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SUBJECTS

What will you
study deeply?

Begin with the questions that stay with you. Explore the subjects we are focusing on, and the different routes into them.

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For a healthier,fairer world

Medicine at Oxford and Cambridge brings scientific inquiry into conversation with the responsibility of caring for people.

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From first principlesto a world of questions

Explore Physics, Chemistry, Materials and Earth Sciences, then compare Oxford’s specialist degrees with Cambridge Natural Sciences.

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From first principlesto working designs

Compare two broad Engineering degrees, then explore the disciplines, designs and research that could become your own.

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Beyond the answer,into the proof

Compare Mathematics at Oxford and Cambridge, from the work of mathematical reasoning to the course, tests and qualification route that fit you.

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People, powerand the big picture

Oxford’s Philosophy, Politics and Economics course brings three distinct disciplines to questions about how we think and live together.

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Society, politicsand the people within

Cambridge Human, Social, and Political Sciences invites you to connect questions about power, culture and the ways people live together.

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How choicesshape our world

Follow questions about decisions, incentives and institutions, then discover how the two universities approach the subject differently.

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Where principlesmeet practice

Read closely, weigh competing interpretations and learn to make a careful argument of your own.

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The past is anopen question

Read the evidence, question an account and compare the different ways into History at Oxford and Cambridge.

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How we think,feel and act

Compare Oxford Experimental Psychology and its joint degrees with Cambridge PBS, from scientific study and international entry to BPS accreditation and costs.

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the beginning.

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