Your contract with the University

If you have been successful in your application, you will receive a formal offer of a place at the University. If you accept the offer you will enter into a contract with the University. Your offer may be contingent on you meeting certain conditions.

Before accepting your offer you should read the relevant contractual documents set out in the appropriate tab on this page. Depending on the category of student you will be and your course these will usually include: the appropriate University Terms and Conditions; the University Student Handbook and, in some cases, a Course Information Sheet. 

Undergraduates applying through UCAS need to read: 

1. the University Terms and Conditions for matriculated students
2. the University Student Handbook
3. the appropriate Course Information Sheet (see year tab at the top of this page)

For other students, you will be told which documents you need to read in your offer letter or during the application process. 

By accepting your offer you confirm your agreement to these documents.

Select the tab above that relates to your academic year of entry to view the documents that apply to you. 

Please note that the process is different if you are a student on an open access course in Continuing Education, in which case you will enter a contract with the University when you pay your fees.

1) University Terms and Conditions - 2017/18

• University Terms and Conditions 2017/18 for matriculated (degree course) students (PDF)
• University Terms and Conditions 2017/18 for non-matriculated students (PDF)
• University Terms and Conditions 2017/18 for Recognised students (PDF)
• University Terms and Conditions 2017/18 for Visiting students (PDF)

Department for Continuing Education 

• Department for Continuing Education Terms and Conditions 2017/18 for matriculated courses (PDF)
• Department for Continuing Education Terms and Conditions 2017/18 for non-matriculated courses (PDF)
• Department for Continuing Education Terms and Conditions 2017/18 for selective short courses (PDF)
• Department for Continuing Education Terms and Conditions 2017/18 for open access courses (PDF)

2) University Student Handbook 2016/17: Applicant edition for entry 2017/18

The information contained in this University Student Handbook is correct for the academic year 2016/17. Changes may be made to the information prior to entry in 2017/18. Students enrolling in 2017/18 will be notified about any material changes to the content and will be provided with The University Student Handbook 2017/18 on arrival.

• University Student Handbook 2016/17: Applicant edition for entry 2017/18

3) Course Information Sheet - 2017/18

Select the Course Information Sheet for your course.

A

Graduate

• African Studies MSc
• Ancient History DPhil
• Ancient Philosophy MSt
• Anthropology DPhil
• Applied Landscape Archaeology MSc
• Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition MSc
• Applied Theology MTh
• Applied Theology PGDip
• Archaeological Science DPhil
• Archaeological Science MSc
• Archaeological Science MSt
• Archaeology DPhil (part-time)
• Archaeology MPhil
• Archaeology MSt
• Archaeology DPhil
• Archaeology UG Cert (Continuing Education)
• Architectural History DPhil
• Architectural History PGCert
• Area Studies DPhil
• Astrophysics DPhil
• Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics DPhil
• Atomic and Laser Physics DPhil
• Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems EPSRC CDT

Undergraduate

• Archaeology and Anthropology

B

Graduate

• Bachelor of Civil Law BCL
• Bible Interpretation MSt
• Biochemistry DPhil
• Biochemistry MSc by Research
• Biochemistry (OU/TSRI) DPhil
• Biodiversity, Conservation and Management MSc
• Biodiversity, Conservation and Management MPhil
• Biomedical and Clinical Sciences DPhil
• Biomedical Imaging EPSRC and MRC CDT
• Biomedical Sciences: NIH-OU DPhil
• British and European History, from 1500 to the Present MSt
• British and European History, from 1500 to the Present MPhil
• Buddhist Studies MPhil

Undergraduate

• Biochemistry (Molecular and Cellular)
• Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• British Archaeology, Diploma (Continuing Education)
• British Archaeology, Advanced Diploma (Continuing Education)

