Doing a DPhil/PhD at Oxford
A doctorate is an important step in any clinical academic career. At any one time, numerous doctors are undertaking a DPhil at Oxford.
What Oxford offers
Most clinical DPhil students will be enrolled in programmes within the the Medical Sciences Division (MSD), and able to benefit from the Division's wide-ranging programme of skills training.
Clinical DPhil students benefit from:
- access to the excellent and stimulating training environment at Oxford
- information about funding sources and support with applications and interviews
- University events, including the OUCAGS Forum seminars for sharing research findings, ideas, and know-how. (Join the OUCAGS mailing list for Forum and other information.)
The divisional website for mathematical, physical and life sciences provides information about doing a DPhil in the Division of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS).
more information
Read Clinical Academic Pathway for generic information about doing a doctorate and developing a clinical academic career.
See our Apply pages for details of DPhil/PhD funding opportunities.
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Last reviewed: April 2017
!['The pros [of doing a DPhil] are that I know better what it is like to do full-time research as a clinician...' Dr Zita-Rose Manjaly-Thomas, DPhil student 2014](https://www.oucags.ox.ac.uk/images/quotes/manjaly-thomas-quote.png "Manjaly-Thomas Quote.PNG")