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Prospectus 2020 Prospectus Undergraduate Undergraduate Oxford Oxford is ... Undergraduate Prospectus 2020 ENTRY OXF O33 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | ...what you make it make you ...what Undergraduate Departments and faculties Student services colleges and halls SA: See University Science Area map below 1 Careers Service B3 1 Balliol C5 1 – 2 Archaeology B5, S A 2 Counselling Service B5 2 Brasenose C6 3 – 5 Biochemistry SA 3 Disability Advisory Service B5 3 Christ Church C6 6 – 7 Biology SA 4 Equality & Diversity Unit B5 4 Corpus Christi C6 8 – 10 Chemistry SA 5 Examination Schools D6 5 Exeter C5 11 Chinese Studies B2 6 Language Centre B4, S A Oxford is full of possibilities, allowing you to develop 6 Harris Manchester D5 12 Classics B5 7 Oxford University Sport Centre E7 13 SA 8 Student Union OfficesB5 your academic work alongside pretty much anything 7 Hertford C5 Computer Science 8 Jesus C5 14 Continuing Education B4 else you could possibly be interested in... it’s really Museums and libraries 9 Keble C4, S A 15 Earth Sciences SA about realising the University’s potential as much as A 10 Lady Margaret Hall C2 16 Economics E4 Ashmolean Museum of Art your own. Oxford is well and truly what you make it… B5 11 Lincoln C6 17 – 22 Engineering Science SA & Archaeology JESSICA B 12 Magdalen E6 23 English D4 Bate Collection of Musical C7 13 Mansfield D4, S A 24 Experimental Psychology A3 Instruments C C5 14 Merton D6 25 – 26 Fine Art D6 & E7 [off map] Bodleian Library D E6 15 New College D5 27 Geography SA Botanic Garden E C6 16 Oriel C6 28 History B5 Christ Church Picture Gallery F D4 17 Pembroke C6 29 History of Art B6 English Faculty Library G B3 18 Queen’s College, The D6 30 Human Sciences B2 Japanese Library H B2 19 Regent’s Park* B4, S A 31 Japanese Studies B3 K B Chen China Centre Library I B2 20 St Anne’s B3 32 Law D4 Latin American Centre Library J D4 21 St Benet’s Hall* B4, S A 33 – 34 Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics B5, B4 Law Library K 22 St Catherine’s E4 35 – 37 Materials Science SA Leopold Muller Memorial Library for B4 23 St Edmund Hall D6 38 Mathematics B3 Hebrew and Jewish Studies L C5 24 St Hilda’s E7 39 – 47 Medical Sciences (including Old Museum of the History of Science M C7 25 St Hugh’s B2 Road Campus and hospital sites E6) Music Faculty Library N B5 26 St John’s C5 SA & E6 [off map] Oriental Institute Library O 27 St Peter’s B6 48 Modern Languages (Taylor Institution) B5 Oxford University Museum of Natural C4, S A 28 Somerville B4 49 Music C7 History P 29 Trinity C5 50 Oriental Studies B5 Philosophy and Theology Faculties B4 30 University College D6 51 Philosophy B4 Library Q C4, S A 31 Wadham C5 52 – 56 Physics SA Pitt Rivers Museum R Radcliffe Camera C5 ...what you make it 32 Worcester B5 57 Politics & International Relations E4 S C4, S A 33 Wycliffe Hall* B3 58 Saïd Business School A5 Radcliffe Science Library 59 Social & Cultural Anthropology B2 T Sackler Library B5 * Permanent Private Hall 60 Sociology E4 U Sainsbury Library A5 61 Statistics SA V Sherardian Library of Plant Taxonomy 62 Theology & Religion A3 C4, S A W Social Sciences Library E4 X Taylor Institution Library B5 For further information see: Y Tylor Library of Social and Cultural ox.ac.uk/maps University Science Area – SA Anthropology B2 Z Weston Library C5 Places of interest 1 Christ Church Cathedral C6 2 Holywell Music Room C5 3 Sheldonian Theatre C5 4 University Church, St Mary’s C6 5 University Club D4, S A 6 University of Oxford Shop C6 Produced and distributed by Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD Designed by Brand and Design, Public Affairs Directorate, University of Oxford Printed by Orchard Press Cover printed on Gallerie silk FSC Text printed on UPM fine 193 be oxford be our future Be you 1 Oxford is ... ...Your Community 4 worldwide 6 for life 8 for people like you 12 your city ...An exceptional education 14 about your studies 18 legendary libraries 20 amazing artefacts ...so much more 22 just about the work? 24 for sport 25 on stage and screen 26 volunteering 27 making music 28 speaking up Home of Big Questions www.oxplore.org ...for you @studyatoxford 30 about you @oxoutreach 31 as a disabled student 31 as a care leaver www.youtube.com/Oxford 32 as a mature student ox.ac.uk/itunesu 33 as an international student 2 ox.ac.uk/ugp/study With thanks to all our students OUR courses who volunteered to appear here. 36 choosing what to study 38 admissions requirements Go to 40 A-Z of courses ox.ac.uk/2020feedbackprospectus to let us know what you think of our prospectus and you might win college life a £100 Amazon voucher. 