Please note that all applications require
supporting materials to be submitted along with the completed
application form. |
Please read this
section of the notes thoroughly and also refer to the Course Guide for programme-specific information.
All supporting materials
must meet the following criteria:
- In English (unless stated
otherwise), or translated by an official translator or the relevant issuing body if the original
transcript is not in English; the original transcript should be
also submitted together with the certified translation
- Easily identifiable - please clearly indicate your
name as well as the type of document, e.g. transcript, on the document
if this is not already clearly stated
- Submitted at the same
time as your application form wherever possible, so you should upload an
electronic or scanned version to the online form if available
COMPULSORY
SUPPORTING
MATERIAL
The following materials
are compulsory for all programmes of study: - Three
academic references
- Transcript(s) of previous higher education
- CV/résumé
- Either
a statement of purpose (for taught courses) or a research
proposal (for research and research preparation courses)
Applicants may also be required to supply one or more of the following
materials with their application, depending on the requirements of the
course: - Academic written work
- Portfolio (e.g. of artwork, performance recordings)
- GRE results
- Maths admissions exercise
Please see the relevant page of the Course Guide to check which additional supporting materials your department requires. |
You
can upload electronic or scanned
copies of your documents directly to the online application form. You
can also type the text of the written work or
statement of purpose/research proposal directly into the relevant pages
of the form.
Please note that it is not necessary to upload a document into
every available page on the online form if you are not required to
submit the particular type of document requested.
If you are
offered a place you will
be asked to supply original transcripts and test certificate; please
do not submit original document(s) unless we request this.
If
your
original documents are not available when requested, a copy will only be
accepted in lieu if it is attested to be a true version of the original
by a notary public or a member of staff at your current/previous
university.
Please do not send or upload degree certificates
or other documents
which are not required to support your application. Please note
that supporting materials will not be
returned.
Online applications onlyOn each Supporting Materials page, a document
may be uploaded from your computer. Adding a name to the document will save the document
for later use. Documents saved in this way are visible on the
‘previously uploaded document’ pull-down list. If you wish to reuse one of the saved documents to submit another online application from your account
then you must use the ‘Attach document’ button, as previously uploaded
documents are not automatically attached to applications. Please also note that saved documents are only available for
re-use for a few months and will then be automatically deleted. |
TRANSCRIPT
You should submit a detailed
official record of your higher education up to the present, including
programmes of study taken and grades achieved. This should be produced for
you as an official document by the institution where you studied.
Official transcripts should be visibly and indelibly certified by the
issuing institution. Documents which are not appropriately certified
cannot be used to complete your application.
When applying
online, you
should scan and upload your official paper transcript in the first
instance, or an official electronic transcript if this is available to
you. Unofficial and/or self-certified
transcripts, including
printouts/screenshots from student self-service websites, are not
acceptable. Please note that a degree certificate is not
considered a valid transcript.
If you are offered a place, you will be asked to send the original document(s) of any scanned or electronic official transcripts you have uploaded.
If your official transcript is
not in English, you
must submit both (i) the original official document issued by the
your institution, and (ii) a translation into English certified
by a professional translator or by the issuing body of the original
transcript.
Current and former Oxford students are not
exempted from submitting a valid official transcript. Please see the Student Gateway for details of where to obtain your
transcript.
Readmission
form onlyOxford Master's students
applying to continue to a research programme must supply the full set
of required documents as detailed in this section of the Application
Guide. However, some departments will allow you to request that the Graduate
Admissions office reuse documents submitted in support of your previous
application to Oxford. Please check the Supporting
Materials for Readmission Candidates page to see whether your
department are willing to allow you to re-use materials and then
indicate which items you would like to be re-used from your most recent
application on the final page of the online readmission form. For references, please indicate the names of the referee(s) whose document you would like us to reuse - along with details of any new referees - on page 6 of the form. The documents that you specify for re-use will be added to your central application record by the Graduate Admissions office once your application is received. All
applicants to a research programme should submit a research proposal.
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CV/RÉSUMÉ
This should include a
summary of your recent achievements, including details of
qualifications, publications and any experience relevant to your
application.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
If you
are applying for a taught programme, i.e. any PGDip, PGCert or Masters (incl. BPhil, BCL and MJur) other than the MSt programmes in Legal Research and Socio-Legal Research, you should submit a brief
‘statement of purpose’ explaining your motivation for graduate study at
Oxford. You may wish to consider the following when writing your statement:
- What
relevant academic, research, or practical experience do you have?
- Why
are you applying to this particular programme of study?
- Which
areas of study within the subject interest you?
The statement of purpose should be one page long. There is no specific word limit, unless otherwise stated by the
department, and there are no restrictions on font size or line spacing,
although the document should be clearly legible.
The statement must be written in English, unless otherwise permitted by the department. An English translation by a third party from your own work is not acceptable unless explicitly permitted by your own department. The statement must be
entirely your own original work, except where clearly indicated.
Some departments
offer specific advice to their applicants on the content
of their statement of purpose. Please refer to the Course Guide for details.
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
You should supply a
research proposal if you are applying to a research programme, i.e. DPhil,
MSc by research or MSt in research methods, including the MSt in
Legal Research).
The research proposal should be an outline of
your research plans of approximately two pages in length, unless the
department states otherwise.
The level of detail required varies considerably
between different subject areas, and you should check the relevant page of the Course Guide for further information, including links to the departmental website and contact details to allow you to seek further advice
from the department if necessary.
For
example, if you are applying for research programmes in the humanities
and social sciences you will usually be expected to submit a
comparatively well-developed proposal, giving an outline of how you
intend to structure and undertake your research, and where possible, a
preliminary title for the thesis. In other subjects you may only need to provide a short statement indicating which existing research groups you would like to join.
There is no specific word limit, unless otherwise stated by the
department, and there are no restrictions on font size or line spacing,
although the document should be clearly legible.
The research proposal must be written in English, unless otherwise
permitted by the department. An English translation by a third party
from your own work in another language is not acceptable unless
explicitly permitted by your department. The research proposal must be
entirely your own original work, except where clearly indicated.
Please note
that your statement of purpose or research proposal does not count
towards
any written work that you may have to submit for
the purposes of your application.
WRITTEN
WORK
A single piece of written work should be around 2,000
words in length, unless stated otherwise in the Course Guide. Please do not supply documents
longer than the stated requirement as they may not be considered. You may wish to submit a
clearly defined extract from a longer piece of work in order to meet
the word limit.
The English and History departments allow applicants to submit one longer piece of 4,000 words rather than two 2,000-word pieces. Applicants to these two departments who would prefer to submit one longer work should upload their 4,000-word essay on the Written Work (1) page of the form, and on the Written Work (2) page should type or upload the statement:
"I have included one long essay in lieu of the two short essays as permitted by the department."
Where two pieces of written work are
required they should usually be on separate topics. They should relate
as closely as possible to your chosen programme of study.
Written work must enable the assessors to make a judgement
about your suitability for your chosen programme of study, and it is your
responsibility to supply written work of the appropriate type and
length.
All written work must be in English, unless otherwise permitted by the department. An English translation by a third party from your own work in another language is not acceptable unless explicitly permitted by the department. You are required to submit material that is entirely your own original work, except where clearly indicated.
MATHS ADMISSIONS EXERCISE
Applicants to the MSc in Mathematical Finance and the MSc in Mathematical and Computational Finance must submit the results of a self-administered Admissions Exercise. There is a separate Admissions Exercise for each course.
This exercise must be entirely your own original and unaided work, and you must include the signed declaration.
For full details and to download a copy of the relevant test, please see the Mathematical Finance website.
