Applicants for some courses will receive reading lists and/or preparatory work for their course.

Not all tutors will provide these documents and those that do might issue them at different times, so please check this page regularly for updates if you are expecting to receive them.

Please check if your course requires you to do any preparatory reading before you start: 

Ancient and Modern History

A reading list will be sent to you by your tutor in early September.  If you do not receive anything please contact: academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk 

Biochemistry

  • Maths resources and Chemistry pre-reading for Biochemistry Freshers 2024

Biology

Chemistry

  • Letter for new chemists 2024
  • How to use curly arrows
  • Physical Chemistry Introductory Work

Classical Archaeology and Ancient History

The reading list has been sent by email – if you have not received it, please contact academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk

 

Classics

  • Classics Reading List 2024 will be emailed to students. If you haven’t received this by start of September, please email academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk

Computer Science/Maths & Computer Science

  • Haskell Tutorial 2025– For Computer Science single honours and joint honours Maths and Computer Science. You will receive further explanation from the tutor about this. If you haven’t received this by start of September, please email academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk

Engineering

  • Engineering Induction and preparatory material 2024
  • Photographic Consent Form

English Language and Literature

The reading list has been sent by email – if you have not received it, please contact academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk 

History

Suggested reading/preparatory work will be sent out by tutors normally by mid September.

The History information letter and request for choices has been previously sent by email, before A-level results. If you did not received it, please contact academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk 

Law

Law tutors will contact students directly by the end of September with some materials to read ahead of starting their studies. If you have not received anything by the end of September then please email academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk

Linguistics

Mathematics

  • Preparatory work for Maths and Maths and Computer Science

 

Medicine

There is no preparatory reading for this subject

Modern Languages

Music

 

 

 

Philosophy and Linguistics

 

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

 

Physics

  • The Physics Freshers Guide from the PJCC 2024-25
  • Physics Freshers Guide 2024 – 2025
  • Induction programme for October 2024
  • Vacation Work: Maths & Mechanics 2024
  • Computing Bridging for Physics 2024

 

Psychology

There is no mandatory Psychology reading list before the course starts. Your tutor will email further information before the start of term. 

For Experimental Psychology’ and ‘Psychology and Linguistics’ students:

 

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