Medical and health sciences
Flexible postgraduate courses and training
Delivered through specialist departments of Oxford 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 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:
Nanotechnology and nanomedicine
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.
Surgical science and practice
Surgical science and practice
Flexible part-time graduate programmes and short training courses to develop leadership skills for surgeons and other healthcare professionals.
Experimental and translational therapeutics
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.
Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness
Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness
Flexible courses and training in cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness, offered part-time for professionals working in mental health and other areas of healthcare, including clinicians, nurses, therapists, researchers and trainers.
Evidence-based health care programme overview
Evidence-based health care programme overview
A world-class programme that equips individuals to transform health care with evidence-based methods. Short courses and postgraduate programmes (certificates, diplomas, master's and DPhil).
Vaccinology
Vaccinology
Short intensive training courses in veterinary and human vaccinology with the Oxford Vaccinology Programme
Upcoming courses
- Mon 30 Jun 2025 – 04 Jul 2025
- Mon 07 Jul 2025 – 11 Jul 2025
- Sun 27 Jul 2025 – 02 Aug 2025
- Mon 15 Sep 2025 – 19 Sep 2025
- Sun 21 Sep 2025 – 26 Sep 2025
- Mon 06 Oct 2025 – 28 Nov 2025
Amal Elsamani Ahmed Taha
Part-time student, lecturer and mother, Amal enrolled on our MSc in Nanotechnology to specialise in the use of nanotechnology in the medical field.Martha Pretorius
The MSc in Nanotechnology enabled Martha to progress towards a career in academic medicine whilst continuing her clinical career.Valbona Selimaj
Valbona, a full-time paediatrician with two young children, found the PGDip in Paediatric Infectious Diseases allowed her to continue her professional development with profoundly rewarding results.Dr Ira Shah
Dr Shah has established the PID Department at B.J.Wadia Hospital for Children, the first of its kind in Mumbai where children with infectious diseases get a complete treatment at one place.Emiko Sultana
Emiko shares her experience of pursuing her MSc in Surgical Science and Practice part-time while being a surgical trainee working in the NHS.Jon Wells
Jon Wells is a Registrar at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, who studied with us to bolster his research fellowship positionHo-ming Lee
Ho-ming Lee is a Specialist in Family Medicine who started studying the part-time MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care in 2018.Lorenz Meuli
Lorenz is now a statistical advisor for the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery as a direct result of the MSc in EBHC Medical Statistics.