Undergraduate open days
Come see what life is like as part of one of Europe’s largest biochemistry departments.
Next Open Days: Summer 2025
Our next open days will be in summer 2025. They will be a mixture of in person events and events streamed live online.
If you want to see recordings from our last open day see the online events page.
In Person Events
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* |
Talk - Biochemistry at Oxford |
10.30 - 12.00 |
Tutors and Students available |
11.45 |
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
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 |
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