Are there taught courses in the D.Phil programme?
The D.Phil programme is a research degree and you normally start working on your main research project as soon as you arrive. But in parallel with that, you will be expected to attend a taught course in condensed matter physics in the first year, comprising lectures and discussion classes at a graduate study level. Depending on your level of condensed matter physics knowledge, we may also require you to attend condensed matter physics lectures in the final-year (masters-level) undergraduate course at Oxford.
