Oxford with its libraries, galleries and museums, art and music, is an ideal city in which to study the arts and humanities, and the national and international collections in London are an hour away. The arts and humanities are a major strength of Brookes and the School has a national reputation for its undergraduate and postgraduate courses, for teaching and for research.

At Brookes you can study many of the subjects that traditionally make up the arts and humanities - English, Art, History, History of Art, Modern Languages and Music - but we also offer subjects that are not available in other universities.

Arts and humanities are a major strength at Oxford Brookes and the School has a national reputation for its undergraduate and postgraduate courses, for teaching and research. Teaching assessments carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency awarded Fine Art and History of Art 23 out 24, French, Italian and Spanish 22 out of 24, and Publishing 21 out of 24. In the 2001 national Research Assessment Exercise, the History Department was rated 5* making it one of the top research departments in the country, closely followed by the English Studies and French Department both rated 5. Other strong research areas include German, History of Art, Spanish, Music and Art.

The School is one of the most important centres of education in Publishing, not only in the UK, but internationally, and our history department is internationally recognised as a centre for research and teaching in the History of Medicine.

We have wide international links and an expanding programme that allows our students to study at universities abroad as part of their degree at Brookes.