Overview

This is accomplished either directly with accelerators that create the particles under study or by observing high-energy particles from outer space.

Features

In the Particle Physics degree at University of Oxford, you will spend half the first year on a lecture course in addition to starting your research and, if appropriate, spend your second year on-site at your experiment.

Laboratories here in Oxford and experiments at overseas facilities provide access to a high-tech environment and excellent research training, directly applicable to a broad range of fields.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

The world's biggest accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, is running and in 2012 the Higgs boson, a particle thought to give mass to all elementary particles, was discovered.

The understanding of its properties is one of the main aims of the ATLAS experiment.

The Oxford group is also focused on the search of new particles predicted in Supersymmetry and others beyond the Standard Model theories.

Elucidation of CP violation, one of the mysteries of particle physics, is the aim of the sub-department’s other LHC experiment, LHCb. Both experiments will require you to obtain and analyse data from the highest-energy machine in the world.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-03-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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100

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oxford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Physics View 102 other PhDs in Physics in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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100

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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 first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours in physics, mathematics or related fields.

The equivalent of a UK four-year integrated MPhys or MSci degree is typically required. Bachelor's degrees with a minimum four years' standard duration may satisfy the entry requirements.

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Tuition Fee

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International

31480 GBP/year

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Based on the tuition of 31480 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

9500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9500 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Oxford

939 - 1530 GBP /month

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