Medical and health sciences

Flexible postgraduate courses and training
Delivered through specialist departments of the University’s Medical Sciences Division
- Flexible postgraduate qualifications - study while working
- Short training programmes and online courses for professionals
- Insights into the latest advances in knowledge, skills and techniques
- Career-enhancing opportunities
Our wide range of postgraduate programmes and short training courses are designed for working professionals including, but not limited to: clinicians, researchers, scientists, managers and educators working in health care provision, health administration, research organisations, pharmaceuticals, academia, and regulatory and government bodies.
Programmes and short courses
Browse by specialism below or view all upcoming courses.
Paediatric infectious diseases
Postgraduate programmes for trainees in paediatrics, specialist trainees in paediatric infectious diseases and clinical research fellows. Taught through tutored online study and residential training.
> Paediatric infectious diseases
Nanotechnology and nanomedicine
Postgraduate programmes and short training courses (in Oxford and online) for professionals working in industry, research, healthcare, business and commercialisation, and regulation.
> Nanotechnology and nanomedicine
Surgical science and practice
Flexible part-time graduate programmes and short training courses to develop leadership skills for surgeons and other healthcare professionals.
> Surgical science and practice
Experimental and translational therapeutics
Short training courses (in Oxford and online) and master's programme providing an opportunity to harness Oxford’s advances in modern molecular medicine and translate them into therapeutic benefits for patients.
> Experimental and translational therapeutics
Evidence-based health care
A world-class programme that equips individuals to transform health care with evidence-based methods. Short courses, postgraduate programmes (certificates, diplomas, master's and DPhil) and leadership programme.
Translational Health Sciences
This new, part-time master's programme takes an interdisciplinary and applied approach to the challenges of implementing innovations and research discoveries in a healthcare setting.
> MSc in Translational Health Sciences
Biosciences
Short courses in stem cell technology and vaccinology. For professionals, but accessible to people without formal training in these fields.
Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness
Postgraduate programmes and training (including certificates, diplomas, master's and DPhil) offered part-time for professionals working in mental health and other areas of healthcare, including clinicians, nurses, therapists, researchers and trainers.
> Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness
Sleep medicine
Online training courses bringing together world leading expertise in human sleep and circadian research, and in the evaluation and management of sleep disorders.
Upcoming courses
- Mon 12 Sep 2022 – 16 Sep 2022
- Mon 19 Sep 2022 – 23 Sep 2022
- Mon 19 Sep 2022 – 23 Sep 2022
- Wed 21 Sep 2022 – 30 Nov 2022
- 11 meetings
- 3:30 – 4:30pm
- Mon 26 Sep 2022 – 30 Sep 2022