrus to cutting-edge digital technologies.

They include iconic reading rooms such as the medieval Duke Humfrey’s Library and the reading rooms of the circular, domed Radcliffe Camera, as well as specialist departmental libraries

ranging from the historic Taylor Institution Library for linguists to the twenty-first-century Sainsbury Library at the Saïd Business School.

The Bodleian Libraries house unrivalled collections of published literature and primary source materials – manuscripts, rare books, scientific papers, ephemera, maps, music and photographs – spanning continents, ages, languages and subjects. Among the Libraries’ many treasures are four copies of the Magna Carta, Shakespeare’s First Folio and the oldest surviving manuscript of the Elements of Euclid (c. 888 AD). Access to the Special Collections for approved research is an important and unique element of graduate study at Oxford.

Twenty-first-century digital technology is opening up the academic riches of Oxford’s libraries. In addition to its vast print and archival collections, ‘the Bod’ (as it is known in Oxford) offers access to more than 45,000 e-journals as well as licensed electronic databases and reference works. The Bodleian has already digitised more than a million items from its collections and, through the Oxford Digital Library, the University is leading the way in digitising manuscripts. As a partner in Google’s Book Search initiative, the Bodleian has scanned many of its nineteenth-century books. Other partnerships involve the digitisation of maps, manuscripts, music, and rare books from its collections and archives.

In addition to the Bodleian Libraries, there are other specialist libraries connected to the University, including departmental and college libraries, which offer collections and services tailored to the needs of their members.

Subject-based libraries offer specialist materials and their staff can help provide assistance in identifying books and journals and using electronic resources, and liaise with academics to provide tailored research training and support. In Science and Medicine, the physical library services are complemented by an active outreach programme to academics and researchers delivering training and other hands-on support from specialist librarians within departments, laboratories and medical wards.

Typically, college libraries offer long opening hours, a friendly service, generous lending terms, and a comfortable, quiet place to study.

Oxford’s libraries


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We have a labyrinth of libraries in Oxford. It’s fantastic!”Morgan Wesley, DPhil History (Linacre College)“

Photograph by Richard Passmore, DPhil Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics (Lincoln College)

The start of your time at Oxford would not be complete without a visit to the Freshers’ Fair. The Freshers’ Fair is an annual event that is open to all new students, with stalls representing every University club and society, including charities, musical and dramatic societies,

sporting clubs, student newspapers, religious groups, political and campaigning organisations, and more. In the same week, colleges often hold their own events, where students can find out about and sign up to college clubs and societies.

As a student at Oxford, you will automatically become a member of the Oxford University Student Union (OUSU), which is the official students’ union for the University. OUSU exists to represent students in the University’s decision-making, to act as the voice for students in higher education policy debates, and to help students to get the most out of their time at Oxford.

One of Oxford’s most famous societies that many students decide to join is the Oxford Union (not to be confused with OUSU). Founded in 1823, this prestigious debating society has attracted speakers ranging from Malcolm X to Albert Einstein, and from Benazir Bhutto to the Dalai Lama, and has offered students the opportunity to ask them searching questions.

Oxford is also well known for drama, with about 30 student productions being staged each year and the large and very popular Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS). The musically minded can listen to the world-famous choirs of New College and Christ Church or get involved with one of the many music societies in Oxford, including the Oxford Chamber Choir, the University Orchestra and the Oxford Philharmonia.

There is a flourishing community of socially aware and socially active students at Oxford who make a positive difference to others’ lives by volunteering. One way to contribute is through Raise and Give (RAG), OUSU’s fundraising organisation, which offers a way for students to raise money for charity while having fun. Recent RAG activities have included a charity football tournament, a comedy night and the first ever University-wide charity ball, which raised £50,000 for charities including Helen and Douglas House, a local children’s hospice in Oxford, and Shelter, a nationwide homeless charity.

The Oxford Hub is a student-led charity founded by Oxford students that helps students find out about and get involved with charities and social enterprises. Since its launch in 2007, the Oxford Hub’s community volunteering programme has started up 20 student-led projects and sent out more than 800 student volunteers into the local community.

Students sometimes put the skills they are learning in their studies to use for a particular cause. Graduate medical students, for example, can get involved with Medsin, the International Federation of Medical Student Associations, which takes volunteers all around the world to promote equality in health care and health education.

Making the most of your time in Oxford


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Opportunity to get involved with a huge range of sports and participate at whatever level suits you. It’s not all about the rowing, but a lot of our students do have a go out on the river whilst they are here. Need to ensure even coverage of women’s and men’s sport. Oxford is currently ranked in the top 10 British universities for sport thanks to high levels of coaching and com-mitment. As well as the British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) championships and other tournaments, there are inter-university competitions and college leagues. If you want to

represent the University, you have the chance to join a rich tradition and some very competitive teams. The University’s top athletes gain the status of ‘Blue’ – an accolade that stems from the first boat race in 1829, when Cambridge tied light blue ribbons to their boat and Oxford adopted Christ Church’s dark blue. The University’s Sports Federation helps to run over 80 clubs – including tradi-tional sports, new and esoteric activities, and everything in between – for anyone from the inter-ested novice to the international athlete. The University offers excellent sporting facilities on three main sites within a short distance of the centre of Oxford. 1.

The Iffley Road sports complex is where many clubs train and compete; it boasts a fitness gym, an all-weather running track, an Olympic-standard hockey pitch, a 25-metre swimming pool, rowing tank, cricket school, sports hall, dojo and café, along with provision for football (soccer), lawn tennis and rugby. 2. The picturesque University Parks offer rugby, football, lacrosse and hockey pitches, cricket facilities, croquet lawns and ten, dojo and café, along with provision for football (soccer), lawn tennis and rugby. 2. The picturesque University Parks offer rugby, football, lacrosse and hockey pitches, cricket facilities, croquet lawns and tennis courts. They are one of the only places in the world where spectators can watch first-class cricket for free. 3. The Marston Road sports ground is dedicated to the women’s football, rugby and cricket clubs and has its own clubhouse. The University Club is an additional facility available to graduate students and university staff. It is situated in Mansfield Road and hosts several staff/graduate student sports clubs, such as football, cricket and archery, and also offers gym facilities. With its attractive café and restaurant, it provides an excellent social centre and membership is free to graduate students; see the University Club website for more details. Many of the colleges have sports facilities of their own, from squash courts and fitness suites to boathouses, cricket pitches and lively clubhouses. All these grounds form a network of green spaces across the city. and also offers gym facilities. With its attractive café and restaurant, it provides an excellent social centre and membership is free to graduate students; see the University Club website for more details.d also offers gym facilities. With its attractive café and restaurant, it provides an excellent social centre.

Sport in Oxford


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Oxford is a place that provides students with the opportunity to engage with and contribute to local, national and international communities.”Emefa Amoako, DPhil Education (St Anne’s College)“

You can listen to a head of state give a guest lecture, head to the pub, go to an orchestra performance, eat dinner at formal hall, and do your research, all on the same street, in the same day.”Daniel Decker, MPhil Social Anthropology (Trinity College)

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Taking part in summer eights was amazing: being with the crew and bumping the crew in front and feeling part of this boat club that has a hundred different people who are part of it.”Becky Waller, DPhil Social Intervention (Green Templeton College)

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For centuries, Oxford’s tradition of academic excel-lence has gone hand in hand with a reputation for sporting excellence. Oxford’s sporting men and women are known as the Dark Blues, in contrast to Cambridge’s Light Blues. The University’s top athletes who compete in annual varsity matches in certain sports gain the status of ‘Blue’ – an accolade that stems from the first boat race in 1829, when Cambridge tied light blue ribbons to their boat and Oxford adopted Christ Church’s dark blue.

But you don’t have to be a world-class rower or rugby player to enjoy sport at Oxford. With more than 85 University sports clubs as well as college clubs to choose from, you are sure to find something to suit you. From golf to gymnastics, pentathlon to punting, and windsurfing to water polo, sport at the University of Oxford caters for everyone, from complete beginners through to Olympic athletes.

Sport takes place in a variety of venues across the city. In 1954, Roger Bannister first broke the four-minute mile at Oxford’s Iffley Road running track, and the Iffley Road sports complex is still a focal point for sporting activity at Oxford. Facilities include an Olympic-standard hockey pitch, the 25-metre Rosenblatt swimming pool, fitness centre, Boat Tank building, cricket school, and a martial arts dojo, not to mention lawn tennis courts and stadiums for football and rugby. Plans have recently been approved to invest in developing the complex to ensure it can continue to meet students’ sporting needs for the future.

Another focal point for sport is the University Parks, a large, peaceful area of parkland to the northeast of Oxford city centre, mostly on the west bank of the River Cherwell. The Parks comprise large sports fields and landscaped gardens featuring rare and exotic plants. They are best known for cricket and contain a cricket pavilion and the only first-class cricket ground in the UK where spectators can watch for free. There are also facilities for football, lacrosse, croquet and tennis.

The Marston Road Sports Grounds are situated in east Oxford, across the river from the University Parks, and are dedicated to the women’s football, rugby and cricket clubs and have their own clubhouse. Graduate students can also participate in sport via the University Club on Mansfield Road, which has a gym and hosts several University Club sports sections, and via the colleges, which often have facilities of their own such as sports grounds, squash courts, boathouses and punts.

Sport at Oxford


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For a relatively small city, where nothing much is ever more than 15 minutes away, Oxford packs quite an entertainment punch. What most surprises newcomers is the sheer variety on offer. Opera and classical music? Check. Club nights and live gigs? Sure. Formal dining and decadent cocktails? Certainly. Pubs and bars? Yes. Places that serve food to suit all budgets from all over the world? Of course.

Compelling as college life is, it is also well worth venturing out and seeing what the city has to offer. This includes both mainstream and

art-house cinemas; a number of theatres, staging everything from West End shows to classic drama and experimental theatre; and more pubs, bars, clubs and live music venues than anyone can quite keep up with. And for the truly dauntless, how about trying out at an open mic night? You can go for comedy, singing or poetry … the choice is yours!

Oxford’s live music scene is thriving. The O2 Academy is a well-established stop on the UK touring indie bands circuit, including frequent visits from big names, and a number of other venues offer live music and club nights featuring all types of music.

The elite of the UK comedy scene can now finally be seen in Oxford as well, with the opening of the Glee Club – which also hosts jazz, blues and world/roots music nights.

Special events happen in Oxford throughout the year, including Party in the Park, the Oxford Folk Festival, the Jericho Street Fair and Oxford Pride, and there are also many events rooted in Oxford’s history. For example, on the first day of May crowds gather on the High Street and Magdalen Bridge to listen to choristers sing an invocation to summer from the top of Magdalen College Tower at sunrise. Over the years this has turned into a major celebration, with balls and parties taking place the night before lasting through into the morning.

And if all else fails, London is only a bus or train ride away, and a whole other world of entertainment and experiences awaits.


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Nightlife and music

There’s quite a diverse mix of people, and social activities are numerous because you’ve got all the parties and stuff round each college”Kulveer Singh, DPhil Chemistry (Exeter College)“

Together, Oxford’s university museums constitute the greatest concentration of university museums in the world. Their world-class collections provide unparalleled possibilities for teaching and

research, and many graduate students work with the collections as part of their studies.The Ashmolean – often regarded as the greatest university museum in the world – is the UK’s

oldest public museum, and was established in 1683. Its collections of art and archaeology span four millennia, from the civilisations of Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, through Renaissance Europe, to the present day. The museum has recently undergone a major transformation. The new building has provided the Ashmolean with 100% more display space and comprises 39 new galleries, including four exhibition galleries, a new education centre, and state-of-the-art conservation studios.

