Graduate course guide

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The following course guide will help you to narrow your focus to particular subjects and programmes, and find essential information about specific departments and faculties and the courses that are available.

You may also wish to read about our programmes for full details regarding graduate study and the different types of qualification offered by the University.

Course Index >>

A comprehensive list of courses and subjects covered is available in the Courses A-Z.

Deadlines, course codes and required supporting materials associated with each course are listed in the "Key application information by course" page (Appendix 2 of the Application Guide).

Courses by Division >>

The University of Oxford has four academic divisional groupings and one academic board. Within each of the Divisions there are individual departments, faculties or other centres. The Oxford University Department for Continuing Education forms a fifth grouping and although not organised into separate faculties or departments, its Board and teachers have the same responsibilities as the Divisions. Further information on each is available by clicking on the links below;

humanities colour.jpg Humanities
mpls colour Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
medical colour Medical Sciences

social sciences colour Social Sciences
part-time colour Department for Continuing Education

Courses by Department >>

The departments are colour coded by the Division to which they belong, and each page includes details of courses offered by the department, a link to the departmental website, and contact details of academic and administrative staff who can assist you with any queries that you may have. 

social sciences colour African Studies Centre

medical colour Anaesthetics

social sciences colour Anthropology

social sciences colour Archaeological Science

social sciences colour Archaeology (Social Sciences)

part-time colour Archaeology (Continuing Education)

part-time colour Architectural History

social sciences colour Area Studies

medical colour Biochemistry

medical colour Cardiovascular Medicine

social sciences colour Centre for Criminology

social sciences colour Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

mpls colour Chemistry

humanities colour.jpg Classics

medical colour Clinical Laboratory Sciences

medical colour Clinical Medicine

medical colour Clinical Neurology

medical colour Clinical Pharmacology

part-time colour Cognitive Therapy

mpls colour Computer Science

social sciences colour Contemporary South Asian Studies

part-time colour Creative Writing

social sciences colour Development Studies

mpls colour Earth Sciences

social sciences colour Economics

social sciences colour Education

mpls colour Engineering Science

humanities colour.jpg English Language & Literature

part-time colour English Local History

part-time colour Evidence-Based Health Care

medical colour Experimental Psychology

part-time colour Experimental Therapeutics

humanities colour.jpg Film Aesthetics

humanities colour.jpg Fine Art

social sciences colour Geography and the Environment

mpls colour Healthcare Innovation Doctoral Training Centre

part-time colour Historical Studies

humanities colour.jpg History

humanities colour.jpg History of Art

part-time colour History of Design

medical colour Surgery

part-time colour International Human Rights Law

 

part-time colour International Wildlife Conservation Practice

social sciences colour Japanese Studies

social sciences colour Latin American Centre

social sciences colour Law

mpls colour Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre

humanities colour.jpg Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics

mpls colour Materials

social sciences colour Management Studies

mpls colour Mathematics

part-time colour Mathematical Finance

medical colour Medical Oncology

medical colour Medical Sciences Doctoral Training Centre

social sciences colour Modern Chinese Studies

humanities colour.jpg Modern Languages

medical colour Musculoskeletal Sciences

humanities colour.jpg Music

part-time colour Nanotechnology

medical colour Neuroscience

medical colour Obstetrics & Gynaecology

medical colour Ophthalmology

humanities colour.jpg Oriental Studies

social sciences colour Oxford Internet Institute

medical colour Paediatrics

part-time colour Paediatric Infectious Diseases

medical colour Pathology

medical colour Pharmacology

humanities colour.jpg Philosophy

mpls colour Physics

medical colour Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics

mpls colour Plant Sciences

social sciences colour Politics and International Relations

medical colour Primary Health Care

medical colour Psychiatry

part-time colour Psychodynamic Studies

medical colour Public Health

medical colour Radiation Oncology and Biology

social sciences colour Russian & East European Studies

social sciences colour Social Policy & Social Work

social sciences colour Sociology

part-time colour Software Engineering

mpls colour Statistics

medical colour Surgery

part-time colour Sustainable Urban Development

mpls colour Systems Approaches to Biomedical Sciences Industrial Doctorate Centre

mpls colour Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre

humanities colour.jpg Theology

humanities colour.jpg Women's Studies

mpls colour Zoology