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08/08/2021

University of Oxford – collegiate university in Oxford, courses and review

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD


Today we are here with a review for the world’s second-oldest university, the house of one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scholarships, institute who ha has educated many notable alumni from it’s 38 constituent colleges and largest academic library system.

This epic ambiance is none other than The University of Oxford, which is informally also known as Oxford University or Oxford. This University resides at the central southern city, Oxford of England. If we go back in history to study about the existences of The University of Oxford then there is no such known date of foundation but there exist some evidence that according to them this university is educating since 1096 and thus it has become the second oldest English speaking university at the global level. In 1167 when Henry Curtmantle or Henry II banned his English students from pursuing their studies further from the University of Paris then that decision proves to be a rising moment for Oxford and hence from 1167, it started growing rapidly. A few years later townsfolk of Oxford city and students of the University of Oxford had a dispute and as a result, University of Cambridge established when some academics headed towards in the northeast to the Cambridge city. Today these the two ancient universities are frequently referred to as “Oxbridge”.


Guys now let us study about Oxford. First of all, I would like to tell you that it is a collegiate university. A collegiate university is a university which is composed of different colleges or departments. UO is consist of a central University and some thirty-eight colleges. It provides a wide range of resources for both teachings and learning in the form of administrative services, laboratories, libraries, museums, research centers, student services such as careers and counseling and various departments which often work together on interdisciplinary research projects and teaching joint courses. All the academic and administrative departments, libraries museums and research centers are possessed by the central University while the colleges are related to it in an amalgamating manner.

In addition to this, it provides accommodation, meals, common rooms, libraries, sports and social facilities, and pastoral care to their students. And even the college is itself an accommodation as faculties who are doing teaching there can teach their part and use the library to study for the rest of their time. This university provides more than thousands of courses which are listed below:

Course List


A

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 MSt

Archaeological Science DPhil

Archaeological Science MSc

Archaeology DPhil (part-time)

Archaeology MPhil

Archaeology MSt

Archaeology DPhil

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

B

Bachelor of Civil Law BCL

Bible Interpretation MSt

Biochemistry DPhil

Biochemistry MSc by Research

Biochemistry (OU/TSRI) DPhil

Biodiversity, Conservation and Management MPhil

Biodiversity, Conservation and Management MSc

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

C

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 MSc by Research

Clinical Neurosciences DPhil

Clinical Psychology DClin Psych

Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology MSc

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy PGCert

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy DPhil

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy MSc

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy PGDip

Comparative Philology and General Linguistics DPhil

Comparative Social Policy MSc

Comparative Social Policy MPhil

Computer Science MSc

Computer Science DPhil

Condensed Matter Physics DPhil

Contemporary Chinese Studies MSc

Creative Writing MSt

Criminology DPhil

Criminology and Criminal Justice MSc

Cuneiform Studies MPhil

Cyber Security EPSRC CDT

D

Development Studies MPhil

Diamond Science and Technology EPSRC CDT

Diplomatic Studies MSt

Diplomatic Studies PGDip

Diplomatic Studies PGCert

E

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 MSc

English Local History DPhil

English Studies (Medieval Period) MPhil

Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy PGCert

Environmental Change and Management MPhil

Environmental Change and Management MSc

Environmental Research NERC DTP

Evidence Based Health Care (Medical Statistics) MSc

Evidence Based Health Care (Systematic Reviews) MSc

Evidence-Based Health Care DPhil

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

F

Film Aesthetics MSt

Financial Economics MSc

Financial Strategy PGDip

Fine Art MFA

Fine Art DPhil

G

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

H

Health Research PGDip

Health Research PGCert

Historical Studies PGCert

Historical Studies MSt

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

I

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 DPhil

International Relations MPhil

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

J

Japanese Studies MSc

Japanese Studies MPhil

Jewish Studies MSt

Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period MPhil

Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period MSt

Judaism and Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World MPhil

K

Korean Studies MSt

L

Late Antique and Byzantine Studies MSt

Late Antique and Byzantine Studies MPhil

Latin American Studies MPhil

Latin American Studies MSc

Law DPhil

Law MPhil

Law and Finance MSc

Learning and Teaching MSc

Legal Research MSt

Literature and Arts MSt

Literature and Arts DPhil

M

Magister Juris MJur

Major Programme Management MSc

Management Studies DPhil

Master of Business Administration MBA

Master of Business Administration Oxford 1+1 MBA program

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

N

Nanotechnology PGCert

Nanotechnology for Medicine and Health Care MSc

Nature, Society, and Environmental Governance MPhil

Nature, Society, and Environmental Governance MSc

Neuroscience MSc

Neuroscience (4-year Wellcome Trust DTP) combined MSc and DPhil

New and Sustainable Photovoltaics EPSRC CDT

O

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

P

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 Practice PGDip

Psychological Research MSc

Public Policy MPP

Public Policy DPhil

R

Radiation Biology MSc

Radiation Oncology combined MSc and DPhil

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

Science and Application 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 PGDip

Sleep Medicine MSc

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 PGDip

Statistical Science MSc

Statistical Science EPSRC and MRC CDT

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 Biomedical Science EPSRC and MRC CDT

T

Taxation MSc

Teacher Education MSc

Teaching English Language in University Settings MSc

Theology DPhil

Theology MPhil

Theology MSt

Theology BTh

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

U

US History MSt

V

Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology MSc

Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology MPhil

W

Water Science, Policy and Management MPhil

Water Science, Policy and Management MSc

Women’s Studies MSt

World Literatures in English MSt

Y

Yiddish Studies MSt

Z

Zoology DPhil

Admissions


Well till now the University of Oxford have made you excited to study there and I’m sure you are curious to know about the admission process of Oxford. So let me tell you, my folks, that there are four modules in which you can take admission and study at the University of Oxford. These modules are:

  1. Undergraduate Course
  2. Graduate Course
  3. Continuing education course
  4. Undergraduate open day

Now the question arises how you will get admission in any of the above modules as we all know taking admission in Oxford is a hard nut to crack. So if you want to apply for any of the above modules then you have to go through a selection procedure which is consists of five different stages or levels or hurdles.