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University’s collection of 4.5 million zoological, entomological, and geological specimens. As well as promoting research and teaching, the museum has also won awards for its work in public education. The museum is located in a Grade One listed building, and is as famed for its spectacular neo-Gothic architecture as it is for the Oxfordshire dinosaurs and the dodo in its collections, and the swifts living in its tower.

The Pitt Rivers Museum houses the University’s collections of anthropology and world archaeology. Its atmospheric displays, with artefacts drawn from all corners of the world and all periods of human history, have influenced novelists, poets and film-makers. The museum also takes a leading role in contemporary research and museum curatorship.

The Museum of the History of Science is housed in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building – the Old Ashmolean. It displays an unrivalled collection of early scientific instruments and stages an innovative programme of public events on the history of science in its widest sense. Other specialist University collections include the Bate Collection of musical instruments and the Christ Church Picture Gallery.

The University’s Botanic Garden is one of the most compact and diverse collections of plants in the world, and is the oldest such garden in Britain. It acts as a reference collection for 6,000 types of plant, supports teaching and research and is a member of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. As well as this, it has a beautiful location next to the river which makes it a delightful place simply to explore.

Together, the museums and collections of Oxford offer an extraordinarily rich resource for viewing and exploration. An ever-changing programme of temporary and visiting exhibitions ensures that there is always something fresh and interesting to see, both in the University’s museums and also at the Bodleian Library, which regularly hosts its own temporary exhibitions.

Oxford’s museums and Botanic Garden


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The end of your course is likely to be a busy time. You may have exams to take, where you will experi-ence the Oxford tradition of dressing in sub fusc and sitting your papers in the Examination Schools building on the High Street. You are also likely to have dissertation deadlines to meet, and may well need to prepare for an oral examination, at which you will be required to discuss your work.

Even during such an intense period of academic activity, however, it remains important not to lose sight of your longer-term goals and aspirations. The University is committed to helping its graduates find high-level employment, embark on satisfying careers, and fulfil their personal and professional potential.

During your time as a student at Oxford, the Careers Service is there to help support you to define and then achieve your future plans. The Careers Service can help you access a wealth of information and consider your options for future study or for a variety of career paths. The service also offers workshops and training to help you put together a strong CV, develop an effective job search strategy, make competitive job applications and develop your interview skills. You can also work on your personal skills, such as being able to identify and work to your strengths, learn how to negotiate job offers, or handle rejection.

Two particular Careers Service programmes are worthy of note: The Student Consultancy and Oxford University International Internship Programme (OUIIP).

The Student Consultancy is an innovative and unique programme of learning and development activities that links Oxford students with local businesses and community organisations. This scheme offers students the chance to develop their employability skills in work-based settings, and gives local SMEs (small to medium-sized enterprises), charities, community organisations and business access to consultancy and creative thinking.

The aim of the Oxford University International Internship Programme (OUIIP) is to offer students international work experience, consisting of eight to ten weeks of full-time work during the summer vacation, based with a sponsoring organisation. The scheme enables participants to work with an organisational mentor on a defined project, designed to have real value for both the intern and the host organisation. Where possible, interns are placed in countries other than their own primary country of residence.


Coming to the end of your course

Photograph by Georgia Foteinou, MPhil Politics (Wolfson College)

The internship is the one thing that’s shown me what I want to do for the rest of my life.”Mark Stevenson, MPhil Classical Archaeology (St Hilda’s College)“

Many students find the support of the Oxford Careers Service invaluable in helping set them up for their future careers.

Fortunately, the support of the Careers Service does not end the day you graduate. Many alumni continue to benefit from the services on offer to them, whether through the simple provision of information, details of job vacancies, or through access to individual advice and workshops.

The University subscribes to a wide range of electronic resources for the use of students and alumni. These include job-related information sites such as the Going Global Careers Guide and Ethical Job Sites, as well as online practice aptitude test sites, and worldwide volunteering listings.

CareerConnect is an online service that allows you to stay in touch with the Careers Service both while you are a student and after you graduate. It provides an information hub, updated daily, with a searchable database of graduate job vacancies, development opportunities and available mentors. You can also create a personal profile on the system, and upload your CV and other documents. Many employers allow you to apply for jobs directly from your CareerConnect profile.

Many people find that the most valuable resources are the ones which enable Oxford students to stay in touch with each other.

The Oxford Careers Network (OCN) is a searchable database of Oxford alumni who have agreed to act as informal e-mentors to current students and alumni. Members of the network can be identified by criteria such as their employer, job role, subject studied at Oxford, Oxford college or general sector of employment. Many of the network members welcome email enquiries on career-related matters.

The University Alumni Office, in association with the Careers Service, hosts a number of sector-specific professional networking events throughout the year. To date, events have included Business and the Environment, The Future of Journalism, Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age, and the Medical Sciences industry. Alumni can also take advantage of discounted rates on a number of Continuing Professional Development and Executive Education courses offered by the University.

Many alumni find that as their careers progress, they want to give something back to the University and its students. Alumni are encouraged to advertise job vacancies or internships through the Careers Service and many successful alumni take up this opportunity.

