Keble College
Keble is one of the larger colleges, with more graduates than undergraduates. Home to graduates from the arts, sciences and social sciences, the college’s H B Allen Centre offers a full programme of social and academic events to enrich graduate life.
Liddon Quad, Keble College. Credit: Oxford University Images
About the college
Applications are welcome for research degrees and masters' courses in most subjects. Keble College is especially keen to encourage applications from students whose academic interests overlap with those of the fellows of the college.
Key facts
| Students (total*) in 2025-26 | Full-time places in 2027-28 | Part-time places in 2027-28 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taught graduates | 270 | c. 129 | c. 63 |
| Research graduates | 240 | c. 58 | c. 0 |
| Undergraduates | 450 | N/A | N/A |
*Total across all year groups (see source data)
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College tour
Facilities
Keble College has an excellent library with well-equipped and comfortable reading rooms open 24 hours a day for most of the year. It supports graduate study on taught courses, has a generous budget and welcomes suggestions from its users.
Readers also have access to an extensive range of electronic resources provided by the University.
The college is fully networked and linked into the internet, with internet connection points in every room and Wi-Fi access in the H B Allen Centre, including its two large graduate common rooms.
Music, drama, a wide range of sports and other societies flourish at Keble at all levels, ranging from the novice to the near-professional. Keble’s Music Society and chapel choir are highly respected in the city, and the O’Reilly Theatre holds regular productions.
The H B Allen Centre has a well-equipped gym. The college also has very good rowing facilities, a sports ground and squash courts, all located away from the main college sites.
Most of the buildings on the Parks Road site date from the 19th century but are accessible to wheelchair users, either via flat access or via a removable ramp. Wheelchair access to the dining hall is via a lift. The H B Allen Centre has some accessible accommodation. Please contact the college's Disability Co-Ordinator about any accessibility requirements.
Keble has a team of College Officers trained to provide focused support for health and well-being issues. It includes the Student Support Officer, on-site Counsellor, College Nurse, College Doctor, Welfare Fellow/Chaplain, Senior Tutor, Harassment Advisors and junior deans. Further information about student wellbeing and welfare provision at Keble is available on the college website.
The H B Allen Centre has two large graduate common rooms located near the cafeteria, with terrace seating in the quad. There is also a graduate common room on the Parks Road site.
Accommodation and meals
Graduate accommodation is concentrated in the H B Allen Centre, not far from the main site. Subject to availability, Keble aims to offer accommodation to as many starting graduates as possible, but is unable to guarantee a room for everyone. The college also houses some returning graduates (ie in their second or later years).
All rooms are single occupancy, en-suite and most are arranged in self-contained flats of six rooms with a shared kitchen. There are laundry facilities, including free drying.
New graduate students are contacted before they arrive in Oxford and asked what their room preferences are: the Accommodation Manager tries to take account of these preferences (and medical considerations) in allocating rooms, but there are no guarantees that students will get exactly what they want.
Graduates in the college's accommodation have access to modern kitchens, each equipped with cooker, oven, rice cooker, fridge/freezer, dryer, cutlery and crockery. Meals may also be taken in the college throughout most of the year, either in the cafeteria of the H B Allen Centre or in the dining hall on the main college site.
Keble retains the custom of communal dining in the college's dining hall. The college serves three meals a day, five days a week, and two meals (brunch and dinner) on Saturdays and Sundays. Meals in the Hall and food and drink in the H B Allen Centre's cafeteria can be charged to your account (battels) using your University Card. There is no catering charge or set number of meals you must take; everything is pay as you go.
Further information about accommodation at Keble College is available on the college website.
Courses
For entry in 2027-28
This college accepts graduate students for the following courses:
- MPhil + DPhil in Economics (full time)
- MSc in Advanced Computer Science (full time)
- MSt in Ancient Philosophy (full time)
- DPhil in Anthropology (full time and part time)
- DPhil in Archaeological Science (full time)
- MSc in Archaeological Science (full time)
- MSc in Archaeology (full time)
- DPhil in Archaeology (School of Archaeology) (full time)
- DPhil in Astrophysics (full time)
- DPhil in Atomic and Laser Physics (full time)
- Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems (EPSRC CDT) (full time and part time)
- MSc in Autonomous Robotics (full time)
- Bachelor of Civil Law (full time)
- DPhil in Biology (full time)
- MSc by Research in Biology (full time)
- DPhil in Biomedical Sciences (NIH OxCam) (full time)
- BPhil in Philosophy (full time)
- Cancer Science CDT (Biological background) (full time)
- Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet (EPSRC CDT) (full time)
- DPhil in Chemistry (full time)
- MSc by Research in Chemistry (full time)
- DPhil in Classical Archaeology (full time)
- MPhil in Classical Archaeology (full time)
- MSt in Classical Archaeology (full time)
- DPhil in Clinical Medicine (full time)
- DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences (full time and part time)
- MSc by Research in Clinical Neurosciences (full time)
- MSt in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation (full time)
- DPhil in Computer Science (full time)
- DPhil in Condensed Matter Physics (full time)
- MSt in Creative Writing (part time)
- DPhil in Criminology (full time and part time)
- MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice (full time and part time)
- MSc in Digital Scholarship (full time)
- DPhil in Economic and Social History (full time and part time)
- MPhil in Economic and Social History (full time)
- MSc in Economic and Social History (full time)
- DPhil in Economics (full time and part time)
- MPhil in Economics (full time)
- MSc in Economics for Development (full time)
- MSc in Energy Systems (full time and part time)
- Engineering Biology (EPSRC and BBSRC CDT) (full time)
- DPhil in Engineering Science (full time and part time)