I’m going to give you a brief about all these stages so that you can prepare yourself for your dream education. So let us first have an introduction with these stages and then we will study a brief about them. The stages you have to go through are listed below:

  1. Tests
  2. UCAS application Visa
  3. Written work
  4. Interviews
  5. Decisions

Tests


So, the first stage tests and for any kind of enrolment or admission we have to go through a particular examination but in Oxford, you just don’t have to give a written exam but also you have to survive various other phases as well.

The first thing you have to do is to register yourself for the test of the course or stream you want to pursue and make sure that you have to register separately for every course you want to apply for and that too on or before a set date of October month, decided by the authorizes.

To pursue any course you need to give a test because without giving a test your application will not be entertained.

Once you clear this level then second will be to apply for UCAS application to study in the UK but you have to wind up all the UCAS work a year ago before applying to Oxford.

UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, which is a UK-based Non-profit organization and works mainly for the operation of application process for British universities such as University of Aberdeen, Anglia Ruskin University, University of Birmingham, Imperial College London, University of London, University of Manchester University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and much more.

The applications forms to apply for UCAS launches every year in September till 1800 hrs. according to UKST of 15th October, therefore you have to be very active during this tenure so that you can apply quickly apply for it and I have told you earlier that they won’t entertain late applications.

UCAS application

If you want to study at Oxford from the core of your heart then, you need to apply a year before the start date of your course by completing the online application form at the official website of UCAS. These application forms launch in early September and the deadline is 6 pm UK time on 15 October every year. Late applications cannot be accepted.

Written work

Now the next hurdle comes is written work. If your selected course falls in such category then you have to send some of your written work along with your application and that too marked by a teacher.

Well don’t get panic for the written stuff because once you send your application form then the concern college or department will be touch with you to update you on your written work i.e. how to send it either by post or electronically or what to send etc. and that happens iff your selected course demands some written work. Your written work includes your language, writing and reasoning skills required for the desired course you have chosen in either written or typed and marked by a teacher in addition to this it should be neat and clean without any kind of correction and editing.

It is advisable to keep a copy of every sheet including work and application form you share with the desired department so that in the case of any loss you can recover it.

Interviews

Now here comes the fourth and one of the most haunted stage and that is interviews. Every person is scared of giving interviews and even some are so scared that spelling out the word is hard enough to scare them but guys there is nothing to be scared from interviews.

This is just conversation round between the interviewer and you regarding your skills and course are chosen by you only. You can consider this as just you are enquiring about a new gadget from a retailer or seller.

Decisions

Now here comes the last stage of selection and this process is termed as decisions or selection process where the selection committee will examine and analyze your overall performance i.e. from test to your interview. The candidates who have been selected will be informed in the month of January that their application has been selected or not. The campus also informs you about some conditional and unconditional offers which means that you have not yet completed all your current qualifications and hence you couldn’t satisfy the necessary condition and once you complete then your place will be confirmed or if you completed all your qualifications and you couldn’t meet with necessary academics conditions then your place will be confirmed after the completion of those conditions.

Fees and funding


So now you have got admission in the University of Oxford, now the point is how much you have to pay to study overseas. Well if talk about Oxford then let me tell you that University understands every student’s pocket and in this direction University is so committed that it always ensures that the fees shouldn’t act as a hurdle for the success of students who are aspiring to study overseas and especially in Oxford.

Oxford is so loyal towards its commitment that it provides non-repayable scholarships to support and enhance student and in addition to this, the government also supports the students by providing loans to them and that too without any kind of upfront.

The fees payment is divided into two sections

  1. Tuition fees
  2. Living costs

The tuition fees are the fees that you will be charged for your course and study material. This fees can be determined easily with the support of either government or by the university itself. They have made few categories under which they put you on the scholarship such as EU which means rest of European Union apart from UK i.e. people living in Europe continent but not in the United Kingdom like France, Italy, other is Home in which you will be placed if you are a native of UK then Overseas in which students staying outside Europe continent such as USA, India, Australia will be considered.

The second category is living costs and you will pay this for your own lifestyle. Such as your accommodations or meal and friends this could be ranging from £1,002 to £1,471 per month and for this, you will not going to have any support from the government unless you falls in Home category.

So if you think that above mention costs are heavy for your pockets then you don’t need to worry my friend the government of United Kingdom and administrators of the University of Oxford are standing by your side all the time if you’re talented enough and having money as a barrier in your path.

As I said earlier they are providing you full funding and that too without any kind of upfront. If you are a student from either United Kingdom or from any part of Europe and applying for the undergraduate student program then you can claim all tuition fees against a loan taken from the government.

If we talk about the support provided by the University then this University provides a special funding named Oxford Bursaries for the students of the United Kingdom or Europe by proving an annual non-repayable fund. Please make sure that the amount of bursary providing to you will depend on your household income.

Till now if you are not sure for any topic or section or couldn’t decide which course should be chosen then you can contact the executives and can clear all your doubts.

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