Continuing support in your career


Photograph by Abi Stone, DPhil Geography and the Environment (Keble College)

A lot of political leaders graduated from Oxford, so I think it’s definitely a very good platform for anybody who wishes to do something good for society in the future.”Marvin Lee, DPhil Biochemistry (Lincoln College)

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I have found the Careers Service very easy to use.”Marcus Garvey, MPhil Modern Chinese Studies (Christ Church)“

The student is not only challenged by this intellectually stimulating environment, but it helps to develop – unconsciously – that rare form of confidence which prepares him or her to assume leadership roles in different situations.”Emefa Amoako, DPhil Education (St Anne’s College)

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Oxford degrees are conferred at a degree ceremony, which usually takes place in the Sheldonian Theatre or at the Examination Schools. For many students, this is a highlight of their Oxford experience, a chance to get dressed up in full academic regalia and celebrate their achievements with family and friends.

Degree ceremonies are booked through your college. There are a number of Degree Days each year in the summer and autumn, and each college is allocated a fixed number of places at several of these ceremonies. Many students arrange to attend the same ceremony as their closest college and departmental friends.

Having graduated, you become part of the extensive Oxford alumni community. There are numerous ways to stay involved, no matter where you are or what you are doing. Every year, the University hosts a dynamic and well-attended Alumni Weekend in Oxford, and colleges also host special reunion events. You are encouraged to join any number of alumni networks; Oxford

boasts one of the most extensive alumni communities in the world, with more than 190 groups spanning more than 70 countries. There are regional networks, subject-based groups, college alumni organisations and special interest groups; you are bound to find the right network for you!

Oxford10 is a special network for graduates who left Oxford in the past ten years, who would like to stay involved with the life of the University and in touch with their peers. Oxford10 runs regular speaker events and informal drinks evenings throughout the year, as well as a spectacular Christmas Party at an exclusive venue. It is also pioneering a mentoring scheme to link up recent graduates with current students.

Oxford graduates go on to achieve success in a staggeringly wide variety of fields and endeavours. If there is a connecting theme that unites Oxford graduates, however, it is that they have experienced a particular form of education that prizes the ability to work independently, think rigorously, ask questions, analyse, and set out evidenced, nuanced arguments. Many graduates share the belief that these are the vital skills that set them up for their future career success, no matter which particular field of employment they went on to enter.

What’s next?


Photograph by Jin Lee, DPhil Experimental Psychology (Pembroke College)

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1. Choose your courseYou need to think carefully about the type of course that would be right for you. Are you interested in a master’s-level taught course or are you in a position to embark upon a doctoral degree?

A full list of the courses on offer can be found on pages 54–57 of this prospectus. The most up-to-date information is available online in our Course Guide, including full information about the courses and how to apply. The Course Guide also provides links to departmental websites, which normally offer more detailed information about their courses and details of how to contact the department if you have any specific questions about course content, research projects or your academic suitability.

2. Check the entry requirementsPrevious academic excellence is a key requirement for graduate study at Oxford. Successful applicants tend to be those who achieved the very highest results of their graduating class.

The normal minimum qualification to be eligible for admission as a graduate student at Oxford is the completion of a Bachelor’s degree with a first or upper second class honours or the international equivalent. For guidance on how international degrees compare, you can take a look at the UK NARIC website at www.naric.org.uk.

Not all programmes require an undergraduate degree in the same subject area and there are some courses, in particular some of those offered by the

Department for Continuing Education, which will take relevant experience or alternative backgrounds into consideration. Specific entry requirements for each course are detailed online in the Course Guide.

English is the language of instruction for all courses at Oxford and this also applies to thesis and examination papers. For full information about English proficiency requirements, please see the Apply section of our website.

3. Explore funding opportunitiesOur Fees and Funding website has full information about how to fund your study and other financial issues that you will need to consider. The online Oxford Funding Search will help you find out what you might be eligible to apply for, including awards from specific departments and colleges, as well as University-wide scholarships.

You need to think about how you will fund your study as early as possible and, if you are offered a place, you will be asked to provide proof that you are able to finance the cost of your course fees and living expenses.

4. Check the application deadlines for your courseThe University has a number of application deadlines throughout the year, with the main deadlines (which are important for a number of our scholarship schemes) being in January.

Some courses may accept applications after the main deadlines if places are still available. Some also offer separate application deadlines for specific studentships.

How do I apply?


Anna Veprinska, MSt English

(St Cross College)

For entry in 2012/13themainapplication deadlines are:• 18November2011• 6January2012(coursesofferedbythe

Medical Sciences Division and Philosophy Faculty)

• 20January2012(allothercourses)• 9March2012Check our online Course Guide to see which applicationdeadlinesapplytoyourcourse.

For specific information relating to your programme please check the departmental website – links are available on the subject pages in the online Course Guide.

After each application deadline, the department evaluates all applications received up to that date, firstly against the published academic selection criteria, and secondly in comparison with each other. Decision letters are sent out by departments after the relevant application deadline, usually by email.

To be considered for most of Oxford’s scholarship schemes you will need to make sure your application is submitted by the appropriate January deadline, so you also need to make sure you take this into account.

5. Decide if you have a college preferenceAll Oxford’s colleges and halls are equipped to cater for graduate students and will give you a very warm welcome. Please see our online College Guide for an introduction to Oxford’s colleges and the unique benefits they offer graduate students.

You can choose not to give a college preference and let us assign a college for you – about a third of our applicants last year chose to do this. Stating a college preference or letting us assign you a college will not affect how your department assesses your application and ultimately whether or not they decide to make you an offer.

If you are offered a place on a course by a depart-ment, you will be guaranteed a college place but this may not be at your college of preference, if you indicated one. Please note that the offer of a college place does not necessarily mean that you will be guaranteed accommodation as well.

For a full list of courses and the colleges and halls that accept applications for them, please use our online College Search tool.

6. Collect together supporting materials and submit your applicationIt is really important that you submit all your supporting materials, including your references (along with a completed application form and payment), by the application deadline to be guaranteed that your application will be considered.

Please check our online Course Guide and Application Guide to see exactly what is required for your course – at the very least this will include your CV, an academic transcript and three academic references. It may also include a statement of purpose or research proposal, written work, documentary evidence of your English proficiency (if applicable) and other items.

