Fees and funding
2025-26 Fees
The elements that you should be aware of when calculating the cost of your studies are the course fee and living costs. Fees are payable for up to three years. Students who continue into their fourth year may be charged continuation fees by their college. Students who continue into their fifth year will be liable for the University Continuation Charge.
Course fees cover academic services and facilities provided to support your studies. They do not cover your accommodation or other living costs.
Details of fee levels for the DPhil in Population Health can be found by visiting the University fees and funding website.
additional costs
Overseas applicants should be aware of the Immigration Health Surcharge and visa costs. Further information on these can be found on the University’s student visa page.
The department provides a laptop for all DPhil students for the duration of their studies. If graduate students require an additional PC or laptop, then they are expected to provide their own.
Students who are not eligible to receive external funding for research costs may request access to departmental research allowances for costs specifically associated with completing their research, such as attendance at conferences, training and fieldwork.
2025-26 University and Departmental Scholarships
The University offers a variety of scholarship programmes based on academic excellence, to give the brightest students from around the world the opportunity to pursue graduate study.
All applications completed by the application deadline will automatically be considered for all relevant competitive University funding opportunities, including scholarships from Oxford Population Health, the MRC, the Clarendon Fund, Oxford Colleges and other charitable sources.
These criteria are used to assess applications for funding.
Oxford Population Health offers a number of competitive scholarships each year to the brightest and most capable DPhil students of any nationality. These scholarships fund the DPhil fees and provide a stipend of not less than £20,000 per year for three years for full-time study and not less than £10,000 per year for six years for part-time study.
To enable UK students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue a postgraduate degree in population health, Oxford Population Health has set up a studentship to provide full financial support to a talented Home applicant from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background each year. This studentship will cover the course fees and provide a stipend of not less than £20,000 per year for three years.
external scholarships
DPhil candidates are encouraged to apply for other independent funding sources for which they may be eligible (for example Wellcome, British Heart Foundation, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Commonwealth). A list of potential external scholarships can be found on this external funding page.
Those who are successful in achieving partial funding for their DPhil studies may also apply for matched funding from Oxford Population Health. Please contact the Graduate Studies Office for more details.
Most fully funded opportunities are only available to students who are about to start a new course. Once you are registered as a student, there are very few substantive scholarships available, so it is vital to explore your options early.