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Medical Sciences Division Doctoral Competition

To be considered for full funding, candidates applying to start a programme from October 2025 must complete their University application(s) online by 12 noon (UK time) on Tuesday 2 December 2025. 

Every year the Department offers a number of fully funded 3-year PhD (DPhil) studentships to outstanding applicants of any nationality. These studentships are funded by a number of organisations including the Wellcome Trust, MRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, CR-UK, British Heart Foundation, the Clarendon Fund, Oxford Colleges and a number of other charities.

If successful, the fully-funded studentships will cover University and College fees and provide a stipend at the standard Research Council rate. For more information on fees, please see the Graduate Admissions course page.

This programme is participating in the Academic Futures via the Medical Sciences Division's guarantee of at least 10 places per year across its doctoral programmes for the next four years' intakes (started 2022) of DPhil students (see section 4).

Please do note that the selection of highly-ranked applicants for these studentships is a competitive process across the Division and the applicants are encouraged to consider alternative sources of funding, as detailed below.

Find out more on the Medical Sciences Division funding webpage.

Botnar DPhil and MSc by research