It is your responsibility to ask your referees to write a reference for you. Make sure that you give them plenty of notice and that you make them aware of the deadline.

Please note that there is a non-refundable applica-tion fee to pay for each application you make.

Make sure your application is complete and in time for the application deadline!


Application guideFor detailed information about application deadlines, supporting materials, and full guidance for completing and submitting the application form, please see our online Application Guide at www.ox.ac.uk/graduate/apply.

Jaani Riordan, DPhil Law

(Magdalen College)

African Studies, Languages and LiteratureMSc African Studies African StudiesAmerican Studies, Languages and LiteratureMSt English and American Studies EnglishMSc Latin American Studies Latin American CentreMPhil Latin American Studies Latin American CentreMSc Public Policy in Latin America Latin American CentreAncient Languages and ClassicsMSt Classical Armenian Studies Oriental StudiesMSt Classical Hebrew Studies Oriental StudiesMPhil Cuneiform Studies Oriental StudiesMPhil Egyptology Oriental StudiesMStGreekand/orLatinLanguageandLiterature

Classics (Classical Languages and Literature)

MPhilGreekand/orLatinLanguageandLiterature

Classics (Classical Languages and Literature)

MSt Syriac Studies Oriental Studies

DPhil Ancient History Classics (Ancient History and Classical Archaeology)

DPhil Classical Languages and Literature Classics (Classical Languages and Literature)

AnthropologyMSc Cognitive Evolutionary Anthropology Social and Cultural AnthropologyMSc Medical Anthropology Social and Cultural AnthropologyMPhil Medical Anthropology Social and Cultural AnthropologyMSc Migration Studies International DevelopmentMSt Social Anthropology Social and Cultural AnthropologyMSc Social Anthropology Social and Cultural AnthropologyMPhil Social Anthropology Social and Cultural Anthropology

MSc Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology

Social and Cultural AnthropologySubject to final approval

MPhil Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology

Social and Cultural AnthropologySubject to final approval

DPhil Anthropology Social and Cultural AnthropologyArchaeologyMSc Applied Landscape Archaeology Continuing Education PT onlyMSt Archaeological Science ArchaeologyMSc Archaeological Science ArchaeologyPGCert Archaeology Continuing Education PT onlyMSt Archaeology ArchaeologyMPhil Archaeology ArchaeologyMSt Classical Archaeology ArchaeologyMPhil Classical Archaeology ArchaeologyMSt Islamic Art and Archaeology Oriental StudiesMPhil Islamic Art and Archaeology Oriental StudiesDPhil Archaeology ArchaeologyDPhil Archaeology Continuing Education PT onlyDPhil Archaeological Science ArchaeologyBiological SciencesPGDip International Wildlife Conservation Practice

Continuing Education and Zoology

DPhil and MSc (Research) Biochemistry BiochemistryDPhilBiochemistry(OU/TSRI) BiochemistryDPhil and MSc (Research) Chemical Biology Chemical BiologyDPhil and MSc (Research) Plant Sciences Plant SciencesDPhil and MSc (Research) Zoology ZoologyStructured DPhil ProgrammesDPhil Life Sciences Interface DTC MPLS Doctoral Training CentreDPhil Systems Approaches IDC MPLS Doctoral Training CentreDPhil Systems Biology DTC MPLS Doctoral Training CentreChemistryMSc Medicinal Chemistry for Cancer PharmacologyMSc Theoretical Chemistry Physical and Theoretical ChemistryDPhil and MSc (Research) Chemical Biology Chemical Biology

DPhil and MSc (Research) Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry

DPhil Materials MaterialsDPhil and MSc (Research) Organic Chemistry Organic Chemistry

DPhil and MSc (Research) Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Creative and Fine ArtsMSt Creative Writing Continuing Education PT onlyMSt Film Aesthetics Medieval and Modern Languages

MSt History of Design Continuing EducationPTonly.Next entry in 2013/14

MSt Literature and Arts Continuing Education PT onlyDPhil Fine Art Ruskin School of Drawing PT option Eastern and Asiatic Studies, Languages and LiteratureMSt Chinese Studies Oriental StudiesMSc Contemporary India South Asian StudiesMPhil Islamic Studies and History Oriental StudiesMSt Japanese Studies Oriental Studies

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Courses on offer for 2012/13 and relevant faCulty or department

Joseph Caruana, DPhil Astrophysics (Christ Church)

MSt Korean Studies Oriental StudiesMSc Modern Chinese Studies Contemporary Chinese StudiesMPhil Modern Chinese Studies Oriental StudiesMSc Modern Japanese Studies Japanese StudiesMPhil Modern Japanese Studies Japanese StudiesMPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies Oriental StudiesMPhil Modern South Asian Studies Oriental StudiesMSt Oriental Studies Oriental StudiesMPhil Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Oriental StudiesMPhil Traditional East Asia Oriental StudiesMStYiddishStudies Medieval and Modern LanguagesDPhil and MLitt Oriental Studies Oriental StudiesEconomics and Management StudiesPGDip Financial Strategy Saïd Business School PT onlyPGDip Global Business Saïd Business School PT onlyPGDip Organisational Leadership Saïd Business School PT onlyPGDip Strategy and Innovation Saïd Business School PT onlyMBA (Master of Business Administration) Saïd Business SchoolEMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) Saïd Business School PT only

MPhil Economics EconomicsMSc Economics for Development International DevelopmentMSc Financial Economics Saïd Business SchoolMSc Law and Finance Law and Saïd Business SchoolMScMajorProgrammeManagement Saïd Business School PT onlyMSc Mathematical and Computational Finance Mathematical Institute

DPhil Economics EconomicsDPhil Management Studies Saïd Business SchoolEducationMSc Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition Education PT option

