University of Oxford

1. Humanities Division 

Courses To Be Mentioned For All The Departments Along With Departmental Descriptions 

Faculty of Classics - The Faculty of Classics is one of the largest faculties in the world with prominent and wise post holders leading the light to the students. It holds research centers that cater to the needs of the students and are utilized for extensive research purposes. In fact, in 2014, Research Excellence Framework (REF) rated Oxford Classics second nationally with respect to its variety and depth in research.

Research  Centers

• Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD)
• Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD)
• Classical Art Research Centre (CARC)
• Oxford Centre For Byzantine Research (OCBR)

Research Projects

• A Landscape of Conflict: Battlefield Archaeology in the Territory of Ancient Fregellae / Modern Ceprano (FR, Lazio, Italy)
• Anachronism and Antiquity

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2. Faculty of English Language and Literature

The department of English Language and Literature is the largest department in the UK with intellectual professors as torchbearers with interests in diverse fields making the overall environment stimulating and engaging. 

Faculty Size

• The Faculty Has Around 80 Professors

Research Projects

• Conquests in Eleventh-Century England: 1016, 1066
• Emma Smith, Shakespeare’s First Folio: The Making of an Iconic Book (2016)

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3. Faculty of History

Almost 90 permanent academic staff together excel in research and encourage scholars and students to transcend the education system and develop their own perspectives and opinions of concepts. Research-based learning is especially emphasised and opted in the faculty of History.

Research Centers

• Centre for Early Modern British and Irish History
• Centre for Gender, Identity, and Subjectivity
• Centre for the History of Childhood
• Oxford Centre for European History
• Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research

Research Projects

• Around 1968: Activism, Networks, Trajectories
• Cultures of Diplomacy
• From Byzantine to Ottonian Empires

Masters Courses Offered By the Department

4. Faculty of Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics

The faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics with its establishment in 2008 makes for the youngest faculty within the Humanities division of Oxford University. However, the teaching and research staff consciously and deliberately make it utmost important to maintain a comparative, theoretical, and experimental based learning to stimulate an excellent learning atmosphere.
Labs 

• Language & Brain Lab
• Phonetics Lab

Academic Publications

• Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources
• Transitive nouns and adjectivesVatri, Alessandro (2017)
• Orality and Performance in Classical Attic Prose: A linguistic approach 

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5. Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages

The faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages has a balanced learning approach with equal importance given to theory and research understanding. Its overall learning atmosphere makes it one of the most widely appreciated and desired faculties of all time.

Research Centers

• Centre for Early Modern Studies
• European Humanities Research Centre
• Oxford Kafka Research Centre
• The Besterman Centre for the Enlightenment

Faculty Size and Accomplishments 

• The faculty has seven subdivisions, each division for one of the major languages taken up in the faculty along with 9 established professorships, 15 professors with titles and nearly 80 permanent academicians for the smooth functioning and growth of the department.

Research Collaborations 

• Literarische Kultur des Südwestens
• Oxford-Princeton Rhetorics of Religion in German Modernism

Areas of Expertise 

• Film Studies
• Cultural Studies
• History of the Book
• Cultural History
• Languages and Literature;

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6. Faculty of Music

The faculty of music is one of the most active and liveliest faculties of all time. It is internationally acclaimed and appraised for its wide range of considerations.  
Facilities

• Studio 1 (The Mix Room)
• Studio 2 (Electronic Music Lab)
• Studio 3 (Ensemble Recording Room)

Research Projects

• Transforming 19th-Century HIP
• 19th-Century Musicians as Annotators
• DIAMM

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7. Faculty of Oriental Studies

The faculty of OrientalStudies stands out in its academic syllabus with cultural studies, traditional differences and developments as major areas of focus that distinguish it from other courses. Regional studies are usually conducted in the concerned region allowing the students to gain a close first-hand experience of the cultural diversities.
 
Areas of Expertise

• Islamic World
• Eastern Christianity
• Hebrew Egyptology
• Ancient Near East
• Jewish Studies

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8. Faculty of Philosophy

The oxford faculty of Philosophy is regarded as one of the best faculties of philosophy in the world for its outstanding considerations of diverse concepts and its stimulating approach of understanding and research. With over 50 permanent members as well as a few associate members the faculty is large with intellectual and excellent scholars that contribute to a healthy competitive environment. 

Research Centers

• The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
• The Future of Humanity Institute
• Global Priorities Institute

Faculty Size

• More than 150

Departmental Collaborations 

• The Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
• Research Center for Philosophy of Health and Disease

Research Projects

• Information at the Quantum Physics/Statistical Mechanics Nexus
• Population Ethics
• Metaphysics of Entanglement

Masters Courses Offered By the Department

9. Faculty of Theology and Religion

The faculty of Theology and Religion is one of the earliest faculties of Oxford University and has consistently improved to establish a balance between the past and present to look forward to the future in an approachable manner. It has nearly 23 permanent members to carry out professional schooling and to assist students through lectures and tuitions.
 
