Divisions of the University of Oxford
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The various academic faculties, departments, and institutes of the University of Oxford are organised into four divisions, each with its own Head and elected board. They are the Humanities Division; the Social Sciences Division; the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division; and the Medical Sciences Division.[1]
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Humanities Division
The Humanities Division has received considerable praise for its work at the forefront of digitising the Humanities.[2] The Humanities Division has been physically expanding into the new Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in Oxford.[3]
The current Head of the Humanities Division is Professor Chris Wickham.[4] Professor Sally Shuttleworth was Head from 2006 to 2011, and Professor Shearer West served as Head between August 2011 and 2015.[5]
The Division contains the following faculties and departments:[6]
- Rothermere American Institute
- Faculty of Classics
- Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
- Faculty of English Language and Literature
- History of Art Department
- Faculty of History
- Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics
- Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
- Faculty of Music
- Faculty of Oriental Studies
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Faculty of Theology
- Voltaire Foundation
Medical Sciences Division
Medicine has been taught at the University of Oxford since the 13th century.[7][8] In 1770, John Radcliffe, an Oxford-educated physician founded the Radcliffe Infirmary.[7] The current Head of the division is Alastair Buchan.
The Division contains the following Faculties and departments:[9]
- Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics
- Department of Biochemistry
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
- Department of Clinical Neurology
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (OCDEM)
- Department of Experimental Psychology
- Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB)
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
- Investigative Medicine Division
- Medical Oncology
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine
- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
- Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Department of Oncology
- Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology
- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences
- Department of Paediatrics
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
- Department of Pharmacology
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics
- Nuffield Department of Population Health
- Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Public Health
- Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology
- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS)
The Division contains the following departments:[10]
- Begbroke Science Park
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Engineering Science
- Department of Materials
- Mathematical Institute
- Oxford E-Research Centre
- Department of Physics
- Department of Plant Sciences
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Zoology
Social Sciences Division
The Social Sciences Division represents the largest grouping of social sciences of any University in the United Kingdom.[11][12] As a major provider of social science research, it is accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council as a Doctoral Training Centre of excellence in research training.[13][14] The Division's current Head is Professor Roger Goodman.[15]
The Division contains the following faculties and departments:[16]
- School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography
- School of Archaeology
- Saïd Business School
- Department of Economics
- Department of Education
- Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
- School of Geography and the Environment
- Blavatnik School of Government
- School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies
- Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House)
- Oxford Internet Institute
- Faculty of Law
- Oxford Martin School
- Department of Politics and International Relations
- Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance
- Department of Social Policy and Intervention
- Department of Sociology
References
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- ↑ History of Medical Sciences
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- ↑ Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division - University of Oxford
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