142 what are colleges? 144 which colleges offer your course? 146 college facilities 148 do you choose? Would you like our 149 A-Z of colleges prospectus in another 182 accommodation format? Download a high-contrast version how YOU apply from ox.ac.uk/moreinfo 184 application timeline Braille, large print and audio formats are also available on request from: ox.ac.uk/ask What it costs ox.ac.uk/study 186 fees and funding Details are correct at the time of going to press in January 2019. Any updates or changes to information find out more can be found on our webpages: ox.ac.uk/study 188 events in Oxford 189 events near you ©The University of Oxford 2019 All rights reserved. No part of this publication 191 read this may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or 192 maps by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission. 3 Oxford is... worldwide Oxford University forms the heart of a beautiful and historic city in the south-east of England, yet it thrives on connections with virtually every country in the world. For centuries, the impact and influence of our researchers and graduates have made Oxford world-famous. Today, more than 84,000 Oxford graduates live and work in 205 countries outside the UK, whilst our academics’ research spans the globe and tackles many issues of worldwide interest. Oxford students come from over 150 countries and staff from over Oxford 100 University generates £7.1billion for the global economy every year 2017 Biggar Economics Report Some Oxford graduates’ jobs And some that you could do even whilst a student Austria: political affairs officer at the UN Australia: medical intern, Prince Charles Hospital Benin: entrepreneur revolutionising ethnic haircare China: manufacturing intern, Lenovo Canada: CEO, Global Organization of Ecuador: intern for Project Galapagos Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) Italy: intern for the World Food Programme China: senior business correspondent for The Japan: intern for the Okinawa Institute of Economist Science and Technology Ghana: ‘social architecture’ advocate and Jordan: intern for UNICEF Jordan designer for underprivileged communities Russia: biology intern at Perm State University Mexico: environmental conservation project Myanmar: intern at UNESCO manager USA: research scientist, NASA Zambia: consultant at the World Bank Please note that the future of the Erasmus programme is currently uncertain because of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the EU. Read the latest at: ox.ac.uk/erasmus 4 ox.ac.uk/ugp/international-oxford Time to travel Learn the language – Students on most courses will spend all their term times in before you go (or just Oxford to benefit from the University’s teaching expertise for fun) and resources. You don’t have to be doing – However, the terms are shorter than at most other a language degree to learn universities: there is lots of time left to experience life abroad a language whilst studying and make international connections through paid internships, here. Our Language Centre travel grants, research opportunities, summer schools and runs courses in modern exchange programmes. languages, from beginner to advanced, to support Exclusive internships in over 40 countries your studies, career or travel – Our Careers Service (see page 6) provides our students plans. Plus you can improve with exclusive access to hundreds of summer internships; your academic English on many of these are based abroad and are a great way to learn our summer courses before about another country and its people, language and culture. you arrive as well as whilst – Doing an internship is also a recognised way to build up on course. employment skills and help you decide what you might www.lang.ox.ac.uk enjoy doing when you graduate. careers.ox.ac.uk Oxford: a great group Your worldwide community of interesting people Oxford has over 300,000 graduates and almost 200 alumni who come from all groups networking across the world. As an Oxford graduate across the world and yet can relate to each other you can benefit from lifelong careers advice and professional so easily. MATHEW networking both online and in person. www.alumni.ox.ac.uk See more on careers: page 6 5 Oxford is... for life You might expect that a degree from one of the most famous universities in the world would open doors and it does. You will have a choice of exciting careers and further study opportunities when you finish here. A lifetime of opportunity WHAT NEXT? If being involved in cutting-edge research, spin-out Studying at Oxford triggers a lifetime of companies or start-ups is for you, then you might opportunity, both personal and professional.