University of Oxford Faculty of History

What Should Happen, and When:

Important Dates and Forms


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M.Sc. and M.Phil. first year

M.Phil. second year

Michaelmas Term

Monday of fourth week of  Michaelmas Term

Last date for seeking approval of an Advanced Paper in a relevant discipline or skill from Schedule II from the chair of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History

Last date for seeking approval of an Advanced Paper in a relevant discipline or skill from Schedule II from the chair of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History

Friday of fourth week of Michaelmas Term

Last date for registering choice of Advanced Papers with Mrs Jules Iddon, History Faculty

Last date for registering choice of Advanced Papers with Mrs Jules Iddon, History Faculty

Ninth week of Michaelmas Term

Optional course: Economics for Economic Historians – take home exam

 

Noon on Friday of tenth week of Michaelmas Term

Submit What Happened & Why First Essay to Professor Kevin O'Rourke at All Souls College

 

Hilary Term

Noon on Monday of second week of Hilary Term

Submit Quantitative Methods Assignment to the Examinations School.  Include this certificate

 

Friday of fourth week of Hilary Term

 

Examination Entry Form due.  Your College is responsible for administering this. The form includes:

Advanced Papers to be examined

Chosen themes for two 5,000-word essays (where applicable)

Dissertation title

If necessary you can request a replacement exam entry form

 

NOTE. Send duplicate of form to History Faculty’s Graduate Office

Examination Entry From due.  Your College is responsible for administering this.  If necessary you can request a replacement exam entry form

 

NOTE. Send duplicate of form to History Faculty’s Graduate Office

Trinity Term

Noon on Monday of first week of Trinity Term

Submit What Happened & Why Second Essay (‘Methodological Essay’) to the Examinations School. Include this certificate

 

Email copy of 100-word abstract to Professor Kevin O'Rourke

30,000-word M.Phil. dissertation due at the Examination Schools. Include this certificate

 

Note. Change of title is acceptable upto 14 days prior to submission. Use this form

Thursday and Friday of third week of Trinity Term

20th Annual Workshop

 

Monday of fourth week of Trinity Term

Submit 500-word dissertation abstract to the History Faculty’s Graduate Office. Use this form This applies to both M.Sc. and M.Phil. candidates.

 

Last day for changes to essay titles for Advanced Paper.  Use this form

Last day for changes to essay titles for Advanced Paper. Use this form

Noon on Monday of sixth week of Trinity Term

Last date for delivery of two 5,000-word essays to the Examination Schools. Include this certificate

Last date for delivery of two 5,000-word essays to the Examination Schools. Include this certificate

Ninth week of Trinity Term

Examinations for the majority of Schedule I Advanced Papers.  See Timetables

Examinations for the majority of Schedule I Advanced Papers.  See Timetables

Second Friday of September

Last date for changes to M.Sc. dissertation title. Use this form

 

Noon on the last Monday of September 

15,000-word M.Sc. dissertation due at the Examination Schools.  Include this certificate

 


Note. 

All Faculty forms also available directly at: http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/postgrad/forms/exams.htm

Detailed instructions on submission are available in the relevant Instructions to Candidates

 Submissions at the Examination Schools should be addressed to:

Chair of the Examiners for the M.Sc. / M.Phil. in Economic and Social History
c/o The Clerk of the Schools
Examination SchoolsHigh Street
Oxford OX1 4BG

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