Graduate open days

Welcome to our 2025 Open Days for postgraduate study!

Our Open Days will take place between 20-23 October this year with some events taking place online and others taking place in person in the Chemistry Department here in Oxford. The general programme of events is: 

Mon 20 Oct

Online Graduate Open Day (all courses)

Tue 21 Oct

Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology in person Graduate Open Day

Wed 22 Oct

Inorganic Chemistry in person Graduate Open Day

Thu 23 Oct

Physical & Theoretical Chemistry in person Graduate Open Day


Online Graduate Open Day

The Online Graduate Open Day will take place on Monday 20th October. The day will start with a series of talks and Q&A sessions that are live streamed (times below). Recordings of the talks will be made available afterwards.

Many of our supervisors and their research groups will also be available for drop-in Teams meetings for you to talk to them about their current research. Before you speak to them, you may like to look at their research group posters and other information, as well as their webpages available on our main Chemistry website. You can also drop-in to Q&A sessions with our Graduate Admissions Team.

11:30-12:00
 

Oxford Chemistry Admissions Talk
Associate Head of Department for Teaching, Dr Martin Galpin

12:00-12:30
 

Inorganic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing EPSRC CDT (IMAT)
CDT Director, Professor Simon Clarke

12:30-13:00

Q&A session with the IMAT Team and CDT Students

13:00-13:30
 

Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet EPSRC CDT (CSHP)
CDT Directors, Professor Mike Willis and Professor Helen Sneddon

13:30-14:30

Q&A session with the CSHP Team and CDT Students

14:00-14:30
 

MSc in Theoretical & Computational Chemistry (TCC)
Programme Director, Professor John McGrady

14:30-15:00

Q&A session with the TCC Team and Current Students

15:00-17:00
 

Drop-in Teams meetings with Supervisors and/or Research Groups
Staggered 20 min sessions. See: *here*

15:30-16:30
 

Q&A Sessions with our Graduate Admissions Team 
starting at 15:30 and 16:00. See: *here*

 

In Person Graduate Open Day Events 

There will also be in-person open day activities as follows: 

Tue 21 Oct

Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology in person Graduate Open Day

Wed 22 Oct

Inorganic Chemistry in person Graduate Open Day

Thu 23 Oct

Physical & Theoretical Chemistry in person Graduate Open Day

 
 
The timetable for each of the in-person graduate open days is shown below.

Each in person graduate open day will be based at the Chemistry Research Laboratory (CRL), 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA. For directions and an interactive map, see: https://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/getting-here

The access guide for the Chemistry Research Laboratory, and the other buildings in the Department of Chemistry, can be accessed here: https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/chemistry-research-laboratory

There will be a chance for you to find out more about our research programmes including the Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet (CSHP) EPSRC CDT (on Tuesday 21st October only), Inorganic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing (IMAT) EPSRC CDT (on Wednesday 22nd October only), and taught MSc in Theoretical & Computational Chemistry (TCC) (on Thursday 23rd October only).

There will be plenty of opportunities to meet current graduate students, hear about some of the cutting-edge science taking place here at Oxford, speak to potential supervisors, and have a tour of our laboratories. Whilst most supervisors will be available to speak to at our open days we cannot guarantee that absolutely everyone will be available to speak to on the day. You are also very welcome to reach out to potential supervisors and arrange an individual visit to Oxford at another time.

12:30-13:00

Registration

13:00-13:50

Welcome Talks in Wolfson Seminar Room
- Introduction from the Head of Section / Director of Graduate Studies
- Talk on CSHP/IMAT/TCC (as appropriate) from the Programme Director(s)
- Talk on Application procedures etc

13:50-16:00

Research Group Poster Session in CRL Atrium

14:00-16:00

Informal meeting with supervisors, starting at 14:00, 14:30, 15:00 and 15:30

16:15-16:45

Laboratory tours starting at 16:15 and 16:30

16:45

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