Upcoming events

We organise a diverse range of events to bring physics into the lives of as many people as possible – from family-friendly open-door events where you can chat to our researchers to stimulating lectures about our ground-breaking research. Search the listings below to find out what's on.

21 June - 27 September 2022
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Secondary school events
Events for prospective students

'Preparing for the PAT' online course

For anyone interested in applying to study Physics at Oxford - a free online course designed to ​​develop the problem solving skills necessary for the...

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29 June 2022
Polarization map of the CMB + galactic foregrounds at 140 GHz
Seminars and colloquia

Cosmology seminar [extra]: The search for primordial gravitational waves: latest results from BICEP/Keck

Clem Pryke (University of Minnesota)

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2 July 2022
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Alumni events

The 2022 Physics Alumni Garden Party

The annual Alumni Garden Party is back!

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4 July 2022
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Public talks and lectures

Higgs@10: Ten years of the Higgs Boson

Celebrate with us! In person or online...

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18 July 2022
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Seminars and colloquia

ALP Seminar: Unravelling novel hydrodynamics instabilities in HED plasmas on NIF

Speaker: Alexis Casner

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16 - 18 September 2022
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Alumni events

Meeting Minds Global

Save the date for the annual alumni event at the University of Oxford

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22 - 23 September 2022
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Seminars and colloquia

Oxford Symposium on Quantum Materials 2022

The Oxford Symposium on Quantum Materials is an annual interdisciplinary forum to bring together physicists, chemists, materials scientists and theoreticians in and around Oxford to...

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14 November 2022
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Seminars and colloquia

ALP Seminar: Accelerating the rate of discovery: Toward high-repetition-rate laser-driven High Energy Density (HED) Science

Dr Tammy Ma (LLNL)

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26 November 2022
Theoretical Physicists talking, Beecroft Building
Alumni events
Graduate events

Morning of Theoretical Physics

This popular alumni event is back!

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