Oxford Astrophysics Graduate Open Day 2026
Tuesday 8 December 2026 | Online Event
We are pleased to announce that this year's Oxford Astrophysics Graduate Open Day will take place online on Tuesday 8 December 2026 between 2 pm and 4 pm (GMT).
The event will provide prospective graduate students with an opportunity to learn more about studying and conducting research at Oxford Astrophysics.
The programme will include a welcome from our Head of Sub-Department and Director of Graduate Studies, along with an overview of the graduate admissions and application process.
You will also hear from our current graduate students, who will share insights into their research, their experiences of studying at Oxford Astrophysics and what life is like in Oxford.
There will also be an opportunity to ask questions during a moderated Q&A session as part of the webinar.
Registration
To attend, please complete the registration form below by Tuesday 1 December 2026.
A Zoom webinar link will be sent to all registered participants ahead of the event.
Further Information
If you have any questions, please contact:
Ashling Gordon
Graduate Administrator
Email: ashling.gordon@physics.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 273303
We look forward to welcoming you to our virtual Open Day!
Find out more about a DPhil in Astrophysics
Please also note that you are not required to select a final project/supervisor at the point of application. While it is useful for us to know the broad areas you are interested in, we do not expect you to have made a final decision on your preferred projects, and there will be opportunities to discuss your interests before offers are made. Applicants who are invited to interview will have an opportunity to speak to supervisors in more detail about their projects through face to face or online sessions, either as a group or on a one to one basis.
In the meantime, please enjoy this selection of short videos below, which includes a virtual tour of the Oxford Physics department, as well as some words from some of our past and present grad students, and we look forward to seeing you (virtually) in Oxford!
An astrophysics DPhil with an engineering background (Nijin Thykkathu)
Impressions of a first year DPhil student, modelling planetesimals in the Milky Way (Matthew Hopkins)
Impressions of a first year DPhil student (Rohan Varadaraj)
Impressions from an exoplanets DPhil student (Sophia Vaughan)
My experience as a DPhil student studying astronomical instrumentation (Andrea Hidalgo Valadez)
Studying for a DPhil in galaxy formation and evolution at Oxford (Dominic Dootson)
My impressions of conducting DPhil research on molecular gas in galaxies (Fuheng Liang)
My experience as a DPhil student at Oxford astrophysics (Lucy Oswald)