Graduate studies

Graduate students at the University of Oxford are affiliated with both a department or faculty, and a college or hall. Your department will be responsible for your teaching and research, and your college will provide support for administration, welfare, facilities, and the community that we hope will become your home at Oxford.

Studying at St Antony’s

St Antony’s College accepts graduate students for research or taught courses in most subject areas offered by the Social Sciences and Humanities divisions. The college has strengths in modern history, international relations, economics, development studies, politics, and anthropology of different regions of the world. 

We accept candidates whose research proposal or statement of purpose demonstrates strong links to the college’s research areas, although we understand your research/interest may focus on a different area that overlaps with our specialisms. We have an excellent reputation for our cosmopolitan, vibrant community of international graduate students and our cultural diversity, known globally for our stimulating intellectual life and rich cultural environment.

Please consult the college guide page on the University website for more information about which colleges accept which courses. You can also see what courses St Antony’s accepts below or on the Graduate Studies website. Send us an email to admissions@sant.ox.ac.uk and we will be happy to answer any queries you may have.

We aim to admit a certain number of graduate students each year spread across the range of subjects, and this determines the number of offers we can make. Where there are more applicants than places, the relative academic merit and potential of the applicants may be considered.

All courses are offered on a full-time basis unless a part-time option is specified on the course webpage.

The University of Oxford Graduate Admissions website offers information about all of these courses, including information about subject-specific entry requirements, University scholarships, and selection criteria.

We accept graduate students for the following courses:

African Studies MSc Full time 9 months

Anthropology DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Anthropology DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Area Studies DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies MSt Full time 9 months

Bachelor of Civil Law BCL Full time 10 months

Comparative Literature and Critical Translation MSt Full time 9 months

Comparative Social Policy MPhil Full time 21 months

Comparative Social Policy MSc Full time 1 year

Contemporary Chinese Studies MSc Full time 9 months

Criminology DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Criminology DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Criminology and Criminal Justice MSc Full time 9 months

Criminology and Criminal Justice MSc Part time 21 months

Development Studies MPhil Full time 21 months

Diplomatic Studies MSt Full time 1 year

Economic and Social History MPhil Full time 21 months

Economic and Social History MSc Full time 11 months

Economics DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Economics DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Economics MPhil Full time 21 months

Economics for Development MSc Full time 9 months

Education DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Education DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Education (Comparative and International Education) MSc Full time 1 year

Education (Digital and Social Change) MSc Full time 1 year

Education (Higher Education) MSc Full time 1 year

Education (Research Design and Methodology) MSc Full time 1 year

Education (Research Design and Methodology) MSc Part time 2 years

English DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Environmental Change and Management MSc Full time 1 year

Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation MPhil Full time 21 months

Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation MSc Full time 1 year

Film Aesthetics MSt Full time 9 months

Financial Economics MSc Full time 9 months

Geography and the Environment DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Geography and the Environment DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Global and Area Studies MPhil Full time 21 months

Global and Imperial History MSt Full time 9 months

Global Governance and Diplomacy MSc Full time 9 months

History DPhil Full time 3-4 years

History DPhil Part time 6-8 years

History MPhil Full time 21 months

History MSt Full time 9 months

History MSt Part time 21 months

History (Economic and Social History) DPhil Full time 3-4 years

History (Economic and Social History) DPhil Part time 6-8 years

History of Science, Medicine and Technology MPhil Full time 21 months

History of Science, Medicine and Technology MSc Full time 11 months

Information, Communication and the Social Sciences DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Information, Communication and the Social Sciences DPhil Part time 6-8 years

International Development DPhil Full time 3-4 years

International Development DPhil Part time 6-8 years

International Relations DPhil Full time 3-4 years

International Relations MPhil Full time 21 months

Islamic Studies and History MPhil Full time 21 months

Islamic Studies and History MSt Full time 9 months

Japanese Studies MPhil Full time 21 months

Japanese Studies MSc Full time 1 year

Korean Studies MSt Full time 9 months

Latin American Studies MPhil Full time 21 months

Latin American Studies MSc Full time 9 months

Law DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Law MPhil Full time 1 year

Law and Finance MSc Full time 10 months

Management DPhil Full time 4 years

Master of Business Administration MBA Full time 1 year

Medical Anthropology MPhil Full time 21 months

Medical Anthropology MSc Full time 1 year

Medieval and Modern Languages DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Medieval and Modern Languages DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Migration Studies DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Migration Studies MSc Full time 9 months

Modern Chinese Studies MPhil Full time 21 months

Modern Languages MPhil Full time 21 months

Modern Languages MSt Full time 9 months

Modern Middle Eastern Studies MPhil Full time 21 months

Modern Middle Eastern Studies MSc Full time 1 year

Modern South Asian Studies MPhil Full time 21 months

Modern South Asian Studies MSc Full time 9 months

Nature, Society and Environmental Governance MSc Full time 1 year

Political Theory Research MSc Full time 1 year

Politics DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Politics (Comparative Government) MPhil Full time 21 months

Politics (European Politics and Society) MPhil Full time 21 months

Politics (Political Theory) MPhil Full time 21 months

Politics Research MSc Full time 1 year

Public Policy DPhil Full time 3 years

Public Policy DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Public Policy MPP Full time 1 year

Public Policy Research MSc Full time 1 year

Refugee and Forced Migration Studies MSc Full time 9 months

Russian and East European Studies MPhil Full time 21 months

Russian and East European Studies MSc Full time 9 months

Slavonic Studies MPhil Full time 21 months

Slavonic Studies MSt Full time 9 months

Social Anthropology MPhil Full time 21 months

Social Anthropology MSc Full time 1 year

Social Data Science DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Social Data Science DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Social Data Science MSc Full time 10 months

Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Social Policy DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Social Policy DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Social Science of the Internet MSc Full time 10 months

Social Science of the Internet MSc Part time 22 months

Socio-Legal Research MPhil Full time 1 year

Socio-Legal Studies DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Socio-Legal Studies DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Sociology DPhil Full time 3-4 years

Sociology DPhil Part time 6-8 years

Sociology MSc Full time 1 year

Sociology and Demography MPhil Full time 21 months

Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment MSc Full time 1 year

Theology and Religion DPhil Full time 3 years

Theology and Religion DPhil Part time 6 years

Traditional China MSt Full time 9 months

Traditional East Asia MPhil Full time 21 months

Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology MPhil Full time 21 months

Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology MSc Full time 1 year

Water Science, Policy and Management MSc Full time 1 year

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies MSt Full time 9 months

World Literatures in English MSt Full time 9 months