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How to apply

Botnar DPhil and MSc by research

The main applications deadline, to be eligible for centralised funding opportunities, is noon on Tuesday 3rd December 2024. Applications open in September.

Information on how to apply, using the official online University system, can be found by following the links below. If you are applying with your own research proposal, you must first have contacted a potential supervisor to ensure they support your application.

Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Musculoskeletal Sciences

Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics

Kennedy Trust Prize Studentships

All applications must be made through the official University of Oxford online application system. Applicants should apply for the D.Phil in Molecular and Cellular Medicine, course code RD_MP1.

To be eligible for consideration for the Kennedy Trust Studentships, your application must be complete by noon on Tuesday 3rd December 2024 (applications open 11th September 2024).

Information on eligibility criteria and how to apply can be found here.

INTERVIEWS

The Graduate Studies office will notify shortlisted candidates of the date of the interview. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by a panel of academics and are required to give a presentation.

Please note that neurodivergent applicants and applicants with disability can request reasonable adjustment for the interview process.

Divisional Competition Interviews - 15th and 16th January 2025.

Admission Only Interviews - 22nd and 23rd January 2025.

Further information can be obtained from Department's Graduate Studies Manager.

OxKen

Prospective students should apply with a prioritised list of three projects selected from the list of available projects by 3 December 2024. It is strongly suggested that students contact supervisors of projects they are interested in applying for prior to application.

We will also accept student-generated projects in the fields of inflammation and musculoskeletal diseases - although you will need to find projects supervisors.

Applications are invited from 3 Sept 2024 to 3 Dec 2024 (12.00). Please apply through MSD DTC. Colleges currently accepting OxKen students are listed at the end of this booklet.

It is our intention to invite shortlisted students to interview on Tuesday 24 January (on Teams). Students are welcome to jointly apply for the OxCat and OxKen training programs.

If successful, students will be allocated a project on the basis of their ranking during the review process.