MSc Education (Comparative and International Education) Education

MSc Education (Child Development and Education) Education

MSc Education (Higher Education) EducationMSc Education (Learning and Technology) Education

MSc Educational Research Methodology Education PT optionPGDip Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Education PT only

MSc Learning and Teaching Education PT onlyPGDip Teaching English Language in University Settings Education PT only

DPhil Education EducationEducation – PGCE Teaching QualificationBiology EducationChemistry EducationEnglish EducationGeography EducationHistory EducationMathematics Education

Modern Languages EducationPhysics EducationReligious Education EducationEngineering and Materials ScienceMSc Biomedical Engineering Engineering SciencePGCert Nanotechnology Continuing Education PT onlyDPhil and MSc (Research) Engineering Science

Engineering Science

DPhil Centre for Doctoral Training Healthcare Innovation

Engineering Science

DPhil and MSc (Research) Materials MaterialsEnglish Language and LiteratureMStEnglish(650–1550) English FacultyMStEnglish(1550–1700) English FacultyMStEnglish(1660–1830) English FacultyMStEnglish(1800–1914) English FacultyMStEnglish(1900–present) English FacultyMSt English Language English FacultyMPhil English Studies (Medieval) English FacultyMSt Literature and Arts Continuing Education PT onlyMSt Women’s Studies Medieval and Modern LanguagesDPhil English English FacultyDPhilEnglish(to1550) English FacultyEnvironmental Sciences, Geography and ConservationMSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management

Geography and the Environment

PGCert Ecological Survey Techniques Continuing EducationSubject to final approval

MSc Environmental Change and Management


MPhil Geography and the Environment Geography and the EnvironmentPGDip International Wildlife Conservation Practice

Continuing Education and Zoology

MSc Nature, Society and Environmental Policy


MSc Water Science, Policy and Management


DPhil and MSc (Research) Earth Sciences Earth SciencesDPhil Geography and the Environment Geography and the Environment



Bowen Yang, MSc Education (Kellogg College)

European Studies, Languages and LiteratureMSt Celtic Studies Medieval and Modern LanguagesMPhil Celtic Studies Medieval and Modern LanguagesMSt Modern Languages Medieval and Modern LanguagesMPhil Modern Languages Medieval and Modern LanguagesMSc Russian and East European Studies Russian and East European StudiesMPhil Russian and East European Studies Russian and East European StudiesMPhil Slavonic Studies Medieval and Modern LanguagesMSt Slavonic Studies Medieval and Modern LanguagesDPhil and MLitt Medieval and Modern Languages

Medieval and Modern Languages

HistoryPGCert Architectural History Continuing Education PT onlyMSc Economic and Social History HistoryMPhil Economic and Social History History

MSc English Local History Continuing Education

PTonly.Next entry in 2013/14

MSt Global and Imperial History History

MStGreekand/orRomanHistoryClassics (Ancient History and Classical Archaeology)

MPhilGreekand/orRomanHistoryClassics (Ancient History and Classical Archaeology)

PGCert Historical Studies Continuing EducationMSt History of Art and Visual Culture HistoryMSc History of Science, Medicine and Technology

History

MPhil History of Science, Medicine and Technology

History

MSt Late Antique and Byzantine Studies HistoryMPhil Late Antique and Byzantine Studies HistoryMSt Literature and Arts Continuing Education PT onlyMSt Medieval History HistoryMSt Medieval Studies HistoryMSt Modern British and European History

History

MPhil Modern British and European History

History

MSt US History History

DPhil Ancient History Classics (Ancient History and Classical Archaeology)

DPhil Architectural History Continuing Education PT onlyDPhil English Local History Continuing Education PT onlyDPhil and MLitt History HistoryDPhil and Mlitt History (History of Science and Medicine & Economics and Social History)

History

DPhil History of Art HistoryInternational DevelopmentMPhil Development Studies International DevelopmentMSc Economics for Development International DevelopmentMSc Global Governance and Diplomacy International DevelopmentMSc Migration Studies International DevelopmentMSc Refugee and Forced Migration Studies

International Development

DPhil International Development International DevelopmentLawBCL (Bachelor of Civil Law) LawMJur (Magister Juris) LawMSc Criminology and Criminal Justice Centre for CriminologyMSc Criminology and Criminal Justice (Research Methods)

Centre for Criminology

MPhil Criminology and Criminal Justice Centre for CriminologyPGDip Intellectual Property Law and Practice

Law PT only

MSt International Human Rights Law Continuing Education PT onlyMPhil Law LawMSc Law and Finance Law and Said Business SchoolMSt Legal Research LawMSt Socio-Legal Research LawDPhil Criminology Centre for CriminologyDPhil Law LawDPhil Socio-Legal Studies LawLinguisticsMSt General Linguistics and Comparative Philology

Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics

MPhil General Linguistics and Comparative Philology


DPhil Comparative Philology and General Linguistics


Mathematical and Computer SciencesPGDip Applied Statistics StatisticsMSc Applied Statistics StatisticsMSc Computer Science Computer ScienceMSc Mathematical and Computational Finance

Mathematical Institute

MSc Mathematical Finance Continuing Education and Mathematical Institute PT only

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Brett Tully, DPhil Engineering Science (Magdalen College)

‘Every week, or every fortnight we have a seminar going on in the department. These seminars will either be given by visitors, like professors from overseas, or someone from the department will give a talk, and every year we have a departmental retreat.’



