Overview

The DPhil entails researching and writing a thesis of between 75,000 and 100,000 words under the guidance of at least one supervisor who will be an acknowledged authority on your chosen topic. After three or at most four years (no later than eight years for the part-time pathway), you are expected to submit your final thesis.

Features

As a first-year full-time student, or in your first two years as a part-time student, you will follow courses of instruction in criminological research methods to develop your research skills, unless you have acquired sufficient methods training on a master's degree.

The Criminology DPhil programme is offered by the Centre for Criminology at University of Oxford to develop academic and transferable skills. You must complete both modules during your DPhil and you can choose which term/academic year it would be most useful for you to take each.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

policing and security

crime and the family

border control and the criminalisation of migration

the death penalty

the politics of crime and justice

youth justice

sociology of punishment

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-30 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-19 00:00:00

Language

English

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110

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oxford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Criminology View 40 other PhDs in Criminology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

As a minimum, applicants should hold or be predicted to achieve the following UK qualifications or their equivalent:

a master's degree with an average mark of 67% or above; and

a first-class or a strong upper second class (usually a minimum weighted average of 67%) undergraduate degree with honours.

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Tuition Fee

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International

27510 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 27510 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

9640 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9640 GBP per year during 36 months.

Part-time study:

Home: £4,820
Overseas: £13,755

Living costs for Oxford

939 - 1530 GBP /month

Living costs

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