114 PhD programmes offered by the university

The DPhil in Fine Art at University of Oxford is designed to support research in contemporary art making (through the practice-led DPhil) and contemporary art history and theory (through the DPhil by written thesis only).

The DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences at University of Oxford offers excellent opportunities for high quality research training, for both clinical and non-clinical graduates, in wide-ranging leading areas of clinical neuroscience.

The work of this world-class sub-department is in experimental particle physics, particle astrophysics and accelerator physics. Particle Physics at University of Oxford is the study of basic constituents of matter and their interactions. 

The Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet programme offered by University of Oxford is a four-year course focused on training the next generation of synthetic chemists to tackle emerging and future challenges in Human Health, Energy & Materials, and Food Security.

The Area Studies (South Asia) programme offered by University of Oxford is a research-based course exploring South Asia through interdisciplinary approaches, covering politics, gender, history, anthropology, economics, and international relations.

The Intelligent Earth programme offered by University of Oxford is a doctoral degree, available in both full- and part-time modes, designed to equip a new generation of students with advanced AI skills to tackle some of the most pressing environmental issues. 

The Generative Biology programme offered by University of Oxford is designed to train doctoral researchers in cutting-edge areas of generative biology.

The Cardiovascular Science (Cardiovascular Technology, AI and Data) programme offered by University of Oxford is for graduates who want to undertake advanced research into cardiovascular disease in Oxford.

The Area Studies (Latin America) programme offered by University of Oxford is a research-based course exploring Latin America through interdisciplinary approaches, covering politics, economics, sociology, religion, and international relations.

The Biomedical and Clinical Sciences programme offered by University of Oxford aims to address an unmet need among clinicians for training in data science and translational medicine. 

The EcoWild programme offered by University of Oxford has been designed to deliver the next generation of innovative researchers and conservationists needed to protect some of the Earth’s most vulnerable and valuable ecosystems. 

The Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science programme offered by University of Oxford provides innovative training for graduates from a wide range of academic backgrounds who wish to conduct leading-edge bioscience, environmental science and archaeological science research.

The DPhil in Area Studies (China) is a research-based course focused on contemporary China through topics like politics, sociology, economics, history, and culture; using interdisciplinary social science approaches. The Area Studies (China) programme is offered at University of Oxford.

The DPhil in English Local History at the University of Oxford draws on the Department for Continuing Education’s knowledge and skills, which have been acquired over many years of providing specialist classes in local history, and profiting from close links with local, social and economic historians elsewhere in the University.

The DPhil in Paediatrics at the University of Oxford provides opportunities for study in a broad range of basic, translational and clinical science related to child health including major strengths in developmental immunology and haematology, infectious disease, vaccines, paediatric imaging and neuromuscular biology, mucosal immunology and gastroenterology. 

The sub-department’s research focuses on the study of physical processes in the atmospheres, surfaces and oceans of the Earth and other planets, using experimental, computational and theoretical techniques. We offer a Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics degree at the University of Oxford. 

The DPhil in Computer Science at University of Oxford is an advanced research degree, awarded for significant (new) contribution to the existing body of knowledge in the field of computer science. 

At University of Oxford, the DPhil International Relations programme is a full-time programme of doctoral research in the academic study of International Relations with an expected length of three to four years of full-time study or six to eight years of part-time study. 

At University of Oxford, the DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies' main research degree. 

The DPhil in History at University of Oxford is an advanced research degree, awarded on the basis of successful completion of an individual research thesis and an oral examination.