Study with Us
graduate study at the department of oncology
We warmly invite you to join us for a unique opportunity to study with leading scientists in the field of oncology and radiation biology.
The Department offers an established, world-leading, graduate training programme. Our degree courses are a critical element in our drive to revolutionise training in radiation oncology and cancer research in the UK. We are striving to make advances in radiation biology and to translate these into improved clinical outcomes for cancer patients.
Please take a moment to review the different courses available in this department and to hear what our students really think on our Student Experience page.
- DPhil in Oncology
- MRes in Oncology
- MSc in Radiation Biology
- MSc in Precision Cancer Medicine (Part-time and online)
- MSc Experimental and Translational Therapeutics (Part-time, delivered in collaboration with the Department for Continuing Education)
Contact us at the Graduate Studies Office if you have more questions that are not answered here.
Blog posts
FOCUS4: a flagship trial in colorectal cancer
Professor Tim Maughan outlines the flagship work of the FOCUS4 trials, whose results were presented this weekend at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) annual meeting
Department News
Population-scale study highlights ongoing risk of COVID-19 in some cancer patients despite vaccination
24 May 2022
COVID-19 vaccination is effective in most cancer patients, but the level of protection against COVID-19 infection, hospitalisation and death offered by the vaccine is less than in the general population and vaccine effectiveness wanes more quickly.
OUH agrees long COVID research collaboration with Polarean
18 May 2022
The collaboration will look at understanding the long-term effects of COVID-19 through cutting-edge MRI analysis.
Lung abnormalities found in long COVID patients with breathlessness
29 January 2022
Researchers have identified abnormalities in the lungs of long COVID patients who are experiencing breathlessness that cannot be detected with routine tests.