MSc Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing Mathematical Institute

MSc Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science Mathematical Institute

MSc Software and Systems Security Computer Science PT onlyMSc Software Engineering Computer Science PT onlyDPhil and MSc (Research) Computer Science Computer Science

DPhil and MSc (Research) Mathematics Mathematical InstituteDPhil and MSc (Research) Numerical Analysis Mathematical Institute

DPhil and MSc (Research) Statistics StatisticsMedical SciencesMSc Clinical Embryology Obstetrics & GynaecologyMSc Diagnostic Imaging Surgical SciencesMSc Endovascular Neurosurgery Surgical SciencesMSc Global Health Science Public HealthMSc Integrated Immunology Surgical SciencesMSc Medicinal Chemistry for Cancer PharmacologyMSc Neuroscience NeuroscienceMSc Pharmacology PharmacologyMSc Psychological Research Experimental PsychologyMSc Radiation Biology OncologyDPhil and MSc (Research) Biochemistry BiochemistryDPhilBiochemistry(OU/TSRI) Biochemistry

DPhil Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Medical Sciences Doctoral Training Centre

DPhil Cardiovascular Medicine Cardiovascular MedicineDPhil and MSc (Research) Clinical Laboratory Sciences Clinical Laboratory Sciences

DPhil and MSc (Research) Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine

DPhil and MSc (Research) Clinical Neurosciences

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

DPhil and MSc (Research) Experimental Psychology Experimental Psychology

DPhil and MSc (Research) Musculoskeletal Sciences NDORMS

DPhil and MSc (Research) Obstetrics & Gynaecology Obstetrics & Gynaecology

DPhil and MSc (Research) Oncology OncologyDPhil Paediatrics PaediatricsDPhil and MSc (Research) Pathology PathologyDPhil and MSc (Research) Pharmacology PharmacologyDPhil and MSc (Research) Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics

DPhil and MSc (Research) Primary Health Care Primary Care

DPhil and MSc (Research) Psychiatry PsychiatryDPhil and MSc (Research) Public Health Public HealthDPhil and MSc (Research) Radiobiology OncologyDPhil and MSc (Research) Surgical Sciences Surgical Sciences

Structured DPhil ProgrammesDPhil Cardiovascular Science (BHF) PharmacologyDPhil Chromosome and Developmental Biology

Medical Sciences Doctoral Training Centre

DPhil Genomic Medicine and Statistics Medical Sciences Doctoral Training Centre

DPhil Infection, Immunology and Translational Medicine

Medical Sciences Doctoral Training Centre

Subjectto final approval

DPhil Neuroscience (4-year doctoral programme) Neuroscience

DPhil Structural Biology Medical Sciences Doctoral Training Centre

DPhil OXION Ion Channels and Disease Physiology, Anatomy and GeneticsSubject to final approval

Medicine–AlliedSubjectsPGDip/MScAdvancedCognitiveTherapyStudies Continuing Education PT only

PGDip Cognitive Therapy Continuing Education PT onlyPGCert Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Introductory Level) Continuing Education PT only

MSc Evidence-Based Health Care Continuing Education PT onlyPGCert/PGDipHealthResearch Continuing Education PT onlyPGCert Psychodynamic Counselling Continuing Education PT onlyMSc Experimental Therapeutics Continuing Education PT onlyMSt Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Continuing Education PT only

PGDip Paediatric Infectious Diseases Continuing Education PT onlyMSc Surgical Science and Practice Continuing Education PT onlyPGCert Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychological Trauma Continuing Education PT only

MSt Psychodynamic Practice Continuing EducationPTonly.Next entry in 2013/14.

DPhil Evidence Based Health Care Continuing Education PT onlyDPhil Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Continuing Education PT only

Joseph Caruana, DPhil Astrophysics (Christ Church)

Ghosh was part of the first group of students to benefit from the Clarendon Fund scholarships, which were set up in 2000 after Council agreed to use £2m each year from the annual transfer from Ox-ford University Press (OUP) to fund overseas graduate students from outside the EU. Since the first students arrived in 2001 the Clarendon has become the largest University-run scholarship scheme for international graduate students, providing £7.5m in full funding for fees and living expenses of scholars each year.

‘Our connection with the Clarendon Fund is something we value greatly,’ says Nigel Portwood, Chief Executive of Oxford University Press. ‘Since its beginnings a decade ago, we’ve provided £52m to enable more than 900 remarkable scholars from across the globe to continue their studies at Oxford. For me, Clarendon embodies many of the values that make OUP a success. It has a clear focus on excellence, excels in a broad range of academic areas, and is truly global in nature. It is a world-class programme for a world-class university and we are immensely proud to be a part of it.’

Clarendon Scholars are selected solely on the basis of their academic excellence and potential. Many of them go on to careers in academia – and some even stay at Oxford once their studies are finished. Dr Afifi al-Akiti started as a graduate student at Oxford in 2001 and is now a fellow of Worcester College and a lecturer in the Faculty of Theology. His Clarendon-funded doctoral work focused on a series of philosophical writings attributed to the celebrated Isalamic theologian, al-Ghazali, and will shortly be published by OUP.

He will be one of the Clarendon alums on hand to celebrate the Fund’s first decade when the 10th class of Scholars matriculate in October. Jenny Roberts, Head of Graduate Funding, has been planning commemorative events, especially over the Alumni Weekend in September. ‘The celebrations will showcase the exceptional quality and diversity of Clarendon scholars past and present,’ she says. ‘And, as we go on to award our 1000th Clarendon scholarship in April this year, the future looks very bright for this unique scheme. We’re particularly pleased that over £1m in contributions from colleges each year has allowed us to award even more scholarships.’

The celebrations will highlight the diversity of backgrounds and research interests that continues to characterise the Clarendon scholars. First-year Clarendon scholar Roberta Gregoli is from Brazil, but had studied in France, Portugal and New Zealand before arriving at Oxford to start a DPhil looking at representation of gender and sexuality in the Brazilian cinema of the 1950s, 1970s and 2000s. In the process, she says, the scholarship has brought her into regular and lively contact with colleagues across several departments. ‘Despite the fact that we have very different backgrounds and areas of expertise, there is always a lot of exchange as we share the same curiosity towards the world,’ she explains. ‘I feel that the Clarendon community reflects what is best in any academic environment: inquisitiveness and passion for learning.’?

