Department of History and Philosophy of Science

James D. Watson and Francis Crick

Watson and Crick with their DNA model

Studying

The Department provides training in history of medicine at every level.

The Part II (third-year), Part III (fourth-year) and MPhil courses allow students to specialize largely in history of medicine or learn a little medical history to complement other interests in history, philosophy and sociology of science and technology. We offer PhD supervision in a very wide range of fields.

For more information on courses, see Undergraduate studies and Graduate studies.

For information on funding, including Wellcome master's awards and doctoral studentships, see Funding for graduate students.