C

Graduate

• Cardiovascular Science DPhil
• Celtic Studies MPhil
• Celtic Studies MSt
• Chemical Biology DPhil
• Chemical Biology MSc by Research
• Chromosome and Developmental Biology DPhil
• Classical Archaeology MPhil
• Classical Archaeology DPhil
• Classical Archaeology MSt
• Classical Hebrew Studies MSt
• Classical Indian Religion MPhil
• Classical Languages and Literature DPhil
• Clinical Embryology MSc
• Clinical Medicine DPhil
• Clinical Neurosciences DPhil
• Clinical Neurosciences Msc by Research
• Clinical Psychology DClin Psych
• Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology MSc
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy DPhil
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy MSc
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy PGCert
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy PGDip
• Comparative Philology and General Linguistics DPhil
• Comparative Social Policy MPhil
• Comparative Social Policy MSc
• Computer Science MSc
• Computer Science DPhil
• Condensed Matter Physics DPhil
• Contemporary Chinese Studies MSc
• Continuing Education DPhil
• Creative Writing MSt
• Criminology DPhil
• Criminology and Criminal Justice MSc
• Cuneiform Studies MPhil
• Cyber Security EPSRC CDT

Undergraduate 

• Chemistry
• Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
• Classics
• Classics and English
• Classics and Modern Languages
• Classics and Oriental Studies
• Computer Science
• Computer Science and Philosophy
• Creative Writing, Diploma (Continuing Education)

D

Graduate

• Development Studies MPhil
• Diamond Science and Technology EPSRC CDT
• Diplomatic Studies MSt
• Diplomatic Studies PGDip
• Diplomatic Studies PGCert

E

Graduate

• Earth Sciences DPhil
• Eastern Christian Studies MPhil
• Ecological Survey Techniques PGCert
• Economic and Social History MPhil
• Economic and Social History MSc
• Economics DPhil
• Economics MPhil
• Economics for Development MSc
• Education DPhil
• Education (Child Development and Education) MSc
• Education (Comparative and International Education) MSc
• Education (Higher Education) MSc
• Education (Learning and Technology) MSc
• Education (Research Design and Methodology) MSc
• Egyptology MPhil
• Endovascular Neurosurgery (Interventional Neuroradiology) MSc
• Engineering Science DPhil
• Engineering Science MSc by Research
• English DPhil
• English (1550-1700) MSt
• English (1700-1830) MSt
• English (1830-1914) MSt
• English (1900-Present) MSt
• English (650-1550) MSt
• English and American Studies MSt
• English Local History DPhil
• English Local History MSc
• English Studies (Medieval Period) MPhil
• Environmental Change and Management MSc
• Environmental Change and Management MPhil
• Environmental Research NERC DTP
• Evidence-Based Health Care DPhil
• Evidence-Based Health Care (Medical Statistics) MSc
• Evidence-Based Health Care (Systematic Reviews) MSc
• Evidence-Based Health Care MSc
• Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation MPhil
• Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation MSc
• Executive MBA EMBA
• Experimental Psychology DPhil
• Experimental Psychology MSc by Research
• Experimental Psychology (4-year ESRC-funded) combined MSc and DPhil
• Experimental Therapeutics MSc

Undergraduate

• Earth Sciences (Geology)
• Economics and Management
• Engineering Science
• English Language and Literature
• English and Modern Languages
• English Literature, Foundation(Continuing Education)
• English Local History, Diploma(Continuing Education)
• European and Middle Eastern Languages

F

Graduate

• Film Aesthetics MSt
• Financial Economics MSc
• Financial Strategy PGDip
• Fine Art DPhil
• Fine Art MFA

Undergraduate

• Fine Art

G

Graduate

• Gas Turbine Aerodynamics EPSRC CDT
• General Linguistics and Comparative Philology MPhil
• General Linguistics and Comparative Philology MSt
• Genomic Medicine and Statistics DPhil
• Geography and the Environment DPhil
• Global and Imperial History MSt
• Global Business PGDip
• Global Governance and Diplomacy MSc
• Global Health Science MSc
• Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature MPhil
• Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature MSt
• Greek and/or Roman History MPhil
• Greek and/or Roman History MSt

Undergraduate

• Geography

H

Graduate

• Health Research PGDip
• Health Research PGCert
• Historical Studies MSt
• Historical Studies PGCert
• History DPhil
• History (History of Science and Medicine & Economic and Social History) DPhil
• History of Art DPhil
• History of Art and Visual Culture MSt
• History of Design MSt
• History of Science, Medicine and Technology MPhil
• History of Science, Medicine and Technology MSc