Oxford departments


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MusicMSt Music (Composition) MusicMPhil Music (Composition) MusicMSt Music (Musicology) MusicMPhil Music (Musicology) MusicMSt Music (Performance) MusicMPhil Music (Performance) MusicDPhil and MLitt Music MusicPhilosophyMSt Ancient Philosophy PhilosophyBPhil Philosophy PhilosophyMSt Philosophy PhilosophyMSt Philosophy of Physics PhilosophyDPhil Philosophy PhilosophyPhysics and Earth SciencesDPhil Astrophysics AstrophysicsDPhil Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics

Atmospheric Oceanic and Planetary Physics

DPhil Atomic and Laser Physics Atomic and Laser PhysicsDPhil and MSc (Research) Condensed Matter Physics

Condensed Matter Physics

DPhil and MSc (Research) Earth Sciences Earth SciencesDPhil Particle Physics Particle PhysicsDPhil Theoretical Physics Theoretical PhysicsPolitics and International RelationsCert/PGDip/MStDiplomaticStudies Continuing EducationMPhil International Relations Politics and International RelationsMSc Political Theory Research Politics and International RelationsMSc Politics Research Politics and International RelationsMPhil Politics: Comparative Government

Politics and International Relations

MPhil Politics: European Politics and Society

Politics and International Relations

MPhil Politics: Political Theory Politics and International RelationsDPhil International Relations Politics and International RelationsDPhil Politics Politics and International RelationsPublic Policy

MPP (Master in Public Policy) Blavatnik School of GovernmentSubjectto final approval

Social Studies and SociologyMSc Comparative Social Policy Social Policy and InterventionMPhil Comparative Social Policy Social Policy and InterventionMSc Evidence Based Social Intervention Social Policy and InterventionMPhil Evidence Based Social Intervention Social Policy and InterventionMSc Social Science of the Internet Oxford Internet InstituteMSc Sociology SociologyMPhil Sociology SociologyMSc Sustainable Urban Development Continuing Education PT onlyDPhil Social Intervention Social Policy and InterventionDPhil Social Policy Social Policy and InterventionDPhil Sociology SociologyDPhil Information, Communication, and Social Sciences

Oxford Internet Institute

Theology and Religious Studies

PGDip Applied Theology TheologyPT option

MTh Applied Theology TheologyPT option

MSt Bible Interpretation Oriental StudiesMPhil Classical Indian Religion Oriental StudiesMPhil Eastern Christian Studies Oriental StudiesMSt Jewish Studies Oriental StudiesMSt Jewish Studies in Graeco-Roman Period

Oriental Studies

MPhil Jewish Studies in Graeco-Roman Period

Oriental Studies

MPhil Judaism and Christianity in Graeco-Roman World

Theology

MSt Modern Jewish Studies Oriental StudiesMPhil Modern Jewish Studies Oriental StudiesMSt Philosophical Theology TheologyMPhil Philosophical Theology TheologyMSt Study of Religion TheologyPGDip Theology TheologyMSt Theology TheologyMPhil Theology Theology

DPhil and MLitt Theology TheologyPT option

Continuing EducationDPhil Continuing Education Continuing Education PT only



PT: Part-time

Christian Yates, DPhil Systems Biology DTC (St Catherine’s College)

Please note that courses, fees and regulations are naturally subject to change and applicants should check and rely only on the latest information in the online version at www.ox.ac.uk/graduate when they apply.


Making the Commitment A matriculated student at Oxford University is a member both of the University and of one of its constituent colleges or permanent private halls. The two relationships are governed by separate, though interlinking, contracts. The form of contract with the University is a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the contract between each matriculated student and the University.

If and when an unconditional offer is made to you, you will be supplied with the form of contract with the University, and you should study this care-fully before accepting the offer. If you are also supplied with a form of college contract, you should give this similar attention.

No contract with the University is formed until an applicant in receipt of a confirmed offer has signed and returned the contract.

The University will deliver a student’s cho-sen programme of study in accordance with the descriptions set out in the Course Guide at www.ox.ac.uk/graduate/course_guide. However, where courses or options depend on placement at another institution or on specialist teaching, availability in a given year cannot be guar-anteed in advance. The University also reserves the

right to vary the content and delivery of programmes of study: to discontinue, merge or combine op-tions within programmes of study: and to introduce new options or courses. Changes in course provi-sion may arise from desirable developments in the relevant subject or alterations in teaching practice and/or facilities, as well as from causes such as re-source constraints or staff movements. Changes in course provision may occur either before or after admission, but will take account of the reasonable expectations of any student admitted to or en-gaged on a specific programme of study. In the unlikely circumstance of the University decid-ing to make substantial and material changes to a programme of study after acceptance of a place by a student, the student will be able to withdraw from that programme of study.

Please note that any dates which may be giv-en to you for the sitting of examinations or the notification or publication of results are estimates only. If the University is prevented from meeting those dates by adverse circumstances beyond its control, the University will take all reasonable steps to put alternative arrangements in place as quickly as possible, and to keep you informed.

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Somerville B4

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Ageing, Institute of Population B3

Anthropology & Museum Ethnography B3

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Chinese Studies B5

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Internet Institute B5

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Mathematics (DEVELopmENT SITE) B4

Mathematical Institute B4

Medieval and Modern Languages B5

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Oxford Man Institute a3

Oxford Martin School C5

Oxford University Press B4

Philosophy Centre D6

Politics and International Relations D5

Phonetics Laboratory B5

Refugee Studies Centre D5

Rothermere American Institute C4

Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art D6

Saïd Business School a6

Social Policy and Intervention B4

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