Welcome to the Preparing for Oxford Physics course. Over the coming month, this page will be populated with videos, event recording, problem sets, solutions and other resources.
Webinar 1, 10th June 2026 - think like a physicist
- Click here to watch the recording of the session on YouTube
- Click here for the problems used in this session
- Click here for Problem Set 1 to be solved in advance of Webinar 2
Webinar 2, 17th June 2026 - solutions to problem set 1
Other Materials
You will find additional resources added here during the course.
In the meantime, you may find the following resources helpful:
Click here for our introduction to physics problem solving, "How to be a physicist".
The problems which were used in previous years are all drawn from two workbooks. These workbooks and their solutions are collated here for you:
Click here for the solutions to workbook 1
Click here for the solutions to workbook 2
Oxford Admissions tests are administered by Pearson Vue and sat at registered test centres around the world. For students who would like to know what the experience of going into a test centre is like, Pearson have created a video which is linked below.
Click here for a video from Pearson about their test centres