Undergraduate

• Higher Education, UG Cert (Continuing Education)
• History
• History, Foundation (Continuing Education)
• History (Ancient and Modern)
• History and Economics
• History and English
• History and Modern Languages
• History and Politics
• History of Art
• History of Art, UG Cert (Continuing Education)
• History of Art, Diploma (Continuing Education)
• Human Sciences

I 

Graduate

• Industrially Focused Mathematical Modelling EPSRC CDT
• Infection, Immunology and Translational Medicine DPhil
• Information, Communication and the Social Sciences DPhil
• Inorganic Chemistry DPhil
• Inorganic Chemistry MSc by Research
• Integrated Immunology MSc
• Intellectual Property Law and Practice PGDip
• Interdisciplinary Bioscience BBSRC DTP
• International Development DPhil
• International Health and Tropical Medicine MSc
• International Human Rights Law MSt
• International Relations MPhil
• International Relations DPhil
• International Wildlife Conservation Practice PGDip
• Ion Channels and Disease DPhil
• Islamic Art and Archaeology MSt
• Islamic Art and Archaeology MPhil
• Islamic Studies and History MSt
• Islamic Studies and History MPhil

Undergraduate

• IT Systems and Design, Advanced Diploma (Continuing Education)

J

Graduate

• Japanese Studies MPhil
• Japanese Studies MSc
• Jewish Studies MSt
• Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period MSt
• Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period MPhil
• Judaism and Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World MPhil

K

Graduate

• Korean Studies MSt

L

Graduate

• Late Antique and Byzantine Studies MSt
• Late Antique and Byzantine Studies MPhil
• Latin American Studies MPhil
• Latin American Studies MSc
• Law MPhil
• Law DPhil
• Law and Finance MSc
• Learning and Teaching MSc
• Legal Research MSt
• Literature and Arts DPhil
• Literature and Arts MSt

Undergraduate

• Law (Jurisprudence)
• Local History, Advanced Diploma (Continuing Education)

M

Graduate

• Magister Juris MJur
• Major Programme Management MSc
• Management Studies DPhil
• Master of Business Administration MBA
• Master of Business Administration Oxford 1+1 MBA programme
• Materials DPhil
• Materials MSc by Research
• Mathematical and Computational Finance MSc
• Mathematical and Theoretical Physics MSc
• Mathematical Finance MSc
• Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing MSc
• Mathematics DPhil
• Mathematics MSc by Research
• Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science MSc
• Medical Anthropology MPhil
• Medical Anthropology MSc
• Medical Sciences DPhil
• Medicine Graduate entry
• Medieval and Modern Languages DPhil
• Medieval History MSt
• Medieval Studies MSt
• Migration Studies MSc
• Modern Chinese Studies MPhil
• Modern Languages MSt
• Modern Languages MPhil
• Modern Middle Eastern Studies MPhil
• Modern South Asian Studies MPhil
• Modern South Asian Studies MSc
• Molecular and Cellular Medicine DPhil
• Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease DPhil
• Musculoskeletal Sciences DPhil
• Musculoskeletal Sciences MSc by Research
• Music DPhil
• Music (Composition) MSt
• Music (Composition) MPhil
• Music (Musicology) MSt
• Music (Musicology) MPhil
• Music (Performance) MSt
• Music (Performance) MPhil

Undergraduate

• Materials Science
• Mathematics
• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics and Philosophy
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Medicine
• Modern Languages
• Modern Languages and Linguistics
• Music

N

Graduate

• Nanotechnology PGCert
• Nanotechnology for Medicine and Health Care MSc
• Nature, Society and Environmental Governance MSc
• Nature, Society and Environmental Governance MPhil
• Neuroscience MSc
• Neuroscience (4-year Wellcome Trust DTP) combined MSc and DPhil
• New and Sustainable Photovoltaics EPSRC CDT

O

Graduate

• Obstetrics and Gynaecology DPhil
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology MSc by Research
• Oil and Gas NERC CDT
• Oncology DPhil
• Oncology MSc by Research
• Organic Chemistry DPhil
• Organic Chemistry MSc by Research
• Organisational Leadership PGDip
• Oriental Studies DPhil
• Oriental Studies MSt