Research Centers

• British Centre for Durkheimian Studies (BCDS)
• Centre for Modern European Thought
• Centre for the Reception History of the Bible
• Ian Ramsey Centre
• McDonald Centre

Industry Collaborations

• Healthcare Values Partnership 

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10. Ruskin School of Art

The Ruskin School of Art was founded by John Ruskin and dates back to the year 1871 and has grown to gather praise and respect from all over the world ever since its establishment. It is equipped with nearly 800 watercolors and about 400 prints that are used extensively in the study and skill development of Fine Arts.

Names of Labs 

• The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)

Faculty Size and Accomplishments

• Ian Kiaer
• Associate Professor of Fine Art
• Daria Martin
• Professor of Art and Director of Research 
• Giulia Smith 
• Early Career Fellow

Research Accomplishments  

• ‘I Was Not a Surrealist. I Was an Existentialist’: Louise Bourgeois Reconsidered" appears in the December 2017 issue (Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 469–490)
• Anthony Gardner (Associate Professor of in Contemporary Art History and Theory) - co-author (with Charles Green) of 'Biennials, Triennials, and Documenta: The Exhibitions That Created Contemporary Art' (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016).

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Social Sciences Division 

11. School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

The schools of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography is an example of an impeccable educational institute that sincerely practices a balance between practical and theoretical learning for holistic growth and development of subjective opinions and perspectives. 
Research Centers

• Centre on Migration, Policy & Society (COMPASS)
• Institute for Science, Innovation & Society (InSIS)
• Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion (CSSC)

Research Accomplishments 

• Urban Transformations
• Ritual Modes: Divergent modes of ritual, social cohesion, prosociality, and conflict  
• Bridging the Gap for Innovations in Disaster Resilience (BRIGAID)

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12. School of Archaeology

The School of Archaeology has established a remarkable reputation in the world by consecutively securing a position three times in the QS Top Universities World rankings. It has a track record of outstanding performances in research with the help of national and international funds and has been maintaining a highly intellectual and stimulating learning environment.

Facilities

• Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
• Radiocarbon Analysis (OxCal)
• Stable Isotope Analysis
• Electron Microprobe and Tephrochronology Facilities
• Imaging and Photographic Services

Research Projects

• The Agricultural Origins of Urban Civilization (AGRICURB)
  • Funded by - ERC
  • Principal investigator - Prof Amy Bogaard
• Aphrodisias - A Roman city in modern Turkey
  • Funded by - List of sponsors
  • Principal Investigator -  Prof R.R.R. Smith
• Atlas of Hillforts Project
  • Funded by - AHRC
  • Co-Investigator - Prof G Lock and J Pouncett

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13. Oxford School of Global and Area Studies

The Oxford School of Global Studies is proudly the world’s largest area studies community which is dedicated to rigorously and extensively learning and conceptualizing the world for the betterment of the future. Its first position in the recent QS University Rankings has led to praise and recognition from all over the world with a huge development in increased interests for the same in young scholars.

Research Projects

• The Mortgage Migration
• Militant Masks: Youth, Performance, and Insecurity in Nigeria
• The arts of oil: a cultural history of Port Harcourt

Masters Courses Offered By the Department

14. Blavatnik School of Government

The Blavatnik School of Government was established in the year 2010 and is a young contributor to the world in developing exceptionally wise and knowledgeable entities with its tuition and research-based education. Conscious engagement with government and practitioners makes room for well experienced and considerate policymakers.

Research Centers and Institutes 

• The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
• Government Outcomes Lab
• International Growth Centre
• People in government Lab

Departmental Collaborations 

• UK Cabinet Office
• London School of Economics and Political Science

Research Projects 

• Coronavirus Government Response Track
• Anchoring Accountability For Mass Atrocities
• Improving Local Government transparency in Brazil 

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15. Criminology

The centre for criminology is a sphere curated for collective interest in social inquiry and for passionate public policymakers who wish to understand and improve the loopholes in the judicial system for the betterment of humankind and for the establishment of utmost justice.

Research Projects

• Adolescent to parent violence
  • Run by Rachel Condry, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. 
• Amplifying Inclusion: living disability narratives and law for the next generation
  • Run by Marie Tidball, as part of the TORCH knowledge exchange fellowship scheme.
• Immigration detention and the changing nature of penal power
  • Run by Mary Bosworth, Director of Border Criminologies and Director of the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford

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16. Department of Economics

The Department of Economics is rich with diverse methods of learning that lead to conceptualization and improvisation of various economic theories. Despite being a young member of the Oxford University with its establishment in 1999, the department with the support of its academicians and scholars has secured a remarkable position in the world domain.

Research Centers

• Centre For The Study of African Economies (CSAE) 
• Oxford Centre For The Analysis Of Resource-Rich Economies (OXCARRE)
• Economic Modelling (EMOD) At The Institute For New Economic Thinking (INET)

Funders 

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• British Academy

Research Projects

• Auctions for Goods and Understanding Consumer Preferences
• Behavioural Economics and Strategic Decision Making: Theory, Empirics, and Experiments.
• Discontinuities in Household and Family Formation

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17. Education 

The Department of Education was established over 100 years ago and ever since has grown into a strong tree with its branches wide open and has been applauded for its consistent development over the years. The department hosts highly qualified academicians as the staff who deliver quality education to the future builders of the world.

