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PhD in History at Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

Staff in History offer supervision across a range of subject areas, and have an excellent track record of supervising PhDs and MAs by Research. We pride ourselves on the quality of our research and the support that we give to our postgraduate students.

Faculty: School of Education, Humanities and Languages  |  Duration: 1 - 3 years; part-time: 1 - 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time or part-time  |  Location: Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Career pathways

We are passionate about fostering the careers of our researchers and ensure that they gain research skills training, leadership experience and teaching practice as part of the doctoral programmes we offer.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Please see the specific entry requirement details in the degree routes section above. If you choose to study full-time you must be able to devote a minimum of 35 hours per week over a 44-week year to your research. You should not undertake more than 20 hours per week paid employment or other commitments (including a maximum of six hours per week teaching, demonstrating, or other paid work directly related to your research training). If you choose to study part-time you must be able to devote a minimum of 15 hours per week over a 44-week year to the programme of research. You must also meet our residence requirements Applicants whose main language is not English must meet the Faculty’s English language requirements. The minimum IELTS score required for entry to the research degree programme is 6.5–7 overall. In addition, we require a minimum of 6.5 in each component of the test. We do not accept IELTS certificates that are over two years old.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,338 a year (2026/27). First-year full-time tuition fee as listed on the course page; applies to MPhil/PhD Source

International applicants: GBP 18,300 a year (2026/27). First-year full-time tuition fee as listed on the course page; applies to MPhil/PhD Source

Duration: 1 - 3 years; part-time: 1 - 4 years

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