A photo of the John Stuart Mill ibrary, a small room with wooden bookcases high to the ceiling. A ladder rests on one bookcase and a book is open on the table.

Find out more about the subjects offered at Somerville below.

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A photograph of Somerville in the 1880s before most of the college was constructed. The only building is the house, with its extra wing, and the sloped roof of the Oxford Oratory.
Ancient & Modern History
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Dorothy Hodgkin's drawing of Insulin molecule
Biochemistry
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A butterfly sits on a flower
Biology
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A female student in a lab coat adds liquid to a beaker
Chemistry
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The parthenon lit up at night
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
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Classics & Joint Schools
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numbers from a stock trading program on a screen
Economics & Joint Schools
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Engineering Science
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old books sitting on the shelf, including byron and tennyson
English & Joint Schools
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A close up of a human eye
Experimental Psychology
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The duomo of florence
History and Joint Schools
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a wooden gavel
Law & Law with Law Studies in Europe
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A library book flicking open
Linguistics and Joint Schools
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A graph of the Riemann hypothesis
Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics
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Medicine
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A small figurine of a man on a map of western europe
Modern Languages & Joint Schools
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Award winning composer Grace-Evangeline Mason conducts the Somerville Orchestra
Music
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The painting 'The school of athens' by Raffaello sanzio da urbino, depicting plato, aristotle and other famous athenian philosophers
Philosophy & Joint Schools
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The palace of westminster lit at night
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)
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the Milky Way galaxy
Physics
Where next?
Choosing a subject

Courses at Oxford can vary from how you approached the subject at school, and there are inriguing new subjects on offer as well. Read more about what's on offer and how you should choose your course.
Learning at Somerville

Oxford offers an intellectual challenge. If you're someone who wants to push themselves to really excel in their academic work, you can realise your potential at Somerville.
Next Steps

Find out how we will help you turn your degree into a career or further study.