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MPhil in History of Science, Medicine and Technology

University of Oxford

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  • Qualification

    MPhil - Master of Philosophy

  • Location

    University of Oxford

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    05-OCT-25

  • Duration

    21 months

Course summary

About the course

This two-year programme offers a range of options drawing on the expertise of Oxford large community of scholars working in the history of science, medicine and technology. You may specialise in the history of science and technology or the history of medicine, although the boundaries between these areas are deliberately permeable.

The history of science, medicine and technology is a long-established discipline in Oxford. R T Gunther and Charles Singer were among the pioneers of the subject early in the twentieth century, and since the 1920s the Museum of the History of Science has housed an outstanding collection of scientific instruments and a fine specialist library. In the early 1970s, the creation of the chair of the history of science and the establishment of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine gave the subject additional strength and allowed important new departures. The Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology (HSMT) was created in 2017 in order to build on the teaching and research capacity of the numerous historians working on HSMT subjects in Oxford-based projects and in various museums, colleges and faculties.

The expertise of scholars in Oxford covers most of the main areas and periods of the history of science, medicine, and technology. A varied programme of seminars, lectures, and conferences enables graduate students to obtain knowledge of subjects beyond their chosen speciality and to meet visitors from elsewhere in Britain and abroad.

Assessment

For the course in Methods and Themes in HSMT, formal assessment will be through a methodological essay of up to 4,000 words. Assessment of the four advanced papers is usually by two extended essays of 4,000 to 5,000 words each. Finally, you will produce a dissertation of not more than 30,000 words on a topic of your choice, approved by your supervisor, and submitted at the beginning of Trinity term in the second year of the programme.

Graduate destinations

About a quarter of master’s students proceed to doctoral work at Oxford; others continue academic study at other institutions. Other career destinations are as diverse as, but broadly in line with, undergraduate history career destinations. law, finance, management consultancy, civil service etc.

Tuition fees

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£ 41,250per year

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University information

University of Oxford

University of Oxford

  • University League Table

    2nd

  • Campus address

    University of Oxford, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2JD, England

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    General Engineering

    2nd out of 28

    2nd out of 91 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 228
    228 100%

    1st

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    96.0 96%

    3rd

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.23 81%

    3rd

  • Entry standards

    / Max 204
    196 96%

    3rd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    89.0 89%

    3rd

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.24 81%

    33rd

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