Research Projects

• Academic Publishing Practices: Perspectives From Ghanian Universities
• IDESR -  International Database Of Education Systematic Review
• Global Teacher Education Consortium

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18. Geography and the Environment

The department of Geography and the Environment is an interdisciplinary department that takes into account human, physical geography, and environmental studies. The department was ranked 1st in the QS World University Subject Rankings for Geography and was Ranked 2nd in 2020 Guardian University Guide for Geography for its excellent multidisciplinary teaching.

Research Centers

• Environmental Change Institute
• Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
• Transport Studies Unit

Research Projects

• Commuting behavior adaptation to flooding: An analysis of transit users’ choices in Metro Manila
• Advancing 'Environmental Subjectivity' in the realm of neoliberal forest governance
• Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data

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19. International Development 

The Oxford Department of International Development is an epitome of excellence with a close working staff and scholars in the fields of research that has secured the department a position in both the 2008 (Research Assessment Exercise) and 2014 (Research Excellence Framework).

Research Centers

• The International Growth Centre (IGC) 
• The Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD)
• The purpose of the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC)
• The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)

Research Projects

• Young Lives
• Changing Structures of Islamic Authority and Consequences for Social Change (CSIA)

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20. Law 

The Oxford Faculty of Law is one of the most highly regarded law faculties in the world. The faculty has 30 law schools and a 7:1 student-faculty ratio that makes for a highly supportive environment.

Research Centers and Institutes

• The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights 
• Institute of European and Comparative Law
• Centre  For Socio-Legal Studies
• Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre
• Centre for Criminology 

Research Project

• 100 years of Women in Law at Oxford
• In collaboration with the First 100 Years project
• A Better Politics of Crime
• Research program by Prof. Ian Loader and Prof. Richard Sparks, part-funded by the Independent Social Research Fund
• A Left Populist conception of Human Rights
• A project in the Intersection between The Democracy and Human Rights research program 

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21. Oxford Internet Institute

The Oxford Internet Institute is a multidisciplinary department that deals with the social science of the fast world internet. It is a unique branch that takes into account the dynamic aspects of the internet and is an innovative department with dedicated staff and students that are interested in the academic and policy concepts behind the domain of the internet.
 
Research Projects

• DomesticAI: AI’s Potential to transform unpaid domestic work in the UK and Japan
• The Futures for Online Consumption
• A European Ethical Code for Posthumous Medical Data Donation

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22. Politics and International Relations

The department of Politics and International Relations is one of the highly regarded and renowned departments of Oxford University which has an established position in the worldly education system with excellent faculty and determined scholars that have set a benchmark across the globe.

Research Centers and Networks

• Oxford Political Theory Network
• Reuters Institute For The Study Of Journalism
• Research Network in Politics and Government
• Centre for International Studies

Research Accomplishments 

• How political elites frame the politics of migration
• Fairness, Risk, and the Welfare State
• The Origins and Consequences of Social Media Incivility

Areas of Expertise 

• International Relations
• Political Theory

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23. Said Business School

The Said Business School is an innovative attempt to tackle global issues and develop young business oriented entrepreneurs who can cut through mediocre levels of market with ease and can establish a secure place in national and international competitions.  
  
Research Centers

• Entrepreneurship Centre
• Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
• Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation
• Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation
• Private Equity Institute

Research Publications

• Moving the conceptual framework forward: accounting for uncertainty (opens in new window)
• The links between business environment, economic growth, and social equity: a study of African countries
• Coding together - coding alone: the role of trust in collaborative programming

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24. Social Policy and Intervention 

The Department of Social Policy and Intervention is a dedicated faculty of academicians and scholars that are extremely passionate about social policies and are interested in developing the systematic evaluation of social interventions. The Department has outstanding researchers that play a vital role in delivering the course and education to scholars.
   
Research Centers

• The Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention (CEBI)
• The Oxford Institute of Social Policy (OISP)

Research Projects 

• A Better Start - National Evaluation
• Atypical employment and the Intergenerational Transmission of disadvantage: Britain and Germany in Comparative Perspective
• Employment, Equity, and Growth

Masters Courses Offered By the Department

25. Sociology

The Department of Sociology is a collective sphere where young and spirited researchers along with the assistance of the faculty members and the resources of the department explore some of the most inquisitive factors of concepts of real-world problems. It has a reputation in the competitive education system for the analytical and empirical skills found in most of its students.

Research Institutes

• Extra-Legal Governance Institute

Research Projects

• What makes dual-career couples work? A longitudinal comparative mixed-methods analysis
• Unravelling the genetic influences of reproductive behavior and gene-environment interaction (Sociogenome)
• Trust, risk, and uncertainty in medicinal transactions in sub-Saharan Africa

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