DPhil Studentships at University of Oxford

The Department is pleased to invite applications to conduct research towards a doctoral degree at the University. Fully-funded studentships are available for outstanding applicants to this Department from any country. The Department supports internationally-renowned research programmes that address the causes and treatments of psychiatric illness; it is particularly strong in neurobiology and physical treatments, psychopathology and psychological treatments, old-age psychiatry, psychiatric epidemiology, autism and developmental psychopathology.

Research projects can be within any of these domains, or can seek to be cross-domain.

Please see Information about particular projects offered this year.

Applicants are strongly advised to contact potential supervisors to discuss possible projects or their own proposals before applying. Candidates who are interested in other aspects of the research done within the Department are also encouraged to apply. The University of Oxford’s world leading research has an international reputation and provides a wide range of resources including libraries, laboratories and other specialist facilities attracting interest from students all around the world. The studentships are funded by the Medical Research Council, Clarendon Fund (Oxford) amongst other sources.

Applicants should have, or expect to gain, at least an upper second class honours degree in an appropriate subject. The DPhil studentship stipend (tax-free) will be not less than £18,662 per annum, plus support for conference attendance and consumables. Applicants should apply through the formal University procedure and must ensure they reference the studentship code*.

*Applications without the studentship code will not be considered for these studentships.

For enquiries please contact: graduatestudies@psych.ox.ac.uk  

Deadline for submission of applications: 12:00 midday UK time on Friday 1^st December 2023

Interview date: w/c 14^th January 2024