Grant Recharge registration - OxCIN MRI Graduate Programme 2026/27

This booking option is for authorized registrants only.
Your eligibility to use this option will be verified. If you are unsure of your eligibility please contact the course administrator at graduate_admin@fmrib.ox.ac.uk.

You need the following information regarding the grant to be recharged in order to complete your registration: Grant/Project number, task number & expenditure category.

The upcoming course will be run in 'hybrid mode’ (online and in person). In person attendance of students and staff based in Oxford will be strongly encouraged.

The 2026/2027 programme will run between the following dates:

• Michaelmas Term: 12th October to 4th December 2026

• Hilary Term: 18th January to 12th March 2027

• Trinity Term: 26th April to 18th June 2027

Course Description

Advances in neuroimaging require a truly inter-disciplinary environment and this is a central premise at OxCIN. We consider it crucial for researchers to obtain a broad understanding of all aspects of neuroimaging: from physics to analysis to neuroscience. Our Graduate Programme plays a key role in providing researchers with this breadth of skills. 

The MRI Graduate Programme is an internal course available to students/postdocs/staff in Oxford and a limited number of external registrants. It combines lectures with computer-based practicals, tutorials and demonstrations on the scanners. The core components are MR Physics and MRI Analysis, with additional material on mathematics, neuroscience, and computer skills.

The course does not lead to, or count towards, any official qualification from the University of Oxford.

The course is primarily aimed at first-year DPhil students, but is also useful for anyone new to neuroimaging, at any level. The programme is suitable for students from a wide variety of backgrounds such as psychology, physiology, medicine, engineering, physics or mathematics. The course comprises of three main components:

• Introductory Course (Michaelmas term, 1st week - mornings + one optional afternoon)

• Core Courses (Michaelmas and Hilary terms)

• Additional Modules (Michaelmas and Hilary terms, Thursdays 10.00-12.00, Trinity term: pre-recorded material)

The core course is designed to give first-year DPhil students, or anyone new to the field of MRI, a comprehensive introduction to the methods involved. Further education is provided through the additional modules and we recommend that attendees select an appropriate subset of modules, as suits their needs.

Computing Requirements: Please ensure that you have an external hard drive or sufficient space on your computer to store imaging data for analysis. We recommend having at least 128 GB of additional storage available.

For further details please see the ‘MRI Graduate Programme' website.