Divisions of the University of Oxford
The academic faculties, schools, and departments of the University of Oxford are organized into four divisions, each under the leadership of a divisional head and a divisional board. The divisions are the Humanities Division; the Social Sciences Division; the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division; and the Medical Sciences Division.[1]
Humanities Division
The Humanities Division comprises the following faculties and departments:[2]
- Faculty of Classics
- Faculty of English
- Faculty of History
- Department of History of Art
- Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics
- Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
- Faculty of Music
- Faculty of Oriental Studies
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Faculty of Theology and Religion
- Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
- Rothermere American Institute
- Ruskin School of Art
- Voltaire Foundation
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 Daniel Grimley, who was appointed in January 2022.[4] Professor Sally Shuttleworth was Head from 2006 to 2011, Professor Shearer West served as Head between August 2011 and 2015,[5] and Chris Wickham until 2018.[6]
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 Medical Sciences Division comprises the following departments:[2]
- Department of Biochemistry
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
- Nuffield Department of Medicine
- School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- Department of Experimental Psychology
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine
- Department of Oncology
- 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
- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
- Department of Psychiatry
- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health
For the research institutes:
- The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine is a research institute of the Radcliffe Department of Medicine
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics is a research institute of the Nuffield Department of Medicine.[9]
- The Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response is a partnership between the Nuffield Department of Medicine and CUHK Faculty of Medicine.[10]
- The Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology is a division of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences.[11]
- The CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology is a research institute of the Department of Oncology.[12]
- The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine is a research centre of the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.[13]
The current Head of the Division is Gavin Screaton, the current Divisional Registrar & Chief Operating Officer is Chris Price. Professor Alastair Buchan was head from 2007 to 2017[14]
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division
The Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division comprises the following academic departments:[15]
- Begbroke Science Park
- Department of Biology (formed following the 2022 merger of the Department of Plant Sciences and the Department of Zoology)
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Doctoral Training Centre
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Department of Engineering Science
- Department of Materials
- Mathematical Institute
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
The current head of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) is Professor James Naismith, appointed in 2023 and taking office in October 2023.[16] From 2007 to 2015, the head was Professor Alex Halliday.[17] Professor Sam Howison led the division from 2019 to 2023.[18]
Social Sciences Division
The Social Sciences Division represents the largest grouping of social sciences of any university in the United Kingdom.[19][20] 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.[21][22]
The Social Sciences Division comprises the following schools and departments:[2]
- School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography
- School of Archaeology
- Saïd Business School
- Department of Economics
- Department of Education
- School of Geography and the Environment
- Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
- Blavatnik School of Government
- Department of International Development
- Oxford Internet Institute
- Faculty of Law
- Oxford Martin School
- Department of Politics and International Relations
- Department of Social Policy and Intervention
- Department of Sociology
From 2021 the division's head is Professor Timothy Power.[23] From 2008 to 2017 the head was Professor Roger Goodman.
Gardens, Libraries and Museums
The Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM) administers the following entities:
- Ashmolean Museum
- Bodleian Libraries
- History of Science Museum
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden
In 2016, Academic Services and University Collections (ASUC) changed its name to Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM).[24] GLAM is overseen by the directors of the six GLAM departments chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (People & GLAM),[25] as of 2024 Richard Ovenden.[26]
Department for Continuing Education
The Department for Continuing Education works with the divisions to promote continuing education.[1]
See also
References
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