Undergraduate Courses

Archaeology and anthropology together encompass the study of humankind from the origins of the human species to the present day.

Biochemistry is the use of molecular methods to investigate, explain and manipulate biological processes.

Biology is an exciting and rapidly developing subject area with great relevance to addressing global challenges from disease and poverty to biodiversity loss and climate change.

Biomedical science focuses on how cells, organs and systems function in the human body; an exciting and dynamic area that is highly relevant to the understanding and treatment of human diseases.

Chemistry is a wide-ranging science concerned with matter at the atomic and molecular scale.

Classics (Literae Humaniores) is a wide-ranging degree devoted to the study of the literature, history, philosophy, languages and archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

Earth Sciences is the study of the planet we live upon. The rapidly-changing scope and nature of the subject is reflected in the course at Oxford, which provides sound and broadly-based scientific training.

The Economics and Management degree examines issues central to the world we live in: namely how the economy and organisations function, and how resources are allocated and coordinated to achieve the organisation’s objectives.

Engineering Science encompasses a vast range of subjects, from microelectronics to offshore oil platforms, and involves the application of creative reasoning, science, mathematics (and, of course, experience and common sense) to real problems.

The English Language and Literature course at Oxford is one of the broadest in the country, giving you the chance to study writing in English from its origins in Anglo-Saxon England to the present.

Oxford’s History course combines the examination of large regions over extended periods of time with more focused work on smaller social groups, shorter periods and particular themes.

Human Sciences is an interdisciplinary degree which enables students to study the biological, social and cultural aspects of human life, and provides an exciting alternative to some of the more traditional courses offered at Oxford.

Studying law often leads to a career as a solicitor or barrister, but it need not. Training in law also develops a student’s analytical and interpretive skills, allows them to view real-world problems in a dispassionate way, and promotes their understanding of procedural ethics.

Mathematics, Computer Science and Joint Schools form a strong component within the College and makes a substantial contribution to the Mathematical Institute, Department of Statistics and Department of Computer Science.

The practice of Medicine offers a breadth of experiences impossible to find in any other subject.

Studying Modern Languages provides both practical training in written and spoken language and an extensive introduction to literature and thought written in European languages.

Music is everywhere in the world around us; it is part of all of our lives, whether we play it, actively listen to it, or hear it in passing.

Philosophy is concerned above all with developing a critical attitude towards the ways in which we think and argue.

PPE was born of the conviction that study of the great modern works of economic, social, political and philosophical thought would have a transformative effect on students’ intellectual lives, and thereby on society at large.

Physics is concerned with the study of the universe from the smallest to the largest scale: it is about unravelling its complexities to discover the way it is and how it works.

Philosophy is concerned above all with developing a critical attitude towards the ways in which we think and argue.