History of Science, Medicine and Technology (Taught)

The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2025). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.

MSc

The MSc in History of Science, Medicine and Technology is a one-year taught course. It includes a core course, two option papers, and a research project, with specialisations in the history of science, technology, and medicine.

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 you to obtain knowledge of subjects beyond your chosen speciality and to meet visitors from elsewhere in Britain and abroad. 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 explicitly interdisciplinary nature of this MSc means that the Faculty of History collaborates with other divisions and departments within the University.

In the field of history of science, technology and medicine the study environment is particularly enhanced by The Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology (HSMT) and the Museum of the History of Science, as well as by a large number of academic experts with interest in these fields across the collegiate University. You will benefit from a variety of interdisciplinary resources, including weekly seminars.

More generally, working as an Oxford graduate student can be an exhilarating experience. History at Oxford stretches from around 300 AD to the present and embraces an exceptionally broad geographical range. It comprises an active research community of up to 800 academics and graduate students.

MPhil

The MPhil in History of Science, Medicine and Technology is a two-year taught course. 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 explicitly interdisciplinary nature of this MPhil means that the Faculty of History collaborates with other divisions and departments within the University.

In the field of history of science, technology and medicine the study environment is particularly enhanced by The Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology (HSMT) and the Museum of the History of Science, as well as by a large number of academic experts with interest in these fields across the collegiate University. You will benefit from a variety of interdisciplinary resources, including weekly seminars.

History at Oxford stretches from around c. 300 to the present and embraces an exceptionally broad geographical range. It comprises an active research community of up to 800 academics and graduate students.

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.

For the full descriptions, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas