As a graduate student
in the medical sciences at Oxford University,
you'll be part of an internationally recognised centre of excellence
Its biomedical and clinical research and teaching
is repeatedly ranked among the best in the world
Over 1,400 graduate students
and 5,500 staff
work across Oxford, Africa and Asia
By joining them,
you'll benefit from outstanding facilities,
being a member of a Graduate School,
and personal supervision and support from researchers
[laughing, speech inaudible]
There are 16 medical science departments in Oxford
Let's explore some
NDORMS houses a rapidly growing community
of researchers, statisticians, clinicians and surgeons
They are all working to discover the causes of
of musculoskeletal and inflammatory disease
As a graduate student within the department,
you will have access to state-of-the-art research facilities,
comprehensive training and friendly support
Kelly is focusing on rheumatoid arthritis
"I look at chromatin modifying mechanisms in immune cells
to try and identify, on a epigenetic level,
why they are behaving that way
I have really found this experience amazing,
being able to experience the pharmaceutical industry as well as academia
gives you a really good grounding."
Lab coats await in the Department of Biochemistry
and so do opportunities for quality training in a range of areas
of the biological and biophysical sciences
[Tunes radio]
"Turn that off!"
"Why are they off?"
Students reading for the DPhil or MSc
are admitted to one of several programmes,
either by the department or one of the Doctoral Training Centres
"The facilities and the people are fantastic
and the support that you'll get is second to none."
DTC student Jonathan is studying Systems Biology
"So I'm going into the lab,
and I'm making these crystals, and I'm going up to the X-ray source,
and blasting my crystals with X-rays
and the next minute I work like a typical mathematician!"
He also likes the gym
[Referee whistle]
One of the world's leading psychology departments,
the Department for Experimental Psychology has a rich history in Oxford
"Sometimes I feel like the departmental seminars are better
than going to an international conference."
The department is home to a range of research
including brain imaging and stimulation,
cognitive behavioural testing,
and infant research, including automated eye tracking
Meet Annabel...
"The telephone!"
...the baby
She's been working closely with Jeanette
"Language is a very special topic,
and so what we're doing is collecting data
and seeing how babies actually learn words
from not knowing a word to knowing several."
And across the way, Jen is researching language and speech therapies with Tobias
"Coming from speech and language therapy,
I'm interested in whether therapy outcomes could be improved
by pairing brain stimulation with more traditional techniques."
[Rhythmic metronome]
"I. Have. To. Talk. On. The. Beat."
We've only scratched the surface of the medical sciences at Oxford
Find out more about graduate study at the University
by visiting www.graduate.ox.ac.uk
