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Welcome

We tackle real world problems with our uniquely wide ranging approach to anthropology.

We produce internationally recognised research and teach on challenging issues. At our heart is an ethos of openness and tolerance that guides our work. 

In 2026 we were ranked number 1 in the QS World University Subject Rankings for Anthropology. 

Number one for Anthropology
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Events

From across the school
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JASO

Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford
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School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography tops the 2026 QS World University Rankings for Anthropology

25 March 2026

Study

Study with leading academics and access to the Pitt Rivers Museum, one of world's the finest ethnographic collections.

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Doctoral Study

  • DPhil in Anthropology
  • DPhil in Migration Studies
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Masters' Study

  • Social Anthropology
  • Migration Studies
  • Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology
  • Medical Anthropology
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Undergraduate Courses

  • Human Sciences
  • Archaeology and Anthropology
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People

Academics, research staff and the wider team here at the School.

Our team
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Recent News

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Monkey friendships with other animals offer clues to the evolutionary origins of pet-keeping

31 July 2026
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From Thesis to Book

29 July 2026
Noëlle Rohde winner of the Professor David Parkin Prize for the use of ethnographic methods.
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Annual Newsletter 2026

15 July 2026
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Jainism as Social and Visual Practice

15 July 2026

Research

Tackling contemporary problems that do not respect conventional disciplinary boundaries.

Our research
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Units at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

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Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ISCA)

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Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)

Jonathan Jong and Harvey Whitehouse gather a large team of research assistants to collect data on religion and morality among indigenous peoples of Vanuatu (September 2017)

Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion (CSSC)

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Institute of Human Sciences (IHS)

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Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS)

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Pitt Rivers Museum