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“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
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Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
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The University of Oxford has recently announced the launch of a new DPhil in Migration Studies. Based at ODID and the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (SAME), the course offers the opportunity to undertake an in-depth project drawing on excellent research departments, centres and scholars.
Oxford is a worldwide centre of excellence on the study of migration in all its forms. The DPhil in Migration Studies provides students with four key benefits:
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