Postgraduate Award Courses
Advance your career, deepen your expertise, or pursue a lifelong passion.
We offer a range of part-time postgraduate study options across a range of subject areas. Certificates, diplomas, masters' degrees and DPhil (PhD) programmes are a great way to further your study, progress in your career or learn for personal enrichment.
Most of our postgraduate courses are taught part-time and structured to provide flexibility without compromising academic rigour. Many programmes are delivered primarily online, while others combine online study with short, immersive residencies in Oxford — giving you the opportunity to engage with tutors and peers in person and experience Oxford’s unique academic environment.
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Postgraduate certificates are taught at the same level as master’s degrees, but they are shorter in length. They are ideal for those who wish to advance their knowledge and career prospects but are unable to undertake significant amounts of academic research. Browse the courses taught at this level:
- Postgraduate Certificate in Architectural History
- Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques
- Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research
- Postgraduate Certificate in Historical Studies
- Postgraduate Certificate in Nanotechnology
- Postgraduate Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
- Postgraduate Certificate in Qualitative Health Research Methods
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care
Postgraduate Diplomas are taught at the same level as master’s degrees, but they are shorter in length. Some students progress on to a postgraduate diploma after completing a postgraduate certificate. Browse the courses taught at this level:
We offer a range of part-time Master of Science (MSc) programmes, postgraduate degrees in science or social science, and Master of Studies (MSt) programmes awarded in disciplines such as art, history, and the social sciences. Browse the courses taught at this level:
- MSt in Creative Writing
- MSt in Diplomatic Studies
- MSt in Literature and Arts
- MSt in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
- MSt in Practical Ethics
- MSt in Psychodynamic Practice
- MSt in the History of Design
- MSt in Historical Studies
- MSc in Applied Landscape Archaeology
- MSc in English Local History
- MSc in Experimental and Translational Therapeutics
- MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- MSc in EBHC Medical Statistics
- MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care Systematic Reviews
- MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care Teaching and Education
- MSc in Nanotechnology for Medicine and Health Care
- MSc in Translational Health Sciences
- MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care
- MSc in Sustainable Urban Development
- MSc in Translational Health Sciences
We offer a number of part-time DPhil programmes. ‘DPhil’ stands for ‘Doctor of Philosophy’, sometimes referred to as a ‘doctorate’ or ‘PhD’ and is the highest level of a degree that a student can achieve. Browse the courses taught at this level:
THE OXFORD EXPERIENCE
Postgraduate students studying with us have access to a wide range of study, social and sporting facilities within the Department, University and their individual colleges (for matriculated students only).
At Rewley House, postgraduate students have access to the library, computer resource room, common room, bar, dining room, printing facilities, lockers and refreshments.
Within the wider University, students can use:
- Facilities at the Bodleian Libraries
- University Club
- Middle Common Room in individual colleges
