Short courses for professional development
Online and face-to-face courses for professionals
Short courses and workshops
Our extensive range of continuing professional development (CPD) short courses and workshops are designed with academic experts from across the University and beyond, allowing professional learners from across the globe the opportunity to benefit from Oxford University's excellence in research and teaching.
Develop or gain new skills in subjects including business and management, technology, medicine, natural sciences and the historic environment.
We also offer a wide range of longer CPD programmes including part-time graduate awards and degrees.
Upcoming courses
Short intensive • Professional development
Design Thinking is about solving problems to create products. It is concerned with developing a deep understanding of human needs, wants and desires through ethnographic research and close observation.
- Mon 25 Sep 2023 – 27 Sep 2023
- 09:00 - 17:00
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
This five-day course introduces physical scientists, engineers and non-scientists to biological systems and terminology relevant to nanotechnology, and showcases current applications and new developments in bionanotechnology.
- Mon 02 Oct 2023 – 06 Oct 2023
Short intensive • Professional development
Central philosophical accounts of well-being, disability and the development of enhanced human capacities, including a debate on whether such technologies lead us to a 'post-human' future.
- Mon 02 Oct 2023 – 06 Oct 2023
Short intensive • Professional development
An introduction to the basic concepts and skills for evidence-based health care.
- Mon 09 Oct 2023 – 13 Oct 2023
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
Develop your knowledge of human and veterinary vaccinology as we explore all aspects of vaccinology, from Edward Jenner to modern-day vaccines, with state-of-the-art teaching from leading experts.
- Mon 23 Oct 2023 – 27 Oct 2023
Questions?
If you have questions about any of our continuing professional development programmes, please get in touch using the contact details on each course page.
Business and management skills
Short intensive practical courses for managers, project managers, engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs.Courses and workshops in the historic environment (cultural heritage)
Expert tuition for those with a keen interest, professional or personal, in archaeology, historic buildings and cultural heritage.Data science, computing and maths
Qualifications, short courses, part-time study and online courses in data science, computing and mathematics.Diplomatic studies
Courses for early-to-mid career diplomats, as well as those who are new to the field of diplomacy and international relations.Education and study skills
Short, part-time and online courses in education and study skills at the University of OxfordEnvironment and sustainability
Courses in the environment, sustainability, urbanism, wildlife conservation and ecology - whether your interest is professional or personal.Medical and health sciences
Postgraduate qualifications, short courses, part-time study and online courses in medical and health sciencesPhilosophy
Short courses, summer schools and graduate courses in philosophy and ethics at the University of Oxford.Psychology and counselling
Short, part-time and online courses in psychology and counselling at the University of Oxford