Undergraduate

• Oriental Studies

P

Graduate

• Paediatric Infectious Diseases MSc
• Paediatric Infectious Diseases PGDip
• Paediatrics DPhil
• Partial Differential Equations EPSRC CDT
• Particle Physics DPhil
• PGCE
• Pharmacology DPhil
• Pharmacology MSc by Research
• Pharmacology MSc
• Philosophical Theology MPhil
• Philosophical Theology MSt
• Philosophy DPhil
• Philosophy BPhil
• Philosophy of Physics MSt
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry DPhil
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry MSc by Research
• Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics MSc by Research
• Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics DPhil
• Plant Sciences DPhil
• Political Theory Research MSc
• Politics DPhil
• Politics (Comparative Government) MPhil
• Politics (European Politics and Society) MPhil
• Politics (Political Theory) MPhil
• Politics Research MSc
• Population Health DPhil
• Primary Health Care DPhil
• Primary Health Care MSc by Research
• Psychiatry DPhil
• Psychiatry MSc by Research
• Psychodynamic Counselling PGCert
• Psychodynamic Practice MSt
• Psychodynamic Research PGDip
• Psychological Research MSc
• Public Policy MPP
• Public Policy DPhil

Undergraduate

• Philosophy and Modern Languages
• Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)
• Philosophy and Theology
• Physics
• Physics and Philosophy
• Psychology (Experimental)
• Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics

R

Graduate

• Radiation Biology MSc
• Radiation Oncology (1+3)
• Refugee and Forced Migration Studies MSc
• Renewable Energy Marine Structures (DPhil) EPSRC CDT
• Renewable Energy Marine Structures (DEng) EPSRC CDT
• Russian and East European Studies MPhil
• Russian and East European Studies MSc

S

Graduate

• Science and Applications of Plastic Electronic Materials EPSRC CDT
• Science and Engineering for Arts, Heritage and Archaeology EPSRC CDT
• Science and Technology of Fusion Energy EPSRC CDT
• Slavonic Studies MPhil
• Slavonic Studies MSt
• Sleep Medicine MSc
• Sleep Medicine PGDip 
• Social Anthropology MPhil
• Social Anthropology MSc
• Social Intervention DPhil
• Social Policy DPhil
• Social Science of the Internet MSc
• Socio-Legal Research MSt
• Socio-Legal Studies DPhil
• Sociology DPhil
• Sociology MSc
• Sociology and Demography MPhil
• Software and Systems Security MSc
• Software Engineering MSc
• Statistical Science EPSRC and MRC CDT
• Statistical Science MSc
• Statistical Science PGDip
• Statistics DPhil
• Statistics MSc by Research
• Strategy and Innovation PGDip
• Structural Biology DPhil
• Study of Religion MSt
• Surgical Science and Practice MSc
• Surgical Sciences DPhil
• Surgical Sciences MSc by Research
• Sustainable Urban Development DPhil
• Sustainable Urban Development MSc
• Synthesis for Biology and Medicine EPSRC CDT
• Synthetic Biology EPSRC and BBSRC CDT
• Syriac Studies MSt
• Systems Approaches to Biomedical Science EPSRC and MRC CDT

T

Graduate

• Taxation MSc
• Teacher Education MSc
• Teaching English Language in University Settings MSc
• Theology BTh
• Theology DPhil
• Theology MPhil
• Theology MSt
• Theology and Religion PGDip
• Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (Stand-Alone) MSc
• Theoretical Physics DPhil
• Theory and Modelling in Chemical Sciences EPSRC CDT
• Tibetan and Himalayan Studies MPhil
• Traditional China MSt
• Traditional East Asia MPhil

Undergraduate

• Theology and Religion
• Theology and Oriental Studies

U

Graduate

• US History MSt

V

Graduate

• Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology MPhil
• Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology MSc

W

Graduate

• Water Science, Policy and Management MSc
• Water Science, Policy and Management MPhil
• Women's Studies MSt
• World Literatures in English MSt

Y

Graduate

• Yiddish Studies MSt

Z

Graduate

• Zoology DPhil