Graduate Information

Deadlines for applications for admission in October 2012 are: 18th November 2011, 20th January 2012 and 9th March 2012.

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd February 2012.

There will be a talk to potential students on Friday 25th November 2011 at 4pm in the Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre and the flyer can be found here.

For information about the talk that was given to potential students on Friday 26th November 2010 click here. The talk that took place can be found here

The D.Phil course starts in October, with students attending a comprehensive series of lecture courses in their first year in parallel with starting work on their theses, which are normally completed within 3.5 years. We do not offer an MSc course in particle physics.

The latest version of the graduate timetables for terms are:

• Michaelmas Term 2011
• Hilary Term 2012
• Trinity Term 2012 - this will be updated

Information on our research areas can be found in our list of thesis topics and via the links on our home page.

Theoretical research in particle physics is carried out in the Sub-department of Theoretical Physics and theoretical work in particle astrophysics in both the Sub-departments of Theoretical Physics and of Astrophysics.

Applications

You must complete a University application form GAO2011 which should be sent, together with three references and a transcript.

Candidates who wish to be considered for an STFC studentship should submit their applications by Friday 20th January 2012. For all applications a fee of £50 is required.

(Please note: that candidates wishing to be considered by more than one physics sub-department should only fill in ONE form and pay only ONE application fee. The form should be submitted giving the course code for the sub-department which most closely reflects the research interest and give under section 1(iii), Programme of Study, the sub-departments which are being asked to consider the application.)

Please note that we will be unable to consider applications after the deadline and all supporting material must be received by the deadline.

In addition on the application form, under the heading 'Research Applications Only', please state which 3 experiments you are interested in, or please email Kim Proudfoot (k [dot] proudfoot [at] physics [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk) with your choices.

Costs: The cost of graduate studies includes University and college fees (about £6,132 per year for home/EU citizens) and subsistence living costs (at least £13,590 per year), this will rise each academic year.

STFC awards: Home students should be eligible for a full award which covers University and College fees and subsistence. Scottish students might also be eligible for a Pirie-Reid Scholarship. Non-UK EU nationals who have not spent the previous three years in the UK will only be eligible for a fees only award. Please see the STFC website for full details of awards and eligibility.

There has been a change to PhD studentship eligibility; non-UK EU nationals who have spent the previous three years in the UK undertaking an undergraduate degree will now meet the residency requirements for full postgraduate studentship support.

Scholarships: the following are listed in the Oxford Graduate Prospectus, where more details (including other scholarships) can be found.

* British Council: for non-UK citizens (inquire in your country).
* Dulverton Scholarships: for students from Eastern Europe, full or partial costs, depending on need
* Scatcherd European Scholarships: for nationals of any European country (excluding the UK or Turkey, but including the Russian Federation and other countries to the west of the Urals), fees and subsistence
* Michael Foster Scholarships: for citizens of Germany, fees and subsistence
* Pirie-Reid Scholarship for students from Scotland

In addition, various scholarships of order £2,000 per year are available from some Oxford colleges.

Scholarships available at Merton College can be found at http://merton.physics.ox.ac.uk/gradscholars.html

St Catherine's College Graduate Scholarships 2011

You might also like to look at UK Graduate Places at other Universities

Applications without a fee will not be processed by the University

Further information:

Contact:
k [dot] proudfoot1 [at] physics [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk (Secretary of Graduate Studies)
Sub-department of Particle Physics
Denys Wilkinson Building
Keble Road
Oxford
OX1 3RH
(Tel: +44 (0)1865 273360)