Oxford Postgraduate Offer Holders 2023

Given all the courses only require a 2i, I really can't forsee any requiring a 1st - I think it's just a more competitive grade for applicants to have already achieved/ be working at. Potentially for American students or others from systems with a GPA it might be more common but in those systems it's usually hard to swing your GPA massively by final year without really bombing some classes, therefore if you have someone working at the first class equivalent in their penultimate semester it would make sense for that to be the offer as a drop to a 2i equivalent may indicate a number of Cs/ Ds/ Fs in the harder level courses which is not ideal for a potential grad student. Here though I know some universities (my own included), the final year counts for 2/3rds of our final classification meaning there's a lot more potential movement without necessarily anything going massively wrong, you can be working at a great standard throughout your degree but one slightly subpar performance in a final year essay or exam and your solid 1st can easily become a very high 2i (I've even seen drops to a 2ii before by some otherwise exceptional students). I don't think it's like undergraduate where they might give you an offer that's higher than the "typical" one.

Thank you both!!! <3 Will let you know how it goes

Hi! I got an offer for the MSt Greek/Roman History, and I am crying since I opened it because the conditions are pretty much impossible to meet. So, I guess I got an offer from Oxford, and that was the worst thing that happened in my academic career. I just cannot believe my luck, but yay?

Hi all,


I got an invite to interview for the Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP this morning - not sure what to do, as I have been offered a place on the Clinical Neuro DPhil too. My worry is (of course) about funding, I couldn't complete the DPhil without funding but I'm not sure if having a potential 2nd offer would be better or worse in terms of securing a funded place?


Advice would be lovely <3 Do I do the interview?

Hey guys, I am curious, has anyone been sent a criminal convictions declaration before his or her academic conditional requirements were met? Or does that only happen after?

Hey, are you an international student? and would you know if they are still sending out invites or have they already specified a schedule?

Congratulations! Is it a DPhil in DPAG?

Hey all! Congratulations on your offers. I’ve accepted offers for the MSc Refugee and Forced Migration Studies and Exeter College, though I’ve yet to hear about funding. Anyone else accepted to ODID here? ☺️

Congrats on the offer!! Just out of curiosity, is your offer also conditional on getting a 1st?

No. I spent the night crying and feeling sorry for myself. I am assuming that they are aware of how St Andrews grades and have looked at my transcripts to see this would be unlikely to be achieved. I’m taking it as a soft rejection.

How long do we usually wait between informal offer email from Director of graduate studies and formal offer letter?

Hey everyone, congrats on the offers! ill hopefully be studying for a DPhil in genetics at Jesus College!

Congrats! I received an offer for the DPhil in Engineering Science, and also got offered a place at Jesus College. Haven´t heard anything about funding yet though

So it's unlikely to be achieved, but not impossible, correct?

I'm fairly certain Oxford doesn't give "soft rejections". They accepted you, so they do want you! If they didn't, they would have outright rejected you. Oxford playing a game like "he/she will never meet the conditions anyway so we can use this as a roundabout rejection" doesn't make any sense. You definitely should talk to your department at St. Andrews and/or the admissions offices at Oxford about the requirements if you truly think they're near-impossible to achieve.