How many weeks are students expected to work in Oxford?
Students should expect to be in Oxford during the eight weeks of each term, unless they are doctoral or M.Litt. students pursuing agreed fieldwork or research elsewhere. There is more flexibility in vacations, but even if they go away, students should still expect to continue working on their own towards their degrees (this may be linked to set coursework or other assignments of some kind). The M.St. degree lasts for approximately nine months altogether, the M.Sc. degrees for twelve months and the M.Phil. degrees for 21 months. Research degrees typically last for an unspecified, though not unlimited, number of years (e.g. approximately four to five for a doctorate in anthropology, though sometimes more).
