The College admits students for all postgraduate degrees offered by the University.
Postgraduate courses vary considerably in length, academic requirements, and type of tuition.
One and two-year taught courses, leading to masters degrees, usually entail a combination of examinations and shorter dissertations. Doctorates, usually taking three or four years, are conferred on submission of a lengthy and detailed piece of individual and original research. Students embarking on a postgraduate course are assigned a supervisor by the University who is an expert in their field and who directs their work. Very often, the supervisor is a member of another college. They will also be expected to participate in University seminars and programmes designed to train them in methods of academic research.