Undergraduate open days

Come see what life is like as part of one of Europe’s largest biochemistry departments.

 

Next Open Days:  2nd and 3rd July 2025 and 19th September 2025

Our next open days will be 2nd and 3rd July and 19th September 2025. The programme will be available nearer the time but last year's events are below for reference. If you want to see recordings from our last open day see the online events page.

Example Timetable - details for 2025 to be confirmed
In Person Events 2024

A welcome desk will be available from 10am-3pm. All events are in the Department of Biochemistry, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, South Parks Rd, OX1 3QU (entrance from Sherrington Road), apart from the Lab Demonstrations which are in the Biochemistry Teaching Labs, 11a Mansfield Road, OX1 3SZ.

The in-person programme for the days in the Biochemistry Building, Sherrington Road:

Time

Event

10.00 - 10.45*
10.30 - 11.15
11.00 - 11.45
11.30 - 12.15

Talk - Biochemistry at Oxford

10.30 - 12.00

Tutors and Students available

11.45
12.00

College tours departing from the department (book at the welcome desk on the day)

12.00 - 14.00

No events

14.00 - 14.45*

Meet the tutors Q&A panel

In the Biochemistry Teaching Laboratory, Mansfield Road:

Time

Event

14.00 - 16.00

Biochemistry Lab Demonstrations

(Teaching Labs, 11a Mansfield Road, OX1 3SZ)

* Live Streamed and Online Events 2024

We will live stream the following events on the open days to allow those unable to visit Oxford to also take part. For the online Q&A it will be possible for those online to ask questions. These will be available via our online events page. A timetable for these is:

Time

Event

10.00

Talk - Biochemistry at Oxford

14.00
 

Meet the tutors Q&A panel
Ask a question for the tutors using the form on our online events page

Videos of live Q&A with the Biochemistry Admissions Officer and Biochemistry tutors from our previous open day are also available on the online events page.

 

Further details

For more details about the University and college open days see the University admissions pages . You can also sign up for the University newsletter to be kept up-to-date with current news.

For information contact:

Nia Roderick
Department of Biochemistry
South Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3QU

e-mail: teachingoffice@bioch.ox.ac.uk

or: admissions@bioch.ox.ac.uk