Medical and health sciences
Flexible postgraduate courses and training
Delivered through specialist departments of Oxford University’s Medical Sciences Division
- Flexible postgraduate qualifications – study while working
- Short training programmes and online courses for professionals
- Insights into the latest advances in knowledge, skills and techniques
- Career-enhancing opportunities
Our wide range of courses are designed for working professionals including, but not limited to: clinicians, researchers, scientists, managers and educators working in health care provision, health administration, research organisations, pharmaceuticals, academia, and regulatory and government bodies.
Programmes and short courses:
Nanotechnology and nanomedicine
Nanotechnology and nanomedicine
Postgraduate programmes and short training courses (in Oxford and online) for professionals working in industry, research, healthcare, business and commercialisation, and regulation.
Experimental and translational therapeutics
Experimental and translational therapeutics
Short training courses (in Oxford and online) and master's programme providing an opportunity to harness Oxford’s advances in modern molecular medicine and translate them into therapeutic benefits for patients.
Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness
Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness
Flexible courses and training in cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness, offered part-time for professionals working in mental health and other areas of healthcare, including clinicians, nurses, therapists, researchers and trainers.
Evidence-based health care programme overview
Evidence-based health care programme overview
A world-class programme that equips individuals to transform health care with evidence-based methods. Short courses and postgraduate programmes (certificates, diplomas, master's and DPhil).
Vaccinology
Vaccinology
Short intensive training courses in veterinary and human vaccinology with the Oxford Vaccinology Programme
Upcoming courses
- Mon 12 Jan 2026 – 16 Jan 2026
- Mon 12 Jan 2026 – 16 Jan 2026
- Mon 12 Jan 2026 – 22 Mar 2026
- 10 meetings
- Wed 14 Jan 2026 – 25 Mar 2026
- 10 meetings
- 3:30 – 4:30pm
- Mon 19 Jan 2026 – 23 Jan 2026
- Mon 26 Jan 2026 – 30 Jan 2026
Dr Karen Lawson
Karen worked as a designer and computational modeller, and the MSc in Nanotechnology for Medicine and Health Care allowed her to explore physics at the nanoscale and its impact on materials.Jamie Breen
Jamie, Senior Chemist and Quality Manager, came to Oxford's Nanotechnology programme as a crucial step in realising his career ambition, to translate science from the benchtop to the clinic using nanotechnology.Emiko Sultana
Emiko shares her experience of pursuing her MSc in Surgical Science and Practice part-time while being a surgical trainee working in the NHS.Ho-ming Lee
Ho-ming Lee is a Specialist in Family Medicine who started studying the part-time MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care in 2018.Lorenz Meuli
Lorenz is now a statistical advisor for the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery as a direct result of the MSc in EBHC Medical Statistics.