Other supporting documents
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CV/résumé
Most courses do not require a CV (résumé) document to be uploaded to your application, so you should only upload one where this is specified in the How to apply section of the relevant course page.
If a CV is uploaded to your application where it is not required, it will be removed from your application, so do not skip these questions expecting the information to be available in your CV instead.
Courses which do not require a CV to be uploaded will capture information about your experience in the following sections within the CV part of the application form:
- Professional qualifications and training courses
- Employment experience
- Research experience
- Publications, pre-prints
- Presentations, posters and performances
- Prizes and awards
- Skills and interests
- Other information
You can add additional lines to these sections where necessary. You should only include material relevant to your application. You do not need complete every CV question category in the application form if you do not have relevant information to add, but please note that you will not be able to insert additional material here after submitting your application.
Where a separate CV is required, it should be one or two pages in length and provide a summary of your recent achievements. It should provide details of your qualifications, any publications and any other experience relevant to your application. You can find further guidance on writing a CV in our How-to guide.
There will be a slot on the ‘Supporting documents’ tab of the application form to upload it and there will be no additional fields to complete in the application form.
English language test score report/certificate
You are encouraged to provide English language test scores where relevant when you submit your application, but it is not compulsory.
If you have indicated on the 'Languages' tab of your application form that you intend to submit English language test results, a slot will be available on the 'Supporting Documents' tab for you to do so.
We accept test score documents in any of the following formats:
- An official score report/certificate
- A PDF version of your score report
- A screenshot from the testing agency website, as long as your name, registration number and test scores are clearly visible.
The University checks IELTS, TOEFL and Oxford Test of English Advanced results directly with test providers. For these tests, you can also nominate the University of Oxford as a test recipient when you sit your test.
If you provide Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) or C2 Proficiency (CPE) results, you will be asked to supply your original test certificate if you are offered a place.
English language waiver evidence
If you are applying for an English language test waiver based on having completed a degree-level course taught in English within the specified time period, you will need to provide evidence of this if the institution was not in a majority English speaking country. If this is the case, a slot will become available on the 'Supporting Documents' tab for you to do so.
More information about language requirements and submitting test scores, can be found within this Application Guide.
Certificate of language proficiency
Some courses require evidence of proficiency in a language other than English, such as a Japanese language proficiency certificate. This should be uploaded to your application as a transcript.
GRE certificate
For a small number of courses, applicants are required or encouraged to submit GRE General Test scores. For other courses, they are not required.
If you have indicated on the 'Qualifications' tab of your application form that you are providing GRE scores with your application, you will see the 'GRE certificate' slot for uploading your GRE Test-taker Score Report.
More information about providing GRE scores as part of your application can be found within this Application Guide.
Scholarship supporting statement
The 'Funding' tab of your application form may display one or more Oxford scholarships with an asterisk (*), which indicates that you must submit additional documentation in order to apply for them. Please first click on the link provided for each scholarship for more information and to check whether you are eligible. If you have ticked the box for a scholarship that requires additional documentation to be uploaded with your application, such as a supporting statement or questionnaire, you will see a slot for this on the 'Supporting Documents' tab.
More information about entering funding information in the application form can be found within this Application Guide. You can find further guidance about funding on our Fees and funding pages.
Portfolio
A number of courses require applicants to submit a portfolio as part of an application. Some portfolio items, such as musical scores, can be uploaded to your application as written work in document format (PDF or .jpg).
Any music and video files (.mp3 or .mp4) must be submitted to Graduate Admissions via the document portal. It is not currently possible to upload these file types to the application form.
Instructions for how to submit your portfolio and what it should contain can be found on the relevant course page.