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Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences

The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is the academic department of surgery at the University of Oxford. It hosts a multidisciplinary team of senior clinical academic surgeons, senior scientists, junior clinicians and scientists in training.

Operating theatre at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford

Operating theatre at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford. Credit: Oxford University Images / John Cairns Photography

Overview

The department offers research training opportunities for both clinical and non-clinical graduate students. It has a growing number of full-time research student opportunities.

Research undertaken within the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) covers many areas including fields and specialities including:

  • Cancer
  • Immunology
  • Neurosciences
  • Global Surgery
  • Patient Safety
  • Transplantation
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgery.

Courses offered

The courses shown below are offered at postgraduate-level.

Medical Sciences Division

The Medical Sciences Division houses some of the strongest biomedical research in the world; Oxford is repeatedly placed first in clinical, pre-clinical and health in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

The Medical Sciences Division at Oxford is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for biomedical and clinical research and teaching, made up of 16 departments.

The Medical Sciences Division's departments and institutes in Oxford and overseas are home to some of the strongest biomedical research in the world, regularly appearing at the highest levels in world rankings and rated world-leading and internationally excellent.

The division’s 2,000 researchers cover a wide range of research, from atomic-resolution molecular structural biology to epidemiology as applied to very large populations. This enables students to work on virtually any biomedical problem.

The division provides a stimulating and challenging environment for more than 2,000 talented graduate students with excellent new facilities and close personal supervision by world-class researchers. To complement research supervision and course teaching there is a wide range of facilities aimed at the personal and professional development of students, strengthening their existing skills and developing new skills.

All candidates who apply by the December or January deadline shown on the course page are automatically considered for full funding awards, irrespective of their nationality. The majority of students accepted by the Medical Sciences Division secure full funding, covering both fees and living expenses.

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