University of Oxford

Welcome

Welcome to the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography. The School is renowned for its contributions to anthropological theory, its commitment to long-term ethnographic fieldwork, and its association with the Pitt Rivers Museum and the anthropology of visual and material culture. Home to over forty academic staff, over a hundred doctoral students, twelve Master’s programmes, and two undergraduate degrees (human sciences; archaeology and anthropology), Oxford anthropology is one of the world’s largest and most vibrant centres for teaching and research in the discipline. It came top of the Power (research excellence + volume) rankings for anthropology in the UK in RAE 2008.

• Institute of
  Social & Cultural Anthropology

  

  ISCA is a leading centre for anthropological teaching and research in the UK and the world. Originally established as the only centre in the UK specialising in postgraduate teaching and research within the discipline, it continues to supervise large numbers of graduate and research students.

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• Institute of
  Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology

  

  The Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford brings together evolutionary anthropology and evolutionary psychology with the aim of developing exciting new dimensions for anthropology.

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• Institute of
  Human
  Sciences

  

  The Human Sciences BA degree considers humans as a biological, social and cultural species. Taught by specialists from biological, social, medical and environmental sciences departments of the University, the degree offers an exciting interdisciplinary perspective of humanity.

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• Centre for Anthropology & Mind

  

  The mission of CAM is to generate ground-breaking scholarship in the cognitive scientific study of culture. Research at CAM is directed to explaining cultural regularity and variation.

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• Centre on Migration, Policy & Society

  

  The mission of the COMPAS is to provide a strategic, integrated approach to understanding contemporary and future migration dynamics across sending areas and receiving contexts in the UK and EU.

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• Pitt Rivers
  Museum

  

  The Pitt Rivers Museum cares for one of the world's great collections. It is equally famous for its celebrated displays and its leading role in contemporary research and museum curatorship.

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