- MSc by Research in Engineering Science (full time)
- DPhil in English (full time and part time)
- MSt in English (650-1550) (full time)
- MSt in English (1550-1700) (full time)
- MSt in English (1700-1830) (full time)
- MSt in English (1830-1914) (full time)
- MSt in English (1900-present) (full time)
- MSt in English and American Studies (full time)
- MPhil in English Studies (Medieval Period) (full time)
- MSc in Environmental Change and Policy (full time)
- Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) (part time)
- MSc in Financial Economics (full time)
- DPhil in Genomic Medicine and Statistics (full time)
- DPhil in Geography and the Environment (full time and part time)
- MSt in Global and Imperial History (full time)
- Healthcare Data Science (EPSRC CDT) (full time)
- DPhil in History (full time and part time)
- MPhil in History (British and European History 1700-1850) (full time)
- MSt in History (British and European History 1700-1850) (full time and part time)
- MPhil in History (Early Modern History 1500-1700) (full time)
- MSt in History (Early Modern History 1500-1700) (full time and part time)
- MPhil in History (History of War) (full time)
- MSt in History (History of War) (full time and part time)
- MPhil in History (Intellectual History) (full time)
- MSt in History (Intellectual History) (full time and part time)
- MPhil in History (Medieval History) (full time)
- MSt in History (Medieval History) (full time and part time)
- MPhil in History (Modern British History 1850-present) (full time)
- MSt in History (Modern British History 1850-present) (full time and part time)
- MPhil in History (Modern European History 1850-present) (full time)
- MSt in History (Modern European History 1850-Present) (full time and part time)
- MPhil in History (US History) (full time)
- MSt in History (US History) (full time and part time)
- MSt in History (Women's, Gender and Queer History) (part time)
- DPhil in History of Art (full time and part time)
- MSt in History of Art and Visual Culture (full time)
- DPhil in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences (full time and part time)
- Inorganic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing (EPSRC CDT) (full time)
- MSc in Integrated Immunology (full time)
- Intelligent Earth (UKRI CDT in AI for the Environment) (full time and part time)
- DPhil in Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science (full time and part time)
- DPhil in International Relations (full time and part time)
- MPhil in International Relations (full time)
- MPhil in Judaism and Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World (full time)
- DPhil in Law (full time and part time)
- MPhil in Law (full time)
- MSc in Law and Finance (full time)
- Magister Juris (full time)
- MSc in Major Programme Management (part time)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) (full time)
- MSc in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics (full time)
- MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing (full time)
- MSc in Mathematical Sciences (full time)
- DPhil in Mathematics (full time)
- MSc by Research in Mathematics (full time)
- MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science (full time)
- MPhil in Medical Anthropology (full time)
- MSc in Medical Anthropology (full time)
- DPhil in Medical Sciences (full time and part time)
- MSc by Research in Medical Sciences (full time and part time)
- DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages (full time and part time)
- DPhil in Migration Studies (full time and part time)
- MPhil in Modern Languages (full time)
- MSt in Modern Languages (full time)
- DPhil in Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease (full time)
- MSt in Music (Composition) (full time)
- MPhil in Music (Composition) (full time)
- DPhil in Music (Composition) (full time and part time)
- MSt in Music (Musicology) (full time)
- MPhil in Music (Musicology) (full time)
- DPhil in Music (Musicology) (full time and part time)
- MSt in Music (Performance) (full time)
- MPhil in Music (Performance) (full time)
- MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance (full time)
- MSc in Neuroscience (full time)
- DPhil in Neuroscience (1+3) (full time)
- DPhil in Oncology (full time)
- MSc by Research in Oncology (full time)
- Oxford 1+1 MBA Programme (full time)
- MSc in Pain Neurosciences (part time)
- DPhil in Particle Physics (full time)
- MSc by Research in Pharmacology (full time)
- DPhil in Pharmacology (full time)
- MPhil in Philosophical Theology (full time)
- MSt in Philosophical Theology (full time)
- DPhil in Philosophy (full time)
- MSc by Research in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (full time)
- DPhil in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (full time)
- MPhil in Politics (Comparative Government) (full time)
- MPhil in Politics (European Politics and Society) (full time)
- MPhil in Politics (Political Theory) (full time)
- MSc in Quantum Technologies (full time)
- MSc in Reproductive Genetics (full time)
- Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Net Zero (EPSRC CDT) (full time)
- MSc in Social Anthropology (full time)
- DPhil in Social Data Science (full time and part time)
- MSc in Social Data Science (full time)
- MSc in Social Science of the Internet (full time and part time)
- MPhil in Socio-Legal Research (full time)
- DPhil in Socio-Legal Studies (full time and part time)
- MSc in Statistical Science (full time)
- DPhil in Statistics (full time)
- MSc by Research in Statistics (full time)
- Statistics and Machine Learning (EPSRC CDT) (full time and part time)
- MSt in Study of Religions (full time)
- DPhil in Surgical Sciences (full time)
- MSc by Research in Surgical Sciences (full time)
- MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment (full time)
- MPhil in Theology (full time)
- MSt in Theology (full time)
- DPhil in Theology and Religion (full time and part time)
- DPhil in Theoretical Physics (full time)
- MPhil in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology (full time)
- MSc in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology (full time)
- MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management (full time)
- MSt in World Literatures in English (full time)
- DPhil in Zero-Carbon Energy Research (full time)
Location
Keble’s main Parks Road site is located just north of Oxford city centre, close to the Science Area and University Parks. The graduate accommodation, in the H B Allen Centre, is five minutes’ away from the main site, and within easy reach of the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
Contact details
For application process enquiries, please refer to our frequently asked questions.